Tales of the Abyss
Second chapter!! Hehe, the story will get more exciting!
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"He's...back..."
"The...other Master Luke...is back..."
To Be With You Once Again
By kiralacusforever
Everyone gasp, except for Tear and Guy who have already heard about it at the scene. Natalia looks down, "Is it really true..?"
"The soldier died after saying that. One's words which are spoken at the edge of death…shouldn't be fake."
Everyone fell silent, while Anise clenches her hands. "But…if it's really true… if it's really the 'Luke' we knew…" Everyone looks at her. "I wanted Luke to come back…but if what the soldier said is true…then the one who killed the Oracle Knights is…"
Silence.
Jade shrugs his shoulder. "Well, as far as I can say, we are absolutely clueless about this current incident. But there is another thing I wanted to inform all of you about it. That is the other reason why Guy and I came here yesterday."
"What is it?"
Jade smirks at Guy. "Well then, Guy, would you may?"
"What…Me?! Alright, fine…" Guy sighs but remains serious. "Okay, guys listen up. Another emergency. Just two days before, the rebuilt Akzeriuth that is supposed to let the replicas to live at…had been intruded by unknown people…And…the place was destroyed."
The girls gasp while Asch clenches hard on his hand.
Everything is in chaos…
The disappearance of Luke's memories…
"Also, the replicas have all disappeared; everyone around the country is panicking at this incident. So we must act fast, whether it is to help out Akzeriuth, or finding the culprit of the 'Key of Lorelei'…"
The intrusion and destruction of Akzeriuth once again…
"We need help from both Malkuth and Kimlasca.
Something that I do not know…
Is starting to stir on its own…
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"Mayday! Mayday! This is St.Binah's replica refuge area! We are under attack! I repeat! We are under…!"
The Malkuth soldier fells to the ground after he is shot at his neck. Another person dressed in black come forth as he salutes. "Major, we have taken most of the remaining replicas to our ship."
"Very well. Carry on with the work."
"Yes!"
The female major looks up at the sky. "We will do what you wished for us to do, my lady…"
Verse 2:
Chaos Around the World
Asch and group hurry to St.Binah's replica refuge area, to see the place destroyed. People are either injured or killed. Natalia fells to her knees as tears start to form. "No…Why is this…? I've promised them…that I will protect them…"
Tear moves to her as she frowns at the scene.
"Colonel Curtiss!" Glenn runs to them, he is too, injured on his arm and some scars across his face. "You have arrived."
"Glenn, how's the condition?"
"As you can see, almost all the soldiers were killed, others were seriously injured. All the replicas are gone, taken by the intruders. Due to the insufficient of the Seventh Fonons, some of the injures can't be healed easily. So I hope that Miss Grants and your highness will help us with the healing."
Tear nods, while she looks at Natalia. "Natalia?" The princess wipes her tears and stands up, smiling at her. "I'm sorry, I'm alright now. I shouldn't be crying. There is something I must do now, isn't it?"
Tear smiles at her. "Yeah…We must do the things that we can do right now."
Guy looks at them, "The ladies will deal with the healing and treatment, while the guys will help out to carry the injured." All of them nod and move to their respective places.
Natalia and Tear start their healing, as Tear gulps. 'No good…There is insufficient Seventh Fonons to increase the healing power. Ever since the Planet Storm had disappeared, the Seventh Fonons have decreased rapidly. But…isn't there anything I can do for them?!'
"It doesn't sound like you to be so hopeless, Tear."
'What?' Tear gasps when she feels a large amount of Seventh Fonons flowing into her body, and the healing power increases, healing the wounds in an instance. The soldier jerks up and smiles at her. "Thank you!" He stands up and runs off to help out as Tear looks at her hand. 'That…voice…and this amount of fonons…is it you? Luke…?'
She hears Natalia gasps too as Jade turns to her. "What's wrong?"
"It's…the healing power suddenly increased in power…"
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Looking at the destruction in front of him, Asch halts in his place.
The feeling that is coming from this place…
"Asch? What's wrong?" Guy stops and asks, as he is about to carry a wounded soldier to Tear and the others.
"Guy…No…It's nothing…" Suddenly he hears the sound wave that he heard previously from the headache at the manor. "Huh?"
"Alright then, Asch, help me out with the people over the other side."
"Alright, I'll…" He stops when he sees a figure walk past him. A figure that he longed to meet.
That nostalgic feeling that I had felt when I arrived at this place…
It's the same feeling I had when I last seen him in the dream two years ago
"A..Asch?!" Guy shouts as Asch suddenly dashes off to another direction, like he is chasing something or someone.
Luke!
Asch runs, as fast as he could, chasing the blurry figure of Luke. Pushing through the people around him.
Don't go
Don't go!
DON'T GO!!
LUKE!!
Reaching out his hand, he grabs hold of the person shoulder. But it is just another of the soldier. "Erm…Sir…?"
It's not…Luke…
Asch takes his hand off. "It's…nothing…Carry on with the work…" The soldier nods and moves.
But why…?
I'm sure of that presence…
Luke…
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After most of the major works are done, the group gathers at the military base of St.Binah. Jade moves to a monitor screen that is built in the middle of the room. "I have something to show you people, take a look at this." He press the button as the monitor starts up.
The scene shows soldier who are guarding St.Binah's replica refuge running around. Gunfire can be hear, along with explosion and screaming, everything is in a chaos. Suddenly Tear notices someone standing in the mist of chaos, causing to gasp and rises from her chair. "That's…! No, it can't be…!"
All of them look closer to realise that the figure is actually Legretta! "How can it be?! Isn't she dead?!"
"Look closer." Jade stops the video and zoom the picture of Legretta. "Look at her left arm." They did as they are told, and they see a tattoo on her upper arm. But its shape is like a…barcode? "This is not the Legretta we have defeated. She is a replica. That barcode on her arm indicates it."
"Her replica?! But why is she attacking this place? Is she responsible for Akzeriuth as well?"
Jade switches the monitor off. "It can be possible. The information are just too little. But one thing I am sure is that their targets are the replicas. For what reason they wanted them, I have no idea."
All of them fell silent when Jade notices Asch is having something on his mind. "Asch, is something wrong?" Everyone turns to the red haired as Asch snaps out from his thoughts.
"It's…nothing…"
"Alright then, it's late. I bet that everyone is tired today, let's go back and rest. We shall discuss more the next day." All of them stand up and walk off when Tear calls out to Asch. "Asch."
"Hm?"
"Did you…felt the presence of Luke?" Asch's eyes widen as he turns to Tear. "Seems like you did. I felt it too when I was healing the injured."
Asch remains silent, he looks from the floor to Tear. "You guys head back to Baticul first. There's one place I need to go."
"Are you going to be alright…? I mean…alone?"
Asch smiles softly. "I rather be. Tell Natalia not to worry." He turns and walks off.
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Asch arrives at the entrance of Tataroo Vallery as he proceeds to the flower field. In his mind, thoughts and questions are circling within. He reaches the field when he hears the sound again, halting, he looks up to see that someone is sitting on his usual spot. The figure is dark as Asch tries to get closer, but for some reason, his heart is beating fast.
The clouds shift as the moonlight shines down onto the field, onto the figure. Asch stuns as he stares in disbelief.
It's…
Long orange red hair sways along with the wind as the person turns around, while a pair of identical green abyss eyes looks at Asch.
"...Luke…?"
The End
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Another chapter done!!
Lolx, guys, it may be a little confusing about the replicas thing but…okay…(clear throat). Ever since Asch returns 2 years ago, they have built up places for the replicas to live at and protect them. Sort of a rehabilitation kind of place.
Oh, and also, if you would like to see how Asch or the other looks like in my fic.
Go to minitokyo dot net and search for my drawings, my account name is kiralacusforever
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