Emmeryn leaving the group to go back to the capital put everybody's mood in a damper. But the ones that were most affected by her leave were no doubt Chrom and Lissa. But they continued onwards to Regna Ferox. Everyone remember that and knew that since Emmeryn was going back to the capital, time was of the essence and rush themselves even faster to get to Regna Ferox to make up for lost time and to get the reinforcements as well.
Once they arrived in Regna Ferox many of the Shepherds went off to rest and recover from the increased rapid march to the place and some can be seen training or doing other various activities to keep their mind off of the current situation of the Plegian Army approaching the capital of Ylisse with Emmeryn and Philia still there.
Marcus was soon walking down to the training room to get some practice in to help take his mind off of what happened so far today. But before he could take his mind off of what happened today he soon saw the redhaired Pegasus Knight friend of Sumia, Cordelia, training there by herself. And from the way that she seems so intent on destroying that dummy into nonexistence, Marcus decided to talk with her.
The poor woman looks like she could use a friend to talk to in all honesty right about now.
"You know, if you keep hacking away at that dummy it will become dust, eventually right?" Marcus spoke up as Cordelia jerked in surprise as she turned to see Marcus walking over to her with a calm look on his face.
"Ah, Sir Marcus." Cordelia said before she saluted to him, weirding Marcus somewhat out as he isn't used to that level of respect in general. "Is there something you need with me, sir?" Cordelia questioned.
"First off, cut it out with the sir stuff. In the Shepherds, we aren't that formal." Marcus started off as Cordelia raised an eyebrow at that, no doubt somewhat perplexed by the lack of formality among them. "Second, I wanted to check up on you after what happened today…I know what you must have gone through can't have been easy." Marcus added in softly.
At that Cordelia flinched. "Ah it is nothing to be worried about Marcus, nothing to burden yourself with." She said with a fake smile on her face.
"Cordelia." Marcus sighed out. "It's not healthy to keep that kind of emotions bottled up, you have to let it out you know?" Marcus said kindly.
Cordelia shook her head. "It's nothing to worry about, really. I can carry my own burdens just fine." She stubbornly insisted.
"It isn't." Marcus retorted causing Cordelia to flinch once more. "Cordelia whatever you have to or want to say I swear upon my honor that what you say will only be between the both of us." He answered.
"…For so long I have trained hard to push my skills to be nothing more than perfection." Cordelia started off sadly. "But because of that I was teased and was the subject of insults as a result." She said before she paused. "But it was only when they died that I learned that the insults and so on was just the ritual hazing of a new recruit." She added in regretfully.
Marcus was silent but simply put his arm on his shoulder. "I am so sorry for your loss, no one should ever have to go through such a shit storm." Marcus said somberly as the floodgates were open for Cordelia's emotions once more as she started crying and this time into his arms.
Marcus simply didn't know what to do so he just let her cry into his arms as he patted her in comfort. Marcus really wished there was more that he could do but for now he could only be that shoulder for someone to lean on is all he could do at the moment right now.
"I only wish I could have spent more time with them!" Cordelia bawled out. "I wish I had gotten to know them better, then I wouldn't have to learn how much they loved me in those last awful moments!" She cried out to Marcus who simply held her in his arms. "I regret not being able to understand them better, I wish I could have understood them better before the end." She sniffled out.
And for a while, Cordelia simply tightened her grip on Marcus as she bawled into his chest as he held her until she finally managed to stop crying. Or better yet, get it under control now.
"I'm sorry I really needed to get that off my chest." Cordelia sniffled a bit as she looked away in embarrassment.
"Don't worry about it." Marcus shrugged it off. "We all have our own ways of dealing with grief after all. And letting it all out is a healthy way to express your grief." Marcus said.
Cordelia sniffled once more. "Did you lose someone important to you as well?" Cordelia asked before she blinked at the question." Ah please don't mind what I was trying to ask and I'm sorry if that sounded offensive or anything!" Cordelia panicked when she asked that only or Marcus to put his finger on her lips to silence her.
"First off, that's a reasonable question to ask when you're feeling down and as for an answer to that question. I never really lost someone important but I had plenty of friends who did lose important people." Marcus said as he sadly remembered many of his friends.
Cordelia hummed at that. "If you don't mind telling me, would you be willing to tell me who they lost?" Cordelia questioned softly.
Marcus sighed upon hearing that question. "Well my first buddy lost his wife and unborn child to slavers." He said with a grimace as Cordelia gasped as she put her hands over her mouth. "The slavers that I've dealt with were inhumane to say the least and the worst part was the fact he was the one to decide putting down his wife and kid so they wouldn't suffer a fate worse than death." Marcus sighed out.
Hearing what happened to Boone's wife always reminded him of why he refused to assist Caesar's Legion and always made him kill every last one of those scumbags on sight.
"That's horrible!" Cordelia gasped out in shock and horror permeating her whole being.
Marcus nodded grimly. "And another one of my friends lost her husband to raiders but didn't know about it till I confronted the guy that knew what happened to him and had to break the news to her as well." He also admitted.
Waking Cloud did not deserve to be lied to like that. Daniel should have been honest with her from the beginning. A family is only as strong if they can trust in each other.
"Cordelia was silent and closed her eyes when she heard that until she opened again to look at Marcus in the eyes. "You must have been privy to lots of tales of loss, haven't you?" Cordelia asked somberly.
Marcus nodded. "Yeah, and it doesn't get any easier, not in the least." Marcus somberly said. "But it is the least I could do for them, be the guy willing to lend his shoulder and his ears out for those that need it." He added in calmly.
Cordelia soon smiled genuinely this time. "You really are a nice guy you know that?" Cordelia praised kindly.
Marcus smirked at that. "Wouldn't be the first time and I don't believe this is going to be the last time either." Marcus said as Cordelia laughed a bit at that.
"Marcus, thank you for taking the time to just listen to my woes it really did help me a lot." Cordelia said with gratitude in her voice.
"It's no problem Cordelia." Marcus said before he looked through the windows. "Suppose I should start going to bed now, it's getting late then. Good night then, Cordelia." Marcus said as he left for the night.
"Good night Marcus." Cordelia said in return.
Marcus was lying somewhat, he wasn't to go straight to bed. He was actually going to stop by Chrom to check up on him and then check up on Lissa. The poor guys were forced to be separated from their big sister and now they don't know for sure as to whether or not been captured by the Plegian Army.
Marcus soon heard some words being talked from the arena that they had fought in for the position of the superior Khans in, and found that Chrom was being consoled by, surprisingly, Lissa and Sumia. And it seems that Lissa was willing to give up her own emotional needs to cheer up her big brother. And as a result, Lissa instantly scored major respect points from Marcus.
"She'll be safe Chrom, don't worry about that, okay? Big Sis will be safe inside the castle not to mention the fact that Philia and the others are also guarding her as well to the best of their abilities. And Flavia is calling up her best soldiers to fight with us as we speak. We will make it home in time, you got that Chrom?" Lissa consoled her brother who was more interested in spacing out right about now.
"…" Chrom was still silent even after Lissa tried talking to him, seeing Chrom like this worried Marcus to no end and it would be detrimental to the morale of the Shepherds if they were to see Chrom like this.
"Marcus?" A voice called out causing Marcus to turn to see that it was Robin. "What are you doing here this late?" She asked quietly.
"I could ask the same of you as well, Robin." Marcus retorted causing her giggle a bit. "But honestly I was about to go to sleep when I saw this happening." He explained then motioned to where the three stooges were.
Robin peered over Marcus's shoulder and nodded. "It can't be easy on Chrom to deal with this." She sighed out.
Marcus nodded. "Quite but at the same time he does have to get over it, otherwise he won't be able to lead us properly as well." Marcus pointed out.
"Point." Robin admitted before she peered over his shoulder again. "Now let's be quiet I think Chrom is about to finally speak again." She said as Marcus nodded before they knelt down to eavesdrop on them.
"Chrom! Say something will you?" Lissa demanded as she waved her hand furiously in front of Chrom.
"I'm sorry what did you say Lissa?" Chrom muttered out, still completely dazed out.
"Ugh! Forget it then!" Lissa groaned out as she rubbed her head for a moment at the sheer apathy that Chrom was showing right about now.
Sumia then stepped forward frowning at Chrom. "Snap out of it captain!" Sumia shouted before she belted Chrom across the cheek, with her armored gauntlet no less. Causing Chrom to fall to the ground and groaned as she he cradled his bruised cheek.
Marcus and Robin at this point could not help but snicker at the way that Sumia belted him in the face and had a hard time trying not to fall over to the ground and laugh their asses off.
"OW! What in Naga's name was that for?!" The Prince yelled as he clutched his jawline in pain, now feeling all the pain on his nerves now.
"Oh no!" Sumia yelled as he knelt over Chrom in worry and guilt. "I've been told from Captain Philia that a good slap to the face will break someone out of their daydreaming." She explained.
At that Marcus lost it completely and he fell over laughing his ass off as Robin was no better as she was shaking and leaning on the wall giggling at what happened. When the trio turned to see the Wildcard and the Tactician laughing at them, one of them turned red, another started giggling as well, and the third just moaned in pain.
Three guesses for which of the three Shepherds did what and the first two don't count.
Sumia was flabbergasted at who appeared. "Marcus? Robin? What are you two doing here?" She asked in surprise.
Marcus snickered for a bit before he finally responded. "Well initially I was going to get some training done but some other things came up beforehand and then I got tired and decided to go get some sleep before I overheard you guys speaking." Marcus explained. "I don't know what Robin was doing though in all honesty." Marcus added as he pointed to Robin.
Then the trio turned to Robin who simply smiled at them and grinned at the amount of pain Chrom was in right about now before she spoke. "Well I was a bit exhausted by today's events and then I decided to get out of my room to go for a walk when I realize that I really couldn't fall asleep right about now before I heard you guys as well and saw Marcus listening on you guys." Robin explained.
"Oh yes, speaking of which." Marcus suddenly spoke up grabbing everyone's attention. "Sumia, when you're trying to get someone to snap out of it, you slap them in the face, you don't punch them in the face." He explained to a now very red-faced Pegasus Knight who could only cover her own face with her hands.
"Oh no! Sumia moaned in out as Lissa, Marcus, and Robin started laughing right now. "I messed up the way I was supposed to snap Chrom out of his worry!" She said before she whimpered a bit at how badly she messed up.
"To be fair Sumia, what you did, did make him stop worrying for once since we got here." Marcus consoled as he looked over to Chrom who was still rubbing his cheek before he started snorting in amusement. "Then again, intense pain would do that for just about anyone."
"Oh, very funny Marcus." Chrom snapped back as he winced as he rubbed his cheek somewhat. "When it comes down to accidental pain for most people you worry, but when it's me you start laughing your ass off." Chrom muttered.
"To be fair Chrom." Marcus pointed out. "The accidental injuries are usually of more concern and the pain from Sumia's fist of love." He said making Sumia blushed bright red and Lissa to grin widely. "Is not going to hurt you that much." Marcus stated. "If anything, I would be more worried about the people that come out after you spar with them." He added in. "You have absolute no idea on the meaning of the word restraint."
"I do know the meaning of the word, restraint!" Chrom shouted back at Marcus, who looked at him completely unimpressed.
"Really?" Marcus questioned flatly. "Then perhaps you can explain the numerous broken training equipment that were made out of STEEL and the fact you apparently made a hole in the STONE wall when you were practicing sparring Chrom?" Marcus said as Chrom turned bright red. "I thought as much."
"So that's why the Shepherd's finances were leaning heavily towards training equipment!" Robin quipped as she clasped her hands together before she smiled sickeningly sweet at Chrom, causing Chrom to back away with sweat dripping from his face. "Do you realize how much gold we have to spend because you couldn't restrain yourself, even when sparring Chrom?" Robin said sweetly.
"Uh, not so much?" Chrom guessed weakly.
"NOT SO MUCH!" Robin roared furiously as Chrom backed away and both Lissa and Sumia hid behind Chrom as Robin was fuming red with volcanic rage. "In the last month alone! We had over a hundred destroyed practice dummies, over dozens upon dozens of sparring tools in pieces, the barrack is falling apart and most of that was because of you!" Robin shouted as she pointed her finger straight at Chrom's chest.
Marcus whistled in shock at that. "you mean to tell me that we had to spend over four thousand gold replacing all of the equipment and fixing up our place up is all because Chrom couldn't keep his strength in check?" Marcus said, mildly in shock.
Robin nodded furiously at that. "Indeed, not to mention we also needed to update most of the Shepherd's current weaponry at the time as well." She added in.
Marcus nodded before he stopped and turned to her. "Wait, was this why you took one of my gold bars and somehow ordered replacements and fixed up our place as well as the reason why we now have a surplus of steel weaponry in our barracks now?" Marcus questioned as Robin turned away.
"Well…yes." Robin muttered before Lissa noticed something about what Marcus said.
"Wait a minute." Lissa interjected. "I know that Marcus's gold bars were worth a lot but I didn't know they were able to completely turn our budget from red to black in an instant, just how much were those gold bars worth?" Lissa questioned.
"Well…" Robin trailed off.
"Yeah actually." Marcus added in. "Just how much were my gold bars worth? I know that Maribelle said I could live like a noble but I thought she was just exaggerating somewhat over the value they are." Marcus said.
Robin was silent for a moment before she whispered it out. "eleven thousand."
"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Chrom asked as he thought he heard eleven thousand. "Because I could have sworn you said eleven thousand."
"Because that is what I said." Robin mumbled out, leaving most of the group in stunned silence at what they heard.
Then Sumia spoke up. "Why was it so valuable?" Sumia questioned with a gasp on her face.
"Because according to Anna that bar of gold was around 35 pounds and was the most purely concentrated gold bar that she had ever seen and thus it made its value really high and as a result she offered me steel weaponry instead as that gold would have been hard to lug around and she was trying to get rid of most of her inventory already." Robin explained to a rather shocked group, except Marcus who didn't get what she meant by that.
Marcus then spoke up. "Is eleven thousand gold coins really that much?" Marcus questioned only for Chrom to ran up to him and grab him by the shoulders to give him a wide look.
"Is it that much?" Chrom whispered out. "Marcus, you have to realize that the gold bar that Robin sold could equate to the budget for a local village for eleven years!" He explained to a now understanding Marcus. "In fact, that could equate to our early budget for two years back when I was starting out with the Shepherds." He added in.
"And you have 36 of those gold bars left." Lissa muttered as she looked at Marcus contemplatively.
Marcus rubbed his head. "To be fair, I never seen a reason to sell those gold bars as I had more than enough currency to keep me going for a long while." Marcus explained.
"How much did you have?" Robin asked, now entirely curious about the amount of money that Marcus must have had if he never seen a reason to sell those gold bars apparently.
"I had more than five hundred thousand caps for the most part on my journey." Marcus said as everyone collapsed to the ground in shock as to how rich Marcus was.
"You…had over half a million of your world's currency?" Lissa gasped out as Marcus simply nodded. "How?" Was all that she could say.
"Early on after I met with Caesar's Legion, I took up a lot of bounty missions and apparently the bounties in question had some pretty valuable weapons that could be sold high." Marcus started off. "It was only when I started my actual fight against the Legion is when they sent assassins after me. Assassins that failed to kill me and left a considerable number of highly valued weapons from very eager buyers." Marcus explained.
Robin was stunned before she got a crazy idea in her head, if he does accept it then it would mean less trouble for Robin. "Do you think you can manage our finances then Marcus?" Robin blurted out as Marcus raised an eyebrow at her. "If you are willing to I mean." Robin quickly added in.
Marcus looked contemplative for a minute before he nodded. "I don't mind, just send me the budget and our finances for the last couple of months and I will try to do what I can." Marcus said. "But we should get some sleep now, it's really late." Marcus said as everyone looked to the moon and noticed just how fatigued they were before they all nodded in agreement.
So slowly but surely the majority of them went off to bed.
The very next day Chrom was in the throne room with Lissa, Robin, Marcus, and Frederick by his side. As the rest of the Shepherds waited outside of the throne room. Then Flavia entered in looking very serious as usual.
"Khan Flavia, I am very grateful that you are aiding us as quickly as you can. No words can describe how thankful I am to you at this very moment." Chrom said thankfully as Flavia laughed and slapped Chrom on his back, causing the prince to stumble a bit.
"No problem there Chrom, you helped me won the rulership of Regna Ferox, this is the least I could do for you." Flavia said with an easygoing grin on her face before it became somewhat more bloodthirsty. "Not to mention that every last one of my men are itching for a good fight and I am looking forward to paying back Plegia a few of their own corpses for all this shit they pulled on my territory."
"Still, we are very gracious you have chosen to aid us at our darkest moment." Frederick said as he bowed to Flavia, who simply waved it off.
It was then Robin noticed what Flavia said. "You are also coming with us?" She questioned as Flavia nodded. "Why though?"
"A Khan has to have her fun after all Tactician, I'm even bring my insignificant other as well." Flavia said as she soon rolled her eyes over what she said last.
"You mean Khan Basilio correct?" Chrom asked for clarification.
"Quite the oaf isn't good for much but at the very least he will make a very decent meat shield against a few arrows here and there." Flavia stated.
"That will be helpful either way." Marcus noted as Basilio is a very experienced fighter after all.
Just then Basilio bursted into the room looking quite alarmed before he saw the group and sprinted to them.
"Chrom! Good Gods I have been trying to find you everywhere!" Basilio shouted with urgency in his voice that made everyone there very worried now.
"Is something the matter?" Chrom asked, as he prayed hoping it wasn't Emmeryn involved.
"Our scouts have just reported back, and they bring dark news." Basilio said darkly.
"What news do they bring?" Chrom asked in worry.
Basilio sighed and with deep regret said. "I'm sorry…but…Ylisstol has…fallen." He said sadly as Chrom's eyes went wide at what he heard as Lissa gasped, Robin's eyes went wide, Frederick lowered his head and coursed, while Marcus closed his eyes.
"WHAT!" Chrom screamed in outrage and surprise.
"Initially when the Plegian Army marched towards the capital, they suffered delays as from what my scouts reported the defenders threw rocks down in the invading army as they tried to breach the gates but failed to do so for a while, before it became apparent to them that they stacked massive amounts of rocks to slow them down but they did get through eventually." Basilio sighed out.
Marcus soon spoke up. "And what of Emmeryn? Does she still live?" Marcus questioned.
"She does, lad." Basilio answered. "But unfortunately, she was captured and now Gangrel announced that he intends to execute her publicly with the moon." Basilio added in as most of the group gasped in shock.
"Executed!" Lissa gasped out as she fell into Robin's arms with tears flowing down from her eyes.
"I know how bad it seems right now but all of you must act rationally, I know for a fact that Gangrel knew that our scouts were there and he is clearly trying to provoke us into following him to rescue your sister." Basilio stated to Chrom who looked to be quite furious. "Let's think about all our possible options right now."
"We march to Plegia at once!" Chrom yelled shocking Marcus as he turned to Chrom with wide eyes.
"Are you shitting on us right now Chrom!?" Marcus yelled as he walked towards Chrom with absolute disbelief coursing through his body. "You heard what Basilio said, we need to think about all our possible options right now that doesn't involve all of us dying for certain!"
"This is my sister here Marcus!" Chrom yelled back. "We need to gather all the Shepherds and rescue her at once!"
"Chrom! Listen to yourself!" Marcus retorted. "You're thinking about rushing into the territory of Plegia where they have the advantage of the environment and superior numbers. At best in the Shepherds we have less than 20 Shepherds in total and you want to walk into a death trap!?"
"Since when did you act the coward Marcus!" Chrom demanded of him. "I supposed I know how you survived as long as you have by simply abandoning-" Only to get cut off as Marcus grabbed him by the front of his shirt as he looked at Chrom with pure rage.
"You can call me whatever you want and I won't even care." He whispered out before his eyes blazed with fury. "But do not ever insinuate that I would abandon my comrades and left them to die!" He spat out. "I care about Emmeryn too, but going off completely reckless will only make our attempt to rescue her pointless!" He yelled.
Then everyone was stunned at the way the two were acting but nothing could be said till Lissa spoke up. "Uh Marcus? Can you let go of Chrom now?" She asked timidly.
Marcus soon saw what he was doing and sighed and let down Chrom and let go of him as well. "I did not appreciate that comment Chrom." Marcus started off. "But you were worried about your sister so I will brush it off then." He added in.
Chrom rubbed his head and looked down in embarrassment. "No, that was uncalled for Marcus, forgive me for accusing you of abandoning your comrades." He got out as Marcus nodded before Chrom turned to Robin. "And I can expect you to do what you can to get us through this campaign correct?" Chrom questioned.
Robin nodded her head. "You can count on me Chrom! I will do everything within my power to see your sister to safety!" Robin said with determination burning in her eyes.
Chrom nodded his head in thanks before Flavia's arm came around him and jerked in surprise as a result. Flavia simply grinned at him with a wide smile on her face.
"Now you're thinking rationally there Chrom, you should really keep Marcus around if he can calm you down like that. Just remember that all of regna Ferox stands with you and that we need both guts and wits in high measure if we are to save your sister." Flavia praised before she looked over to Robin. "Are you certain you are up for the task, Robin? It is not going to be easy in the least and you also hold Emmeryn's life in your hands as well."
"I am certain that I can think of more than a few strategies to take them down!" Robin said with absolute certainty. "The Mad King will not see us coming."
Basilio smirked at that. "Then we shall do everything within our power to see to it that we get to the Plegian Capital and prevent the execution of your beloved Exalt." He said with confidence before he turned to the rest of the group. "Now buckle up! We got an Exalt to save!" He bellowed as everyone nodded in affirmation.
The Shepherds were soon on the march to Castle Plegia, where the execution was supposed to take place. But along the way the Shepherds stopped to rest for a bit to help acclimate themselves for the hot weather of Plegia and to prevent themselves from losing too much of their energy.
Many of the Shepherds took the time to rest or restock their supplies or keep their equipment up to acceptable standards. While some Shepherds took the time to train to keep their combat skills up and strong.
Which is what Robin was doing as she was bashing down a training dummy with fearsome strikes and slashes and was the scene that Marcus came across when he came up to her.
"You know you might want to take it easy Robin." Marcus commented as Robin quickly jerked from her training and looked at Marcus in surprise with wide eyes. "We still have ways to go before we reached the Plegian Capital and it would be very bad if our Tactician was exhausted before we get there."
"Ah." Robin said before she looked to the side. "I can't do that Marcus, I need to be at the top of my game and be able to pull out all the stops to save Emmeryn." She politely rejected. "And I know that my magic proficiency is strong and I need to up my combat proficiency in swordsmanship so I can fight effectively." She added in.
Marcus nodded. "And I understand that but that still doesn't change the fact we still have a long way to go to get to Castle Plegia. So, rest up while you can." Marcus added in.
Robin shook her head. "Sorry but this is too important for me to simply just ignore." She rejected.
Marcus went silent for a moment before he came up with an idea. "Okay then, how you spar with me instead of just throwing yourself at that dummy?" Marcus offered as Robin brightened up at that. "If you're going to train to fight in melee combat then you better use a real person, right?"
"Oh yes!" Robin quickly said as she and Marcus went off to another part of their campsite to practice fighting. "I do hope you take me seriously Marcus, because I have been improving since the first time I sparred with you." She said with a grin.
Marcus's response was to pull out his own sword and put on the Sierra Madre reinforced security armor and got into a combat stance. "I would not be surprised, now let us see just how far you've came since the last time." He said as Robin smiled at what he said. "But maybe you should take off your coat so it doesn't weigh you down." He added in.
Robin frowned at that as her coat had been with her since she woke up. But she supposed she could do without just for this one time and she took off her coat leaving her in a pair of pants, boots, and a plain shirt before she readjusted herself into a combat pose.
On the off tangent, Marcus took note that Robin's coat hid her body well and that she is surprisingly buxom. But he refocused and charged straight at Robin.
He went in for a quick slash but was deflected by Robin who quickly pulled out her sword and blocked it. The moment she blocked it, she slid to his side and struck at Marcus with her silver sword only for Marcus to punch her arm to prevent her from getting close to him and he jumped back and got back into his combat pose.
This time going for several stabs and strikes as Robin carefully blocked every one of his quick strike and moved back bit by bit and then just as Marcus send the next quick strike Robin dodged to her left, causing Marcus to overextend himself as Robin jabbed her blade in Marcus's direction.
Only for Marcus to bring his blade down and pushing Robin's sword to the ground and he flipped from the side over and kicked Robin in the face with his boots and used the momentum he got from kicking Robin to bring himself back into a combat pose once more as Robin staggered from the blow to her face.
This time Marcus held his ground as Robin slowly got up and breathed heavily before she charged straight at Marcus who stood there still, and simply let the blade clash against his and soon Marcus surprised Robin with an incoming punch to her guts that caused her to lose her breath and Marcus took advantage of her weakness by tripping her with his boot by sweeping underneath her and laid her flat on the ground with his sword pointed to her throat.
"Yield." He said.
"Okay." Robin started out before she smiled and knocked Marcus's blade out of the way and flipped him over with her over him now. "You yield." Robin said with a grin on her face.
Marcus just chuckled. "Very well then I yield to you." He faked groaned as Robin did a fist pump with both of her arms as she had finally claim a victory over Marcus. "You really are a gracious winner, aren't you?" Marcus deadpanned upon seeing Robin's action.
"Oh, hush you! This is my first win over you and I am going to milk it for all its worth." Robin retorted quickly with a smile on her face.
Marcus snorted as he removed his helmet from his head and placed it back within his Pipboy. "I will let you have that victory for now." He said before he grabbed both of Robin's thighs, making her yelp and flipping her over now with him over her. "But I am the one who's the victor in the end." He grinned at her.
Robin just laughed in response to that. "Touché." She admitted in good nature. "I suppose that's what I get when I tried to cheat in the end." She added in.
Marcus smirked and got off of her and offered her a hand and she accepted and was pulled up soon enough. "There is nothing wrong with that kind of strategy at all Robin." Marcus denied. "After all, I am all about anything goes on the battlefield and use whatever strategy you have to use to win."
Robin nodded at that. "I suppose that's true." She admitted. "But thank you for taking the time to spar with me, I feel much better now." She sighed out in relief as she stretched a bit.
"Not a problem Robin." Marcus replied. "You looked like you had a lot on your shoulder and the way you were attacking that dummy hinted that you might be a bit stressed out so I figured do what I can to help after all." Marcus answered.
Robin sighed as she lost a bit of her smile when she looked out in the distance. "In a way, you are right." She stated. "I mean this is my first big campaign and here I am on a rescue mission to save one of the most important people in the nation and I already made a promise that I will do everything I can to save her." She said as she frazzled her hair somewhat. "I mean I know I'm good, but I'm not a miracle maker though." She said sadly. "I just don't know if I am good enough to deal with all this, I feel like I am really out of my depths here, do you understand what I'm trying to say?" She asked.
Marcus was silent before he turned to Robin. "I can't really claim I do." He confessed. "But that don't mean I'm not here to help you." He added in. "So, don't forget that all of us are trying to save the Exalt as well, and that you can ask us for help whenever you need it, even I need help from time to time."
Robin blinked at Marcus for a moment before she silently smiled at what he said. "I think I will take you up on that offer then if you don't mind Marcus." Robin said as Marcus nodded in return.
The two of them just laid there on the ground and stared off into the skies waiting for the battles to come in their rescue mission.
