AN- Hello, ShadowRebirth37 here! That's right, I'm back!! I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been insanely busy with my two newest Zoids fics, Fury's Core and Broken, and my classic, The Dark Savior. If you like Zoids or a good, thrilling, emotional fic, you should check them out, and the good thing about them is that you don't have to know a thing about Zoids to understand what's going on. If you love a good, tear jerking fic, read my newest Zoids fic, called Fury's Core. If you're human and have a heart, you'll cry. Guaranteed. Even if you don't know anything or any of the characters from Zoids, you will be able to understand the emotions. Back to this fic. This fic has been moved to the back of my 'to do' list, for my Zoids fic are demanding my total devotion right now. Things will start to turn dark quickly, and I may need to bump up the rating to 'T'. Sorry to my readers if the updates on this fic slow down further, but I'm starting to lose interest in this fic, and my more popular Zoids fics are starting to get into their storylines. Compared to my Zoids fic, this fic is just a simple drabble. My Zoids fics are much more developed and detailed, and one even earned me a 100 on a report at school, and another made my teacher cry, in front of the class, and she had no flipping clue what a Zoid was. Lol. If you want to see my true potential, check out my Zoids fics The Dark Savior, Broken, and Fury's Core. Lol. Anyway, on to the chapter. With out further delay, chapter 4- Fallen! (very ominous, I know!!)
.:Chapter 4- Fallen:.
Riku groaned weakly and slowly opened his eyes, mere crystal slits partially obscured by his silver hair. He had been awakened by the feeling of warmth spreading through him, and an almost silent growl. He tried to see what had made the growl, but his vision was blurry. The last thing he could remember was falling to his knees in the middle of the cathedral, trying to stop the bleeding from the gash on his arm as the blue Wyvern glared down at him. Everything after that was a blur, and he couldn't remember. He groaned again as he felt burning pain on his shoulder, squeezing his eyes shut.
A quiet growl directly next to him caught his attention, causing him to open his eyes slightly. Riku saw only a cloudy rust-colored figure, leaning over him, staring at him with gleaming gold eyes. Suddenly, the unknown figure growled, and Riku was enveloped in warm green light. He felt warmth spread through his weak body, and he felt a little of his strength return. His vision cleared slightly, but his surroundings were still blurry. The figure started to clear, and Riku's breath caught in his throat…
For the figure was a Wyvern, standing over him.
Spots were faintly visible on its rusty hide, and Riku's thoughts immediately flashed back to the speckled Wyvern that had attacked him. Gritting his teeth, Riku struggled to his feet, stumbling slightly from moving. The Wyvern snarled and jumped back at his sudden movement, watching him with eerie eyes. Riku took a step back, trying to reach his sword, watching the Wyvern carefully. It cocked its head and stared at him, silent and unmoving.
'If I can get my sword, I might be able to keep it at bay long enough to escape…' Riku thought, slowly edging his way back towards his dropped sword. He reached down and grasped the hilt, the Wyvern still unmoving, even when he started to raise it. As soon as he pointed it at the Wyvern, however, it began roaring and snarling, shifting nervously. It watched him closely, growling loudly.
Without warning, Riku's vision clouded and he faltered, the tip of the sword banging against the stone floor as it all but fell from his hand. 'I can't fight in this condition, I need to get away before I collapse again…' he thought, his vision beginning to blur. The Wyvern roared again, but stopped, and looked up at something that Riku couldn't see. He started to turn to try and see what was behind him, but his legs gave out, and he started to fall backwards.
What he fell against wasn't stone, but smooth scale…
Riku had collapsed against something scaled, but his thoughts were too clouded at the moment to try and figure out exactly what it was that he had fallen against. Whatever he fell into growled lowly, shifting slightly. Before he could move, he saw the blue scaled head of the Wyvern look down at him, upside-down as the tall Heartless studied him with flat emerald eyes. Now he knew he was in trouble, for he was barely able to stay on his feet, let alone fight two powerful Wyverns.
The sapphire blue scaled Wyvern just stared at him, not moving or growling. Riku stared back, and that's when it hit him- he had fallen against the Wyvern. 'Oh no… now I'm in trouble…' Riku thought, still looking up at the large Heartless as it continued to stare at him flatly. The other Wyvern growled loudly, and the blue Wyvern lifted her head and looked at it, growling back.
The Wyvern looked back down at him and growled. Before Riku even had a chance to breathe, the Wyvern grabbed and held his arms with the claws on her wings, preventing him from moving. Riku started to struggle, but he was too weak from his injuries to get free. The Wyvern growled quietly, tightening her grip slightly, but Riku still tried to get free.
Suddenly, the other Wyvern came right up to him, now only a few feet away. Riku raised his sword slightly in a vain attempt to defend himself, but he only managed to get the tip a few feet off the ground. The Wyvern roared and took a step backwards, hissing at him loudly. He raised it a few more inches, but suddenly the sword jerked. Confused, he looked down, and saw the blue Wyvern's tail wrapped around the hilt. The Wyvern growled, and Riku watched as she pulled the sword from his hand with her tail, setting it on the ground silently.
As soon as the sword touched the ground, the other Wyvern approached him again, growling lowly. It raised its head and made a strange noise, and it looked like it was going to attack. Riku closed his eyes, waiting to feel the Wyvern's claws. Instead of feeling its claws, however, Riku felt odd warmth, and sensed light around him. He opened his eyes slightly and exhaled, feeling more of his strength return. He looked at the Wyvern strangely, before he realized what it had done-
It had healed him.
The Wyvern growled, spreading its wide tan wings. A low growl above him made Riku look up, and he stared into the blue Wyvern's light green eyes. The blue Wyvern growled again and released him, removing her claws and retracting her wings. The other Wyvern growled and launched into the air, flying out of the cathedral. The blue Wyvern followed suit, spreading her grey wings and flying after it with a loud roar. Riku watched them fly away, and reached down and picked up his sword. As he grasped it, he realized that the wound on his arm was gone, completely healed by the Wyvern.
'Why did it heal me? And why didn't the blue one steal my heart when I was unconscious?' Riku thought, looking out at the sky where the two Heartless had flown out, 'There's something up with these Heartless…' he watched as the Wyverns disappeared from view behind another tower. He was about to walk away, when he heard a panicked roar from outside. It sounded like a Wyvern's cry, and it sounded like it was in pain.
Riku ran outside the cathedral, and looked around for the source. He ran down the open air hallway and rounded the corner and froze, for standing right in front of him was another Wyvern, its back to him. The Wyvern that had healed him was pinned to the ground by a huge silver Wyvern, and the Wyvern that had attacked him earlier had the blue one cornered.
Without thinking, he swung his sword, slashing the Wyvern in front of him's back. It screamed in pain, collapsing forward onto the stone floor. The other two attacking Wyverns whipped around and glared at him, shocked and surprised, but mostly angry. The large silver one roared and fanned its huge black wings, burning red eyes narrowed and sharp teeth bared.
It roared again and lunged, knocking Riku to the ground and pinning him with its foot. Riku struggled, and swung his sword defensively, the tip connecting with the massive Heartless's nose. It roared in anger and pain, and extended its claws, ready to rip him apart. Before it had a chance to, however, it was knocked off him by the Wyvern that had healed him earlier. The silver Wyvern was slammed into the wall by the Wyvern, and fell to the ground, unmoving. The blue Wyvern used the distraction to attack, striking the Wyvern in front of her with her bladed tail, slashing its chest. It screamed and faltered, screeching and flailing its wings and tail in pain.
Riku scrambled to his feet, helped up by the Wyvern that had pretty much just saved his life twice in the same day. The silver Wyvern's claws had cut his side, the wound wasn't that deep, but in his still-weak state it was bad enough. He started to get dizzy, and he would have fallen if the Wyvern hadn't held him stay up with its outstretched wing.
A Wyvern's scream of pain broke the silence, and caused both Riku and the Wyvern to look up. The last attacking Wyvern had screamed, but now it fought back. It swung its spined tail at the blue Wyvern, but she dodged and struck back with a swing of her own tail, connecting with the speckled Wyvern's face. It shrieked and charged, ramming the blue Wyvern out of a hole in the hallway, both of them falling down. Both of the Wyverns screamed, but were cut-off as they hit the ground.
The Wyvern at Riku's side roared loudly, but only one of the two answered. They watched as one of them flew back up and into the hall, and in horror they realized that it was the speckled Wyvern. Its face twisted into an evil smirk, its black wings half extended as it landed and glared at the two. The Wyvern beside him roared and lunged, pouncing on the speckled Wyvern with claws extended. It screamed, but managed to worm its way out from under the roaring Wyvern's claws, and flew out of the opening, disappearing into the distance.
The Wyvern called to the unresponsive blue one, but only a pained whimpering cry answered. At that point Riku knew the blue Wyvern was badly hurt, and he turned and ran down the hall, towards some stairs that he knew lead down to where the Wyvern had fallen. The other Wyvern had flown down after her, but he knew after casting all those healing spells on him it probably wouldn't be able to do it for her.
Riku ran down the flight of stairs, trying to reach the badly wounded Wyvern quickly. He gripped his sword tightly, seeing the speckled Wyvern flying overhead. It didn't come after him, but he slowed down and kept low to keep from attracting its attention.
Riku rounded a corner, and saw the Heartless. The blue Wyvern was collapsed on the ground, whining loudly. Riku walked up to beside the ailing Wyvern, looking down at the squirming Heartless. Her eyes were closed and she was writhing in pain, one of her wings lying on the ground half-extended and at an odd angle. He leaned down to her level, setting his sword on the ground beside him.
The Wyvern's eyes flashed open at the sound of his sword hitting the stone, dull compared to their normal glittering emerald color. She rolled her eye up and looked at him, whining in pain. He shifted his weight slightly, but cringed, hot pain shooting through him from the slash on his side. He groaned quietly, but tried to ignore it.
'Wait… that potion that I found might help her…' Riku thought, remembering that he had found a potion when he had been wandering around earlier. 'But how will it affect a Heartless? Could it hurt her?' Riku wondered, not knowing how the potion would affect the wounded Wyvern. He looked at her seemingly broken wing, trying to decide what to do.
'Hold on… if a Wyvern's wing is anything like a seagull's, I might be able to set it…' Riku thought, remembering how he had set a seagull's wing after Sora had accidentally knocked it from a tree with Wakka's blitz-ball.
"Stop moving and let me see your wing…" Riku said quietly to the suffering Wyvern, looking her in the eyes. She stared flatly back, and her squirming lessened, though her body continued to shudder slightly. He lightly touched the delicate dark grey membrane with his gloved hand, studying a thin cut on the smooth surface. He found the narrow bones within the wing, and slowly ran his fingers around the main bones near the top. So far, he hadn't felt anything of worry, but he knew that the Wyvern wasn't writhing in pain over that little scratch.
Suddenly, the Wyvern wailed in pain as he ran his hand over a small bump. She writhed in pain and whipped her tail around, smacking Riku in his side. Riku cringed, the sharp tip of the Wyvern's tail cutting him slightly. Thankfully, the Wyvern was weak, and her tail didn't do much damage.
"This is going to hurt, but stay still…" Riku whispered to the still-squirming Heartless, putting his hand back on her wing, though safely away from the supposed broken bone. The Wyvern nodded weakly, her struggling stopping. The more the Wyvern whined and shuddered, the more Riku wanted to give her the potion. Finally, he decided he would do so.
"Here, this will make you feel better…" Riku said, pulling out the potion from his pocket and taking off the lid. He gently lifted the Wyvern's head, opening her jaws and pouring in a little of the green liquid. She suddenly shuddered and growled, spitting the potion from her mouth.
"I know, it tastes horrible, but you need to drink it…" Riku said, bringing the small bottle up to her mouth again. The Wyvern let him pour a small amount into her mouth, swallowing it with a disgusted snort, shuddering. Riku watched as the potion worked it magic, the Wyvern's body glowing a soft green for a moment before it faded. The color returned to the Wyvern's eyes, and the cut on her wing healed instantly.
The Wyvern lifted her head on her own, groaning quietly as she pulled her legs underneath her, preparing to get up. She growled and tried to get to her feet, but she was still too weak, and collapsed back down on her belly, whining loudly and closing her eyes. She flicked her tail around in pain, whimpering quietly.
Riku reached out and laid his hand on the Wyvern's crest of horns, trying to calm her down. The Wyvern's eyes flashed open at his touch, but after realizing it was only him, closed again. He gently ran his hand over the smooth scale, the small sapphires dull compared to their usual deep sparkling color. The Wyvern whined again, squeezing her eyes shut tighter.
"You're okay…" Riku said quietly, "… here, drink a little more of this…" he added, holding out the potion so the Wyvern could see. The Wyvern opened her jaws slightly, letting him pour in the remaining potion, swallowing it with disdain. She coughed, and her body shone faint green for a few seconds, her remaining injuries fading as they healed.
The Wyvern lifted her head again, eyes bright and scales shimmering. She shook her head and slowly stood up, stumbling slightly. Riku backed up and got to his feet, giving the Wyvern room. She groaned and retracted her wing, though her one that Riku had worried about still hung at her side. The Wyvern looked up at the sky, obviously looking for the speckled one that had attacked her.
"Don't worry; I haven't seen that speckled Wyvern…" Riku tried to reassure the nervous Wyvern that the other Wyvern was no where nearby. She looked around one more time before she lowered her head, growling lowly. The sapphire Wyvern took a shaky step, her right leg obviously causing her pain. She looked down, for at her feet was Riku's sword. Snorting loudly, she kicked the sword, which spun across the stone floor, stopping at Riku's feet.
When Riku reached down to pick up the sword, the slash on his side sent hot pain through him again. He groaned and put his hand on the wounds, feeling warm blood trickle down his side. He heard the Wyvern snort and move close to him, but he was more preoccupied with the pain he was in. The pain was much worse this time, and it was affecting his breathing. A curious nudge from the Wyvern tore his attention from his wounds.
"I'm fine; it's just a scratch…" Riku breathed, looking up at the Wyvern. The Wyvern cocked her head, looking at the slashes. She growled and lifted her head, looking up at the sky. Riku didn't follow her gaze, for his vision was starting to get blurry and he couldn't see anything. He tried to get to his feet, but couldn't, and collapsed onto his side.
This caught the Wyvern's attention, and she turned and looked at him, growling. She walked over beside him and leaned down, nosing his shoulder, growling softly. Riku didn't react, for he was barely conscious and in a lot of pain. The Wyvern growled and nudged him again, but Riku only groaned, for that was all he could really do. Right now, he wished he had saved a little of the potion, cause right now he really needed it.
'When that other Wyvern attacked me, I didn't feel like this… there must be something different about that silver Wyvern…' Riku thought, the wound on his side throbbing with pain. He was in pure agony, and being weak from the earlier attack wasn't helping at all. The Wyvern continued to growl softly and still stood over him, nosing him every few minutes, probably to see if he was still conscious. 'It almost feels like that Wyvern's claws were poisoned…' he thought, not being able to think up anything else…
He just didn't know how right he was about the Wyvern's claws…
.:End of Chapter 4:.
AN- So, what'd ya think? Different, I know, but righting chapter 3 of Fury's Core really altered my writing style. Again, if you like a good, emotional, action-filled, make you cry, give you the weird feeling in you fic, you need to read Fury's Core. Lol. That fic will make you cry and want to watch Zoids. Please R & R that if you really want to see what I'm truly capable of. The first two chapters are very funny, and seem like they belong in a humor fic. The third chapter, however, seems like it belongs in a novel or movie. Its sad and emotional, but also has action and a suspenseful atmosphere that you usually only find in a movie. It may sound like I'm trying to advertise it, but what you just read was said about the fic by a reader and was from a reader's PM. I didn't just make that up. Lol. Please R & R that if you like this fic, cause you'll love that fic. Lol. Hope you liked this chapter, cause this will be the last update for awhile. I'm going to be very busy with my Zoids fics, Fury's Core, Broken, Of Zoids and Organoids, and The Dark Savior. Again, those fics are my best works, please Read & Review them sometime if you want to see my full potential. Please review!! And remember- all flamers will be fed to Shuriken and Geier, the evil Organoid from 'Broken'!! Non-flamers, don't worry, you're safe!! XD Lol. Please leave a nice, constructive review!!XD
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