Im 'etiam hic
Chapter 11:
The origin of Lucy (Part 3)
14 hours until the death of Amos….
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
That horrified, terrifying, blood-curled scream of his sister and the sight of a corpse leant against the wall and the words 'LUSTFUL BLOOD' written on the wall in, well, blood…. Those three things hand and hand will forever burn in Alastor's memories.
The mentioned Prinplup took a few steps back before falling backwards onto floor, eyes widened in horror at the terrifying sight in front of him.
"Oh….oh…oh….oh...….." Alastor kept repeating, unable to comprehend the sight in front of him. Sam, tail behind his legs, suddenly perked up his ears and then looked round quickly, eyes dilated.
"Oh no…." he went, somewhat frightened as his ears drop. The air suddenly went cold and heavy, as the feeling of when Corruptors appear has returned. "T-that scream of your must have alerted any remaining Corruptors in the area…!"
Jack stepped forward, scowling hard as she look round. "'ow many do ya feel are about?" she questioned to Sam, who closed his eyes.
"I feel….ten? Twenty….? No, sixteen of them, and they're swarming onto this place….!" Sam replied seriously, opening his eyes. "We need to get these two out of here, NOW! There's be a HOARD of them here in a minute!"
"OI!" a voice called out to them in the darkened hallway, and the group see on that right-hand side of the hallway, a Charmeleon has come out of a room, wearing an ice-blue cross around its neck along with a navy blue bandana, while a somewhat chubby Espurr peeped its head out of the doorframe. "GET IN HERE, QUICK, YOU BUGGERS!"
Jack grinned, pleased to see these two Pokémon as she gently moved along a terrified Lucy over to the room, while Sam helped Alastor get up and dash over. "Charlotte, Peter, am I fiercely great to see the two of ya!" she remarked cheerfully, extremely grateful to see these Pokémon.
"Yeah, whatever! JUST GET IN!" The Charmeleon snapped in a panicky. The Espurr said nothing, just dashing into the room as Sam, Lucy, Jack and Alastor pile in the said room in fright of the coming hoard.
The moment that the door was shut, the Espurr pulled out a piece of paper with a series of writing on it and places it on the door. Putting his paws together and closing his eyes, the Espurr begins to chant something in a hard to describe language.
"Ego te repellere… Ego te repellere…" the Espurr chants somewhat calmly with a hint of a Russian accent in his voice. As he continues to chant, the piece of paper begins to glow blue, and green energy starts flowing from the paper. The energy seeped in the door and then gave it a green outline. The outline then started to infect the walls of the room, covering every corner of the room. Once every corner has been filled, it stays there in a somewhat protective way.
"Hmm…." The Espurr goes, sounding calmly, almost blankly. He turns to the Charmeleon with a somewhat tired stare on his face. "The room is sealed again, Charlotte! We should be safe!"
The Charmeleon, known as Charlotte, nodded whilst giving a sincere and heart-warming smile. "You did well, Peter!" she complimented sincerely, rubbing the top of the Espurr, known as Peter, in an affectionate manner. Charlotte then pulled out a small chocolate bar out of seemingly nowhere and gave it to Peter.
"Here you go, Peter! You look very tired and you need some energy to keep doing what you do best, being you!" Charlotte stated simply and happily. Peter said nothing, taking the chocolate bar and dashing off to somewhere in the room, with a small shout of 'thank you!' after a few seconds.
"Well, that was weird." Alastor remarked, rather confused, Sam said nothing, instead heading over to where Peter had disappeared off to. Charlotte chuckled a little, and then turned to the rest of the remaining group.
"Peter's has poor social skills. He doesn't talk to anyone that much, apart from a handful of Pokémon, which I'm one of. He tends to hide himself from strangers…." Charlotte explained seriously, folding her arms. She then smiled again, though some confusion. "Anyway, it's nice to see you again, Jack! And, who are these two?"
With Charlotte pointing at Lucy and Alastor, Jack nodded with a serious frown. "It's a nice to see ya too, Charlotte, though tis situation isn't going as well as I expected… It's all gone to hell and back…." She stated, looking gloomily. "Especially with 'hat corpse out there…Oh yeah, tis is Lucy and Alastor Angelo, by the way."
Charlotte nodded, eyeing up the Angelo siblings. "Please to meet you two! I'm Charlotte Coco, one of the proud owners of 'Coco Charlie's Chocolates'!" she commented cheerfully, holding out her right arm to give a handshake. Alastor went and took it to say hello.
"Hello!" he went somewhat nervously, while Lucy remained silent, still shaken up from what was outside. Charlotte noticed this and frowned.
"Quiet, huh?" Charlotte asked rhetorically, looking concerned for the said Kirlia. "I don't blame you. That body outside caught Peter, Ignatius and I off guard. We managed to rush into this room thanks to an Empoleon and a Gardevoir…."
Taken off guard, Lucy quickly looks round the room that the small group are now inside of. She saw that the room that the four-group have rushed into is actually the hotel room that Lucy and her family were staying in for their holiday!
Before she could dash further into the room, she saw that Alastor was looking at the door with an inquisitive look. He pointed a flipper at the said door, and looked at Charlotte and Jack with some confusion on his face.
"What the heck did that Espurr do to the door?" Alastor questioned bluntly, looking very confused. "All he did in my eyes is slap a piece of paper on this door, then chanted some weird words!"
"Peter, as an Exorcist Seer, he's a Sealer type." Jack described to Alastor, calmly. "I explain in more detail later, but the basic ting is, Peter uses seals to keep Corruptors in or out of tings, like tis room. Since ya cannt see it, the 'hole room to the rest of us 'as green outlines on the corners."
Alastor nodded, still confused about what Peter had done. He then noticed the same thing that Lucy noticed earlier, with the whole room situation.
"Oh man…." Alastor goes, feeling dreadful about the situation. He then walks into the room, and then stopped, looking horrified by something. "HOLY CRAP, DAD! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!"
Lucy, eyes widening in fear, dashed further into the room, stopping at Alastor's side, to see a torn up room. Two of the beds that were in the room are currently on their side, barricading the balcony off from something. The bed sheets are taken off from the bed for some reason. The reason why is going to be explained in a bit.
Everything else seems to be in tatters, with suitcases thrown to the side of the room and another one of the beds on its side. What shocked Lucy the most is the state that her father is in.
Noah is sat on one of the beds, back against the wall, looking in pain. A bunch of bedsheets are wrapped around his right flipper in a sling-like formation, whilst red stains on the bottom of the sling can be seen. Noah looks to be in pain, wincing a little.
Abby and Ignatius are facing each other on opposite sides of the bed, discussing about something whilst Peter is sat by the legs of Ignatius, nomming on the chocolate bar whilst Sam sat opposite, near the bathroom, deep in thought.
When Alastor yelled out, the adults quickly turned their attention towards them whilst Sam and Peter kept continuing on what they were doing, though Sam had quickly glanced over before turning to his thoughts again.
"A-a-alastor! L-l-lucy!" Abby stuttered, startled at the fact that her children are here in the dangerous hotel. She rushed over to embrace the two in a hug.
When Lucy was hugged by her mother, she could feel her sense return back to normal from the warmth of her mother's hug, like everything was going to be okay. The heighten fear and anxiety seemed to disappear from Lucy's chest, like everything she's seen so far was just a simple dream.
However, this is reality, and we get back into the story. Abby comes out of the hug and looks at her children with a muddled expression. "W-w-what are you two doing here? It's dangerous here!"
"We…..came here with Jack and Sam…." Lucy went quietly, feeling somewhat ashamed by her presence here.
Jack went over to Ignatius to confirm the story. "Guildmaster Amos told me and Sam to take them 'ere. We couldn't reach any of yer due to the influx of….well, ya know…." She stated seriously, frowning. She then became nervous, sweating a little. "Um…. Lucy and Alastor….learned about….them. The Corruptors…. I'm sorry…."
"…..There's no need, Jack!" Ignatius remarked cheerfully, pausing before speaking. He then frowned a little, looking a little bewildered. "I guess…. Lucy was going to find out one day, wasn't she?"
"You know about the Corrupted?" Abby questioned, paling at the fact her children have found out.
Lucy nodded, silently while Alastor crossed his flippers. "I know about them, but I haven't seen one! How do I know this is just not an extremely-planned out prank on me?!"
"This…..is no prank, Alastor….ow…" Noah went, catching everyone's attention. It was obvious to hear Noah heavily breathing whilst in pain. "….They're…..real…. I…..got attacked by one earlier…caused this stupid injury…."
"Dad…." Lucy started rather hesitantly, heading over to her father's side on the bed along with Alastor, who looked extremely concerned for their father. "I…..know about the Corruptors….Well, I only learned just earlier…."
"Huh….You're taking the revelation a lot better than….I expect…." Noah confessed, rather surprised by this with his left eye closed. "…..I….ow…..was expecting more of a reaction….."
"She almost 'ad a breakdown earlier! It was something out of a video game!" Jack remarked out loudly, somewhat oblivious to what the feel of the current situation is.
Noah cocked his head slightly to the left. "Welp, I guess….ah, ow…..I…..need to….explain…" he struggled to say, looking very pale. Abby frowned sadly, looking extremely concerned for her husband as she murmured his name. Ignatius placed a hand on Noah's shoulder.
"Don't push yourself, my brother." Ignatius stated seriously, trying to comfit Noah. "That injury of yours is causing you to lose a quite a bit of blood. Try to stay still as you heal. Sam, I need your healing powers over here!"
The said Poochyena nodded, walking over to where Ignatius is standing. He takes his cross off, jumps up onto the bed and places the cross next to Noah. Raising his front paws up into the air, Sam begins to chant something, causing the cross to also float up into the air. Soon, an orb of grey energy encases Noah, as Sam's eyes glows as he continuingly keeps his front paws up in the air.
From what Lucy can see, her father looks better in the orb. Noah, opening his left eye a little, turns to Sam, who stared intently and seriously at him. After a few seconds, Noah begins to talk.
"You're the holder of the Black Cross of Denial?" he questioned, quite surprised by this. Sam nodded, without saying a word. Noah then glanced at Jack, then Charlotte, and then finally Peter, who isn't paying attention at all, still trying to eat the chocolate bar with a little bit of success.
"Anger, Sadness and Bargaining are here as well…. My brother, where is Acceptance?" Noah asked again, frowning a little.
"The holder of the Light Cross of Acceptance is with Amos, our father." Ignatius stated once again seriously, closing his eyes. Alastor, shocked by what Noah and Ignatius, turns to Jack, who is also shocked by this.
"Wait, your dad and my dad are related?! Does that mean we're cousins?" inquired a shocked Alastor. Jack shook her head, frowning.
"Nah, ya spane!" Jack shot back a little harshly. "I'm adopted, remember?"
"Speaking of adoption and the topic at hand, Noah and I are adopted brothers. We were adopted by Amos Lettigo. Though we aren't blood-related, we are brothers regardless. We grew up together." Ignatius explained seriously. He frowns slightly, then turns to Noah. "Though, we haven't seen each other in years! So much so that Noah didn't know I have an adopted daughter nor that did I know that his own daughter could see the Corrupted!
We both know that no Pokémon can be born with the ability to see the dead and the Corrupted, and by the rules of the Exorcist Society in our country dictates that no Pokémon should be able to have this ability unless they are part of the society! So, how did your daughter get this ability, Noah?!"
"….." Noah went, silently as he appears to be deep in thought. Lucy's heartrate begins to increase, becoming nervous as her father is hesitant to speak. Her hands, which is on her chests, begins to shake a little.
"Well…." Noah started, with some delay, looking unsure as he spoke. He looked over to his wife in an unconfident manner. Abby, with a pause, gave a nod to confirm a sort of silent message. Noah then sighed. "…I suppose this was due to happened one day….didn't expect it to be so soon…. Oh well…"
Flashback Start:
I suppose this situation came to be about eleven years, on that fateful day….
It was such a beautiful day, with the weather and all. The forecast was sunny with no cloud and it was somewhat hot, but not too hot. It was a perfect day to go to the beach, or go out into the woods to have a picnic!
I was looking after the kids that day. Abby was out at work, a new case had just popped up that urgently needed her help and I happened to have a day off from the museum that day, so I agreed to look after the kids whilst I was at home.
Alastor was busily drawing something as usually while Lucy was playing with her toys, typical toddler behaviour. I decided to go somewhere out with the kids, to get them outside for some fresh air, so I was getting the pushchair ready out for the walk. I was planning to get them ice cream, for them being such good children!
…..That's when it happened. Something that I truly will regret for the rest of my life….
"Urgh….." a younger Noah groaned to himself, as he struggled to move the pushchair around the turning point on the stair where a Pokémon would turn to further go up a small set before being truly upstairs. The pushchair was quite big, since it was able to fit up to two toddler Pokémon.
Noah tried to turn it one way but it kept hitting the wall. He tried to turn it another way but it was hitting the handrail of the stairs. Frowning, Noah puts a flipper on his chin to think, trying to come up with a solution on how to get it passed this point here…
"Hmm…." Noah goes, figuring out an idea. "They're able to be separated from each other, so I could try taking one down at a time…."
So, Noah does that, separating one of the pushchairs from the other so they can be moved easier. Noah folds the first pushchairs with some struggle, but manages to fold it. As he goes to do the other pushchair, he notices that it's gone!
"Huh?"
THUD!
Surprised, Noah looked down the stairs quickly, where he sees that the pushchair has fallen down, ramming itself into the door. Noah's face soon drains of colour when he sees that his daughter got caught by the fallen pushchair, and is now unconscious at the door, bleeding.
"LUUUCCCYYY!"
You see, the pushchairs back in those days were…. much heavier, much chunkier than the ones you can get these days. They were big as well, a pain to get them up and down the stairs….
I must have accidently pushed the pushchair whilst I was doing the first one, and it fell down the stairs, colliding and injuring Lucy…..
…..It's all my fault…. It's my fault that my precious daughter, who I dearly love…got injured badly in such a bad way….
I…immediately called 999….the emergency services…to come help….
I….explained what happened…..Lucy was rushed immediately to hospital, to receive treatment for her injuries….
Abby rushed over to the hospital when she heard the news. I….told her what happened and she told me it wasn't my fault it happened….
A few hours later, I received a piece of news that I didn't want to hear, but was going to be life changing for my daughter…..
"She needs a what?" a younger Abby questioned, looking completely horrified at what the doctor had said to them. Noah sat on the hospital seat with a shocked look on his face, next to an unconscious Lucy, with tubes coming in and out of her.
"I said that she needs a blood transfusion. She's lost a lot of blood due to that accident of hers." The doctor, who is a Typhlosion, reaffirmed seriously, looking at a chart. "According to our tests, your daughter is a type B positive. Do you know your blood types? We're running low on blood supplies as it is, so if either of you two are B positive, we need your blood to save your daughter's life!"
Abby, blinking, quickly turns to look at Noah. She KNOWS that Noah is also B positive, but at the same time, knows that he has Seer's blood. It true that if Noah gives Lucy his blood, it would save her life but at the same time, would make Lucy a Seer as well.
"Can….we have some time to….think about it?" Noah questioned, curiously. Doctor Typhlosion frowned, but nodded anyway. "I need a response back soon! I don't know what you need think about, you literally need to donate blood to save your own daughter's life, but I'll leave you alone for now…. Contact me when you need me…"
The doctor walked off in an annoyed mood, as Abby turned to Noah, concerned. However, Noah had one thing on his mind.
"I'm going in for the blood transfusion." He stated bluntly and seriously, frowning as he had his flippers put together. "It's the only thing that's going to save her life."
"N-n-noah!" Abby blurted out, shocked by this. "I-isn't that illegal by the Exorcist Society's law? That's what you've TOLD me!"
"…That's true…." Noah admitted, sighing dishearten. He covered the back of his neck as he looked down at the floor, almost breaking into tears. "It's….all my…fault….That Lucy is in this situation….. I should have been more careful….."
Abby remained silent, just going to Noah's side to comfit him. "Shh….it's okay. You didn't know that was going to happen anyway…. Lucy's a quiet child, after all. She sneaks up on everyone all the time, so you wouldn't have heard her near the stairs regardless of her being near there or not….."
Noah sighed once more, then nodded. "Yeah, you're right. I'm still going to do the blood transfusion…." Noah stated seriously, cheered up a little more. "I know it's illegal by Exorcist Society's law, but in this case, my means will justify the end result. It will save Lucy's life, but forever scar her as a Seer…."
"Yeah…" Abby goes, sadly as she frowned. "….from what you told me, if someone were to get Seer's blood from outside the Exorcist Society, wouldn't they be tormented from the spirits unless they joined the Society?"
"Yes, they would. It's for certain that when you get Seer's blood, you have some skills in exorcize such as phantoms or the Corrupted…." Noah confirmed wistfully, deep in thought. His claws intensified, as he became somewhat angry. "I was FORCED to become an Exorcist at a young age in an orphanage ran by an exorcist guild named Phantasm…..!
They FORCED Seer's blood into ME along with any other orphans that appeared on their doorstep, and trained us like SOLDIERS, pawns in their LITTLE game….!"
"Honey, I already know this!" Abby yelled out, somewhat annoyed. "You told me this when I met Ignatius for the first time!"
Noah shook his head, feeling bad. "I'm sorry, I went…. on a bit of a tangent. It….just filled me with bad memories…." Noah admitted, sorrowfully. He then looked at his young Ralts daughter, with tears in his eyes.
"I….just hoped that I could….raise Lucy and Alastor away from the Exorcists…. To live a normal life, one that I never had…."
Noah shook his head, and became filled with determination. "But, I need to do this, to save Lucy! She'll suffer the visions of the dead, but I think I can find a way to keep her unaware of the dead and the Corrupted until she's old enough!"
"How?!" Abby asked, surprised by this, gaining a shocked face.
"There's a type of drug that's sold at a hidden away Exorcist shop somewhere within the city that I know of…." Noah confirmed serious, filling with some hope but mostly despair. "…..It temporally blinds the user to the dead and the Corrupted, but also repels the Corrupted. It makes the user admit a smell that Corruptors hate, but no living Pokémon can smell…."
Noah sighed, somewhat disheartened. "It's a temporary solution to a permanent problem… One day, Lucy will have to be trained in some exorcist skills to defend herself from the Corruptors….but….."
Noah looked over to Lucy, sadly. "….I'll try and keep her in the dark about it up until then. I want her to live a happy life along with her brother….."
Abby nodded, thinking that's a good idea. "Fair enough. I'll call over the doctor then for the transfusion!"
Flashback End
"So, there you go….. That's how Lucy got her ability to see the dead and the Corrupted…. All through an accident of my own…." Noah went sadly, as he continued to be healed by Sam as everyone else continued to listen. Lucy and Abby had tears in their eyes whilst Alastor looked completed horrified by this. Everyone else had surprised expression on their faces. Noah looks over to Lucy, who had tears running down her cheeks.
"Don't get me wrong, Lucy…. I didn't intend for this secret to harm you….. I just wanted to protect you….."
"The Exorcist guild known as Phantasm was an infamous guild amongst our country's religious guilds…." Ignatius confirmed gravely, scowling somewhat angrily. "It abused the orphans that stayed within their halls, physically, mentally and sometimes…."
A rather disdained look appeared on Ignatius's face as his claws tightened in silent anger, Jack stepped back in shock of this. "…..Well, you can probably guess what else…."
"Me and Ignatius were the lucky ones at that guild. We only suffered physically and mental abuse…." Noah continued to explain, sadly. "We managed to escape when we were ten along with some other orphans and we were on the run for about a year before we ran into our saviour…."
"Who was that?" Alastor questioned, surprised by this. Ignatius stepped forward, a warm smile appeared on his face.
"Well, it was Amos." He confirmed, a tiny bit happily. "He was a detective back when we first met him, and also a member of Fougueux Ville's exorcist guild, Spirit-Realm…. He single-handled save all of our lives and all the orphans at Phantasm by arresting and jailing all of the staff there, and took us in as his own…. After he took us in, some of us joined Spirit-Realm, some went into jobs but eventually moved back here in this town, and some of us never came back at all…."
"I didn't want to join Spirit-Realm…." Noah confessed, rather gloomily. "….I have no interest in becoming an exorcist at all after what happened at Phantasm…. Though I did keep in contact with Ignatius, the only one that I was close to at that….horrible….DISGUSTING….excuse of a guild…."
Noah looked over to Lucy, who is still crying. "I'm sorry Lucy…. I didn't want you to suffer the same fate as I did…. I was scared….I…I…I…I…"
Noah closed his eyes and sob silently, still feeling pain over what happened all those years ago. Sam, who had previously berated Noah over his lying to Lucy, frowned sadly, feeling guilty about what he said.
Lucy said nothing, getting up onto the bed to hug her father. "….It's okay, Dad…" she went, crying as well. "…..I forgive you….."
Abby sobbed a little, covering her face as Ignatius puts a hand on Noah's shoulder, while Jack and Charlotte looked dismally at each other, Peter crying a little as he finished up his chocolate bar. Alastor placed a flipper on his chest, an empty feeling springing from his heart.
"No more secrets, Dad…." Lucy said sadly, as she sniffed and wiped the warm tears away. "I love you, Dad…. I hope you can see that…."
Noah nodded, wiping tears away as well as he smiled sincerely but also sadly.
"DID SOMEONE MENTION 'HOPE'?!" a loud voice called out, rather ecstatic as it caught everyone off guard. A loud bang soon follows and everyone turned to see that the barricade to the balcony has been destroyed.
From the dust cloud that the bang caused, an Umbreon walked into the room, grinning manically. Lucy gasped at the Umbreon, as it had the weirdest and freakiest appearance that's she's ever seen, even more than the Corruptors!
For starters, the Umbreon's complete half left side is bleached a sickening bright white, like it had been burnt white for some reason. Its red eye clearly stands out from the white, like blood on a white bedsheet. On the Umbreon's normal black side, its eye appears to be completely red and shaped in the way a slash across the face would be.
"Upupupupupu!" the Umbreon cackled evilly, showing its white side to everyone. "Did someone mention hope, that's what I asked? WHO SAID IT! I want to know so I can feel good CRUSHING IT!"
When everyone was silent at this Umbreon's bizarre behaviour, it sighed somewhat disheartened, turning its body full centre. "Oh yeah, I realized, YOU LOT don't know who I am but I do! How troublesome…."
The Umbreon grinned, happily. "I tell you now! I'm Noirshiro Blanckuro, the Umbreon that IS DESPAIR INCARNATED IN LIVING FORM!"
"What…..the….?" Lucy went, completely bewildered by this. Noirshiro began to do a funny dance, if shaking their hips.
"Nice sob story there, Noah But it doesn't matter if it's sad or not, IT STILL CAUSED DESPAIR for your daughter!" Noirshiro complimented or insulted cheerfully. "That I can respect!"
"What are you going on about, you raving lunatic?!" Ignatius questioned puzzled and angry at Noirshiro's ramblings.
"Despair, the best thing in the world is what I'm going on about!" Noirshiro cheered, jumping up and down with a suddenly appearing top hat. "IT'S THE BEST, YOU SEE? Despair is what everyone has when they hit rock-bottom! Everyone does crazy things for despair! Murderers, Pokémon that force the you-know-what onto each other, drugs! They're doing this horrible things because they're filled with despair that no one would like them or love them or things are never going to be better! THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS SITUTION! The Corruptors are attacking the hotel, filling everyone with despair because a lot of Pokémon are getting killed! MY BLOOD IS GETTING SO LUSTFULL! UPUPUPUPUPUPU!"
"Wait, are you the one who killed that Medicham outside?!" Charlotte barked angrily, grabbing her cross. Noirshiro nodded, turning his backside towards everyone.
"Yep, that was me! Not my best handiwork, but it will do for the sake of despair! Never liked Fighting-types, ya know? I'm glad I executed that Medicham" Noirshiro stated seriously, waving a paw up in the air as their tophat disappeared. "Besides, keep that cross away! I know what it does and trust me, YOU'LL SUFFER A MUCH WORSE FATE!"
"What do ya mean by 'executed', ya eegit?!" Jack questioned, pissed off at this Umbreon. Noirshiro gasped a little, raising a paw up in surprise.
"Oops, I said too much!" Noirshiro remarked cheekily. "I'll tell you later, IF THERE IS A LATER! UPUPUPUPUPUPU!"
Suddenly, a bunch of floating rope shot through the balcony and tied up everyone around waist with their arms/legs trapped underneath, preventing anyone from attacking. A couple of muzzles appear, attaching themselves quickly on Sam, Charlotte and Ignatius, to prevent them from chewing or burning themselves free.
As Lucy rolls off the bed, Noirshiro uses Psychic to pick everyone up and head towards the balcony. "What the heck do you think you're doing?! Where are you taking us?!"
Noirshiro grinned evilly, turning to Lucy, as a blindfold appeared to cover Lucy's eyes. "Oh, little, poor, pathetic, tiny, innocent, naïve Lucy! I'm taking you to the roof, where you'll feel despair as YOU ALL WILL DIE! UPUPUPUPUPUPUPU!"
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To be continued…?
A/N: Well, that ends this chapter! New revelations have been made and a new antagonist has appeared! But will Noirshiro lead to something much worse? Find out on the final chapter of Im 'etiam hic's first arc (not overall), which is next! So, in the meantime, please tell me what you think about this chapter, and I'll see you next time!
