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Reunion
Chapter 10: The Mission
When they emerged they found them selves surrounded by rolling countryside.
"So here we are, not much to look at is it." Cliff said plainly
"So now were here what should we do?" Sophia asked
I'm glad you asked you so lucky you got me watching your backs.>
the whole group except Fayt jumped when an unfamiliar voice spoke up but looking around but they saw no one except the other members of the group Albel let out a growl and drew his sword
"Who are you, show yourself." Oh sorry guys didn't mean to scare you and can't do that it's a little out of my power.
My names Tank I'll be your operator and its my job, need anything just give me a call.> he the signed off
Nel looked at Fayt quizzically "operator?"
"Tank is the guy who's assigned to observe the operation and supply me with tools, weapon and such plus make the path run a little smoother get me into building altering guest lists, stuff like that." Fayt said before pressing a button on his gauntlet
suddenly green lines appeared on his body which looked like a grid and end in the gaps pieces of material began to appear until his legs were covered in tight black riding britches, he wore a white shirt with a black jacket thrown over the top along with black riding boots on his feet and a pair of black gloves on his hands
"Are you going to get into your own costumes or are you just going to stand there gawking?" Fayt said before walking off,
Albel let out a grunt before he and Cliff pressing the button on the devises on their wrists and clothes similar to Fayts appeared on their bodies only their jackets was red, the girls then activated their own devises and now each of them was dressed in period costumes
"I hope you have a good explanation why were dressed like characters from a Jane Austin novel." Maria called after Fayt but he ignored her as they set off after him Nel clearly not happy about having to wear a dress.
After walking for two hours in utter silence (Cliff had tried to start a conversation but each attempt died pretty quickly) they then reached a small town
"We shall rest here a while. You go stock up on supplies whilst I gather some information." Fayt said as he made his way forward into the heart of the town
"I don't take orders from lackies, fool." Albel growled whilst Nel let out an annoyed sigh and the two of them set off after him.
The three of them approached an inn called the Red Raven and entered, the inside was fairly large with fifteen tables scattered about with four or five chairs to them which upon sat some somewhat questionable characters with others up at the bar which was located at the far end of the building with a stairwell leading to the floor above where there would no doubt be more table and more lowlifes
"Quite the degenerate little piss hole." Albel said to Fayt who stood next to him on his left whilst stood on Albels right who though she'd rather endure the most painful torture have it known she agreed with Albel but she had to admit he had a point "What are we doing in this godforsaken place?"
"I am here to gather any information that would be useful to me." Fayt said not even looking at his companions "You two unfortunately followed me here like a couple of stray dogs hoping for a few scraps."
Albel seized Fayt by his tunic "You call me a dog you miserable cur." he growled
"Take your hands off me Nox." Fayt replied also letting out a growl
"You will die Leingod and I swear I will be the one to kill you."
"You don't have the balls."
"Enough you two." Nel said as she separated the two though it did hurt slightly when Fayt had compared her to a stray dog
"What kind of information should we be looking for?" she asked the blue haired man
"Anything out of the ordinary, mysterious disappearances, people acting strange, unexplained sightings, anything like that." Fayt said before moving off up the stairs to the second floor Nel then looked at Albel
"What?" he snarled
"Stay out of trouble." she said
"Trouble, moi!" Albel said with a small grin on his face before heading towards the bar Nel shook her head before going after him
'Someone's got to keep that idiot out of trouble.'
meanwhile Fayt was upstairs walking amongst the tables keeping his ears open for anything that might be of any use to him when a group of of six men caught his attention three of them rather well dressed whilst the other three we obviously local men one of them was complaining that a seventh man was supposed to have joined them and how they couldn't play without seven people Fayt knew he should move on but something inside him drew him to this particular table
"Typical I knew we should have gone to the Stag, this places bad reputation keeps most away." one of the men said
"Well at least its friendlier here then it is in Waricshire," another said "A lot of strange things going on there people are scared."
this little nugget instantly registered with Fayt and he made his way towards the table
"Gentlemen I see you are short one person may I be permitted to join you." he said sitting down before they could reply the men grumbled but accepted and one of them got out a deck of cards cut and shuffled them before dealing the others five cards each.
Albel and Nel had been at the bar for several hours with out much luck
"This a waste of time." Albel growled again though she wouldn't admit it Nel had to agree
"Lets just grab Fayt and get out of here."
the two of them made their way upstairs they didn't see him at first but then Nel spotted him sitting at a table with six other men he along with three others were holding cards in their hands and appeared to be playing poker.
Fayt looked from his hand to the man who'd had mentioned strange going ons in a place called Waricshire so far he hadn't said anything the other two guys had dropped out leaving him and the guy who he'd found out was called Captain Stokes but that was to be expected as Fayt had been using his new telepathic abilities to influence the men since he sat down also the fact one of the things his mother had done was not only teach him to play cards but more importantly taught him him to cheat, so far Stokes hadn't divulged any information that Fayt could use but one thing Fayt had developed during his time working for Tiberius was a great sense of patience
"So I couldn't help over hearing you mention Waricshire," he said before placing his bet "Funny thing I'm heading there myself."
"If you are my advise friend is to turn back and go home." Stokes replied "Alot of strange things going on there, specially up at Manboura house. Ghostly apparitions, things disappearing no best thing is to stay away. Alright I'll bet fifteen, you in?"
"Course, I'll see your fifteen and raise you twenty five."
"No problem. I call I got Two pairs." he threw down a pair of Queens and a Pair of Kings "Unless you got anything better the pots mine."
he made to scoop up all the gold coins on the table when Fayt threw down his hand of five cards the ten, the Jack, the Queen, the King and the Ace of Spades royal flush. Fayt let out a small chuckle as he scooped the large amount of gold into his money bag and left the table
"Enjoy your evening gentlemen." he then noticed Nel and Albel walking towards him
"What were you doing?" Nel whispered into his ear
"Getting what I needed." he replied and left with the two Elicoorians flowing Albel unreadable whilst Nel looked slightly confused.
Once outside Fayt ducked into an alley and activated the communicator on his gauntlet "Tank I need you to do that thing you do." he hissed
What you need?>
"I need you to find a place called Waricshire and an Manboura house, get me on the guest list."
You mean you and your group.>
"Whatever."
Ok I'll get on it and get back to you. Later dude.>
"Later." Fayt then walked out of the alley where Nel and Albel were waiting for him
"So now what's the next move?" Albel asked
"I am waiting for Tank to get back to me and as far as I'm concerned you can go to Hell." Fayt replied before walking off
"His attitude is really beginning to bug me." Albel growled
"Yeah, he's better at being you then you are." Nel said as she made to follow the blue haired young man
Albel muttered something dark before following her.
Fayt and the others hung around the town for another hour before Tank got back telling them that Waricshire was a small rural community three days north of their present location, the Manboura's were the land owners with a daughter (who was single he added.) they gang managed to persuade (largely by Albel and Fayt) a local merchant who was travelling to the neighbouring community. The journey to the neighbouring community took a day afterwards they had to proceed on foot which took them a day and a half,
by the time Fayt and the others finally caught their first of Manboura house the sun was setting. After another quarter of an hours walk they finally made it to the front doors which hand large brass knockers attached Fayt grabbed hold of one and very loudly banged on the door after a few minutes a middle-aged man answered the door
"Yes, may I help you."
"Yes, my names Fayt Liengod I believe your expecting me." Fayt replied
"I'm sorry sir, we..." the man stopped mid sentence for a few seconds "Forgive me sir, of course your expected." he then fully opened it and stepped aside allowing Fayt and the others to enter.
The rest of the evening was pretty uneventful, the group were introduced to lord and lady Manboura and their daughter Rossette who spent her time forning over Albel who did his best to ignore her which was taking a great deal of effort on his part, shortly after dinner everyone retired for the evening but several hours later since then Mirage was lying there tossing and turning but no matter how hard she tried couldn't get to sleep, sighing she got out of bed pulled on her shoes and headed out into the corridor.
After a few minutes she reached the drawing room and noticed the French windows were open and looking out on to the balcony she saw Fayt staring up at the moon lit sky and singing the same song he had on Elicoor.
Vaiyo a-o
Vaiyo a-o Home va ya ray
Vaiyo a-o rah Jerhume Brunnen-G
Vaiyo a-o
A home va ya ray
Vaiyo a-o rah Jerhume Brunnen-G
Vaiyo a-o rah
Jerhume Brunnen-G
He then stopped "You can come out Mirage, I already know your there."
The blond then walked up beside him and leaned against the rail "How did you know?"
"I wouldn't be much of a psychic if I didn't, I can read your mind and right now your wondering what I'm doing out here? Simple, I'm waiting."
"Waiting for what?"
"Not sure, I'll know when I see it."
Though she took this information on board Mirage didn't comment on it another long silence passed between before Mirage tried again to have a conversation with him "That song you sung what is it?"
he looked at her for a moment before returning his attention to the nights sky "It is an ancient battle song sung by the Brunnen-G, Tiberius has told you about them right?"
Mirage nodded
"This is the song they always sung before going into battle knowing they had very little chance at winning but knowing they would die well."
"I like to hear you sing. I don't know why but I find it comforting." She said
"Don't get used to it, way things are going I won't be singing for much longer." He replied still looking at the sky
"I don't want you to die Fayt, none of us do."
"Seeing as there's nothing you or anyone else that can prevent it I suggest modifying your want." a small noise caught Fayts attention and he instantly began moving away from the balcony and back in doors Mirage following
"What is it?" she asked
"What I'm looking for." he replied as they made their was through corridors and down a flight of stairs that lead to the servants quarters and the kitchens, the door at the end of the hall closed and Fayt and Mirage headed towards it
"Wait here, I'll go first." Fayt told the blond before entering, inside he found a small flight of stairs that led down to the kitchen upon entering he looked around and immediately found what he was looking for
crouched trembling in a corner was a girl whom could be no older then fifteen with short blond hair and wearing a maids uniform but what was most astounding about her was that her whole body seemed to be made of mist which caused a nearby foot stool to disappear when it passed over it.
"You don't need to fear me, I won't hurt you unless you force me too." Fayt said to her as he approached she made no reply "Your the one causing all the trouble around here." still trembling she looked at him with cerulean blue eyes tears pouring from them
"I sorry...I tried I really did...but I can't control it..." she blurted out "Please don't tell anyone my lord I need this job. My father is dead and I fear that mother will join him soon leaving me to look after my three younger sisters..."
she was cut off when Fayt tried to place one of his fingers against her lips, it didn't find anything solid but it did the trick
"Shh, don't worry you have nothing to fear from me." he then straightened up and took a few steps back then a few seconds later dishes and cutlery pots and pans flew from the shelves and cupboards and swarmed around him
"Your not the only one in this house with special powers."
AN. Sorry this took so long to upload I'll try and get the next one posted quicker. Well chapter 10 how was it good, average or so bad it sucked Luther's ass review and tell me. Please I'm really insecure and need constant reassuming. Aswell as some other projectsI'm working on a new one shot called Return to mefeatuing everyones favorite red headed warrior plus I also made some changes to Not so Innocent so please check them out. Gotta get back to work, later.