"W-What?" Flynn ceased his struggling and looked up at the young girl who stood before the slender man and enormous monstrosity. He stared at her with wide blue eyes as he tried to figure out how it was possible for this girl to have the name of Annabella Scifo. "That's impossible… She died years ago…"

The young girl stood there with her hands balled into fists as she bit down on her tongue with full force. Yuri was frozen in his place along with Flynn as he couldn't figure out an explanation for Luna's true identity. "Annabella…?" He muttered in a quiet voice that no else had heard.

Karol seemed confused by the revelation as much at the others but for a different reason; why she had the same last name as the Commandant. Slowly, 'Luna' took a step back away from Rashta but something seemed strange about her. She was now completely relaxed and a wide, ominous grin appeared on her face. "L-Luna…?" Karol called out to her while using her fake name.

She didn't say anything or turn around to look at Karol but instead she just titled her head to the right as she stared intently at Rashta. "Oh my… I never thought I'd see the effects of Dementia." He commented in an amused tone. "I hear it's quite dangerous. Myron… Fedler… Take care of this brat." He ordered with a nap of his fingers before baking away from the young girl.

Myron cracked his fingers as he stepped forward with the man who had attacked the group when they were getting a ride from Ba'ul. As Myron reached back for his enormous sword, he noticed the strange, yellow, glowing crypts along the irises of her eyes. "So this is what it looks like…" Myron muttered to himself before running at her with his sword ready to slash down at her.

Luna seemingly disappeared and reappeared above Myron as she came down to slash him; missing his neck only by a few centimeters. She straightened and sidestepped out of the way to avoid Fedler's stab before back-flipping to kick him on the side of his face. Her entire demeanor had changed; instead of her concentrated and calm face, she had a sadistic, cruel smile and she seemed smug.

"You're a slippery one, aren't you?" Fedler growled as he spun around to attack her. He caught her across the stomach which caused a small yelp of pain and the crypts in her irises flashed for a moment.

Yuri and the others darted forward to try and help her but as they reached Myron and Fedler, Luna shouted loudly and a yellow pulse ran along the ground. The force of the pulse sent the members of Brave Vesperia straight into the wall while creating a force field around her and the two Dark Contract members. Yuri got right back up and began to pound his fists against the force field. "Dammit, you can't do this yourself!" He shouted.

The leader of Brave Vesperia looked back at Flynn as the rattling of chains began to sound once again. He nudged Judith who joined him as he raced to the Commandant's aid; Judith taking care of the guards by tossing them over the edge in two quick movements. Karol bent down beside Flynn and took out a bobby pin from his large bag. He wiggled the pin in the wrist cuff for a few moments until he heard it unlock.

Flynn got up to his feet as Karol unlocked the second cuff. He ran to the force field and began slamming his fists on it as well as if he could possibly break the barrier created by the girl who shared his last name. "That can't be her…" He growled to himself. 'But why do I feel that I have to protect her..?' He wondered to himself.

Despite everyone being so worried, Luna didn't seem to be struggling with the two strong opponents. With every quick slash from Fedler she'd deflect it with her own blade while dodging the heavy-hitter slashes from Myron. Not once did she attempt to attack them outside of her counterattacks and little by little, the damage built up on them.

"This is tedious." Myron muttered as he grabbed Luna by the neck and held her up off the ground. With a quick slash, Fedler ran his blade down her back, causing her to shriek in pain. The crypts disappeared from her eyes for a moment before returning and she immediately swung her heels into Fedler's chin then forward to kick Myron's head.

Luna fell to her feet and spun around with her blade stretched out in front of her as she cut across both of the men's chests. Blood dripped down the tip of Luna's blade as she ran straight for Myron, her blade pointed towards him. Just before her blade pierced his body, she was tackled aside by Fedler who struggled to pin her down.

"Stay still and I'll make your death quick and painless." Fedler growled with a smirk which was Luna's first clue that he was lying. She curled her legs up between her and Fedler then pushed them straight forward as she watched Fedler go flying into the ceiling of the force field. As Fedler fell through the air, Luna flipped onto her hands and kicked him aside.

The larger of the two men came charging straight for Luna and as Myron swung his sword in a wide vertical slash, she jumped up and placed a hand on his sword. "Not so fast, Myron." She propelled herself from the blade and kicked him square in the face which caused a cut to open on his forehead. "Why don't you two give it up already?" She whipped around and brought her blade up to defend herself against Fedler slash.

"I wouldn't get so cocky, brat." Fedler growled as he leaned over Luna while pressing down with his sword as hard as he could. "We know what the Dementia does to you." The girl broke away from Fedler only to have herself come blade to blade with Myron. Both of them pressed against the other as hard as they could.

Suddenly there was a loud shattering sound and Luna jumped away from Myron but fell back as she lost her balance "D-Damn!" Her sword lay in pieces before her and Myron lurched over her. However, the crypts in her eyes remained as did her smug disposition. Luna darted underneath Myron and straight past Fedler, managing to trip him in the process.

Although Luna wasn't much of a fist fighter, she was still faster and smaller than the two men which gave her a slight advantage over their strength. Luna ducked underneath Myron's blade and jumped back as Fedler came at her with a flurry of slashes.

Meanwhile, the Commandant began biting down on the inside of his lip hard as he watched the young fend off against the two larger men. He was scared stiff for her and he looked over at Yuri who was equally worried. If there was even the slightest chance that this girl really was Annabella Scifo, then they definitely did not want to see her get hurt.

Now with no weapon, it was obvious that Luna wasn't going to last much longer but there was still something strange that possessed her and changed her entire façade. Luna continued to dodge with one maneuver right after the other but it was obvious she was growing tired. Quickly, she propelled her feet straight into Fedler stomach and as she turned to chase him in order to finish him off, Myron grabbed onto her scarf tightly.

The young girl began to struggle but he got her under control quickly by holding her in place with a headlock. "Get ready to say goodbye, Little Bell." He laughed as he spoke loudly enough for Yuri and the others to hear. However, Myron's glare was directed straight at Yuri as Fedler got back up and twirled his dagger in his hands.

"D-Don't you ever call me that!" Luna shouted as she struggled as hard as she could against Myron. She could see the murderous intent in Fedler's eyes but as he looked back at Rashta, the amused look faded from his eyes and was replaced with disappointment. Slowly, Fedler stepped forward until he was right in front of her. "Time for your curtains to finally close."

Swiftly, Fedler took his dagger and stabbed it through Luna's abdomen. The blood-curdling scream that came from Luna ran shivers down everyone's spines. Flynn and Yuri simultaneously shouted out for Luna although it was all for naught. The force field around the battle site slowly faded away into thin air as Myron dropped Luna roughly on the floor and followed Rashta alongside Fedler.

Judith chased after the two who had attacked Luna but they managed to reach their getaway vessel that dropped them into the waters below as they set out on the sea. The Krytian looked back at Flynn and Yuri who were bent down beside Luna's limp body' the Commandant's eyes were watering up from the tears he was fighting back.

"There's only one way to know if she really is Annabella…" Yuri muttered to Flynn as he looked up to his friend. The Commandant nodded and slowly, the two pulled down the scarf from her neck to reveal a small bell on what looked like a collar. On the back was written; 'To my Little Bell…' and as they saw the words, both the boys had a hardened expression on their face. "It's her."

Oh my I did my best to keep this battle long and this was as long as I could make it. THe net couple of chapters are going to be flashbacks to THe First Strike storyline.