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Bloodlines
Episode 11: Desperation
"Ugh, what happened," Saya said groggily as she opened her eyes slowly allowing the morning light to trickle in through her eyelids slowly. She was dressed in the same outfit she had worn the other day, aside from the shoes, and was currently under the sheets of her bed. "I feel so tired, like I could sleep for ages…….no!" Saya gasped as she finally realized what was happening to her. She immediately shot up out of her bed, and almost immediately after realized that it was a bad idea. Everything blurred terribly, and she felt completely off balance as she stumbled and fell back on to her bed. She allowed herself to lay there for a moment as a torrent of thoughts raged through her head.
'It's too soon, and I've just reunited with Kei-kun! This can't be happening! What about Diva, and everyone else!?' Saya thought as she began to cry softly as she covered her face with her hands. 'I have to end this now, Diva and I can no longer exist in this world we've caused to much pain….but what about Kei-kun? None of this makes sense anymore, if would have been so much easier if I hadn't found out he was still alive,' Saya thought to herself as she heard a soft knock come from outside her room.
"It's open," Saya called out weakly as she place a hand on her forehead .
"Saya-neechan are you okay?" Riku said as he rushed to her side, "I heard you passed out from Haji!"
"I'm fine Riku, I was just a little tired," Saya responded with a small smile.
"Saya, is it time?" David questioned in a panicked voice as he entered into the room behind Riku.
Saya looked from David to Riku ruffling his hair slightly before saying, "Almost, we have to act quickly."
Riku's eyes went wide before he asked in a worried voice, "Time for what Saya-neechan!? What's going on!?"
"Riku," Saya said softly as she pulled him down onto her into a tight embrace, "Riku I'm going to be going to sleep for a very long time pretty soon, but I'm going to need your help when it comes time to fight Diva. Will be you be able to help me?"
"But Saya-neechan, I don't know how to do anything?" Riku almost whined as he continued, "And what do you mean you're going to be going to sleep for a long time?"
Saya pulled Riku closer to her, "Well Riku you see I'm only active for a certain amount of time, usually a few years at a time, and then I hibernate for a few decades at a time. As far as not being able to do anything, I want you tell Haji that I told him to teach you everything he can in the time that we have okay?"
Riku pulled out of the embrace with tears in his eyes and reluctantly nodded before her ran out of the door to find Haji.
"Saya-chan, I heard about your incident. You know I know an old family recipe for a tonic that will increase your time of activity a few hours," Haruka stated as she too entered the room, "Would you like me to try and…"
"No thank you," Saya said cutting of Haruka politely, "I made a promise that I intend on keeping, and being active a few more hours will only interfere with that."
"Not that stupid promise….did you even tell Keitaro about it?" Haruka questioned, "And what about me and my family….what about Keitaro?"
Saya found the words stuck in her throat upon hearing Haruka's questions. She couldn't even think of a way to answer them so simply looked at Haruka dumbstruck.
"I didn't think you would have an answer," Haruka stated as she pulled a cigarette out of a mangled carton. Lighting it she allowed her self the pleasure of taking and nice slow drag on it savoring the taste of nicotine. "Damn, that's the stuff," Haruka drawled as she looked at Saya once again, "You know you really need to think about what you're planning on doing before you go ahead with your little plan."
Saya continued to look at Haruka with a blank expression on her face.
"Whatever, I've said my piece," Haruka stated as she exited leaving only David and Saya in the room.
"Saya we need you in order to defeat Diva, will you be able to do so in your current condition?" David questioned with a look of concern etched on his features.
Saya shook her head as she propped herself up on her elbows. "I'll do what I must David-san, Diva has to be taken care of before this world becomes infested with Chiroptera," Saya said as she pushed herself off of her bed and brushed past David. "I refuse to fail…..I have to fight." With that said Saya walked out the room leaving David alone.
"Saya….we all care about you, why can't you understand that no one wants you to die?" David asked as he simply shook his head.
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"Ugh, my head," Solomon stated as he painfully opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was the fact that he felt a cold wind beat against his bare chest, and then he noticed that his dress shirt was unbuttoned and blood was flowing freely from his wrist. Attempting to move he noticed that he was shackled by his wrist to a brick wall in some type of dungeon. "Ragh!" Solomon cried out as he tried to rip his arms from the constraining chains only to immediately grow tired and weak.
"Fool, you've lost too much blood," a deep male voice stated as a figure walked out of the shadows.
"James!?" Solomon cried out in shock, "What's going on here!? Why am I chained to this wall!?" James was dressed in a black suit, white dress shirt, black tie, and was also sporting a sinister glare.
"We found out about the plans that you made with Saya, I must say brother I am terribly disappointed," James said while shaking his index finger in front of Solomon's face, "How you could you even think to disobey Mama?"
"You fool don't you understand what Diva plans on doing!?" Solomon cried out as he gritted his teeth and tried to bear the terrible amount of pain he was in.
"What Diva plans on doing? All Mama can think about is that fool Keitaro. As far as plans go however, well yes I do know of Amshel's plan. Mama deserves no less, she deserves to feel accepted. Saya never gave her that, nor did that ungrateful buffoon Keitaro," James said with his teeth gritted before he let out a sinister chuckle.
"What's so funny," Solomon demanded weakly due to the fact that he had already lost far too much blood.
James waved his hand in an effort to placate Solomon before he looked him the eyes and said, "I was simply thinking about how I'm going to finish off that fool girl and her Chevaliers. I was also considering bringing her bloody head to you so it could be just like Ilfinna and Solomane." James began to laugh manically while clutching his stomach to keep himself from doubling over.
"You sick and twisted bastard!" Solomon cried out as he tried once again to rip himself from his shackles.
"You really should calm yourself brother, you should already beginning to feel the effects of not having enough blood. I must know though, how does it feel to be at death's door and unable to die?" an insane voice cackled as Carl walked out from the shadows wearing his usual blue Chinese outfit.
"I figured that you would be part of this, Keitaro-kun should have killed you unfortunately he's too soft," Solomon stated with venom dripping from his voice.
"Such harsh words brother," Carl said in false painful tone of voice with a faux expression of agony on his face. He held this look for a moment before he broke out in crazed grin and began to laugh insanely.
"We're moving out tonight, I'll be sure to bring you back the head for a souvenir," James said with a chuckle as he and Carl, who was still laughing, walked out of the dungeon.
"I won't let them do that! I won't fail Saya!" Solomon cried out as he weakly struggled against the decrypted chains that some how managed to completely restrain him.
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"Well Keitaro, things certainly are getting a lot more entertaining aren't they?" Hinata asked as she chuckled whole heartedly as she looked at the orb and continued to sip her tea.
"How can you laugh about something like this?" Keitaro asked in a low voice as he painfully sat and watched everything play out in front of his eyes. His hands balled up into tight fist, and were shaking with rage. "HOW CAN YOU LAUGH ABOUT THIS!" Keitaro snapped as he whipped his head away from the orb and looked at his grandmother, "CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET HURT? I HAVE TO STOP THIS!"
Hinata set her tea down slowly and turned to face her grandson. They both gazed into each others eyes for a moment, Keitaro's burning with rage and her own calm and clear, before Hinata finally responded. "My dear grandson, I do not laugh at the situation itself but rather the irony of it. It is amazing how quickly the time line attempts to correct itself, and how everyone who is to be doomed stays on their path towards destruction," Hinata said as she walked over to Keitaro rubbed her wrinkled hands softly across his cheek, "You should calm down Keitaro, for you see there is nothing you can do. This must be allowed to happen otherwise there will be dire consequences for all of us."
Keitaro clenched his teeth and simply looked at his grandmother as he squeezed his fist even tighter.
"So be it, if you wish to view me as the enemy then you may do so," Hinata said as she withdrew her hand and faded away only to reappear back at the table as she reached out and scooped her tea into her hands. "You really should relax you know, otherwise you'll end up looking like Haruka when you're 25," Hinata stated as she took another sip of her tea and gazed at the orb once again.
"I have to get out of here, but how?" Keitaro mumbled to himself, "She was able to knock me out with one blow, on top of that she's my grandmother! I guess there's nothing I can do but watch…." Keitaro took a seat next to his grandmother and poured himself a cup of tea. 'There's no sense in wasting all of this food anyway,' Keitaro thought to himself as he saw his grandmother smiling out the corner of his eye. After taking a sip of his tea he continued to watch fate correct itself, while plotting a way to get out of his prison.
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"Might I ask what you two are up to?" Nathan said as he walked into the extravagant garden of the condo.
Both Carl and James stopped themselves in mid-stride and turned to glare at Nathan.
"My my, no need to get defensive. I was only asking because I could sense your intent to kill something, or should I say someone," Nathan said as he raised left hand to his chin and began stroking it intelligently.
"Anyone who stands against Mama does not deserve to exist," James said curtly as he continued his walk out of the estate.
"Ah ha, so that's his reasoning," Nathan said with a look of faux exuberance on his face as though he had just solved a great mystery before he turned to Carl and asked, "What about you?"
"No one threatens Diva and lives. Also, the battle between me and my Saya will be so beautiful," Carl said with a mixture of dreaminess and insanity in his voice as he turned and followed James.
"A regular odd couple they are," Nathan said with a light chuckle.
"Nathan will you not join them," a deep male voice asked from behind him.
"Do not order me around Amshel, I serve the Queen not you," Nathan said as his face adopted a serious expression and her turned to face Amshel, "While James and Carl maybe lost within the depths of their own mind, do not think for one moment that I am. While what they said about protecting Diva was correct, I will act when Diva commands me to not before then. You, one who sees her as nothing more than an experiment, could never understand that so don't even waste your time trying." With that Nathan brushed past Amshel and made his way back into the condo.
Amshel stood there for a moment simply shaking his head and sighing weakly. "You just don't seem to understand, but you will soon enough," Amshel stated to himself as he turned around and followed Nathan back into the condo.
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"Two days…..but why am I still going through with this? Why do I feel like I am being forced towards something that I really do not want to do?" Diva asked herself as she laid in her bed looking up at the pure white ceiling. "Kei-kun, if only you were here….maybe then I wouldn't feel so lost and confused," Diva said as she rolled to her side and let out a heavy sigh. "The world will be ours soon Kei-kun….but do you want to exist in that world with me? Is it even the world that I really want? All I've ever wanted was a family, to feel loved….but these things seem to always find a way to slip away from me…..Kei-kun," Diva finished in soft whisper before she decided to venture off into dream land.
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"Diva," Keitaro whispered to himself looking at the orb as he balled up his hands into fist causing his knuckles to go white, "Dammit…..why can't I just go back to being beat up?"
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"How long has she been asleep?" a woman wearing a clean pure white lab coat, a pink red skirt, low cut black shirt, and black pumps asked David as they peeked into Saya's room. She corrected her sleek oval framed glasses with her middle finger, and brushed few stray hairs form her sandy blond pony tail out of her slender face.
"It's been almost nine hours since she went to sleep, I don't think that we have much time. With Diva's performance coming up soon we need to act quickly or it will be too late. Julia isn't there something we can do for her?" David questioned with a pained expression on his slightly wrinkled face.
"I heard about Haruka's offer, if she turned that down then I don't think there is anything we can do but pray that everything works out in the end," Julia said calmly as she and David back away from the door, David closing it behind him.
"So we have to strike as soon as possible? Fine, the performance is in two days, we'll end this then," David said curtly as he turned and walked down the hall.
"What am I going to do with you," Julia said with a small chuckle as she shook her head. After taking a deep breath she opened Saya's door and walked in taking a seat next to Saya's bedside.
After a moment Saya's eyes began to flutter open and she slowly surveyed her surroundings with her crimson eyes. Her eyes came to rest on Julia and she gave her a weak smile before asking, "How long have I been asleep?"
Julia smiled back and replied, "You've been asleep for about nine hours, but that's beside the point. How are you feeling?"
"I feel really tired, I don't think I have much time left," Saya responded honestly.
Julia patted Saya on the arm and gave her another small smile. Both women stared at each other for a moment before the eye contact was abruptly cut short as Haji flew through Saya's bedroom window and into the wall next to the door almost going through it. He fell on to the ground in an unceremonious lump.
"Haji!" Saya exclaimed as she ran over to his side with Julia following closely behind. As she gently brushed her hand over his cheek she heard the wall behind her explode and debris fly all around her. Turing to where the wall once stood she saw the monstrous forms of James and Carl standing behind her.
"Saya fight," Haji muttered weakly as he slowly rose to his feet and grabbing his metallic case threw Saya her sword. Saya caught it effortlessly and drew the blade pointing it at the two beasts as her eyes began to glow a vibrant red. Haji drew a set of finely decorated knives, with red gems embedded in the center, and readied himself for the coming battle. He allowed his monstrous bat wings to sprout from his back then he charged Carl, leaving James for Saya to handle.
Saya punctured he thumb on the part of the blade nearest to the hilt allowing her blood to flow down the length of the blade and drew back into battle stance. "This ends now!" she cried as she charged James who simply laughed manically. Saya struck out at James but her blade merely bounced off of his skin and sparks flew from the spot where she had made contact.
"What the?" Saya questioned as she stared at James he mouth hanging agape although she still remained in her defensive stance.
"Fool, my skin his harder than the plating on an armored car! Your pathetic sword won't even scratch me!" the monstrous James said and soon began to laugh manically again.
"Julia run, go get help!" Saya yelled as she turned to face the terror stricken woman who was currently back against the wall quivering in fear. Julia had never been in a situation like this before, even though she had worked with Saya for several years. To actually come face to face with a Chiroptera that would kill her paralyzed the woman's mind with fear. Julia simply stared at the beast her body quivering and shaking as tears flowed freely from her chocolate brown eyes.
"Dammit!" Saya shouted as she charged James once again in an effort to get him away from Julia. She swiped at James several times in an attempt to push him back and out of the room. Landing several horizontal and diagonal swipes on the beast did nothing to phase him as he simply stood laughing watching the sparks from the blade fly off of his neigh invincible skin. Suddenly he stopped laughing and grabbed Saya by the throat cutting off the blood flow to her brain as she effortlessly lifted her off of the ground and flung her out of the room down on to the Parisian city streets.
Saya landed on a nearby car crashing through its roof causing glass to fly everywhere. Slowly recovering from the attack she coughed up a sever amount of blood the pooled in the wrecked car's driver seat. Wiping away most of the blood with her arm she steadied herself with the sheath of her blade. Just as she pushed herself out of the remains of the car she heard the sound of feet crunching glass grow closer to her. Saya turned to face the monstrous James who simply scoffed before he raised his grotesque hand and fired a claw like projectile at Saya's vulnerable chest. However it never made contact due to the fact that it was blocked by a strange scythe. Looking to her side Saya saw Moses standing on the edge of the car with his scythe drawn and an annoyed expression on his face.
"If you chose to attack Saya-san, then you have chosen to attack us," Moses declared as the other two remain Schiff appeared from the dark corners of a nearby alley wearing their usual attire.
James merely chuckled and replied, "I had planned on bring Saya's head back as a present for my brother, but I wouldn't mind having a souvenir for myself. Mama will be proud when I tell her that I've killed you fools."
"Just try it!" Karman yelled as he lashed out at James drawing his yari.
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"My my my," a soft and semi-feminine male voice said as Solomon raised his head to see Nathan walk out of the shadows in to the torch light of his corner of the dungeon.
"Nathan!" Solomon cried out weakly.
"My dear Solomon is this all the power that you have? How did you ever expect to betray Diva if you're this weak," Nathan stated he revealed several articles of Solomon's missing clothing. "Solomon, please show me the tale of Salome rewritten by your own by your love, you're trying so hard it would be a pity for you to fail her now," as he finished his statement Nathan's eyes grew red and Solomon's chains shattered. Solomon dropped on to the cold coble stone floor of the dungeon in an undignified heap and simply laid there. Nathan dropped the articles of clothing he was carrying on the floor next to Solomon and turned to leave. Just before he left he said one last thing without turning around, "Solomon, you will die you know?"
"Yes," Solomon muttered weakly as he pushed himself to his feet and grabbed his blazer.
Nathan simply nodded and then proceeded to disappear within the dark void that led to the exit of the dungeon.
"It doesn't matter to me if I die, as long as Saya lives I will be content," Solomon whispered to himself as he finished dressing.
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"Karman!" Moses shouted as Karman flew through yet another car, this time an SUV, and slammed against another wall. Moses waited for his "brother" to move, but after a moment he knew it was not going to happen. Turning to face James with rage clearly plastered on his face he charged the behemoth with his scythe drawn and yelled a loud battle cry.
James hulking form simply side stepped the scythe and shot a claw like projectile into Moses' stomach and sent him flying into a lamp post.
"Moses!" Saya and Lulu cried in unison as they rushed over to the fallen man's side.
"Moses! Are you okay?" Lulu asked as she shook him lightly but received no response.
"Lulu I want you to run okay," Saya said weakly as she rose to her feet as she noticed that her vision grew increasingly blurry.
"But Saya what about you?" Lulu asked grabbing her ax.
"Don't worry about me! Just get out of here!" Saya snapped at the young girl who looked at her hesitantly before she ran off to find shelter.
"That was foolish, you'll need all the help you can get if you want to stand a chance of defeating me!" James bellowed as he fired several projectiles at Saya.
Saya knew that she was too weak to avoid the projectiles by simply dodging them and she knew her sword wouldn't do her much good although it might deflect a few of them if she could clear her vision and stand up without staggering. As the projectiles closed in she prepared herself for the inevitable closing her eyes tightly and scrunching up her face to mentally prepare herself for the pain. Just as she felt the claws about to make contact she suddenly felt someone scoop her up bridal style in her arms. The first thought that went through her mind before she opened her eyes was the fact that it must have been Keitaro. However upon opening her eyes and gazing at her rescuer she was surprised to see that she had been saved by Solomon.
"Solomon, when did you?" Saya began before Solomon place her safely on the ground and turned to face James. His hand transformed into an object that resembled a blade of some sort. "Saya I will protect you until my last breath do not forget that," and with that said he charged James with his arm drawn back and swiped at him several times barely leaving scratch marks on the surface of the impenetrable man's skin. James effortlessly reached his hand back and smacked Solomon off to the side sending flying into a near by lamp post. James then turned his attention back to Saya who had her blade pointed at him with blood dripping off of the tip.
"So you still think you can defeat me girl? Well," James started before he felt his arms constrained by something or someone forcefully keeping him at bay. Looking to his sides he noticed Karman pulling back both of his arms with amazing power. Red vain like features were running down his face and he seemed to be paling considerably even in the dim light of the remaining street lights. "What the?" James questioned but soon felt his skin crack and the same red lines run down his features.
"KARMAN NO!" Lulu cried as she ran toward the man her eyes wide in terror.
"Stay back Lulu!" Moses demanded as he grabbed the young girl and pulled her into him, "You can't go near him!"
"But I thought that Diva's blood cured us!" Lulu cried as she struggled against Moses grip, "You're not supposed to have the Thorn!"
"The blood did cure us," Karman said giving Lulu a feeble smile, "I chose this in order to save Saya."
"Karman," Lulu whispered to herself as she let herself go limp in Moses' arms and began to cry softly.
"SAYA FINISH IT NOW!" Karman demanded as he used the last of his remaining strength to keep James from moving.
Saya staggard forward in an attempt to reach the man and her enemy but she simply couldn't move as fast as she needed to. Suddenly she felt a pair of arms wrap around her and lift her into the air. She looked behind her and noticed Haji's blood stained face letting out a small gasp.
"Saya focus," Haji said calmly as he redirected the young woman's attention toward her foe.
Saya cut her thumb on the hilt of the blade and shoved it though the Chevalier's head.
Karman released the beast before he fell to the ground and began crumbling away as watched James do the same. He smiled a satified smirk as he heard James utter one last word, "Mama," 'There's no mother for you here,' Karman thought as his life flashed before his eyes. Suddenly everything went black, and the Schiff felt at peace.
Lulu watched Karman's ashes blow into the wind and she felt an even deeper pang in her chest. She began crying with more force as she fell to her knees crying out Karman's name.
"Karman," Moses muttered to himself through gritted teeth, "Why did you chose now to be so heroic and caring...I must say I'm very proud however…..rest in peace dear friend." With that he scooped Lulu up in his arms and allowed her to cry into his shoulder.
"Karman," Saya whispered softly as she too felt tears well up within her eyes.
"Saya, I must go but if you ever need anymore help do not be afraid to call me. You can trust in the fact that I will be there for you no matter what," Solomon stated as he disappeared.
"Solomon," Saya mumbled to herself before she yelled it louder, "SOLOMON!" She was hoping the man would reappear but to no avail.
"Saya lets go," Haji stated as helped Saya to her feet.
"Don't think this is over yet, we still have to dance Saya!" an insane monstrous voice called from behind the pair. Turning around they came face to face with a severely injured Carl. There were several holes through his skin and he was missing several of his monstrous appendages.
Haji merely stared at the man before he pulled out another one of his knives and threw it at the beast hitting it in the center of it's head.
"ARGHHH!" Carl cried out in pain, "Why you!" Carl started before he felt something smash into his head. Looking at the ground were the objects contents landed he noticed that it was a watermelon that had smashed against his head. Looking over in the direction were the object was seemed to have been thrown from Carl saw Mutsumi, who was outfitted in purple dress shirt and denim blue jeans, standing next to Motoko, who was outfitted in her usual Kendo garb.
"Sorry we're late!" Mitsumi called out waving toward the group, "We got caught in traffic!"
"That still sounds that like a lame excuse Keitaro-kun would make," Motoko commented dryly as she unsheathed the Hina blade and pointed it at Carl before crying, "EVIL BANISHING SWORD TECHNIQUE!" With a blinding flash of ki Carl was slammed into the only remaining undamaged car on the street. "Well are you going to finish him?" Mutsumi asked as she approached Saya.
Saya merely stared at the woman stupefied for a moment before she got to her feet and punctured her thumb on the blade once again. With Haji's aid she made her way over to the unconscious Carl a brought her blade down on his chest. Soon he began to crystallize and his eyes lost their red glow becoming hollow and soulless.
"Are you okay Saya-chan?" Mutsumi asked as she noticed how weak Saya looked before she gasped loudly. "Wait! It's not time is it!?" Mutsumi asked with concern evident in her eyes.
Saya simply nodded in response as the fell to the ground and passed out once again.
"What is going on here, and where is the other Schiff?" Motoko questioned as she noticed that one of the three Schiff was currently missing. She also noticed that the two present Schiff looked extremely distraught. Sheathing her blade looked over at Haji who simply sighed.
"Don't worry Motoko-chan, I'm sure Saya will tell us when she wakes up. Until then we can wait," Mutsumi stated bubbly as she clapped her hands and proceed to scoop Saya up and take her back into the hotel much to Haji's surprise.
"What happened here," a young male voice cried out as the group stopped just short of the door. Turning around everyone saw David, Louis, Okamura, and Kai approach. Everyone of them was dressed in their usual attire, aside from Kai who was dressed in a cream colored suit and light blue dress shirt.
"Well?" Kai questioned again looking at everyone, "And what's wrong with Saya?"
Mutsumi smiled at Kai and before responding, "Well we're just going to have to ask Saya when she wakes up." With that the conversation ended as Mutsumi stepped into the hotel.
"Haji-san, I know you told me to wait and hide but….hey what happened here?" Riku questioned as he arrived at the scene.
"They just told us that we'll have to wait for Saya to wake up before we can find out," Kai said with a shrug as he guided his little brother into the hotel.
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Solomon was panting heavily as he made his way down the alleyway. "It's really a shame that it has to end like this," he muttered to himself as he continued to stagger holding his left hand over his stomach. Between the cracks of his fingers one could see that his body had begun to petrify and it wouldn't be long before he ended up like Carl.
"My my Solomon, look at what you've gone and done to yourself," a man stated as he appeared out of the darkness of the alleyway.
"Amshel," Solomon hissed in disgust, "Well at least I can kill you before I die!" With that he transformed his arm again and charged Amshel only to have his arm shatter as it made contact with Amshel's chest. "Damn," Solomon muttered to himself as he feel into Amshel's waiting arms.
"Foolish," was the last thing Solomon heard before everything went black.
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"Diva," Nathan said tapping on the door to her room rousing her from her somewhat blissful slumber.
"Yes," Diva replied groggily.
"I just wanted to inform you that three of your Chevaliers are dead," Nathan stated with a hint of remorse in his voice.
It was silent for a moment before Diva muttered out a simple thank you. Nathan stood there for another minute or two before heading toward his own room.
Meanwhile within her room Diva allowed herself to actually take in what she had been told. While she may not have loved her Chevaliers in the sense that she wanted to marry them, she did however care deeply for each of them to some degree. To hear that three of the five were dead was a great blow to her, especially now that she had regained the rest of her sanity. She felt that now she was even more alone than when she began. She brought her legs up to her chest and did something she had not done since she had last seen Keitaro…..she cried.
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As Keitaro watched everything unfold in front of him he felt a whole spectrum of 2emotions. He cried when he watched Solomon and Karman die. He felt fear and anger watching James beat down on Saya, and he felt extremely guilty when he watched Diva cry. At this point he knew that there was no other choice other than to face off against his grandmother, although at this point it might be strangely satisfying for him. Turning to her he noticed that she was smiling from ear to ear and nodding.
"Ah yes things are reverting back to the way the should very nicely," Hinata stated sagely as she watched the orb, "The only problem there might be lies in Motoko-chan, Mutsumi-chan, and your aunt but I have a feeling that they wont be able to make that much of a difference."
'Oh yeah,' Keitaro thought to himself, 'It's definitely time to do something!' With that he summoned Zanshin into his hand and waited for the perfect moment to stike.
To Be Continued
Episode 12: The Performance
Author's Note: I hope that everyone likes this new chapter, and as always PLEASE REVIEW!