Chapter 17: Goliath
Firedude: Hi everyone. I'm back! So here is chapter seventeen. I now it may be short, but I'm kind busy for the rest of the month so I want to get out what ideas I get as much as possible.
Mystic Omega: I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Zeek72: I see your point and I agree.
Master Tactician Hakan Blackfire: Don't worry I'm just on vacation. I'll update more.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem or any of its characters. I only own Chikage, Alderoffe, Shadow, Quill, Onimaru, Inomaru, Yuan, Vren, Marco, Dopple Ganger, Girfu, Ziroka, Alicia, Marie, Lean and Kain. Kota, Gustaph, Mystic, Tyrana, Zega Verdan, Nord and Tryst belong to friends and fans.
Firedude: Ready? Set? On with the-!
Door opens and slams
Firedude: What? Who's there?
Tyrana: Out of the way! I'm running this show now!
Kicks Firedude into the corner and ties him up
Tyrana: Now as I said before, I'm in charge now! So things are going to be run a little differently around here! But we will handle that later. On with the show!
They all ran to the center of the camp to find that the potion was gone. Mystic pointed to the pedestal sternly. "Which one of you took the potion?" Vren crossed his arms and gave Mystic a suspicious look. "You were the first one to notice it was gone, so how do we know you didn't take it?" Mystic turned to Vren and gave him a stern look. "What use would I have for an immortality potion?" Vren looked at him stupidly. "Oh, I don't know. How about immortality?"
Kota watched their argument and then turned towards Shadow. "What about you? Did you take it?" Shadow sighed and glared at him. "I'm already dead. What use would I have for something that makes me live forever?" Kota shrugged. "Don't you miss being alive?" Shadow laughed slightly. "Hmph, humans are possessed by emotion and sin. I do not wish to return to such a form." Kota was puzzled. "Then what about in the cave? You let wrath take you over." Shadow laughed again. "I always want to kick your ass." Kota thought about it. "Good point."
Shadow then poked Kota in the chest. "What about you? Don't you want to live forever?" Kota remained silent for a minute. "I'm a warrior and no warrior lives forever. The same goes for you too." Shadow grumbled and returned to listening in on other arguments.
Tryst stomped forward into the center of the circle and shouted out of anger. "Who ever has the potion better put it back right now!" Everyone shut up right away. Tyrana broke the silence. "What do you want it so bad for? You're already immortal." Tryst turned towards Tyrana. "It's because I want no one to suffer the same fate as me!" Tyrana stepped back nervously. "Now whoever has it better give it here right now!" They were all silent. "Tryst none of us have it." Said Mark. "Even if we had it I doubt we could hide it for long." Tryst calmed down a little, but not before brandishing a killing edge. "Well no one is leaving until we find it." Everyone looked around the cavern for a few minutes.
No one was successful in finding it. So they all turned in and would try again in the morning. Mark was about to enter his tent when he noticed that Lyn was standing in front of the camp fire. She seemed to be in a trance starring at the flames, while she fiddled with something in her pocket. "Are you going to bed Lyn?" Lyn seemed to snap out of her chance and her hand flew out of her pocket.
"O-O-Oh sure I will in a few minutes!" Mark gave her a suspicious look and went into his tent. Lyn sighed and looked down at the ground out of embarrassment. She then felt a tap on her shoulder, causing her to jump high into the air and shriek. When she landed she turned and was face to face with a scared Florina. "I-I'm so sorry Florina! I-I just wasn't expecting that!" She regained her composure and continued. "What did you want to tell me?"
"Erm… good night Lyn." She then ran back to her tent quickly. Lyn stood there in the middle of camp feeling extremely embarrassed. She sighed and looked at the ground again. She was shocked at what she accidentally discovered. A large foot print was outlined in the dirt. It could've belonged to anyone in the camp, however the foot was about two feet long and a half foot wide. A trail of them led to the pedestal and then to the exit of the cavern. Lyn looked around the camp and saw everyone was asleep. She quickly grabbed her swords and followed the path.
After a couple of minutes the road forked and the prints stopped. Lyn looked both ways and sighed. She turned around and looked down the passage she came through. She peered through the darkness looking for the light of the camp fire, but there was none. She began to walk blindly back through the passage.
It was not long before she bumped into something. She rubbed her nose and cursed. She looked up and saw a huge person standing in front of her. Before she was able to identify him a large fist connected with her face. This sent her flying a few feet back and caused her to crash into the ground. She struggled to sit up, but cringed in pain. Her hand flew to her shoulder and felt a deep gash. She stood up and drew the Sol Katti with her good arm.
She began to swing wildly towards her assailant. All she managed to cut was air. She felt a powerful kick hit her back sending her flying back towards the camp. She struggled back to her feet just to drop back to the ground. She rubbed her twisted ankle and frantically looked around trying to find the attacker. Lyn began to tear from pain and frustration. "Who the hell are-?" She was cut off by a foot pushing her to ground and pressing on her stomach. This was followed by something sharp piercing her shoulder pinning Lyn to the ground.
Some blood leaked out from her mouth and her vision got hazy. Lyn tried to steady her vision to catch a glimpse of her torturer. She fell unconscious before she was able identify the person. The assailant let out a laugh and picked up Lyn's limp body. He then proceeded to walk away into the darkness.
Mark woke up the next morning feeling uneasy. He rubbed his temples trying to get rid of the feeling. He opened the tent flap expecting a ray of sunlight to hit his face. When darkness greeted him he remembered they were in a cavern. He grumbled and relit the camp fire. Lyn probably put it out last night... what was wrong with her last night. He walked over towards Lyn's tent and took a peek in, but was shocked to see that Lyn was gone.
He then felt a frying pan connect with the back of his head. He hit the ground face first and was dragged out of the tent by a bunch of hands. Before he could even realize what was going on he was flipped over and began to get his face pounded in. Throughout the whole time he heard shouts like, "Peeping Tom!" and "Pervert!" After his brutal beating he was able to see that it was Nino, Florina, Tyrana, and Fiora who had beaten him.
"That's for peeping in on Lyn!" Mark struggled to his feet and practically shouted. "I would never peep in on Lyn!" They all gave him an angry look. "…Ok maybe I would, but still Lyn is gone!" The whole camp quickly awoke and packed up. Mark had noticed both Lyn's and the huge footprints. They followed the pathway down towards the exit until they reached the fork. They found blood splattered all over the ground. Tyrana got freaked out and made a sick face. "Man someone really got mauled-." Mystic's hand flew to his sister's mouth to shut her up. Tyrana got his hand off her face and shouted at him.
"What?" Mystic pointed over towards Mark. He appeared to be wrecked with grief. Tyrana realized her mistake and quickly spoke again. "I-I'm sure it's not Lyn's blood though!" Shadow then walked over to the blood and wiped some off the ground. He then sniffed it and stood up. "No it's definitely Lyn's." Tyrana jumped on top of Shadow and began to beat the hell out of him. Mark sighed and stopped Tyrana. "It's ok Lyn's been through worse. So I know she's ok." Mark put on a fake smile and turned towards the two passages.
"I don't know which way they went…" Mark rubbed his chin. "We'll have to split up. Me, Wil, Mystic, Vren, Kota, and Shadow will go to the right. Everyone else go to the left." They broke up into their groups and went down their respective paths.
Yuan led the left group down the path with his spare torch staff. Tyrana looked over towards Fiora and saw that she looked almost as wrecked as Mark had. "Hey Fiora, Are you okay?" Fiora turned towards Tyrana and frowned. "No I'm not…" Tyrana looked at her puzzled. "It's your brother… he may be a complete and utter pervert, but I still care about him. I just hope that nothing happens to him…" Tyrana patted her on the back trying to cheer her up while thinking about Wil. Then she realized something.
"Wait a minute… do you like my brother?" Practically yelled Tyrana. Fiora's face turned bright red and everyone turned and looked at her. Fiora stammered for an answer. She then noticed everyone was starring at her. She then shouted "What are you all starring at?" They all turned quickly and kept walking. She then turned towards Tyrana who was just as freaked as everyone else. "Like most men your brother only has one thing on his mind, but there's a side to him that I like." She then continues walking leaving a speechless Tyrana.
Yuan stopped walking causing the rest of the group to stop. Zega leaned over and whispered to Yuan. "Why did we stop?" Yuan raised his staff to reveal a large lizard asleep in the middle of the path. It resembled an iguana with ram horns. Then up ahead there was a dead. They all began to back away, except for Tryst who quietly approached it. He kneeled down next to it and got a good look at it. He then whispered back "This is one of my master's creations. They're called chimeras; they're hybrids of animals produced through alchemy." Yuan walked forward a little. "Can you kill it?"
Tryst turned back towards the goat lizard (gizard) and took out a piece of chalk. He began to draw a circle on the ground with a weird design inside. He then whistled loudly and sharply causing the gizard to wake up. It growled and slowly began to walk towards them. They all slowly moved back until the gizard was on the circle.
Tryst then sprung forward and touched the edge of the circle. The circle then began to glow and the gizard became a simple iguana and a goat. They all starred wide eyed at what Tryst had accomplished. He then walked forward towards the dead end and drew another weird design on it. He then touched it again causing the wall to disappear. They were all still astounded. "What the hell are you?" exclaimed Zega. "I'm an alchemist."
They all continued forward until they saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Nino fell to her knees and began to cry. "Oh no! We're all dead!" Fiora swatted her head and dragged her to her feet. They all made it to the exit and looked down to see the rest of their group still working furiously to dig them out of the cave.
They all ran over and shouted to them. The rest of the group stopped from their work to greet them. They all were relieved to see that they were all safe. Eliwood looked around. Eliwood looked around "Where's everyone else?" Tyrana then explained the events that happened in the cavern. Hector thought it over "So if your path was the exit then what was their path?"
Mystic led the other group down the right passage. He was able to conjure a fire spell stationary in his hand to light the way. Mark walked up next to Mystic. "How long have we been walking?" Mystic rolled his eyes "You expect me to know?" Mark grumbled and continued walking next to him. After a few minutes Mystic broke the silence "Mark."
"Yes Mystic?"
"Do you remember before we came into the cave I was going to ask you something?"
"Yes I do, so what is it?"
"Well you see-." Just then an explosion sent them all flying backward. They all quickly recovered and took out their weapons. Mystic propelled the fire spell through the cave. The flame kept going and going into the darkness. Mark slapped his head and sighed. How long does this cave go? They all continued their seemingly endless trek. Once in a while Mystic would throw a fire ball to check their progress, but it seemed that they were walking in place the whole time. They eventually sat down for a rest. However Shadow remained on his feet, looking around in every direction.
"What is it Shadow?" Questioned Mark. Shadow was looking around in every direction furiously. He then looked at a certain point in the wall and phased through it. Everyone was confused about how and why he did this. Kota leaned over towards Vren "Can he do that?"
Shadow emerged through the cave wall and was now in a different cavern. He realized that it was a new cavern although it looked the same. Shadow looked back and saw that the cave was see through. The others eventually got up and continued walking. To Shadow's surprise they were walking in place. Shadow noticed that the far wall had burn marks from Mystic's fire spells.
"No way, someone saw through my illusion?" Shadow looked up as Alicia jumped over the fake cave with Quill. Shadow glared at the two of them, while putting his hand on the handle of his knife. Alicia laughed and snapped her fingers "Don't try anything you'd regret." Quill jumped back over the fake cave and retrieved a half dead Lyn.
She was still bleeding and had multiple fractures and dislocations. Shadow gripped his knife even tighter. This caused Quill to form a form a spike on his right fist. "I wouldn't mind cutting her again." Said Quill with a laugh as he put the spike to Lyn's throat. "I'm sure little brother wouldn't like that now would he. Shadow remained motionless. "…What are your demands?" Alicia smiled and walked forward a little. "Well… first I want-." Before she could finish a Shadow clone appeared behind Quill and grabbed Lyn.
He jumped backwards towards the back of the room. While Alicia was distracted the real Shadow lunged forward and punched her in the back of the head. This caused her cave illusion to fade and the rest of the group realized where they were. Mark grew furious at the sight of the pretty much dead Lyn, Alicia and Quill. They all drew their weapons and quickly surrounded them. "Alicia! You crossed the line this time! I thought that there was some good left in you..." Alicia laughed and drew Hell Blazer "You thought wrong brother… and this time your time is up!"
Quill jumped at Shadow and Kota who were caught off guard. Regardless, they were able to avoid damage. Shadow laid Lyn down near the wall and returned to fight. Quill had covered his whole body in spikes and began taking furious swipes at Kota. Kota jumped back and fired a ki blast that hit Quill directly in the stomach. However no damage was done. Quill fired multiple spikes at Kota who jumped over them.
Shadow then produced nine clones. Before they were even able to attack Quill he destroyed them. Shadow dove into Quill's shadow and attempted to paralyze him. Quill then quickly ejected Shadow and sent him into the nearby wall. "How did he get this strong?" exclaimed Shadow rubbing his jaw. Kota pulled out his nunchakus and prepared for another attack. "No body is unbeatable."
Mystic and Vren attempted to help Kota and Mystic, but then a portal opened up in the floor. This prevented them from getting to Quill. Then to their dismay Alderoffe emerged from the portal with a teleport staff. "We meet again Mystic, Vren." Mystic prepared to attack hit Alderoffe with a spell while Vren drew his knives. Alderoffe showed off his new arms to them. Vren and Mystic got freaked out. "I ripped your arms off though!" Cried Vren. Alderoffe laughed and took out a fenrir tome. "It's amazing what Ziroka can do isn't it?" Said Alderoffe as he casted a fenrir blast."
While Vren, Mystic, Kota and Shadow fought off their opponents, Mark and Wil had their hands full with Alicia. Wil was using his brave bow in an attempt to snipe Alicia. Alicia effortlessly deflected the arrows with the Hell Blazer. Mark took lunges at Alicia with his Rex Hasta, but to no avail as she sent him flying back with blasts of flames. She laughed loudly at their attempt to hurt her. "You're both so pathetic! There's no way you can beat my Hell Blazer!" Shouted Alicia as she swung Hell Blazer in their direction.
This caused flames to shoot out at them. Wil and Mark dived out of the way just in time. The flames hit the wall melting the rock. When Mark looked back at the dissolved wall he saw something large and metal. Could it be? Mark got up and ran towards the large metal object mounted on the wall. Alicia realized what it was too and raised her axe in an attempt to stop Mark.
Right before she swung downward Wil fired a shot that hit her directly in the thigh. This caused her to fall over and drop the axe. Mark had made it to the wall and observed the large metal plate. He took it off the mount and read the sign. Here on this mount is the seventh and most powerful of the Seven Mythical Weapons, Goliath. Mark looked over the large shield. It was almost as tall as Mark and it was made of black steel. The edges of the shield were lined with diamond and there was a picture of two golden snakes entwined on the front of the shield. Mark raised the shield with a serious look "Prepare yourself sis!"
Tyrana: Well as Firedude said before he's back from vacation, but now he is going to be taking a long trip. A very long trip…
She taped up a shaking box that said "To Siberia, Russia"
Firedude: Can you at least give me and air hole?
Tyrana: Fine, you cry baby.
She stabbed Zantetzugen through the box multiple times.
Tyrana: There you happy… uh… Firedude?
She quickly stuffed the package into the mailbox.
Tyrana: Hehehe… He'll be fine… See you next time!"