Welcome to chapter 11, in this chapter tried to pick up the pace.
Hopefully it's still good, but I won't know unless ya tell me in a review.
Chapter 11
He had been observing the last 5 minutes or so, watching every tiny move that Crono made. Sadly Crono hadn't decided to magically scan the area, if he had then he would have noticed Magus long before he even got outside his room.
'He may be powerful, but he isn't very careful', said Magus to himself.
He could leave after he tagged the poor fool, that way he wouldn't have to walk around with him to know where he was going. Deciding he'd better get on the move before Frog got back, he removed the small chip off of Marle's pendant and placed it between two of his fingers.
Pushing himself off the old wooden bench making it creak ever so slightly, Magus quickly approached Crono. Knowing that Crono was too busy 'talking' to himself to be paying attention he slipped the small chip into Crono's small pouch. Deciding his work was done Magus went as quickly as he came, vanishing behind a few mundane buildings, probably the houses of a few villagers.
After he was out of sight he removed his hood and the glove on his right hand. On the palm of his hand was inscribed a small symbol that was no doubt a magical glyph of some sort. It had been very painful to carve such a thing in ones own hand but Magus had endure it, he had endured much worse in his quest to destroy Lavos.
As he began tracing the glyph with his free hand Magus's outline began to glow a faint white that signaled the spell had indeed began working. Once he completed the symbol his body deconstructed itself, its pieces flying high in the air and the curving back down to land in the middle off Truce Canyon. As the light disappeared it revealed Magus to be struggling on the ground as he tried to shrug off the pain that accompanied these types of spells.
The pain lasted around ten minutes, ten minutes of pure agony as Magus tried to pick himself off the ground again and again in an attempt to regain some sort of dignity. The pain just kept at Magus, causing him to curse aloud as he banged his fists on the ground to try and push his pain outwards instead of holding it in himself. It slowly subsided and Magus was left painting as he leaned over the ground, the sweat drops dripping down from his forehead and stinging his eyes. He arose clutching a clump of the earth that he pulled up with him as a sort of stress ball to squeeze on.
"I HATE that spell", spoke Magus as he continued to grip the dirt clump in his hands.
"There has to be a less painful way to teleport", he commented again, this time throwing down what was now a ball of dirt. Magus bent back down to pick up what looked like a small metallic pyramid, these pyramids were the key to teleporting. To make teleportation work first you must tag a spot that you will return to once you cast the spell, these little pyramids are used to tag the spot. Magus placed the small spot markers back in his pouch and then started his walk down the rest of the path to the Gate.
Deducing how long he had taken to get to Porre from here, he concluded he had around 12-16 hours before Frog and Crono ended up back at the gate.
"12 hours to make this work", he commented to himself aloud but in a whisper as he held out the pendant at the gate and then jumped in back to 1000 AD. -----------------------------------------
The Epoch soared overhead the kingdom of Guardia as Marle, the captain and look-out, continued her search for Magus. Scanning the forest one more time on her search route she had almost given up hope until she happened to pass by the Zenon Bridge and saw Timothy and a few dozen other knights crossing with what looked to be Taban, Lara, and a few other village families in tow. They had several large wagons being towed by oxen and a few horses that some of the knight rode on. Slowing down the Epoch and parking it at the other end of the bridge she jumped out and ran to the slow moving group.
"Timothy what is going on?" she called out to him.
Waiting until she got into talking distance, Timothy explained, "Retreating Milady".
Before Marle could ask from what, Taban and Lara ran up to her.
"Marle thank god you are ok you were worried what Crono did to you", said Taban clearly relieved but yet worried at the same time for another reason.
"Marle dear, is Lucca with you?" nervously asked Lara.
"Don't worry she's ok, we took her to someplace safe", she explained but not fully.
"Oh thank heavens, thank you", thanked Lara.
"But what are you guys doing out here", Marle asked.
"Getting the hell out, Crono is destroying Guardia and we don't want to be there when all hell breaks lose. The knights have been getting more aggressive on the citizens, you know taking their belongings, being total jack asses, and collecting higher taxes from them", said Taban.
"Is it that bad?" asked Marle.
"He's gone crazy Marle, Crazy! He forced me to build the telepod device for him and held my wife as hostage. He was going to kill us till this fine lad saved us", replied Taban as he gave Timothy a big pat on the back.
"Twas nothing, I had the help of a one well taught in the magics", explained Timothy not wanting to take all the credit.
"You saw Magus?" asked Marle.
"Well if this Magus is rude, wears a purplish cape, and has a short temper then ya we met him", said Taban.
"How long ago did you see Magus", asked Marle to Taban.
"Oh it was yesterday, after that we stayed one last night at our house and packed all the things we could into the wagon and left", explained Taban.
"What about Crono, where is he?" asked Marle.
"Dunno. After he came back out of the gate that was created by the telepod, he told us to take the pendant back to the castle. That's when Magus came, saved us and took the pendant and left for fair grounds", explained Taban, now out of breath.
"Dang, he must have already left to get the Masamune", mumbled Marle.
"What about you guys, where are you going?" asked Marle.
"I don't know about the knights but I and Lara are going to Porre", said Taban.
"And you timothy?" asked Marle.
"Milady we are going to Porre as well. These are the only knights that were willing to leave behind Guardia, the rest are either too scared of Crono or have been given into greed and lust", explained Timothy.
"Once we get to Porre we plan on warning them, then at one point going back and reclaiming the Kingdom", said Timothy.
"Thanks, I have to go now. Take care of these families ok Timothy", requested Marle of Tim.
"Yes Milady, no harm shall come to them while this body still has breath", he responded.
"After this is over Crono will be back to his old shelf, and Guardia will be restored to what it was", said Marle encouragingly.
"Fare thee well Milady", said Timothy before Marle headed back to the Epoch, lifted off, and vanished in a flash of light and clap of thunder. ------------------------
Her chest moved up and down in rhythm with her breathing as she laid under the small emergency blanket that Belthasar and given her. Luckily for her he had actually found that or she would be sleeping on the cold hard ground with no warmth other than that of her own body. Belthasar sat to the right of her, deactivated for the night as Lucca promised she would reactivate him after she awoke, and so the dome that once housed Belthasar's many experiments was silent.
The time blinked on the screen displaying the morning hour of 1pm. The florescent light from the monitor nudged Lucca into that semi-state of consciousness. Awakening from a dream that was probably more pleasant that reality, she examined her surroundings as one often does after waking.
Silence again filled the air.
'No not silence', reminded Lucca as she heard the now faint sounds of the every lasting storm outside.
Using her hands to push herself off the cold floor, her back chilled with a sense of loneliness. Not a living breathing thing besides her was here, maybe not a living breathing thing in the whole world. The phrase "What would you do if you were the last person on earth", echoed in her mind.
She didn't know why people even asked that, she used to believe that would be impossible and therefore it was a useless question. But now that she could very well be the only living being on this planet, she had her answer.
'If no one was left then no one would miss me', replied Lucca to herself.
Then the small picture popped into her head, the picture they had taken shortly before they had to warp everyone off to their own time. Everyone had been so happy then and why shouldn't they have been, they just saved the future of humanity from destruction. They had triumphed over the many obstacles that were strewn across their path, even conquering death itself.
'Maybe no one would miss me here, but there are people who would miss in 1000 AD and in other times', she reminded herself.
'People that are counting on me', she backed up her own argument.
'And I have friends to help', she ended remembering Robo.
Checking how many tranquilizer darts she had left, she counted a total of 6. More than enough to put a single person to sleep, no matter how powerful that person was.
'I can't wait here', thought Lucca to herself as she remember that another wings of time sat just a corridor away. Smiling she rubbed to her hands together at the thought and quickly sped off down the hall. -------------------
Once again flying high above the land Marle scanned the ground looking for Frog or his house, whichever came first. She had to get to him before Crono did, if she was late god knows what Crono would do to Frog. On her current path she would reach the forest around Frog's house in mere minutes.
"Oh I hope I'm not too late", Marle said aloud to herself.
"Please oh please oh please", she chanted as she continued to guide the Epoch.
Reaching the outer edge of the forest that frog called home, she landed the Epoch and frantically ran out and over to the bush here the entrance to his humble abode sat. Jumping through the hole she found no trace of Frog, or even his usual living arrangements. Instead it just appeared to be a normal hole, no bed, lamp, table, or chests. Puzzled she left the hole as quickly as she came and headed back for the Epoch to continue her search.
The neighing of horses alerted her to the presence of someone coming, someone she had a bad feeling about. As she reached the clearing with the Epoch Crono and Frog sat waiting for her, both on steeds of their own.
"I thought that I had seen something come this way", commented Crono.
"I guess I was right", he sneered at her.
"Where be the warlock", asked Frog to Marle.
"Frog whatever you do don't listen to him, there's something wrong with him", pleaded Marle even though she stood no more than 15 from Crono.
"Indeed lass, he has been struck with worry for thee condition", commented Frog.
"No, he's not the same. Something inside him has changed him", she pleaded again.
"Do not listen to her Frog, Magus is controlling her", reassured Crono to Frog.
"Do not worry lad, I do know this", Frog said back.
"Wha.Magus controlling me?" she asked confused.
Then it clicked, she knew why Frog was with Crono.
"NO, Magus is trying to help Crono. He is not controlling me", screamed back Marle.
"The poor lass, she is not aware", sadly said Frog.
Crono drew the rainbow sword from its sheath slowly, the blade glimmering in the light.
"Marle, I will end Magus's control over you", said Crono as noble as he could.
Flying straight for Marle, his sword aimed at piercing through her chest to end it in one quick blow.
"Crono be thee mad", cried Frog as he jumped in under the blow and deflected it away with Masamune.
"Tiss no need to kill her, the warlock is the one behind this", said Frog as he stood his ground.
"Frog, step aside. I know what I am doing", Crono gritted out between his clenched teeth.
"I think that perhaps thou does not", replied Frog as he held his ground with the Masamune ready at a moments notice.
The Masamune began glowing casting a white light outwards, its inhabitants waking from a long period of sleep.
'Wake up Masa you dope', came a voice from the sword.
The sound of someone being kicked then falling down a flight of stairs came from the sword as a second voice came out.
'I'm up Mune, I'm Up seesh. What do you want', said the second voice. Just then the sword changed into two separate figures, both looking and sounding like small children.
Frog, Marle, and even Crono stepped back at this unexpected happening.
'Look who it is', pointed Mune at Crono.
'Hey it's Crono', spoke Masa.
'No you dope', said Mune as he landed a firm smack on the back of Masa's head, 'Look closer'.
'Hey, it's Trigger', shouted Masa as he realized who it was and threw his hands in the air.
'So what ya been up to brother', asked Mune.
"Just here to for you two, and the Epoch of course. Don't resist or I might have to hurt someone", smiled Crono evilly.
"Did I miss something?" asked Marle to Frog.
"I do not know, but I am quite befuddled as well", responded Frog.
Masa jumped up and spun around to face Frog and Marle, "Well you see each of the Guru's created a certain number of artifacts. Each was linked and more or less we are all family", started Masa but being cut short as he looked down and saw a sword coming out of his chest.
Crono pulled his blade out of the stunned Masa and glanced at the other that stood only feet away.
"Masa", cried out Mune as he ran over to his brother and checked to see if he is ok.
"I'm ok Mune, just a scratch", responded Masa as he jumped and spun back around to face Crono.
"Crono what is this madness", asked Frog after he had seen his friend for many years try and kill part of the Masamune.
"Frog, your usefulness has ended. You die here with the rest of the traitors", declared Crono as he looked Frog right in the eyes.
"No you will be the one", started up Masa.
"That will die, Trigger", finished off Mune.
The two boys were enveloped in a white light and when it faded; their arms were replaced with the blades of swords.
"We won't even need to transform", spoke up Mune.
"Yep Mune, this will be fun", chuckled Masa.
They both charged at Crono with full speed, speed that Crono hadn't expected but could handle. Mune jumped at Crono's face and Crono quickly bent down backwards as Mune flew over and slashed him across the chest with his sword. Masa on the other hand was running at Crono's feet when he was kicked in the middle of the face as Crono placed his hands on the ground beneath him and then kicked with all his might.
Masa few a few feat back and Mune landed on the opposite side of Crono, that cut he had caused would have killed any normal human but Crono wasn't any normal human. The two charged at him again catching him in a pincer attack. Jumping high above the ground he caused the two brothers to ram each other with their heads. Taking his chance he came down hard with his feet, implanting both of the boys faces in the ground. Before they could react he grabbed a foot of each of them and dangled them in front of his face.
"Seems I win brats", grinned Crono.
"Ahh fooey", complained Mune.
Masa simply stuck out his tongue at Crono and crossed his arms.
Laying Masa on the ground he quickly slammed Mune on top of him and the two became the Masamune again.
Holding his new weapon he practiced swinging it a few times and then pointed it at Frog and Marle who were still confused and giving the 'dear caught in headlights' look.
"Thanks for the sword, old friend", spat Crono.
"But now it's your turn", he continued.
Before he could say anymore he was blow away by a large plasma blast from the Epoch's cannon. Crono flew back 30 feet before slamming into a tree and then crumpling to the ground.
"Good job", commented Marle as she patted the Epoch on its side.
"I thank thee Epoch", chimed in Frog as well as too gave the Epoch a hard pat.
Turning back at Crono they found his body missing, the only thing there was his old rainbow sword stuck in the ground with a note tied to its hilt. Frog walked over to the sword and picked up the note, reading it before crumpling it up and taking the rainbow sword out of its earthly sheath. Marle came up to Frog with a worried look in her eye, "Frog, what did it say", she asked.
"It's not over", he dryly replied.
Chapter 11
He had been observing the last 5 minutes or so, watching every tiny move that Crono made. Sadly Crono hadn't decided to magically scan the area, if he had then he would have noticed Magus long before he even got outside his room.
'He may be powerful, but he isn't very careful', said Magus to himself.
He could leave after he tagged the poor fool, that way he wouldn't have to walk around with him to know where he was going. Deciding he'd better get on the move before Frog got back, he removed the small chip off of Marle's pendant and placed it between two of his fingers.
Pushing himself off the old wooden bench making it creak ever so slightly, Magus quickly approached Crono. Knowing that Crono was too busy 'talking' to himself to be paying attention he slipped the small chip into Crono's small pouch. Deciding his work was done Magus went as quickly as he came, vanishing behind a few mundane buildings, probably the houses of a few villagers.
After he was out of sight he removed his hood and the glove on his right hand. On the palm of his hand was inscribed a small symbol that was no doubt a magical glyph of some sort. It had been very painful to carve such a thing in ones own hand but Magus had endure it, he had endured much worse in his quest to destroy Lavos.
As he began tracing the glyph with his free hand Magus's outline began to glow a faint white that signaled the spell had indeed began working. Once he completed the symbol his body deconstructed itself, its pieces flying high in the air and the curving back down to land in the middle off Truce Canyon. As the light disappeared it revealed Magus to be struggling on the ground as he tried to shrug off the pain that accompanied these types of spells.
The pain lasted around ten minutes, ten minutes of pure agony as Magus tried to pick himself off the ground again and again in an attempt to regain some sort of dignity. The pain just kept at Magus, causing him to curse aloud as he banged his fists on the ground to try and push his pain outwards instead of holding it in himself. It slowly subsided and Magus was left painting as he leaned over the ground, the sweat drops dripping down from his forehead and stinging his eyes. He arose clutching a clump of the earth that he pulled up with him as a sort of stress ball to squeeze on.
"I HATE that spell", spoke Magus as he continued to grip the dirt clump in his hands.
"There has to be a less painful way to teleport", he commented again, this time throwing down what was now a ball of dirt. Magus bent back down to pick up what looked like a small metallic pyramid, these pyramids were the key to teleporting. To make teleportation work first you must tag a spot that you will return to once you cast the spell, these little pyramids are used to tag the spot. Magus placed the small spot markers back in his pouch and then started his walk down the rest of the path to the Gate.
Deducing how long he had taken to get to Porre from here, he concluded he had around 12-16 hours before Frog and Crono ended up back at the gate.
"12 hours to make this work", he commented to himself aloud but in a whisper as he held out the pendant at the gate and then jumped in back to 1000 AD. -----------------------------------------
The Epoch soared overhead the kingdom of Guardia as Marle, the captain and look-out, continued her search for Magus. Scanning the forest one more time on her search route she had almost given up hope until she happened to pass by the Zenon Bridge and saw Timothy and a few dozen other knights crossing with what looked to be Taban, Lara, and a few other village families in tow. They had several large wagons being towed by oxen and a few horses that some of the knight rode on. Slowing down the Epoch and parking it at the other end of the bridge she jumped out and ran to the slow moving group.
"Timothy what is going on?" she called out to him.
Waiting until she got into talking distance, Timothy explained, "Retreating Milady".
Before Marle could ask from what, Taban and Lara ran up to her.
"Marle thank god you are ok you were worried what Crono did to you", said Taban clearly relieved but yet worried at the same time for another reason.
"Marle dear, is Lucca with you?" nervously asked Lara.
"Don't worry she's ok, we took her to someplace safe", she explained but not fully.
"Oh thank heavens, thank you", thanked Lara.
"But what are you guys doing out here", Marle asked.
"Getting the hell out, Crono is destroying Guardia and we don't want to be there when all hell breaks lose. The knights have been getting more aggressive on the citizens, you know taking their belongings, being total jack asses, and collecting higher taxes from them", said Taban.
"Is it that bad?" asked Marle.
"He's gone crazy Marle, Crazy! He forced me to build the telepod device for him and held my wife as hostage. He was going to kill us till this fine lad saved us", replied Taban as he gave Timothy a big pat on the back.
"Twas nothing, I had the help of a one well taught in the magics", explained Timothy not wanting to take all the credit.
"You saw Magus?" asked Marle.
"Well if this Magus is rude, wears a purplish cape, and has a short temper then ya we met him", said Taban.
"How long ago did you see Magus", asked Marle to Taban.
"Oh it was yesterday, after that we stayed one last night at our house and packed all the things we could into the wagon and left", explained Taban.
"What about Crono, where is he?" asked Marle.
"Dunno. After he came back out of the gate that was created by the telepod, he told us to take the pendant back to the castle. That's when Magus came, saved us and took the pendant and left for fair grounds", explained Taban, now out of breath.
"Dang, he must have already left to get the Masamune", mumbled Marle.
"What about you guys, where are you going?" asked Marle.
"I don't know about the knights but I and Lara are going to Porre", said Taban.
"And you timothy?" asked Marle.
"Milady we are going to Porre as well. These are the only knights that were willing to leave behind Guardia, the rest are either too scared of Crono or have been given into greed and lust", explained Timothy.
"Once we get to Porre we plan on warning them, then at one point going back and reclaiming the Kingdom", said Timothy.
"Thanks, I have to go now. Take care of these families ok Timothy", requested Marle of Tim.
"Yes Milady, no harm shall come to them while this body still has breath", he responded.
"After this is over Crono will be back to his old shelf, and Guardia will be restored to what it was", said Marle encouragingly.
"Fare thee well Milady", said Timothy before Marle headed back to the Epoch, lifted off, and vanished in a flash of light and clap of thunder. ------------------------
Her chest moved up and down in rhythm with her breathing as she laid under the small emergency blanket that Belthasar and given her. Luckily for her he had actually found that or she would be sleeping on the cold hard ground with no warmth other than that of her own body. Belthasar sat to the right of her, deactivated for the night as Lucca promised she would reactivate him after she awoke, and so the dome that once housed Belthasar's many experiments was silent.
The time blinked on the screen displaying the morning hour of 1pm. The florescent light from the monitor nudged Lucca into that semi-state of consciousness. Awakening from a dream that was probably more pleasant that reality, she examined her surroundings as one often does after waking.
Silence again filled the air.
'No not silence', reminded Lucca as she heard the now faint sounds of the every lasting storm outside.
Using her hands to push herself off the cold floor, her back chilled with a sense of loneliness. Not a living breathing thing besides her was here, maybe not a living breathing thing in the whole world. The phrase "What would you do if you were the last person on earth", echoed in her mind.
She didn't know why people even asked that, she used to believe that would be impossible and therefore it was a useless question. But now that she could very well be the only living being on this planet, she had her answer.
'If no one was left then no one would miss me', replied Lucca to herself.
Then the small picture popped into her head, the picture they had taken shortly before they had to warp everyone off to their own time. Everyone had been so happy then and why shouldn't they have been, they just saved the future of humanity from destruction. They had triumphed over the many obstacles that were strewn across their path, even conquering death itself.
'Maybe no one would miss me here, but there are people who would miss in 1000 AD and in other times', she reminded herself.
'People that are counting on me', she backed up her own argument.
'And I have friends to help', she ended remembering Robo.
Checking how many tranquilizer darts she had left, she counted a total of 6. More than enough to put a single person to sleep, no matter how powerful that person was.
'I can't wait here', thought Lucca to herself as she remember that another wings of time sat just a corridor away. Smiling she rubbed to her hands together at the thought and quickly sped off down the hall. -------------------
Once again flying high above the land Marle scanned the ground looking for Frog or his house, whichever came first. She had to get to him before Crono did, if she was late god knows what Crono would do to Frog. On her current path she would reach the forest around Frog's house in mere minutes.
"Oh I hope I'm not too late", Marle said aloud to herself.
"Please oh please oh please", she chanted as she continued to guide the Epoch.
Reaching the outer edge of the forest that frog called home, she landed the Epoch and frantically ran out and over to the bush here the entrance to his humble abode sat. Jumping through the hole she found no trace of Frog, or even his usual living arrangements. Instead it just appeared to be a normal hole, no bed, lamp, table, or chests. Puzzled she left the hole as quickly as she came and headed back for the Epoch to continue her search.
The neighing of horses alerted her to the presence of someone coming, someone she had a bad feeling about. As she reached the clearing with the Epoch Crono and Frog sat waiting for her, both on steeds of their own.
"I thought that I had seen something come this way", commented Crono.
"I guess I was right", he sneered at her.
"Where be the warlock", asked Frog to Marle.
"Frog whatever you do don't listen to him, there's something wrong with him", pleaded Marle even though she stood no more than 15 from Crono.
"Indeed lass, he has been struck with worry for thee condition", commented Frog.
"No, he's not the same. Something inside him has changed him", she pleaded again.
"Do not listen to her Frog, Magus is controlling her", reassured Crono to Frog.
"Do not worry lad, I do know this", Frog said back.
"Wha.Magus controlling me?" she asked confused.
Then it clicked, she knew why Frog was with Crono.
"NO, Magus is trying to help Crono. He is not controlling me", screamed back Marle.
"The poor lass, she is not aware", sadly said Frog.
Crono drew the rainbow sword from its sheath slowly, the blade glimmering in the light.
"Marle, I will end Magus's control over you", said Crono as noble as he could.
Flying straight for Marle, his sword aimed at piercing through her chest to end it in one quick blow.
"Crono be thee mad", cried Frog as he jumped in under the blow and deflected it away with Masamune.
"Tiss no need to kill her, the warlock is the one behind this", said Frog as he stood his ground.
"Frog, step aside. I know what I am doing", Crono gritted out between his clenched teeth.
"I think that perhaps thou does not", replied Frog as he held his ground with the Masamune ready at a moments notice.
The Masamune began glowing casting a white light outwards, its inhabitants waking from a long period of sleep.
'Wake up Masa you dope', came a voice from the sword.
The sound of someone being kicked then falling down a flight of stairs came from the sword as a second voice came out.
'I'm up Mune, I'm Up seesh. What do you want', said the second voice. Just then the sword changed into two separate figures, both looking and sounding like small children.
Frog, Marle, and even Crono stepped back at this unexpected happening.
'Look who it is', pointed Mune at Crono.
'Hey it's Crono', spoke Masa.
'No you dope', said Mune as he landed a firm smack on the back of Masa's head, 'Look closer'.
'Hey, it's Trigger', shouted Masa as he realized who it was and threw his hands in the air.
'So what ya been up to brother', asked Mune.
"Just here to for you two, and the Epoch of course. Don't resist or I might have to hurt someone", smiled Crono evilly.
"Did I miss something?" asked Marle to Frog.
"I do not know, but I am quite befuddled as well", responded Frog.
Masa jumped up and spun around to face Frog and Marle, "Well you see each of the Guru's created a certain number of artifacts. Each was linked and more or less we are all family", started Masa but being cut short as he looked down and saw a sword coming out of his chest.
Crono pulled his blade out of the stunned Masa and glanced at the other that stood only feet away.
"Masa", cried out Mune as he ran over to his brother and checked to see if he is ok.
"I'm ok Mune, just a scratch", responded Masa as he jumped and spun back around to face Crono.
"Crono what is this madness", asked Frog after he had seen his friend for many years try and kill part of the Masamune.
"Frog, your usefulness has ended. You die here with the rest of the traitors", declared Crono as he looked Frog right in the eyes.
"No you will be the one", started up Masa.
"That will die, Trigger", finished off Mune.
The two boys were enveloped in a white light and when it faded; their arms were replaced with the blades of swords.
"We won't even need to transform", spoke up Mune.
"Yep Mune, this will be fun", chuckled Masa.
They both charged at Crono with full speed, speed that Crono hadn't expected but could handle. Mune jumped at Crono's face and Crono quickly bent down backwards as Mune flew over and slashed him across the chest with his sword. Masa on the other hand was running at Crono's feet when he was kicked in the middle of the face as Crono placed his hands on the ground beneath him and then kicked with all his might.
Masa few a few feat back and Mune landed on the opposite side of Crono, that cut he had caused would have killed any normal human but Crono wasn't any normal human. The two charged at him again catching him in a pincer attack. Jumping high above the ground he caused the two brothers to ram each other with their heads. Taking his chance he came down hard with his feet, implanting both of the boys faces in the ground. Before they could react he grabbed a foot of each of them and dangled them in front of his face.
"Seems I win brats", grinned Crono.
"Ahh fooey", complained Mune.
Masa simply stuck out his tongue at Crono and crossed his arms.
Laying Masa on the ground he quickly slammed Mune on top of him and the two became the Masamune again.
Holding his new weapon he practiced swinging it a few times and then pointed it at Frog and Marle who were still confused and giving the 'dear caught in headlights' look.
"Thanks for the sword, old friend", spat Crono.
"But now it's your turn", he continued.
Before he could say anymore he was blow away by a large plasma blast from the Epoch's cannon. Crono flew back 30 feet before slamming into a tree and then crumpling to the ground.
"Good job", commented Marle as she patted the Epoch on its side.
"I thank thee Epoch", chimed in Frog as well as too gave the Epoch a hard pat.
Turning back at Crono they found his body missing, the only thing there was his old rainbow sword stuck in the ground with a note tied to its hilt. Frog walked over to the sword and picked up the note, reading it before crumpling it up and taking the rainbow sword out of its earthly sheath. Marle came up to Frog with a worried look in her eye, "Frog, what did it say", she asked.
"It's not over", he dryly replied.