Chapter 10

Balthier versus Reagen

Ashe and Balthier hoped on the Strahlalone. They want to do this alone and didn't want the others to get involved. Ashe still felt dirty and could not believe that Reagen was using her. Balthier looked at her with a side way glance before he turns on the airship engine.

"Feel revolt do you?" Balthier asked smoothly.

"Yes. I just can't believe that he will do that to me. I thought he really have feelings for me."

Balthier chuckled smoothly.

"Well… now you know the truth. That is why we have to stop Reagen and Rasler, your husband, at once." Balthier lanch the airship up in the sky, heading toward Archadia.

Meanwhile in airship Leviathan…

Reagen looked out the window, thinking about Ashe. Rasler was talking to Vayne and the others. Reagen felt wrong that he did something like that. But an order is an order. And he has to obey that. Rasler was indeed happy to get the news of where the Demon Will was located.

"Reagen, you are indeed a good helper. I shall give you anything that you want. You can ask me and I will grant it." Rasler sneered.

"I dunno what I want to wish for, and I'm not even thinking about that at all. I just want to get this shit over with." Rasler looked at Reagen as he took a long slip of his wine. His electric blue eyes narrowed when Reagen looked down at his shoes.

Abruptly, Rasler slam his flute that was still full with white wine on the table with indignation. Reagen looked up with shock.

"You are falling for her? ARE YOU!?" Rasler bellowed furiously.

"NO! I AM NOT! I AM HERE TO PROTECT YOU! That is my duty, sire. I have no feelings for your bitchy wife! I am a knight. And a knight is supposes to protect the people that are in harm and need help." Reagen protested.

"LIAR!!!" Rasler yelled.

Reagen's light hazel brown eyes turn into dark brown then into black. He looked at Rasler with those evil demonic eyes.

"Do not provoke me, Rasler or I will fucking kill you!" Reagen snapped.

Rasler gasped and walked away slowly. Reagen did an evil chuckle.

"I told you, Rasler, not to fuck with me. Okay I will confess something, and that is I do have feeling for your wife, and I am not your knight no more. I am going to be Ashe's knight."

Rasler laughed smoothly.

"You are pathetic. I should have known not to trust you but I was naïve."

"You're still naïve." Reagen sneered.

"But thank you for telling me where the Demon Will is located. Now you can get the fuck out of my airship." Reagen felt the airship decreased back to the ground. Reagen hop out the airship and Rasler left him.

Reagen inhale when he was happy that he is away from Rasler. He then looked up when he heard another airship coming his way. The airship looks familiar. It was the Strahl! Reagen raise his arms up like a flag and he saw the airship landed before him. He was happy to see Ashe coming out the airship. He does not know where Rasler dumped him at. It looks like the Phon Coast.

Ashe looked really furious when she approaches to him. She then slapped him on the face. Reagen looked at her perplexedly.

"What was that for!?"

"You are a traitor! Why do you have to work with my husband. I could not believe that you are so evil and a backstabber." Ashe yelled.

Reagen looked down.

"Look I can explain. I mean… I am a knight. That is my duty to protect Rasler."

"But why him?" Ashe asked.

"It's a long story."

"Please tell me anyway." Reagen inhale.

4 years ago…

"Momma, where are you!" Reagen shouted. "I can't found you at all."

"Leave without me." His mother shouted in the cover of dust.

"But it's my duty to protect you, Mother."

"Sometimes, you can't protect everybody."

The hunt increased with more flames.

"I will get you, Mother. I can't let you die!" Reagen heard his mother's cough echo in the smoke flame hunt.

Reagen pull out his long board sword and cut the wood in half. He saw his mother on the floor and wood and bricks was on top of her legs. The smoke was getting into Reagen's lungs but he ignore that and he try to pull the heavy bricks off his mother's legs. His mother look at her and grab his hand. There was nothing that Reagen can do. The bricks was too heavy for him to lift.

"Reagen, I want you to know that you are going to be a good strong knight one day. And that person that you will protect will never regret picking you. I love you, son. You were always there for me and I want you to love yourself and don't blame yourself all the time. You are fifteen years old. You are still young, and believe that. You can't be like your father. Your father was a great knight and we will always remember him. My god, you look just like him."

Reagen felt a tear rolling down his cheek.

"I love you too, mom."

"Goodbye son. Save yourself. You are Reagen Lionel, and you will always be."

Then she pasted away. Reagen got up and ran out of the hunt before it burst into flames. Reagen looked at his flamed up hunt with anger.

Why does the war has to happen now?

He didn't know where to go so he ran to the castle in the city of Rabanastre. He saw Ashe yelling at these two men. One that have a long ruin cape and another one that have golden armor on. Ashe turns and leaves in the castle. The man that had the golden cape notice Reagen and sneered. Reagen was frightened, but then toughen up. The guy that had the ruin cape followed. The man that had the golden cape walks towards him and stop in front of his face.

"Are you a solider?" The man barked.

"No. I am a knight, not a solider."

"Are you new at this city? If not, I am Prince Rasler." Reagen gasped.

"Sire! I have wishes to accompany you and your comrade into the war with the Archadians."

Rasler cup his hand on Reagen's shoulder.

"Excellent. Very well then let's go then. We need you."

Back at the present…

"Now you see why I stayed with Rasler for all this years." Reagen said smoothly.

"Oh." Reagen looked down. His long brown hair covers his sexy hazel brown eyes.

"I am not human. Well I am half-human and something else. When I get mad I get dark and evil. I transform into someone that is very evil and the devil himself. Only Rasler knew my secret and now you, Ashe knows." Reagen looked up at Ashe. His hair was blowing hard against his face. Somehow Ashe can trust him, and believe his story.

"Very well, Reagen. I do believe you." Reagen smiled.

"I am not working with him anymore. I left. I didn't care that he told that whole world that I have a dark demonic side." Sneered Reagen.

"So do you know where the Demon Will is located? Did you talk to Rodney about this?" Ashe asked rapidly.

Reagen close his sexy eyes and then open them again.

"Rodney told me that the Demon Will is located at Giruvegan but he is not really sure. But Rasler is heading there anyway." Ashe hugged Reagen.

"We got to stop Rasler before it is too late."

Reagen nodded.

"Indeed."