RESTRICT.

RAID
 by iReii

"The two desire love― yet they're not fated for one another.
Raid Boss Add and Adventurer Aisha― the two shares unforgettable memories."

BGM AION OST: Forgotten Sorrow Piano Cover | REYNAH

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iv.

What's happening to you― Why are you like this? Thoughts fluttered into the mage's mind as she struggled to climb up a fence. Successfully, she landed safely on the cold bricks as she sighed out a triumph of pride. Aisha digged through her outerwear's pocket, a smile was painted across her face as she grabbed out two bottles of mana potion.

Enough to teleport. She thought as she walked over to the outer part of the ominous castle― Raid Boss Residence. She rested her back onto the icy wall as she silently walked over to the window that illustrated the inside.

Dark― only couple candles were lit around the corners. She closed her eyes and let out a sigh, then without a hesitance, the mage teleported over to the inside of the edifice.

"Poor guy― he's still new." A deep voice was heard across the hall as Aisha hid herself next to a wall. She peeked over, to find the source of the voice, only to take a glimpse of a fair male with a long silver lock― reaching his waist as an technologically advanced wings and tails were ripped out of its back and lower waist. Sapphire eyes glistened under the candle light as the male glanced over to another unknown man next to him. A black haired male, with a dark violet colored kimono embracing his thin body. He smiled at his partner's statement, as sharp fangs appeared underneath his thin lips.

Aisha shivered due to sudden fear. Eltrion and Drabaki? She thought― she only heard couple conversation across the El Search Party when those two were the Raid Bosses at a certain season. She only heard their physical appearances as a human and boss form along with their name. The two took a turn away from the current location of Aisha and she let out a sigh of relief.

"Who's there." Eltrion swiped his hand into the air as he suddenly turned around. Luckily, the mage have teleported away from his sudden actions as she hid herself on another wall. Eltrion shrugged as Drabaki murmured "Idiot" underneath his breath.

Multiple corridors leading to another staircase after one another, the Elemental Master stood in awe as she gazed out the window, only to reflect the starry night sky. It was silent― just like the days they spent together, underneath the snowy clouds. Her fingernails tapped the window silently yet with panic, as she realized that she was lost.

With barely any light and the same view at every turn, it wasn't simple to find the correct way that leads to the residence of Add's. Furthermore, she barely had any knowledge about this edifice. However, the mage did not want to easily give up; she entered a building wrapped in various kinds of secrets without being caught, and leaving now means leaving Add― something she didn't want to experience again.

"Ah…."

Just when she was ready to turn into another hallway filled with nothing but voidness, she heard a silent grunt. She turned back, peeking her ways out to the source of the sound. A dim candle was lit next to a room blocked with bars― something representing the complete opposite of freedom: restriction. She slowly made her way towards the sound, curiosity growing within herself as she closed the gap in between herself and the shaky voice.

The mage came to a halt when she placed both of her feet next to the bars silently. Her slender fingers were holding onto the bars as she trembled after seeing the sight ahead of her.

There he was.

His slender back leaning against the cold, metal walls as darkness was consuming the room. His skinny wrists laying itself across the floor lifelessly as chains from the walls restricted it to move. It was faint due to the darkness, yet she glimpsed his face― he was obviously tired of being restricted, yet gave up long time ago to free himself. Underneath his lavender eyes that reflected the moonlight were shadows that illustrated his tiredness. There was signs of injuries everywhere on the skin that was physically shown, from tiny lacerations to large bruises. His lips were torn as there was sign of dried blood still lingering around his inner lips. He was glancing over to a tiny window that reflected the silver light of the moon, the only source of light.

She accidentally breathed out quite loudly, which was heard by Add as he viciously turned his face to find the source of the sound. Before he took a glance of anything, Aisha already teleported herself, behind the walls. Add let out a sigh as he said with a low voice that contained voidness, "Show yourself."

Aisha realized she came all the way here to meet Add, and hiding herself from his view was breaking her promise that she made with herself. Slowly and silently, the mage walked over back to the place she was standing, and glanced over to match the eyes of Add's.

"Sorry I just came without any news, but after seeing you earlier, I just― just couldn't sit still except to visit you."

The mage hesitated, but continued on with her commitment to see the Raid Boss, whom stared at her without any emotion contained in his lavender eyes. Within his slightly parted lips, her name slipped out.

"Aisha."

Aisha continued to stare at his eyes as he silently whispered her name. A slight smile spread across her lips as she realized he still remembers her― she's still someone within Add's heart.

"Leave." He said heartlessly, which was a quite shock to the mage. It felt as if her heart dropped to the ground by his thoughtless actions, her clenched fingers loosening from the bars she was gripping onto. Her hands fell to side of her thighs lifelessly as her lips parted, yet no words slipped out of her petite mouth.

"Look who have we here." A low, sly voice loudly spoke behind her. She gaped in shock as she turned around― only to meet a mysterious man with only one of his eyes glistening a golden hue underneath his gray mask. The other eye― was empty as if he didn't even have an eye. The man crossed his fingers behind his back, but slowly released the lock as he grabbed Aisha by her shoulder. She flinched due to sudden actions but loosened her tension soon enough.

"It sure doesn't look like you belong here." He said underneath his mask. Aisha gulped as his dark aura started to grow within the environment as fear overwhelmed herself. She glanced over to see Add, who continued to stare at her yet with slight concern glistening from his eyes. Quite shocked, she was. Yet the fear the mysterious man gave off was increasing as he gave more strength to his grip on her shoulder.

"Perhaps, lost… perhaps came to visit Add?" The man glanced up as he twirled his fingers around in front of his face, then pointed directly toward the mage as he continued, "Props to you, brave fellow." He suddenly clapped his hands while laughing hysterically. Aisha took a step back by his unexpected actions.

"I said leave!" Suddenly, Add who was behind the bars yelled out as he leaned forward, his chains viciously tapping each other as it was pulled, restricting Add's sudden actions. He cried towards the mage with plea, yet he was aware of torture he will be receiving soon by Glaive due to his actions.

"Oh my, a lovey dovey couple here." Glaive stopped his lunatical actions as he glanced over to Add. The masked man's vision suddenly turned from annoyed to extremely furious as his golden eyes glared at Add. "Get ready for torture soon, Add." He said silently as Add glanced down, silently sitting back down.

"Why are you doing this? Leave him be, free him!" Aisha cried out as she tackled the arm that was gripping onto her shoulder. Glavie tilted his head as he asked, "A helpless mage dare to challenge me?" Aisha bit her lips and so did Add. Leave, I said leave! Add's desperate plea echoed through her mind. He did not want her to be threatened, he wanted her to go back to the safer area. Aisha took a note of that, however, leaving Add like this was not the event she planned.

Helpless without a wand, she pulled her hand out in front of her in order to protect herself from Glaive's actions. She glanced at every inch of his body, ready to defend from sudden attacks. However, she was taken by surprise when Glaive's golden eyes became a crescent shape― he's smiling?

Before she realized, a cerulean hue rose from the ground, forming a mysterious cube that trapped her inside. Unaware by Glaive's sudden action, she tried to free himself. She heard Add's desperate cries in the background, but every sound was suddenly vanished. And so was she.

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end chapter four.

note:

I love Glaive in the game, but I deeply hate him in this story... even though I wrote it lol.
This AION OST is honestly one of my favorites, and I think it perfectly portrays the mood of this chapter.
I hope you guys enjoyed reading, and please don't forget to review/follow/favorite!

replies:

I decided to go back to replying reviews! I apologize if I didn't respond to your reviews previously, but I really do appreciate each and every review!

Guest: I hope you're hooked until the last chapter, thank you!

TheWindWhispers: Thank you for always reviewing my stories! I agree, I'm more of an ElsAi person... BUT I WANTED TO WRITE ADD X AISHA SO BAD! XD Also, the mood lightens up at the very last chapter! So even though it is a tragedy... I'd say it's not LOL

Odyssey: Even though I created Add within this story... I feel bad for him too :c

Preneli: I'm trying to make this story unpredictable, I'm kind of glad by the fact that you can't expect what's going to happen! XD

Spirify: You better not hate doing Raid or else I'm gonna lose my Raid partner LMAO.