The humans in Rabona were rushing around the buildings with haste. Few people were even in the streets and the civilians were all being kept safe near a small warrior who was quietly standing by in the cathedral with the former trainees. She had an air of calm about her and despite the fact that she was calmly seeing to her small children, The Silent Chloey kept ears open for any sign that the humans were starting to panic. The two trainees, Marissa and Narissa, were both briefed on what they were expected to do and the two girls that were meant to be the replacement for both Alicia and Beth were as ready as Chloey could get them to be, making sure that it was clear to them what they had to do. The twin girls made it clear to Chloey that they both knew what they had to do and they were more than ready to do it. Chloey made sure that the last of the women and children were stowed safely in the cathedral while the newly crowned Queen Hysteria was outside preparing for what was going to be one of the toughest battles that the half yoma had fought in a long while.
The warlord's army was camped not too far from Rabona and it was from Rabona's cathedral that Hysteria could see that the warriors had their work cut out. She looked carefully at what she had to do and slowly came up with a plan that was about to hopefully turn the tides of the battle to create a decisive victory for her and Rabona.
The warriors pulled on their new amour that was made by the Rabonians to give them more protection than anything that the Organization could ever have produced. Hysteria spoke to the warriors and split them in to small battle units with one warrior controlling ten humans. She figured that each unit of ten was to make up a larger unit of 100 men, with the leading half yoma to be captains. She looked at those that she had fought alongside once before and Hysteria could see Miria's unit, somewhere on the flank and felt a worried feeling that only a mother would ever have when it was her baby being put in to danger. Hysteria didn't want her baby getting hurt, she wanted Miria to be safe and sound and she was willing to damn near do whatever it took to keep her daughter safe.
Hysteria called a meeting with all of the captains and she slowly voiced her plan. The sun was sinking and by the time that Hysteria was finished the night had long since fallen, the darkness still light enough that the humans would be able to make out where they were going.
The humans waited in the cold for their commanders to say exactly what they were going to do. Cid looked around the walls of the city that he grew up in with Galk and secretly was glad that he'd been in the same unit as his taller friend. Cid's head snapped up when Miria arrived. He was surprised to see that their commander was in a foul mood, or perhaps it was her poker face, he couldn't tell. Miria waited until the unit's eyes and ears were focused on her before she began,
"We are to be ready to attack now; you are not to make a sound, and kill silently," the men all looked up at Miria's command and she continued, "you are not to draw attention to what we are going to do. We will do our upmost to kill as many of the enemy as possible before they discover what we're doing."
The men muttered uneasily and Miria cleared her throat and continued, "It will be easier for us and should result in less casualties,"
It still didn't ease the air and Cid realised that Miria had another plan in that head of her's that was about to cause a decisive victory, if it fruited at all. For some reason he couldn't explain, Cid was glad that Miria had a back-up plan. Unbeknown to him and all the other humans, the back-up plan was very simple. Miria and Alicia would both work as a team in their awakened forms and wreak havoc on their sleeping enemies. It was a simple yet effective plan one that truly couldn't go much wrong.
Chloey sat nursing her children when she felt the yoki signal. No human would have felt that signal and she knew that the plan was being started. She called for Narissa and Marissa to be at the ready. The twins had their light weight amour on and the humans that were in the cathedral were sleeping, though Chloey was willing to bet they were trying to stay awake as long as they could so that they could find out what had happened as soon as they possibly could. Chloey's son's cry was enough to let her know that he was hungry and as she nursed the child, she gently tried to get him to sleep,
"Rest little Joseph," she said gently, "rest little Joseph Thomas,"
As he nursed from his mother little Joseph closed his eyes. Chloey smiled softly and then turned her focus to the battle. She could feel that Alicia was awakened and she knew at once that meant that Alicia's unit had lost the element of surprise and it wouldn't be long before Miria's yoki was also up. However Miria's yoki seemed to be calm and focused. Chloey sighed about being left behind, but she was more worried about Chris than anyone else.
Chris was grateful that the men that he had for a unit were capable of doing as they were told. No sooner did they engage their part of the camp then did his men make not one sound. Chris could hear the faint gasps as men were killed and nothing more. He did however hear a yell down to the south and the man that he was going to kill started yelling until Chris slashed him across the chest, ending the yell, but knowing that it was pointless almost to keep trying. He was right as the men started carrying on and he wondered at first who'd failed to shut up and realised that it was Alicia's unit. Chris cursed in an undertone and activated his sword technique, slashing crudely through both bedding and the men that were in the camping ground. Chris then marched forward and hoped like all hell that things were back under control before things got out of hand.
It had been one small mistake. The young man had been scare senseless and had been jumpy enough to wake up a whole campsite. Alicia had swiftly awakened and killed them all, but the damage was now done and the plan was blown. She had awakened to alert the others that their cover was blown and everywhere that she could sense was filled with warriors raising their yoki to swiftly end then entire army if necessary. Miria's deep and powerful yoki suddenly erupted and humans were running screaming with fear. Fires spread, but because of the cold air and the lack of proper fuel they became smouldering piles of hot ash.
The sun rose on a horrific scene. Bodies from all the men that Alicia and Miria had jointly managed to kill littered the entire valley that the warlord had chosen to launch his assault on Rabona only to be the death ground of his men. After checking the men it was soon found that the warlord in question had indeed been killed in the battle. Hysteria gave both Miria and Alicia full credit with ending him, and it was clear that Rabona had stamped its power without too much bloodshed. If only they knew what was to come.
Hysteria ruled Rabona with care, making sure that all the humans had what they needed and that each of the warriors had what they needed. Miria was busy breaking hearts, no sooner did she become princess then did she turn down every suitor that her mother had tried to find for her on the grounds that she didn't like any of them. Hilda was as close to Miria as ever while Alicia and Beth both grew to be just as close. Clare married Raki and their wedding was the most talked about event in the history of Rabona and Teresa cried for weeks afterwards while Rafaela told her that Clare and Raki had been that close for a long time. Teresa soon calmed down and began to try to find herself a good man. Her luck wouldn't be as good as Clare's but she knew that somewhere out there was a man that she could love. Hysteria remained single, whether or not she was being stubborn or she just couldn't find a man to her standards was often debated late in the day by the Rabonian council, who often felt that their kind hearted queen deserved a good man at her side. The warriors easily fit in to their new lives and soon things became almost peaceful in Rabona and her neighbours. At least until news arrived.
Joseph and his sister Kathy had been on scout duty when Kathy had started to shake. Joseph hadn't seen his sister do it before and he was worried that something was actually wrong with her.
"Kathy what's wrong?"
Kathy looked at her brother and then pointed to a sight that the twins had never seen before. Joseph wished that he wasn't seeing what he was seeing. It was an army camped out in the valley near Rabona. He remembered what his mother had told him when he was born and he didn't like the look of what he saw. He didn't like the look of it at all.
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Author's Note:
Ok I guess this is the point that you will all be asking what happens next, was the warlord really killed by Miria and Alicia. Well, you'll have to wait for the sequel now to find out…however it will start with a bit of a bang, so please look forward to it! I would also like to say a big thankyou to everyone that gave me their feedback while I was writing this fiction and I hope that you will be able to keep an eye out for the sequel that will surely follow. I'm sorry to only give you ten chapters, but I am glad to have done what I can, while this wasn't how I had planned to end it, it is rather like me to leave a cliff-hanger like this one to give you all something that is worth your reading. I also wanted to take this chance to apologise for such a long time between updates, really I do.
Now for those of you that are just starting to read the story I would like to add something that might help you understand some of the characters. Some of the characters can be found in The Silent Chloey: The Number 7 and The Silent Chloey and The Elegant Phantom in which the events that take place are all true up until Rockwell Hill, where sadly Hysteria dies and Chloey loses many comrades with a grief that will ultimately lead her to leave the Organization with a pure heart. She does still marry Christopher the Strong, meanwhile Meg and Claire have a few things that as sisters they must work through, like all sisters do. Heather though not mentioned in this fiction is very much an active character in The Silent Chloey and The Elegant Phantom and The Silent Chloey and the Black Twins. Of course in the cannon a lot of things happen, and are happening to make a vastly different path. For instance Alicia and Beth both meet their deaths as awakened beings while Priscilla after killing Teresa walks away free, no skin off her nose. Chloey was forced to watch as her students broke the very rule that she instilled in to them. It was a rule that they forgot and one that cost three of them their lives on one day. If Chloey had have been there I can tell you right now that things would have ended vastly different, but she wasn't there. Who knows a challenge fiction in the making perhaps…or not. Any way I hope that you have enjoyed The Elegant Mother and you come to enjoy the sequel when it comes out. To all that are watching this fiction, I would like to say thankyou again.