Chapter 2: Glaives

Twelve Years Later…

King Regis assembles a force of mighty warriors to combat the Imperial menace. Dub the Kingsglaive, they fight relentlessly against Niflheim. In-powered by the magic of their sovereign.

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On the bridge, creatures were charging at the fortress that, but the kingsglaive were fighting against the enemy. "All units, move to secure the wall, if they break through, we're done for." Luche informs his men. Then he steps on the wall side, jumps down on one of the creatures and kill it.

Then further out on the battlefield, one of the kingsglaive, hid behind a wall as he saw the imperials march closer to his location. He then uses stealth and moves quietly as he saw the imperials passing him, then come out of stealth and attacks them. Slits their throats, then threw lighting at them. Then pulls up a shield, "What's the hold up, Crowe?" he asks them, back at the fortress, a group of mages were channeling their magic to create a vortex of inferno "Crowe, status?" he asks her again, "Almost there." she informs him, but then one collapses from the exhaustion. "No!" she exclaims, pulling her hood off and took his place. Then rockets were fires at them, "We need help, east wall is going down. Pelna, can you get to me?" Luche asks him as Pelna ran up rumble. "Luis isn't paying us refugees enough." he complains, then jumps, stabbing a creature with his blade and rolls off as it was dead.

He then looks over seeing the wall stumble and on if his fellow men were under it. He then threw his blade out and shot over next to him, then pulls up a shield. As the all fell and they were un-touch. Then a Behemoth notices them and charges, "How is this fair?" Pelna questions as it was close to them. But then a glaive wraps right at it and slices it neck open. He then lands on his feet and pulls off his hood. "Nyx, I owe you one." Pelna tells him and they take cover, "You and everyone else!" Nix tells him, "We need support of the east flank. Nyx, where are you?" Lucha asks. "I'm on my way, Pelna. Fallback and regroup with the others." Nyx orders him, "Go easy on the magic hero, you got someone that will kick your ass if you die." Cain reminds him as Nyx moves forward. He just smirks and turns back to them. "Then I won't give her a reason to." Nyx tells him then threw his blade and shot forward. Luche saw his shoot out and scoffs, "Showoff." he tells himself then threw a fireball and lighting as two creatures as Pelna help his comrade.

Libertus threw lighting at the creature above him, then stood to his feet, hacks off the arm and stabs it into the thing's head and it shoves him away. "Watch yourback Libertus, we got more incoming." Lucha warns him, "On it!" a female calls out as she suddenly appeared on top of the creature and plunge her blade into it's head, then threw her blade at the next one and shot out stabbing it right in the center of it's eyes. "We ain't going to last much longer." Libertus informs Luche as he then took cover. The girl looks at the creatures surrounding her and Libertus, "Hurry up with that spell, Crowe!" the woman calls out as she roll, dodging the legs, "Crowe!" Libertis calls out as the girl shot out next to him and stood firm, then thrust her arms out, "Thundgra!" she shouts, making thunder strike down at the creatures, frying them to a crisp.

"Yes!" Crow exclaims as the spell was ready, lightening roar as the inferno swirled, "All Glaives fall back!" Luche orders and the woman threw her blade out as she appeared next to a glaive, "Come on! Move!" she orders, he nods and threw her blade out and shot out close to rumble, she then threw her blade out more, getting to her comrades before they were swallowed up by the inferno. She then took cover herself, she exhales as she used almost all her magic to save her comrades, but then the sun went down and there was a roar in the distant, everyone looks over and saw Niflheim's greatest weapon; Diamond Weapon. She then looks down at her necklace that she had around her neck and hidden under clothes as it glowed. She places her hand on it and looks out at the demon as it pulls on it's restrains.

She then steps forward out her hiding spot, "Run! Everyone run!" she calls out and they did so, but then a three headed hound chases them, "Cerberus…" she mutters and her necklace glowed brighter, the demon then step to the inferno and presses it's head against the fire, making the mages drop one by one and the inferno was gone. "No…" the woman states as they lost their best attack. She then turns her gaze back to the demon and pulls off her hood. Revealing she had long black curly hair, blue eyes and tan skin. She then watches as she saw it's shoulders open up and flares pop out, her eyes widen.

"No!" she shouts out again, then a bright light out of nowhere formed over the whole area, shielding the Kingslgaive from the bombing flares and the rumble that was crumbling down on top of them. "We can't take down that demon. We can usethis to our advantage, I'm ordering a full retreat. Get back here alive, that's an order!" the captain orders them, and the kingsglaive spirited for it. But then the shield came down as the woman exhales in exhaustion and started to stumble back. She then saw her friend as he was jogging back, then looks up and saw a big rumble coming down at him, "Libertus!" she calls out as she threw her blade at him, he turns seeing her blade flying right towards him and she shot at him, gripping her blade before it touches him, then they wrap their arms around each other and roll three inches away from the rubble as it smack down onto the ground.

The woman pants as she spent the last of her magic and then leans against the rubble. Libertus turns to her and looks at her, "Ava." he said with worry, "Get out of here, I'll stall them." she tells him as she forces herself to her feet, but failed. "Ava, you can't stand, let along sit up. We stand together." he tells her, but she looks at him, "Dumbass, I'm right behind you. Now go." she tells him and shoves him back, he looks at her and ran for it. "All units, fall back to the extraction point." the captain orders, but Nyx turns around as he saw Libertus running at him. "Nyx, it's Ava!" Libertus tells him, Nyx looks at him in shock then back and he saw Ava with her blade out and was waiting for the creature to show himself, they both hid behind the wall. Lucha joins them. "Nyx! Libertis, we have to get out of here!" he reminds them, "Get to the extraction, Ava and I will meet you there!" Nyx tells Libertus, he nods at him and ran off. Then Luche ran up to Nyx and shoves him against the wall, "Nyx, we have our orders!" Luche tries again.

Then Nyx heard that cry for help in his head, then sighs. "Oh, that idiot!" he mutters then came out of hiding as he then threw his blade out and shot out back to her, "Ava! Nyx!" Crowe calls out to them. "Come on, Crowe we have to go!" Pelna tells her as he pulls her along. Ava pants as she was laying her head against the rubble, then Nyx shot out next to her, "For once can you not play the hero?" she asks him, he looks at her and smirks, "And you get piss at me for using too much power?" he questions her, she chuckles, "Touche." she agrees. Then Nyx pulls her to her feet, "Can you stand?" he asks her, she pants, "Nope, I'm all out of juice." she answers him, then looks ahead, "Aw shit." she mutters, Nyx looks as well and saw Cerberus. "You may wanna to drop me to kill that thing." she informs him, he nods at her, "Right." he tells her then laid her back against the rubble, then shot out to the side and on top of the middle head. The other two heads try and bit at him, Nix then raises his blade, "Watch out for the tail!" Ava calls out and she winches as he was hit by the tail, "Too late." she mutters. Then he hits the wall, sliding down it but the shot out before he was eaten. Then went to stealth and threw a fireball at it.

Ava heard big insect behind her, then turns, shooting lighting at it and it drop to the ground, fried. She then turns to the three headed dog and held her hand out, "Thundgra!" she shouts and shot lighting at it as well and make it howl in pain. Nyx shot back to her and pulls her to her feet, "Did I ever tell you I hate bugs?" she asks him as he swung her arm over his shoulder, "Yeah, hundred of times. Come on, just like in training." he tells her and help her limp away, but the ground under their feet started to give out, so they threw their blade out, making it onto solid ground. Ava pants as she pulls onto her hands and kneels, "Ava!" Nyx said as he kneels down next to her, placing his hand on her back, she then looks at the glowing from in her clothing, places her hand on it and looks up at the demon clouded in smoke.

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The Glaives were at the extraction point, were SUVs were showing up. "Luche, report." Captain Drautos orders as he was given binoculars, "The Imperial forces look to be withdrawing sir." Lucha informs him.

The Glaives were exhausted after loosing that fight again and almost all their friends, Nyx looks out that the battlefields as there was nothing left. Ava was enwrap in Crowe's arms as she was almost crying on her shoulder. "I'm okay Crowe. Really, I was just… out of juice." Ava tells her, "I know, that's what makes me angry with you." she tells her and Ava just sighs. "I figured as much." she tells her and Libertus places his hand on her arm and she looks at him, "Looks I owe you other one." he tells her, but she waves it off. "Think nothing of it, Libertus. I was looking out for my friends." she tells him and he hugs them, "That's what makes you so awesome." he mutters and Ava started to gag. "Guys… you're crashing me." she chokes out and they both let go. "Sorry." Crowe tells her. "Anyway, you guys head home, gets some rest, it was quite an eventful day we had." she tells them, crossing her arms. "We'll see you there, right?" Crowe asks her. "Honey please, you could offer me two million gil and I still won't leave you guys." she tells him and they both laugh. "Alright, take care." Libertus tells her and the step onto a van and it drove off.

Ava then exhales and sat on the back of a van and Nyx sat down next to her, "What a day huh." he tells her, she nods at him. "Yeah and I may of gotten the both of us into trouble with the Captain." she tells him, he looks at her and webs their fingers together. She then looks at him, "You're worth the trouble." he tells her, making her smile at him, he then leans in, then Drautos walks up to them, making them pull away from each other. "You disobey a direct order to retreat." he inform Nyx, "For Hearth and home, right sir. As long as I got strength in my body, I obey that order." Nyx informs him as Ava lays her head against his shoulder and Drautos looks down at the two. "Don't fool yourself, Nyx Ulric. Whatever strength you have is on loan from the king. You are nothing without him." he informs him, "So you like to remind us, over and over and over." Ava states, he shot her a glare and turns away, "Await further orders for your reassignment." he tells them and walks off. Ava sighs and Nyx press his head against hers.