This is my first Tales of the Abyss fanfic. My writing isn't the best.
I may have grammar errors and more during my writing. I hope you guys caught any errors I made and I will fix it.
Lets start the chapter. And I don't own any characters in TotA besides the OCs.
"I have to kill the Commandant before the world is destroyed. This is for the sake of everyone in this world." said the mysterious cloak girl. She has long black hair and a cloak that covered her clothing and herself. She was outside of Daath staring that the Cathedral. She quietly entered Daath hoping there aren't any Oracle Soldiers patrolling in the city.
She looks around and sees no oracle soldiers in the city. She was a little surprised that no soldiers are patrolling in the city, but she doesn't have time to think of that. The assassin hides in front of the monument as she saw oracle soldiers patrolling outside of the Cathedral.
It was crawling with oracle soldiers. She took the chance to look around to find a place where the oracle soldiers won't see her. She sees where she can sneak in. The mysterious girl jumped to the roof then silently took out of the oracle soldier who was guarding the door, opened the door to entering, and drags the body inside to make sure not to be suspicious of the dead body lying on the floor.
She leaves the dead body and continues her search to kill the Commandant. She hides every pillar from the oracle knights from seeing her. She made to the Commandant room. So, this where the Commandant room is. she thought, frowning.
As she was going to enter the room, she hears voices coming from the hall not too far from her. She quickly hides and stays low.
"Any news from the Commandant, Legretta?" the large man carrying his scythe asked.
"We shouldn't be worrying about the Commandant, Largo. He knows what he is doing," she replied.
"Yes, you're right. I shouldn't worried about the Commandant. We just have to wait until he returns."
They walked passed the pillar where the mysterious cloak girl was at. She narrowed her eyes on them.
Two of the Six God Generals. Legretta the Quick and Largo the Black Lion. Where is the Tempest, the Wild, the Reaper, and the Bloody at? They are probably at their mission. Hopefully. Anyways, it seems that the Commandant isn't here. Well, I guess I should go in the room and assassinate him as he entered the room. she thought as she leaves the pillar quietly and entered in the Commandant's room.
As she entered the room, she turned around and noticed that the Commandant isn't in his room. She smirked and hides in a spot where she can see him and assassinate him.
It has been 4 hours and the Commandant hasn't returned but she was patient to wait for him to returned. It is the key as an assassin to be patient for their target to come to them.
As she was waiting, the door opened. Her target has appeared through the door. She was about to assassinate him but someone else was with him. It appears to be Largo behind him. She has to wait a bit longer for Largo to leave.
"Largo, keep an eye today and make sure the mouse doesn't run away," Van whispered.
Largo was dumbfounded on what the Commandant said to him. "Of course. I'll keep an eye out." he will follow Van's orders on whatever it is.
The mysterious cloak girl couldn't hear what they are saying. If she was closer to them, she will able to hear them. After their small talk, Van leaves the room. Leaving Largo to guard the room. This confused her.
Was she in the right room? How is she going to go after Van while Largo is guarding the door? How can she pass the Black Lion without him noticing her? She has to think of something to distract the Black Lion.
She places her hand inside of cloak and takes out a sleep bomb. She throws the sleep bomb on the floor to roll towards Largo. Largo looks at the floor and sees the sleep bomb rolling to him. He was wondering what it was then white smoke appeared out of the sleep bomb.
The Black Lion widen his eyes. "What is this?" as he fell asleep from the sleep bomb.
The black haired girl comes out of her hiding spot and leaves the room. When she opened the door to leave, she sees the Oracle Soldiers with the Quick.
"Van was right. There is a mouse hiding." as she points her guns at the black haired girl. The mysterious cloak girl quickly runs towards the Cathedral. "Stop her!" the Oracle soldiers follow the mysterious girl to the Cathedral.
She appeared in the Cathedral and looks around to find the way out. She sees the way out, but soldiers were coming through the entrance. She quickly runs to the large door and enters Chapel. She opened the door to the Chapel and noticed that she is safe and closed the door from behind. She looks around once again to be sure that she is safe.
She feels that she is not alone in the Chapel. She took a step forward then suddenly someone was coming down from above her. She took out her twin daggers and block the attack. He was wearing yellow and red bird-like mask on his face. He jumps away from her and she stood her ground.
"So, you're the mouse that Van told us. I'm surprised that you made it this far," he smirked.
"You're one of the Six God-Generals. Sync the Tempest. Chief of Staff and the Commander of the 5th Division of the Oracle Knights." she said.
"You know a lot about the Oracle Knights, don't you."
"Everyone knows about the God-Generals of the Oracle Knights. You don't have to be surprised about it."
"Of course, I'm not. Now, enough with the stalling and fight," he said coldly towards her.
The door opened and oracle soldiers surrounded the room. Legretta appeared front of the soldiers and points her guns at the mysterious girl. "Why are you here?" she asked.
The black haired girl smirked. "That should be simple. You should know that I was hiding in the Commandant's room for quite a while," she replied.
"You came here to assassinate him?"
The mysterious girl shrugs. "Who knows." she changed her expression. "But it seems they did it again." she frowns.
"What are you talking?" Legretta narrowed her eyes.
"Sorry. That doesn't concern you."
Legretta starts to shoot her bullets to the mysterious girl. She flips backward to dodge the bullets then she jumps in the air. The Quick shots in the air but the black haired girl used her daggers to bounce the bullets away. She landed on the floor and chuckled.
"I thought the Adjustment Commandant would be stronger but it seems I was wrong. It seems that you're not quick enough to shoot me down," she smirked.
She throws something at the floor at the Oracle Knights then black smoke appeared out of the smoke balls. She took her chance to run passed through them and head in the Cathedral. She slightly turns to the Chapel and sees that no one is chasing her.
"Now, this is my chance to leave Daath." she grinned.
Suddenly, a shadowy figure appeared behind and tries to pin her down with his hand. She quickly turns to move away but it was too late. Her arms were behind her back being pinned down by a lion.
"So, you came here to assassinate the Commandant. That's why Commandant told us to keep an eye out for a mouse here." Largo held her down on the floor making sure she doesn't escape.
"I'm surprised that you were able to wake up that fast. No one has never woken up from that sleep powder in 1 minute." as she struggled from Largo's grip.
Legretta and Sync came out of the Chapel and saw that Largo has the assassin pinned down. They walked up to Largo and looked at the girl.
"Take her to the Commandant. The Commandant knows what to do with her." Legretta looks at Largo. The black lion nodded and drags her to the Commandant's room.
There she was in the Commandant's room with the three God-Generals behind her. Largo was still holding her arms behind her back to make that she doesn't assassinate Van. Van was still in his chair looking that the mysterious girl. She stared at him wondering what he is doing.
"So, who ordered you to assassinate me?" he asked.
"Hmph! Like I would tell you," she said, frowning. She felt something on the back of her head. It was Legretta who has her gun pointing at her head.
"Answer to the Commandant questions! Or I'll shoot you." she threatened her.
She sighs lightly. "I don't know."
"Don't-"
"Legretta!" The quick looks at the Commandant and stood quietly. The gun was still on the back of the black haired girl. "You don't know who sent you here." Van looks at the young girl.
She nodded. "Yes. I want told to assassinate the Commandant from a messenger then he said that he will send a letter the next morning that the Commandant will be assassinated. It seems that I was tricked again."
"Tricked? What do you mean?"
"It is a long story. But I have always be sent on a mission to do other people's dirty work. After all, I'm nothing but a test subject to them."
"You have been through alot in the past. Sorry about that."
"No, it is fine. I have been a test subject since I was a little kid to be trained under them. Although, they been treating me and the other kids like worthless trash. It doesn't matter how many mission we completed. We're still going to be an experiment to them." the black haired girl was angry how the laboratories treated her and the others.
Van noticed that she wanted to do something about it. Like she wants to stop them for treating little kids as a test subject. He had an idea to them stop but to do so. He needed someone that can locate the laboratories.
He stood up from his chair and said, "I can help you."
She gives a dumbfounded look on her face and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I can help you stop them from using those little kids as a test subject for their experiments. But in order to do that..."
She understood what the Commandant is telling her. "You want me to join the Oracle Knights, right." she finished Van's sentence.
He nodded. "It would be easier in numbers than just one assassin."
"Are you sure you want to trust me? I came here to assassinate you, Commandant."
Van walked away from his table and put his hand on her shoulder. "Of course, I trust you. Even if you came here to kill me, you would feel disappointed to yourself," he grinned.
She starts to think about it. Why would Van trust her? He just met her and he already trusted her. She didn't know what to think. It was strange to her but this is the first time someone trusted her in her life. She feels pleased. She gives a serious look on her face and looked at Van. "Alright, I'll join the Oracle Knights."
"Before I welcome you to the Oracle Knights, what is your name?"
"My name is Stella."
Van nodded. "Welcome to the Oracle Knights, Stella. I'm going to assign you under one of the Six God-Generals."
I have a bad feeling about this. I think I already know who I am going to be commanded by. she thought, knowing who Van is going to pick.
"You will be command by Sync."
I thought he would choose Legretta. I guess I was wrong. she was shocked by Van choice.
"But Commandant, she will slow down Sync during his missions," Legretta commented.
"You saw her that she was able to sneak in the Cathedral without being detected. What else did you see what she did?" the Commandant asked his subordinates.
"She has a fast reaction, great speed, and skills. She was able to block my attack. She also dodges and reflected Legretta's bullets." Sync spoke with the answer.
Van turned to Stella and glanced at her. "You have been trained well as an assassin. You can catch up with Sync's speed during all mission."
Stella blinked as she narrowed her eyes. "Is that why you want me to pair with Sync? Because of my speed? Don't be stupid. Not everyone can match other people skills. It is a lot harder than you think, Commandant Van."
"That may be true but you can't judge a book without its cover."
The assassin chuckled and understood what Van told her. "Well, I'm used to do mission alone. Maybe I don't understand somethings that all. I'm still young to know it."
"For a 11-year-old, probably." Largo stared at Stella, frowning at her.
She rolled her eyes and sighs annoyingly. I'm not 11. she thought loudly to herself. Van turned to face Legretta and nodded. Legretta moves her gun away from Stella's head and Largo let go of her arms. Stella was confused about something else. "Van, can I ask you something?" she asked curiously.
"What would that be?" he asked, grinning.
"I was wondering how did you know I was here the whole time?"
"When I was coming back, I saw one of the guards disappeared from its post. That when I noticed that someone was in my room to kill me," he smirked.
Stella was surprised that he able to noticed that. She moves her hands to the hood to remove it from her head. Then she moves her hands to the back her hair to spread them out. She has long black hair with purple eyes.
"I'm quite an idiot to leave something noticeable." she chuckled. "Anyways, I should go and head to the Inn. I'm getting tired."
"Yes. Get some rest and tomorrow I'll assign the two of you on a mission." Van went back to his chair and sat down. Stella nodded and leaves the Commandant's room.
Stella was in the bathtub to clean herself from her long day from each of her missions. She sighs deeply and placed her hand on her forehead.
"So, I'm under Sync's command. I never thought I'll be commanded by him. I turned 12 last week too. I hope Sync will be an interesting person to talk too. Hmm? But the way he looks seems that he doesn't get along a lot with other people." she gets out of the tub and wraps herself with a towel to cover herself.
She walks out of the bathroom into the room. Stella changed to her black sleeveless nightgown then heads back to the bathroom to air dry her hair. As she was drying her hair, the door knock. She stops what she is doing and runs to the door. "Coming," she shouted. She opened the door and that the door was Legretta holding something on her hands. It was confusing to see one of the six God-Generals here in the Inn late. "Why are you here, Legretta?"
Legretta hands Stella clothes to her. The assassin was puzzled as she looks at the clothes.
"Here are your clothes as a member of the Oracle Knights." she said.
Stella grabs the clothes and nodded. "Thanks, Legretta. I hope we get along with each other as members of the Oracle Knights."
"And don't forget to about the mission that the Commandant will assign tomorrow with Sync." the quick reminded the assassin.
"Don't worry. I'll arrive there in time." Legretta walked away from the door and leaves the Inn. Stella closed the door, walked to the bed, and sat down. She glanced at the clothes that were given to her and tilts her head. It was a long black jacket trimmed in purple, black sleeveless shirt with white collar, white short pants, black fingerless gloves, and long black boots. "These clothes resemble as the God-Generals, but I am not a God-General. Plus, becoming one is going to be difficult."
The assassin put the clothing down on the table and lies down on the bed looked at the ceiling. She put her left arm to cover her eyes and sighs lightly. "Man, such exhausted night. I would never think the Commandant would make me as part of the Oracle Knights. Well, I did make that decision to one them to stop those laboratories. And when that is over, what am I going to do after that? Stay in the Oracle Knight? Or leave?" too many things were going into Stella's mind. She doesn't know what to do next when she did destroy the laboratories. "I think I'm going to go to sleep now. It is getting pretty late and I have to go on a mission with the Tempest." she turned off the lights and starts to go to sleep.
Meanwhile, when Stella was taking a bath. Sync was in the Commandant's room discussing Stella and the laboratory.
"What are you going to do when we destroy all of the laboratories, Van?" Sync asked.
Van turned to Sync and answered, "We will find any data that was used on the kids then we will use those data to help with our goal."
"So, you want me to keep an eye on Stella? From stopping you from stealing data from the laboratories."
"Of course. And make sure she doesn't know anything about it."
Sync smirked. "I can handle that easily."
"You should be careful around Stella. She is no original human and we don't know much about her yet. She may be an assassin and can easily fool you, Sync. Like I said, you can't judge a book without its cover." the commandant frowned.
"There's no way I would get fool by the likes of her. She's just a kid." Sync scoffed that he won't be fooled by Stella. "But what happens if she knows our plan?"
"If she interferes our plan then you have to kill her." Van was serious to let Stella die in the hands of Sync. "But if she join us to help our goal then she will be a God-General. Now for, she will be in your command."
The tempest sighed. "More like babysitting some kid," he muttered coldly as he turned around to leave the room.
Outside of Cathedral, a figure was listening to the conversation from Van and Sync. The eyes started to glow red and walk away from the Cathedral. It doesn't want to get noticed by the soldiers that are still patrolling. The figure quickly flies away back to the Inn.
The next morning, Stella woke up from her slumber, sat up on the bed, and move to the edge of the bed to sit. She started to stretch and smiled.
"I slept like a log last night. I never thought I would be that exhausted." she stands up from the bed and walked to the restroom to get ready. Something was pecking on the window. Stella stopped, turned to the window, and it was a phoenix. Stella went up to the window, opened it from the phoenix to come in, and it flies on her shoulder. Stella chuckled and place her finger under the chin to pet it. "You made it, Ace," the phoenix has red feathers with tainted black on the tip of the feathers, yellow beak, brown eyes, a chain around its left leg, long red tail, armors on the wings, talons, and neck. "So, why are you here?" she asked. Ace turned to its master and cried softly. The assassin frowned then narrowed her eyes. "I see. I guess I'll just play along with them and pretend not know anything about it. Now then, I have to change into my new clothes and meet up with the Tempest. I hate to keep him waiting." Stella went to the table to pick up the clothes that were giving to her from Legretta and put them on. Ace flies off of his master shoulder and waits for her to change.
Stella walked to the mirror to check and see if the clothes were in the right place. She noticed that the collar needs to fit and adjust it in the right place. She nodded. "Alright, that should do it." Ace fly back on Stella's shoulder and shakes his feathers. Stella walks out of the room and exit out of the Inn. She looked around to find Sync if he was in the city. "Where am I purpose to meet him? I wasn't told any location where to meet Sync." she crooked her eyes in confusion.
"I have been waiting for you." a voice from behind called.
The assassin turned around where the voice was at, it was Sync with his arms crossed on his chest. "How long?" she asked.
"Since this morning," he replied coldly. "It's already noon."
"I wasn't told to meet you in the morning. I was told to go on a mission with you, numbskull," she said frowning. "So, what is our mission?"
Sync sighed. "We're going to the laboratory and going to destroy them. You are going to show us where all of them are located," he answered.
Stella turned around and starts to walk away. "Alright. We'll go to the closest one."
The tempest followed the assassin from behind. He sees the bird on her shoulder wondering what it is. "What is that thing on your shoulder?" he asked.
Stella slightly turns her head and replied, "It is not a thing. It is Ace, my loyal subordinate. He has been in the same the laboratory with me. I was able to free him from those pathetic scientist doctors. Ace has been with me since I saved him." she turned her head back and exited out of Daath.
The martial artist wasn't interested to hear a backstory of a bird and the assassin. He just wants the mission to the be finish soon. He does need to know more about Stella and her past. Maybe he will learn more about her when they arrive at the laboratory.
"Where is the closest laboratory located?" he asked.
"There is one far west from Keterburg. It is a great hiding spot away from Keterburg, because of the snowstorm. A lot of children are located there for the first time as a test subject. That is where I was sent when I was a kid. I didn't like what I saw in that laboratory." she replied, telling about her past.
"Why were you sent to do the laboratory?"
The black haired assassin didn't respond to Sync's question. She just sighed. Sync noticed that Stella didn't want to talk about how she was sent to the laboratory as a kid as a test subject.
"You ask a lot of questions as a God-General. Not a many people would like to tell their past to someone else. Some rather keep it personal to themselves. I'm sure that you have a past too, Sync. But wanted to keep it a secret from others for knowing who you are."
Sync chuckled. "It's like you know me too well."
"I was using it as an example. I don't know anything about your past. By the way, why do you have a mask on?"
"You have no business to know about it." he answered coldly.
Stella huffed. "Well, you don't have to give an attitude reply. It was a simple question but if you don't want to talk about it then you should at least said it nicer. But I can tell that you are not the type to be nice to anyone just by looking at you."
They didn't talk as they continued to go to Daath Bay.
They arrived at Daath Bay. Sync went towards to the dock and head to the Oracle Soldier to talk to him. Stella walks away from Sync sight and walked into a small alley. She looked around to see if anyone is watching her then continued to walk through the alley. Sync turned around and see that Stella isn't here.
He crossed his arms on his chest and sighs lightly. "That girl. Where did she go?" he went to search for the assassin who suddenly disappeared from his sight. Sync found an alley not too far from the dock and walked through the alley. He doesn't know what is in the alley. So, he is on high alert of what will come to him. "Why would she leave? She is really a dumb girl and it is my job to watch her too." then he sees a hidden passage and walks in. When he walked in, he sees two people dead on the ground.
Puddle of blood on the ground. The blood was dry. The Tempest continued to search for Stella in the secret passageway. He followed the trail of the passageway of where it leads. He appeared in an under dungeon. The dungeon was small but easy for a small pack of monsters to live in. Sync took a step forward but Stella appeared out of the shadow and see Sync. She glanced at him and sighed.
"Why are you here?" she asked as she closed her eyes.
"I was going to ask you the same thing," he stated frowning. "You can't leave without my permission. You're under my command and you listen whatever orders I gave you, you got that." Sync turned back and leaves the dungeon.
"Whatever you say," Stella scoffed at Sync comment and Sync followed out of the dungeon.
They walked out of the alley and head to the boat that is waiting for them to go to Keterburg. The two of them entered into the boat and its departure to Keterburg. Stella was leaning on the rails feeling the wind blowing on her body. It has been a while since she felt the cool breeze through her body. She stared at the ocean waves crashing into the boat. Sync watches Stella from afar, so she won't leave from his sight. Suddenly, the assassin smiled as she was enjoying the breeze and the ocean. He never thought that she would smile.
Sync jumped down from the top of the boat to Stella and went to up to her. "What are you doing in that secret passage?"
Stella frowned as the Tempest walked up to her. She was enjoying her time only but he interrupted her free time being alone. "I went there to check on something, but there was nothing." she replied.
Sync doesn't know if he should believe Stella or not. "How did know there was a secret passageway in Daath Bay?"
Stella was getting annoyed but she replied back to him. "I just know there is a passage in Daath Bay. I went there since I was little. I remember there was some kind of fomicry machine. The kids were experiments for that fomicry machine. Luckily, it was broken and we were sent back to the laboratory."
"Do you know what that machine does?"
Stella shook her head. "I don't know what that machine does but I heard that it used to make replicas. I don't know if that is true or not."
Sync stay silent. Stella doesn't know that she is talking to one now. He turned around to go inside the boat. The assassin noticed that the Tempest left by the footsteps. She tilts her head in confusion then shrugged and looked back on the ocean.
"At least I have some time alone. Although, I have to be careful around the Tempest. He'll know everything about me and tell the Commandant about me," she looked at Ace and petted him. "So, what did you learn when you came to meet me, Ace?" He started to cry softly to his master ears. The phoenix scratched his head with his claws. Stella turns around to go inside the boat.
As she walked inside the boat, she went to the bridge and see the Tempest standing in the center of the bridge. The oracle knights were operating the boat to Keterburg. She signals Ace to get off of her shoulder. Ace flies off of his master's shoulder then goes to Sync's shoulder. Sync glanced at the phoenix wondering why Ace is on his shoulder. He turned to Stella as she was leaving the bridge.
"Where are you going?" he asked frowning.
She waved her hands back and forth as she leaving the bridge. "I'm going to find something to eat. We didn't eat anything when we left Daath and watch Ace for me. He won't do anything to you if I order him too."
Sync chuckled and turned back around. He crossed his arms as they go to Keterburg.
Stella walked down the path to find the kitchen in the boat. The soldiers watch her as she walked pass them.
"Who is she?" the oracle knight 1 asked.
"She is the newest member of the Oracle Knights and under Sync's command." oracle knight 2 answered.
"Really? Not everyone would be lucky to be under his command."
Stella rolled her eyes as she sighed. I'm not fond being his command. I thought he would be interesting but I was wrong about him. Although, I'm curious what his face looks like. Why is it important that he hide his face? No one is going to make fun of it. She thought as she turned to the open doorway. She walked to the counter and looked at all of the counters to see if everything is there. She nodded. "It looks like everything is in place. That's good. Now, where is food?" she starts to search for the food in the kitchen. She opened the counter and chuckled. "Well, I should start cooking. It has been awhile since I cooked food." as she walked to the counter, grab a knife, and spins it.
It has been a couple hours to Keterburg. Sync noticed that Stella isn't back. He leaves the bridge to find her. He walked pass the soldiers and doors to search for Stella. Ace flies off of Sync's shoulder to go where Stella is. The Tempest followed Ace knowing that the phoenix knows where his master is at. Ace flew turns to the far right door to enter the kitchen. When Sync arrived at the destination, he sees Stella sitting on the counter eating. Ace landed next to the bowl of meat and start eating the meat. She smiled at Ace then she turns to the entrance of the door and sees Sync standing at the doorway.
"You should eat, Sync. It would be best you eat something before we arrive at Keterburg. You can't go on an empty stomach." as she takes a bite of the food.
Sync walked into the room and sat down at the counter. He glanced at the food then turns to Stella. "You made all of this?" he questioned.
"Of course, I did. When I was still in the laboratory, someone taught me how to cook. She was nice and caring to me. She was like a mother to me and taught me a lot of things. I never have a mother and what is feels to have one. It made me warm inside to have someone who is a motherly figure to me. I enjoy those days back then." she replied, as she takes another bite. She looks at Ace and pet him under his chin. Ace enjoys being petted under his chin. He started to call happily from being petted. Stella remembered something and turn to Sync. "We should set up a strategy when we reach to Keterburg. The laboratory is set up with traps and fonic artes. So, it would be wise to do one, Leader."
The Tempest agreed with the assassin for once. "We just need to know where the traps and fonic artes is located. It would be hard to just run in the entrance and let the soldiers die instantly. Although, we can use the soldiers as bait to lure out the traps and fonic artes." he smirked.
Stella rolled her eyes then frowned. "That would be stupid. The traps and fonic artes never stop coming if we use the soldiers as bait. Why would you do that to your own soldiers? They are your men under your commands." she was not fond of Sync sacrificing his own soldiers just to destroy one laboratory.
Sync chuckled. "What do you mean? In this world, everyone dies for no reason just by reading the score. People read the score, they follow the scores purpose, and then die from the score. That how the world works just by following the score."
"Maybe. But what if people don't follow the score. The world would be a better place without the score. No one doesn't need to read the score anymore. So, tell me, Sync. Do you hate the score so much you that you wanted to destroy it?"
"Of course. I hate it so much that I wanted to see it destroyed and see the world free from the score."
"Is there a reason why you hate the score?"
"You have no business to know that too."
"You do keep a lot of secrets from others." Stella picked up the glass of water and drinks it.
"And you? Do you hate the score?"
The black haired assassin moves the glass of water away from her mouth and answered, "I do. The score is nothing, but a like god to others. I wish there is a way to destroy the score so people can live happily." as she places the glass on the table. The room became silent for a few minutes. Stella stood up from her chair and leaves the kitchen. "You should hurry and eat. The food will get cold if you don't eat. Besides, we're almost there to Keterburg." as she leaves the kitchen.
Sync watches as Stella leaves. He looked at the food that Stella made then started to eat. Ace glanced at Sync as he is eating. He is making sure that Sync doesn't do anything suspicious. The green haired God-General noticed that Ace is watching him eating. Although, he doesn't know what is going on Ace's mind. He ignores the phoenix and continues to eat.
They arrived at Keterburg Bay. Sync and Stella walked out of the boat. Ace was on Stella's shoulder scratching his head with his claws. Sync glanced at Stella and sees that she isn't wearing anything warm in the cold.
"Why are you not wearing anything warm? It is cold in Keterburg." he crossed his arms.
Stella sighed, walked forward towards Keterburg. "I'm fine. I'm used to the cold. I was trained in the cold for a long time. So, this cold is nothing to me." she replied. Sync followed her from behind to Keterburg.
They walked out of Keterburg Bay and follow the trail to Keterburg. As they continued to go to Keterburg, they heard a voice not too far from them. The voice sounds like it was excited and depressed about something interesting. Sync and Stella looked at each other and follow the sound of the voice to see who's voice it is. They arrived at the source of the voice and see someone on an ostentatious chair. Sync frowned as he knew who it is.
"I need to get into that laboratory but it impossible to get in! It is set up with traps and fonic artes. How can I get in without getting notice?" the ostentatious chair turned around and see Sync and Stella. "Oh, why are you here?" he asked Sync.
"You must be Dist the Reaper. A God-General of the Oracle Knights." Stella said, lifting her eyebrows.
"It's ROSE! I'm Dist the Rose! Not Reaper! And who are you?" he demanded as he glanced at Stella.
"This is Stella. She joined the Oracle Knights yesterday by Van and she is under my command." Sync answered.
Dist narrowed his eyes at Stella and glanced at her, "Why are you here?"
Stella replied, "We are here to destroyed the laboratory here. It is ordered from Van. He sent me and Sync to destroy it. We also need to plan to go in the laboratory."
"Oh, let me handle the entrance of the lab. I have the plan to destroy the entrance." Dist rubbed his hands together as he smirked.
The Tempest and the assassin ignored the reaper as they looked at each other.
"Do you know any shortcuts or other entrances to the laboratory?" Sync asked Stella.
"Hey." Dist tries to get their attention.
Stella crooked her eyes as she is trying to remember any entrances or shortcuts. "There is one but it is far from the laboratory and Keterburg."
"How long do we arrive to our destination?" Sync crossed his arms on his chest.
"Since I know the way there. It would take us about an hour but if a storm appears then it would take 3 hours more. So, what is the plan?"
"Hey! Don't ignore me!" the reaper calls them out again to get their attention. They kept ignoring him.
"We should head to the hidden entrance to sneak in the lab. Next, we would need to disarm the traps and fonic artes in the control room. Then, we will attack the laboratory. Lastly, you will save the kids and take them to Keterburg."
Stella chuckled. "Sounds like a plan. But it would be fine with the two of us doing this mission alone. I doubt the soldiers will able to catch up with our speed. We can let the soldiers wait for us at the entrance of the laboratory once we start the attack. Now, we should head to Keterburg. I need to talk to the Governor of Keterburg after that we can discuss other matters while we are there."
They walked away from Dist who was still listening to them and they continue to ignore him. He got upset and said, "I'm putting this in my revenge journal! Or maybe you guys are just jealous of my stunning beauty." he started to fly off into the sky.
"Is he always like that? It is quite annoying." the assassin asked, confused on Dist personality.
"Just ignore him. It's boring to hear him talk about things like that." Sync stated.
"Surprising, that he is the 2nd Division Commander of the Oracle Knights as well Conductor and Locrian Colonel within the Oracle Knights. He doesn't seem too interested to follow any orders. Although, I can tell that he is going to the laboratory by the look on his face. I wonder." she started to think.
"Just forget him. He is only interested in data and the Necromancer."
"Necromancer? You mean Jade the Necromancer. Why would he be interested in him?"
"It dwells in his past. That's all."
"I forgot that the God-Generals never talks about their past. It's understandable." Stella closed her eyes. "Anyways, we should be close to Keterburg."
Stella and Sync walked through the entrance of Keterburg. They see little kids playing in the snow, throwing snowballs at each other. Stella watched as the kids playing together in the snow. She wished that she was playing with them now, enjoying the snow. She feels jealous of the kids. Sync glanced at Stella and sees that she looks jealous.
"You seems jealous about something." he said.
Stella sighed, crooking her eyes. "I'm jealous of the kids here. They are having fun and enjoying themselves as they play with each other. I have been in the lab for my whole life as a test subject." she turns to Sync and asked, "Do you had a childhood, Sync?"
Sync doesn't know what to tell her. He can't tell her his past. She doesn't know anything about him. He tells her a simple answer. "No. I don't have any childhood memories."
"I see. I'm sorry for asking." Stella closed her eyes and sighed deeply. She nodded at Ace. Telling him to leave her. He flies off of her shoulder and goes to Sync's shoulder. "Anyways, I'll go to meet the Governor of Keterburg." as she turns to her left.
The green haired God-General watches as she walks further away from him. He turns to Ace seeing what he is doing. Ace glanced at Sync as he cries softly. Sync turns to the opposite way and walks away.
"What do you think of Stella, Ace?" he asked the phoenix. Ace cries out loudly. Sync didn't understand what Ace is saying but he could tell that Ace enjoys being with her as his master. He chuckled. "She and I have something in common. She wants to destroy the score. She also has a good strategy. Maybe she does have the potential to be a God-General, but there are still some things we still don't know about her yet." Ace stared at Sync and cries angry at him. "What's wrong with you?" Sync hissed the phoenix. He could tell that Ace isn't happy with him. He doesn't know what it is but there was something about Ace that Sync is noticing. This bird seems a little suspicious. He's protecting Stella from something. What is he protecting her from? he glanced at Ace once more.
Ace became silent after being angry at Sync. He spread his right-wing and starts to scratch it with his beak then puts it down. He starts to sit down on Sync's shoulder and took a quick nap. The Tempest has to wait for Stella to return from Governor of Keterburg.
The assassin arrived at the home from Governor of Keterburg. She stood in front of the door and took a deep breath. She looked determined to talk to the Governor. Stella knocked on the door waiting for someone to respond to her knocking. A voice was called behind the door.
"Come in."
Stella opened the door, walked in the house then closed the door from behind. She looked around and see that no one is here. Someone walked out of the other room and appeared in the office. Stella turned and see a professional-appealing black and white outfit with a brown belt and reading glasses. She has very light brown hair, nearly blond, which part of it. She wears up in a bun, allowing the rest to fall down. She does like look at Governor of Keterburg.
"Oh, my. Stella is that you?" the Governor was surprised to see Stella alive.
Stella nodded. "Yes, it has been a while, Governor Osborne."
"Please, call me Nephry. No need to call me governor when we are alone." Nerphry said gently.
"Alright, if you say so. Anyways, have you notice anything that the laboratory has been doing lately?" Stella asked.
Nephry shook her head. "No. I haven't. They have been doing a lot of illegal things on those kids. I'm worried about the safety of those kids. I wish there is a way to save them but we don't have enough soldiers to do it."
The assassin smiled. "No worries, Nephry. I'll save them."
"How? You can't do it alone. You need help to save the kids." Nephry was worried about Stella.
"I have the Oracle Knights to help me."
"The Oracle Knights? How did you get the Oracle Knights to help you?"
Stella sighed lightly. "It is a long story. I'll tell you later once we save the kids."
Nephry nodded. "Alright. So, where is Ace? He is always with you."
"He's with Sync."
"Sync? You mean one of the Six God-Generals is here in Keterburg." Stella nodded. "I see. So, he is here to help you save the kids from the laboratory?"
"Yeah. We going to destroy the laboratory. We can't let no one step in that lab and we need to destroy any evidence from the lab."
Nephry nodded in agreement. "Yes. We must not have anyone go to the laboratory once it is destroyed. Stella, you must be careful around the Oracle Knights. We don't know what they are up too."
"Right. I'll be careful around them. Well, I'm heading out and save the kids." Stella turned around and walked away.
"Be safe and make sure that the kids are fine once you save them."
Stella waved as she walked out of Nephry's office. The assassin opened the door, walked out of the house, and closed the door as she steps out of the house. She leaves the area to meet up with Sync. She stopped walking and sighed deeply. "I know you there. You can come out of hiding, Sync."
Sync came out of his hiding spot and smirked. "So, how did it go?"
"It went well." the black haired assassin narrowed her eyes as she frowns. "Did you eavesdrop our conversation?"
The green hair God-General shrugged then chuckled. "Of course not. Why would I do that? I'm sure that conversation isn't important at all."
Stella couldn't tell if Sync is lying or not through his smirk. "Anyways, we should go to the hidden entrance to sneak in the laboratory. I'm sure we are going to see Dist there as well. He is going to be hungry for that data." as she walked away to leave Keterburg.
Sync followed the assassin out of Keterburg and head to the hidden entrance. "Before, we leave. We should tell my division that they need to go the entrance of the lab."
Stella rubbed the back of her head. "I forgot about it. I guess I am rushing into things." she walked back to Sync. "So, where should meet your men?"
"Outside of Keterburg. It's easier for us to tell them our plan." Sync turned around and starts to walk away.
"Whatever you say, leader. Just make sure you don't lose your men during this mission. It is important to keep them alive for the next laboratory." she followed the Tempest from behind.
Sync turns to Ace who is napping on his shoulder. "How come Ace isn't going back to you?" he asked.
"Is there something wrong that?" she questioned.
"Not really. It's bothering me that this bird is annoying me." he frowned.
Stella smiled as she chuckled. "I guess he is fond of you."
"Fond of me?"
The assassin nodded. "This is the first time that Ace is fond of someone else besides me. So, what did you do to make Ace fond of you?"
"I didn't do anything. I just asked him about you then he got angry at me."
"Really? About what?"
"It's nothing important."
Stella was confused. She looked at Ace and giggled softly. "Alright, if you say so." she started to frown. What did he say about me? I have to ask Ace what Sync said about me. After all, they don't know that I can communicate with monsters. I can't let them know that. Arietta, one of the God-General can communicate with monsters too. So, I have to keep mine a secret from the Oracle Knights and Van. I was able to learn communicating with monsters during my experiment in the lab. There are a lot of things I can do without the Oracle Knights noticing it. she thought, talks about her past experiments as a test subject in the lab.
The fifth division soldiers were waiting for their commander to arrive to get them orders. Sync and Stella appeared in front of the soldiers. Sync started to tell his soldiers about their plan. Stella turns around and walked away from the fifth division. She walked to the mountain and looked up at the sky. The sky was turning dark soon. It's perfect for an assassin like her to assassinate anything in the night. But she wasn't looking at the sky. She was looking at something else in the sky.
Sync finished talking to his soldiers. He turned around and sees that Stella isn't around. He looks down on the snow, sees her footsteps, and followed the footsteps to where it lead him too. The footsteps led him to the mountain where Stella was standing. He looked at Stella and noticed that she was crying staring at the sky. He never saw someone cry just by looking at the sky. He walked closer to her and crossed his arms.
"Why are you crying?" he asked.
Stella turned to the voice behind her, wiped her tears, and sigh lightly. "You ruined the mood. Anyways, I was thinking about my past, that's all. There's nothing more to it. I'm sure that you don't want to hear it."
Sync shrugged. "Who knows. Is there a reason why you were looking at the sky?"
"I was looking at the stars. It's nearly dark. It is possible to see stars that this time. Also, that's what my name means in Ancient Ispanian." she answered.
"'Star' is what your name means in Ancient Ispanian."
Stella nodded. "Mhm. Anyways, we should get going." she glanced at Ace and was about to call him but he is sleeping. "Do you mind if you tell Ace to lead the soldiers to the entrance of the laboratory?" she looked back at Sync.
"Why do I have to do it? He is your pet." Sync said coldly.
"Didn't I tell you. He's fond of you. So, I don't want to hear your complaining." Stella said as she walked passed Sync.
Sync sighed annoyingly as he followed her from behind. "I never agreed to do this for you." he frowned.
Stella ignored Sync as she heads to the mountains. Ace woke up from the commotion and turned to Sync then turns to his master. He flies off of Sync's shoulder and goes to Stella's shoulder. The Tempest sighs happily that Ace is off of his shoulder. The assassin chuckled softly at Sync then glanced at Ace.
"Ace, show the oracle soldiers to the entrance of the lab and wait for my signal," she told him. Ace took off into the skies and heads back to the oracle soldiers. Sync and Stella watch as Ace leaves. They turned back and continued their path to the hidden entrance.
Stella stopped in her tracks and hides behind the rock. Sync followed her behind the rock and crossed his arms. The assassin sees the guards guarding the hidden entrance. She frowned as she sees the guards.
"Damn. I didn't know they found the hidden passage to the laboratory." as she stares each guard.
"Should we fight them to clear the path?" Sync asked.
Stella turns to Sync and answered, "We could but we don't know if they are watching us from here. We don't have anything to disrupt their cameras."
"You're thinking too much, Stella. There are ways to trick them," he said.
"Like what?" Stella lifts an eyebrow.
"Speed. They can't see through our speed. They don't have those eagle eyes to see us going in."
The assassin closed her eyes and sighs lightly. "Who knows. They may have something for us waiting in the lab. It won't be an easy fight." she opened her eyes and turns back to the guards. "We should knock the guards unconscious and sneak in the hidden passageway. Unless if you want to kill them, Sync."
The Tempest smirked. "Of course. We can't let them run away and tell their companies about this. They are the evidence of all of this if we make them unconscious. Like I said, in this world, everyone dies for no reason, because of the score and they are weak."
"I don't think people die for no reason. People die to fight what is right, to defend themselves, and protect others. It's not the score that causes them to die. There are some weak humans but they have the heart to do what is right for their loved ones. You are one of them, Sync." Stella takes out her daggers under her jacket. She started to clash them together and sharpen their blades to each other.
Sync watches her as she sharpens her daggers. He didn't know what to say. That was the first time someone calls him human. The Tempest chuckled. "Well, let's get started. We should hurry with this mission." he fists his hand onto the palm of his other hand and was ready to fight. They looked at each other and nodded.
They quickly spread out to kill the guards. Stella sneaked up behind one and instantly killed him. She continues to assassinate her targets. Sync kicked the guard multiple times then goes to the next guard. They were done killing the guards and stood in front of the entrance of the hidden passage. Stella went to the wall, placed her hands on the wall, and it opened. She leads the way in the hidden passageway and Sync followed her from behind.
As they walk in the path to the lab, the fire lids up when they passed each lid flames. The wind was blowing cold towards as they can feel it through their skins. Stella can feel the pressure when they are going closer and closer to the lab. She doesn't know what will happen when they arrive there. It was no original pressure. It like they are being watched from above.
The assassin started to feel uneasy as closer they get. Sync turned to Stella and sees sweat falling down from her cheeks. It was noticeable that she was not ready to go to fight.
"Something the matter? You look uneasy about this mission," he said.
Stella shook her head. "No. I have a feeling that someone is watching us. Something is probably waiting for us when we arrive there. It will be dangerous to save the kids with that in the way."
"And what makes you sure if that is right?" he asked.
"I can feel the pressure as we are getting closer and closer to the end of this path. It gets stronger and stronger every time I feel it. It feels like the sudden chill running through my skin. The cold wind is like touching every inch of my skin." she replied.
"Once we arrive at the laboratory, make sure you disarms the traps and then save the kids."
"You don't have to tell me twice. I know what you're going to do. Just be careful." Stella stops walking and places her hand on the door. The door slowly open. The assassin moved her hand away from the door as it was opening. They entered the open door and appeared in the camera monitoring room. They looked around to see if anyone is here. There was no one in the room. "Surprisingly, no one is here. They are usually guards here. I wonder what happen to them." she started to think.
"This is not the time to think, Stella. We have to complete this mission then head back to Daath." Sync walked to the camera's screen and looked at each one of them. "Why would a camera room be here next to the hidden passageway? This is utterly stupid whoever build this laboratory."
"I said the same thing too but apparently they didn't know about the hidden passage when I escaped." Stella walked up beside of Sync and glanced at the camera's screen. "This will help us find the kids, the control room, all the guards locations, and other things that appear in these cameras. I see the kids in the center room and the control room. It seems far away from the center room."
"We might have to shut them down just in case one of the guard's returns. Otherwise, they will alarm the whole lab."
Stella sighed. "No. We will put fake images on these cameras. They will never know that we are in there if we place a fake scenery." she walked to the camera controls and started to press buttons to add fake images on each camera.
"You think you can place all the fake images in all of the cameras?" Sync questioned.
"Are you doubting me as an ally or a rogue assassin? I thought you have to keep an eye on me from Van's orders." Stella mocked at Sync.
"Hmph! I can't disobey orders from Van. I'll get in trouble if I don't watch you."
Stella lends away from the camera controls and turns to Sync. "I never thought you are the type to follow orders from Van. Although, you are a God-General of the Oracle Knights. Of course, you do have to follow orders from the Commandant." she smirked in a mocking way as she walks pass Sync.
"Are you mocking me?"
"Who knows. You tell me if I am or not, Mr. Tactical Leader."
Sync was getting annoyed of Stella's mocking. "Let's hurry up and finish this mission. I'm getting tired of this place. We should have been done with this place a long time ago." he frowned.
"Stop complaining. These things take time, Sync. If you make one mistake on your mission then you can't redo it over. You just have to continue with the mission with that one mistake. I can tell that Van won't be happy if we did make one mistake." Stella crossed her arms as she stood in front of the door. "Anyways, I'm done with the cameras. Let's commence the mission. I'll go through the vent and disarm the traps. You wait here until I disarm traps then you can do whatever you want here."
Stella jumped to the vent and screwed the nails off. When the nails were off, she opened it and entered and started to crawl to find the control room. Sync watches as she leaves when she enter in the vent. The Tempest stared at the door and waits for the assassin to disarm the traps.
The black haired assassin quietly crawls in the vent from getting noticed from the guards. She crawled past each small vents to reach the control room. Suddenly, a small voice was heard. It sounds sad and seems desperate for help.
"I want to go home." said the young boy, sadly.
All of the kids in the room wanted to go home and see the parents but they can't do anything. They wish they have someone to save them from the so call "doctors". They are scared and wish to forget how they are treated in the laboratory. Stella was listening and watching the kids from the vent. She wished she can save them now but she has to go and do her mission.
"Don't worry. I will save you guys from this nightmare," she said quietly. She continues to crawl the vent to search for the control room.
In the control room, there was a guard guarding the control room against the outside. Stella arrives at the control room and looked around in the control room through the vent if anyone is around. It was cleared and she opened the vent and jumped down. She stood up and walked up to the controls. The buttons look simple. She starts to press the buttons to disarm the traps then she looked up on the screen and see that she disarm the traps. She sighs in relief.
Now, she has to get out of the control room and tell Sync that she disarm the traps. Voices were coming closer to the control room. Stella looks around to hide, then quickly hides in a locker. Two guards appeared in the control rooms to watch and guard the room. Stella quickly dashed out of the room and sneaks away from the control room. She goes to save the kids but it won't be easy to pass through the door that is guarded.
She hides in every corner to see if any guards are guarding the area. The assassin stops at the last corner and looks to see any guards. There were two guards guarding the center room where the kids are. Stella quickly killed the two guards silently preventing the other guards from hearing them. She opened the door and look to see if it is safe. She dragged both of their bodies in the center room then closed the door as she was finished.
She looked up and see the kids gathered around when they saw Stella enter the room. They started to smile and Stella walks up to them.
"Stella is that you?" the young boy with the brown hair asked.
Stella nodded her head. "Of course it is. I'm here to rescue you guys from these bad guys." she smiled at them. "We have to be careful as we leave." she went to the wall and see the pile of junk. She moves the pile of junk out of the away and found a hole for the kids to go through. "Alright, let's get going."
The kids nodded and walked into the hole. Stella waits for all of the kids to go in the hole. The last kid got in the hole and Stella turned around to see if anyone was watching them. She walked into the hole and follow the path where it leads too.
Sync was waiting for Stella to come back. He glanced at the cameras and looked at each one of them. The cameras showed where every room was located. Suddenly, he heard something from behind and turn around. The wall was about to crack open. He stood his ground if any enemy appears out of the wall. The wall cracked open and Sync waited for the smoke to clear.
Stella appeared out from the cracked wall and started to cough with the kids. "Damn! I think that was too loud. Now, they are going to be alerted about the sound." she turns to Sync who was standing there watching her. "Sorry about that."
"Did you disarm the traps?" he asked.
She nodded and answered, "Yes, and I got the kids as well." she turns to the kids behind her. "Since everything is done. It is time for the grand finale."
"Grand finale?" Sync was confused but frowning.
"You will see." she snapped her fingers. The lab started to explode.
The Tempest chuckled. "Since when you have time to set up traps in the lab?"
"An assassin never tells their secret to others." Stella put her finger on her lips as she smiled.
She put her middle finger and thumb in her mouth and whistled. Sync was wondering why Stella is whistling for.
"Who are you calling?"
"You will see." Suddenly, a large liger and Ace appeared in front of Stella. She petted the liger and smiled. "Can you guys take the kids to Keterburg?"
The liger and phoenix nodded. They went to the kids to lead them out of the hidden path. The kids looked at Stella. The assassin nodded. The kids were not sure if it was safe to go with the monsters but they followed them out of the hidden path.
"You know how to communicate with monsters?"
"No, I can understand how they feel." she lied. She doesn't want anyone to know that can she communicate with monsters.
"That sounds like you can communicate with them."
"Don't be stupid. Anyways, we can't waste time. We have to finish this mission. I thought you wanted this mission to be over." Stella walked up to Sync. She faced at the door and was ready to complete the mission.
"Hmph! Whatever." he scoffed. "Let's just finish this." as Sync leaves the camera monitoring room. Stella sighed deeply and followed him from behind.
I'm done. This is a long chapter. I don't think I did well on this chapter. :/
I hope didn't make any characters OOC's. Besides my OC's. This story is set a year before the main story of the game.
See you guys in the next chapter.
