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You know the drill This means Alana is thinking, not saying.Ch.6 Enuma Elish
An interminable grass field extends in all directions, crashing with the dark, cloudless sky in the horizon. To the north, a Shogun castle can be spotted, it glows white with the light of three moons. The biggest glows silver, The middle one is crimson red.
Fresh winds bath the field, which is under an incredible star mantle, white horses run free in this sacred place, with a river coming to the field wildly form the nearby mountains. A band of birds fly swiftly in the sky before reaching their homes in the enchanted forest by the castle. A sacred valley, a place to escape. The last refugee of Kiritsugu Emiya in his final days alive, fighting against the grail curse, was within his mind.
Ryan stares at this awesome reality. "The perfect place to rest". With a bitter smile he mutters the last word in the sentence. "Eternally". Some good fifty meters in front of him, Gilgamesh is studying his new enviroment, he is amazed, but of course is hiding it. Ryan shoulders his Icestel and begins to walk towards the king of heroes.
-"Nice, uh?"
Gilgamesh stops the scouting and faces his neverending adversary.
-"What the heck is this, Thompson?"
Ryan smiles jockingly.
-" Why, i thought the great Gilgamesh, king of Heroes should recognize a Reality marble."
-" Hmph. So you did this place, eh? Kinda nice i must admit. Pity to blow it to smithereens."
-"Well, Well. Seems that you don´t understand the situation here. You know, this is my place, ergo, i´ve got field advantage."
And with a movement of Ryan, Hundreds of Icetels sprout out of the field. As Gilgamesh study the closest ones he realizes that inscribed in the blades some figurines can be seen, with names below. The images represents servants, and the names are their noble phamtasms, of course that means...
-"Yep, Gilg." Teases Ryan. "All the noble phamtasms I´ve learned. And since this reality is technically my own mind, they come at full force."
Ryan keeps walking towards Gilgamesh, and grabs one Icestel. This one has Gilgamesh inscribed in the blade, the name "Elish" is below him. As Ryan pulls it out the earth, it turns, of course, into Ea. Which begins to rotate. Ryan is a double wielder now.
-"Say Gilg. Feeling Lucky?"
-"And since when a mere copy can beat the original?"
Ryan smiles bitterly.
-" Nobody told ya, Gilg?. This is the original, too. This is the Elish of twenty minutes ago, when you hit me for the first time. When you were, if you allow me to say it, more refreshed and... stronger"
Gilgamesh charges out of desperation. Ryan readies his own Ea in his left hand, his original Icestel in the right.
-"C´mon, King of Heroes"
-"Argh."
-(BOTH) " ENUMA ELISH"
-"So, he almost died against True Assasin" Asked Illya, just to close the subject.
Alana sighs.
-"... Yeah, Illya, he almost. Anyway after that all we had to do is to wait for Gilg, as i told ya already. So we moved here."
A nod of concense from everyone.
-"So.." Keeps Alana. " We knew that Rin was here and we took the oportunity and... got this.."
Alana shows everyone an arcane book, black and with runes in it, it glows dark blue
-"Ahhh, nope." retorts Illya. " That´s mine. You stole it from my castle. Those are the Von Einzbergh annals."
-"Ehh, yep. Sorry. Let´s see.." She gets out another magic book. " Matou´s necro uprising..." and yet another " Kiritsugu´s Diary..."
-"What?" Says Shirou.
-"And.. There, Tohsaka war. A compilation of the old grail wars by the Tohsaka´s master of each"
-"I fail to notice the importance of those books" remarks Saber.
-"Wait a minute" grasshopper " Is not for you, is for Shirou. It is in Runes, so i can´t read it, but this lady" turns to Rin " Sure can. This is the page that Ryan told me about the second war, care to read Rin?"
Rin grabs the book.
-"Thanks for lending me my book. Hmmm, Let´s see. " The Grail can´t grant life, so my wish is not possible. However there must be another way. I must know it or Echo... Tomorrow is the final day." Finishes Rin with a surprise hint in her voice.
-"What's up Tohsaka?" Asks Shirou. Alana answers with a smiley
-"Hmm, just as i suspected. Let me explain the things to you. I'll arrange the books in order."
Everyone begins to read avidly. Illia reads briefly the Tohsaka's family tree, then she goes to the Von Einzbergh annals because something hit the button. Then she asks Rin.
-"Rin, Echo is your...?"
Rin says yes with her head.
-"And, Rin.. Did your great grandfather's name was...?"
Rin say yes again. Illia quickly tosses the books away.
-"Alana that is unace..."
-"Why not?. Is a fair chance. Look in the end is Shirou's..."
She stops as Saber raises his hand.
-"Stop it Alana. I won't tolerate it. That posibility.."
-"Saber.."
-"But.. Shirou"
Shirou raises and goes to the garden.
-"Please, come. Saber"
Ryan just can't believe it.
His left arm is totally twisted, dislocated beyond repair. Blood is emanating from it and going to the ground, tainting the grass. In the ground, the fake Ea, turned again into an Icestel, is red hot. Ryan is barely holding his ground with the suport of his right Icestel. His entire body feels like is burning, and his legs are shaking. With difficulty he begins to step forward.
One step, two steps, yet another step. Finally he gets to the blood-stained mass that once was Gilgamesh. He stands on top of the once king of heroes, who begins his last speech.
-"Uh. I can't believe that my own technique was the one who killed me"
-"It was destined, King of Heroes. He who tries to obtain Inmortality is struked by his own pride"
Gilgamesh smiles bitterly.
-"Yeah. A good friend told me so. What can i say? The story of my life."
-"A life that ends now."
-"The same goes to you. Aww, man, it hurts. One thing, tell Arturia that i'm sorry."
Ryan acepts the task.
-" Now that most of the cursed blood is out of his system he is the true Gilgamesh"
Gilgamesh closes his eyes one last time.
-" Oh, Enkidu. I'm going to accompany you, my friend.. To the Netherworld."
And with that, smiling. Gilgamesh, King of Heroes, expires. As for his soul, nobody knows, but it won't go to the halls of heroes.
As for Ryan, he sits there, beside Gilgamesh and opts to amputate his left arm with Icestel.
-" I can't believe that it was the RECOIL of my Elish who did that. He really was something. A Proud hero, the first one. Gilgamesh, the king of Heroes, who was totally corrupted by the grail... So am i."
With a scream, Ryan cuts his arm, and the reality marble around him vanishes, along with Gilgamesh body. Purple blood begins to pour constantly as Ryan barely manages to stop it. Then he makes his signal.
-"Alana !"
-"Yes?"
-"I'm Dying."
Next: With you Always.
