A/N: G2G2G2G2G2G2G2 is to seperate the letters so you know which letters are read. it stands for Grandia 2
Lita
Chapter 14
Pilgrim road
Elena looked straight in front of her. Her vision was less clear today and no matter how hard she tried her friends that walked in front of her just couldn't come into focused. She could feel her body sway slightly and dizziness overcome her. She stopped; hand on her head as if trying to steady her mind, and the whole time all she could do was look at the backs of her friends getting further away.
Ryudo paused as if he could feel one from his party lagging behind. Slowly he looked over his shoulder to see Elena a few feet away, slowly walking behind them.
"You okay?" He asked as he stopped and turned to face her.
Elena's hand fell from her forehead and a bright smile over took her features "I'm fine!" But as those words left her lips a sudden feeling of horror gripped at her heart. Spinning around so her back was on her friends she coughed, blood covering her hands. Unlike the coughing she was experiencing before this time she was finding it hard to stop. Desperately she tried to stop the blood seeping through her fingers and overflowing her hands, but she could already hear four pairs of feet running toward her.
"ELENA!" her friends called. Finally she took a breath, stopping momentarily she called out
"I'M FINE! Just a cough... I...I-I got to go to pee." She lied as she tried to flee, coughing again as she did. Her vision became non-existent and her balance completely left her as she felt herself fall forward. An arm caught her before she hit the ground. Through her coughing she heard Ryudo's panicked voice calling her name as he slowly lowered her to the ground.
"ELENA? ELENA! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER?" He sounded so worried... so scared... almost angry...
"Ryudo... Look at all that blood..." Millenia's voice sounded shaken and quiet as she fell to her knees beside her friends.
Elena could here little Lita trying to hold back sobs as Tio's gentle and quick hands loosened the buttons of her top and the ribbon around her waist before checking her vital signs. It was then consciousness slipped from Elena's control.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Ryudo demanded an answer as he paced back and forth in the little log hut. They had just reached the half way point of Pilgrim road and thankfully this new travellers hut had only just been completed. It had bunk beds lining three of the four walls and a table and benches in the middle of the room.
Tio sat next to Elena, her coughing had quietened down and her gentle sleep was only interrupted by small coughs from time to time. Every time a little cough escaped her lips Tio would wipe the blood from her mouth.
"I'm not certain. But if this continues she won't last till morning." To an outsider Tio's cold robotic answer would seem heartless, after all Elena was one of her closest friends. However Roan would be the only one to know the truth. To mask the pain she felt, she slipped into old habits. After all if she gave way to tears and anger she couldn't focus on actually helping her dear friend.
Ryudo however hadn't seen her at all in over two years.
"DON'T YOU DARE TALK LIKE THAT TIO! ELENA ISN'T JUST ANOTHER PATIENT..."
"AND YOU DON'T THINK I REALISE THAT RYUDO?" Tio snapped angrily. Ryudo fell silent as he watched the twisted anger and sadness on Tio's face melt back to her cold robotic expression. Millenia sat silent at the table, her fringe covering her eyes from view as she twirled a coin around in her fingers whilst her free hand rested under her chin.
"When you possessed her... how would someone ask you to come out?" Ryudo asked Millenia as he towered above her. Millenia glanced at him through her fringe, the coin paused in her and. Not moving a muscle before looking back at the table and playing with the coin again.
"If you just called out my name I would have come out."
Ryudo cursed under his breath. "I don't know her damn name." He quietly snapped as he thumped the table with his fist. "Stuff this." He muttered as he grabbed Lita's hand and led her out the door, slamming it behind them as he left. Millenia and Tio remained silent as Elena let out another small cough.
Lita had fallen into silence, that mature serious look occupied her features as she allowed Ryudo to lead her along. A glance behind her showed the log cabin getting further and further away with each step until finally Ryudo stopped. Lita looked up at him, watching as he turned to face her and squatted down so he was at her eye level. He sighed before forcing a smile,
"It's okay Lita. Elena will be just fine. Do you think I can talk to the woman in you?" Lita looked at him blankly, a word not escaping her mouth. Ryudo clenched his teeth in anguish as he bowed his head,
"Please... I'm begging you... please come out." Lita's small mouth dropped into a frown as she saw the man she looked up to tremble as if in deep pain.
"I-I know you're scared of how the lady makes you feel Lita... But... but she might know what's wrong with Elena... so p-please let her out..." Ryudo was holding her shoulders tightly now but despite his pleading and his successful attempt to keep his temper under control a blank silent stare was his reply. Ryudo stood abruptly, turned his back to the girl and rubbed his temples with his forefinger.
"The whole time I have lived in this girl this is the first time I heard you say please." A woman's voice greeted his ears and his eyes widened as he spun around and faced the wings of Granas.
"Took your damn time." He muttered.
"You seem a lot nicer to young Lita then you do me." The woman noted as she pushed her long blonde hair over her shoulder.
"Yeah well I don't know if I can trust you or not. Here..." Ryudo took the paper from his pocket and shoved it in her hands.
"You're the wings of Granas correct? Can you read these? Do... Do they say what is happening with Elena?" As he asked his last question his stern voice dropped with concern and his eye lids lowered as he diverted his gaze. The woman took the pages as she spoke,
"Yes I am the wings of Granas. You may call me Centeria. These are in fact written in the holy language of Lord Granas. Would you like me to read them to you?"
"No I want you to use it as a tissue. OF COURSE I WANT YOU TO READ IT TO ME!" Centeria looked at Ryudo with an unimpressed glare. Ryudo sighed.
"Sorry. I'm a little on edge right now." Centeria sighed as well as she straightened the paper in her hands,
"It is fine. It is hard to lose someone close to you. The fear itself can cause any sane person to give up on life. The pages you have... they are only four from eight. They aren't in order either. You have the second, third, sixth and seventh pages..."
"How do you know all this?" Ryudo questioned.
"That is not important right now. I shall read them now.
To the one that locates these pages,
This a warning to all human kind but especially to the ones infected with both Granas and Valmar.
I feel it is important to write these things and leave them with the infusement orbs As it may be the only way to save the world from the second coming.
I suppose it is only natural to start with the beginning of the story. Many years ago two men had the same goal but for two very different reasons. They sought immortality and power. One did so in order to help mankind, his name was Granas. The other wanted to rule mankind, he was known as Valmar.
As the two made progress with their studies the world was divided, feeling the need to support the man they deemed worthy to gain this power they seeked and to treat them as gods. Two nations where born and to keep the records of their experiments secret two languages where made.
Finally war between the two ensued at the height of their studies...
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... The automata of both sides fought so men would not lose their lives but the war was far too extensive and many sadly passed on from this world. Valmar could see this war ending in both his and Granas' death so he immediately began organising another way to become immortal. He designed the infusement orbs and made monsters to be his body parts. His experiment was leaked out to Granas.
Little did Valmar know the heart of his wife was breaking and she only had one choice that could ease the pain. She turned to the wife of Granas.
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Each person will die when their monster has fully been removed. They are merely a vessel to house the monstrous piece until the brain can find it...
All those possessed have their days cut short. They cannot live if the brain finds them first. They have no hope. No future.
Both Valmar's creations and the creations of Granas would have no choice but to fight each other to heighten their advantage.
The less pieces they possess the weaker they will become.
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Both Valmar and Granas were almost complete. Both had their own worries about such things. The only things left were the wings.
Valmar had lost his heart in the process and his wicked mind began to whirl on insane thoughts. If he made the last piece from a human subject, Granas would have no hope of winning. After all a human element within a monster will give it its own thoughts, it would react, learn and be determined to win. The monster would not be mindless.
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That is what the four pages say... Ryudo? You look upset." Centeria said as she looked up from the pages. Ryudo snatched the pages from her hand, anger evident in his eyes,
"Upset...UPSET! OF COURSE I'M DAMN WELL UPSET! YOU JUST CASUALLY STAND THERE READING THAT ALL THOSE THAT HAVE VALMAR COMPLETELY REMOVED WILL DIE! ELENA IS DYING!" Ryudo yelled as he glared directly into the eyes of the woman.