Chapter 10: Endgame

I'm sorry...

A few weeks after the attack on the Grim angels by Scath all of the wounds inflicted have finally healed. Leon still searched for signs of his brother and his family.

"Leon are you alright?" Serene asked running up to Leon.

"I don't know, Ever since Jack showed up I've been remembering what happened," Leon sighed.

"What happened?" Serene asked.

"Nothing," Leon looked into the distance.

"Leon!" Zero shouted.

"Hey Zero," Leon answered.

"I have something to tell you… About your father," Zero explained.

"Huh?" Leon stuttered.

"Look Alex was a great friend of mine. And I knew him very well. The day of the attack I got there after Jack had done all of the damage that he was going to do and left. I found Alex on the ground with several slash wounds in him. He told me to tell you something when you learned of what your brother did. He said that Leon… that is not your brother, Jack was a kind and caring person but when the love of his life died he fell into grief and tried to bring her back to life using various archaic and dark magic but failed every time. But the use of this magic drove him to insanity and then lead him into darkness. Before he left he said that the Jack you knew was gone and that Scath was there to stay…" Zero repeated.

"Jack… I knew that wasn't him but I couldn't bring myself to strike him because I thought that my brother was in there somewhere. But now that I know… I will end Scath our next meeting," Leon declared.

"I know he makes you angry but don't give into the dark no matter what," Zero explained.

"Thanks," Leon smiled.

"I just wanted to tell you that… See ya," Zero waved walking off into the distance.

"Leon are you alright?" Serene asked.

"Better than ever," Leon laughed.

"Good," Serene smiled giving him a peck on the cheek.

"Isn't that the sweetest?" A familiar voice called from behind the two.

"Don't you ever take a break Scath," Leon shouted drawing his blade.

"Oh come on your family," Scath laughed

"You're not family! You're not even my brother!" Leon shouted

"That hurts. Even though it is the truth," Scath smiled.

"What do you want!" Leon shouted.

"To let Jack see his little brother before I kill him," Scath laughed.

"That's A lie I know Jack isn't in there!" Leon continued.

"Of course he is. It might be just a flicker of a soul but he's there weeping, I need him to sustain his body for me," Scath explained.

"You son of a bitch!" Leon shouted furiously charging his foe.

"Leon no!" Serene shouted. Scath cocked his head to the side and met Leon's blade with his scythe.

"You're blind my brother run now," Scath smiled.

"I'll never run from you!" Leon shouted.

"Then die!" Scath shouted.

"You first!" Leon replied but Leon wasn't quick enough to avoid and or block Scath's movement. Scath pushed one of the blades of his scythe strait though Leon's lung and taking a chunk of his spine. Leon vomited up blood as Scath removed his weapon causing Leon's blood to flow freely to the ground. Everything was silent except for Serene's blood curdling scream and Scath's maniacal laugh calling Zero back to the scene.

"Leon come on! Speak to me!" Serene shouted leaning Leon on her lap.

"I'm… Sorry Serene… I, I don't… Think I can… Keep that promise," Leon stuttered slowly fading.

"Of course you can all you have to do is believe you can," Serene cried. Leon reached his right arm over to Serene's neck and pulled himself up to her giving her one final goodbye.

"Serene… I'll always… Love… You…" Leon sighed with the last of his breath falling limp.

"Leon! Leon come on! Speak to me!" Serene cried.

"What the hell is going on!?!" Zero shouted rushing to her.

"He wont move!" Serene cried.

"Oh no…" Zero said checking for a pulse.

"Hehehehehe HAhahahahahaha!" Scath laughed.

"Serene…" Zero started grabbing her shoulder trying to stop her from using CPR, "Serene stop! It's too late…"

"No its not I wont believe it!" Serene cried grabbing onto Zero.

"Well that was fun," Scath sighed, "I must be… where did this come from?" Scath questioned wiping a tear from his face, "What the…" Scath seemed in a panic rushing away from the warriors.

"I'm sorry Serene I wasn't fast enough…" Zero sighed.

"He can't be he just can't!" Serene cried.

"You stay here… I… I'm going to get the others," Zero sighed turning to see The others behind them.

"We heard a scream what?" Ledah started seeing Leon face down on the ground in a pool of blood.

"Scath took him from us…" Zero stammered.

"No…" Ein mumbled.

"Serene…" Fia said putting a hand on her shoulder. Serene looked up with tears in her eyes and collapsed on the ground in absolute sorrow.

"We… We should… You know…" Kain stuttered, "Bury him…"

"Yea…" Zero mumbled leaning over to pick up Leon.

"NO!" Serene screamed clutching Leon's body.

"Serene stop he's gone!" Zero shouted tapping into his cold nature.

"h… he can't be…" Serene whispered.

"Well if he can't be dead then why isn't he moving or breathing?" Zero continued. Under the weight of his words Serene again collapsed letting Zero pick up the limp body of a friend.

"Z-Zero," Ledah muttered.

"Don't tell me how to bury friends because this is something that I do a lot!" Zero snapped. "Kazé help me get a casket," Zero ordered.

"Oh… ok…" Kazé said following his friend.

"Come on Serene," Fia said helping Serene up from the ground, still sobbing.

I feel like I killed my brother or something. Zero is going to murder me. If he was real that is... But don't fret... I hate killing main characters. And i have a problem with keeping people dead if thats any help. I mean look at Zero...

Next time: Departures and arrivals

Leon may be gone but there is another...