Dawn's = "dialogue"
Beth's = "dialogue"
Elise's thoughts = 'dialogue' (the apostrophes and quotation marks are important.)
To refresh your memories, or if you've never read "Bliss" by butterfly123199, Dawn and Beth are people who shares and are in the same mind of Elise. They can take over her body if they wish to. Who knows if they have their own bodies?... Please read "Bliss", especially when you don't understand about Elise/Queen, trust me, there's a few selective and special chapters that WILL FOCUS ELISE AND NOT TRIN. It is not in the focus of Trinity, and you readers shall see:
"Life asked Death, why do people love me, but hate you?
Death responded, because you are a beautiful lie, and I am a painful truth."
Everything was starting to become chaotic again, a few moments after Trin fled, she heard a ringing similar to that of a Communicator on the passenger's seat. 'What's this?' she proceeded to pick it up, it was a type of communication device that flips up showing the screen and some buttons. This device was littered with scratches and little nicks, which showed that it had been used. The cover had a tape on it that says: "DAX'S", the letters were written with a black marker, but was slightly smeared. The handwriting was sloppy.
"Hello? Who's this?" She answered.
She didn't expect a familiar voice to be heard from the other end. "Elise? What happened to Dax?"
She glanced at the pink present box, "he's fine, Jak. He's just sleeping. Why are you calling anyway?"
"Just wanted to tell you that I'll give another call when we'll meet at Krew's place, or any of you can when you're fully prepared and ready. Have you seen Trin? I tried to contact him, but he's not responding..."
'Crap! Should I at least inform him?...' Elise slightly panicked.
Elise hopped onto the stolen Zoomer (she made sure to keep Dax asleep by shaking the box...rather violently. She didn't want to hear his annoying voice) right now she's trying to find Trin; or any signs of where he may be. She looked everywhere, checked every corner, every street, and asked of his whereabouts to everyone. Elise kept a low profile whenever a KG was near, it was as if Trinity vanished like ghost. If it was one thing about Hide-And-Seek games, she knew for sure, was that Trin would be the king of hiding. After all, he was one of the most wanted criminals and listed on the very top of The Baron's elimination priority list.
Though, one question never had crossed her mind before...
'Was Trinity ever captured? I mean, sure, he WAS in the KG before...so that would explain how well he knew the layouts of the Prison...'
"Could be a possibility."
"Oh dear :("
She gazed at the sky up above, wondering where Trin would be. 'It's nightfall...' She thought as gray clouds started gathering, forming a giant clump of colorless wool on the dimming canvas above. 'Clouds are collecting over the horizon...' That faint and musty, old smell started to weave through the whole city, 'It's rain.' Elise noted.
She pulled near an old building, "Hey! You!" She called out to a woman, her physique was a bit anorexic, there was bags under her eyes, and she slouched; showing extreme fatigueness.
"W-what? Wh-what do you want with me?" The old, tired woman asked nervously, avoiding her eyes and stared down at the ground.
Elise asked, "do you know someone named..." She stopped herself short, remembering that saying his name was probably not the best idea, quickly realizing that fact from his story and his alter ego back at the KG. "He's taller than me, he always wear a mask, and has a black cape. Look, he may be a UG-"
"The U-Underground?! No, I don't know anything! J-just stay away from me!"
'Dang it! That just had to fucking slip out of my mouth, hasn't it?!'
"WHUMP WOMP!"
Beth: "Oh, Hush, you. You're still not off the hook!"
":c"
The lady backed off in fright, upon inspecting Elise's face, she suddenly became even more terrified. "Y-you! I've seen your profile before, you're wanted! Right next to that infamous vigilante, the one with a red mask!"
"Welp, we're screwed ;)"
Before the woman could run, she quickly took hold of her wrist, rooting her in place. "Wait!" Elise felt a chill, her surroundings felt colder. 'Must be the rain, but that's not important right now!' "I NEED to find him! Please!" Her patience was running thin, so she basically begged for an answer. "Give me anything, any information on where he could be!"
"Let... GO OF ME!" The old woman ripped herself from Elise's grip, " I don't know anything, I don't want to know, and I don't want to help you! Everyone knows that murder! He's worse than the Baron himself!"
*BAM*
She snapped, "That's not true! People who assumes that - are people who only knows the twisted parts, you arrogant bitches only know the story, but not the reason behind it!..." She took a deep breath as the lady recovered from the hit. "You only know... his horrible deeds. But not the purpose, or what all of us had to go through...it's enough to make the kindest of people bitter..."
Upon saying that, she reminded herself of Trinity's words, all of the conversations they had and the stories they shared together. 'Guess Trin's wisdoms behind his words are rubbing off on me.'
"Ugh. Now I'm speaking like him." Elise whispered to herself, grimacing a bit.
"I ship."
"Nooooo! Stop it! :("
":3"
Even the lady seemed to calm herself as well. "It's cruel, and I'm sorry for lashing out at you like that..." Before Elise could respond, the lady grabbed her hand and lead her to a secluded street, because of the approaching weather and time, Haven City was as desolated as Dead Town (if you don't count the Krimzon Guards). The cautious woman scanned warily. "Phew... Okay, at least we can talk for a bit. But it won't be long until a KG show up... You, even though what you said is true... how could you trust such a merciless killer?!"
"They seem cold-hearted at first, with all the nasty rumors spreading like an epidemic..." Elise started, reminiscing the days when she also had a similar treatment; since she's an assassin after all. "But things change when you realize why..."
The cautious female looked again, "I'm sorry, I don't know anything about him or where he may be... Even though his infamous reputation shines, he's like a phantom in the shadows...I don't know anything about that Masked Devil- why would you even hunt him down anyway?!"
"I don't... wait..." Elise interrupted herself.
"That Masked Devil?"
"Wait a minute...Hunt..."
'Torn told Trinity he couldn't go Metalhead hunting...' Elise recalled.
"Could he be...?"
"Hunting? There's no other way..." Elise mumbled quietly, almost inaudible.
The lady apologized, with a sorrow-filled tone. "I'm so sorry..."
*click*
A series of gun movements were heard up ahead, behind the woman that she was previously talking to. Elise's head shot up in alarm, beads of sweat rolling down the side of her forehead.
"Really, I am." Her voice turned twisted, just like her frown turned into a wicked smile. "If only you didn't have a bounty on you... I could've helped you."
She growled. "You working for Krew? Or Erol?" Elise's facial expression turned extremely bitter upon mentioning Erol's name.
"Neither."
"What?"
The woman took a longing look on Elise, her eyes were vicious, hungry to claim the gold and rewards. "I work only for myself. No one else." She sighed, "I really hope you don't have to make this harder, you'll only make it worse for yourself. So why don't you just lay your weapons down?"
The masked men advanced threateningly, armed to the teeth. Elise suddenly smirked, "Don't make me laugh. Like Hell I would! I would rather be fed to the fucking Metalheads than have my life taken by Krew's grimy hands - or just about any person's grubby, greedy hands!" She spat.
The deceiving woman growled, wiping the saliva away. But laughed like a mad woman. "Haha! I just love it when someone has guts! Go ahead!" She threw a gesture towards the men. "Break her legs and make her run." She smiled viciously, her voice menacing and dead.
The mercenaries took a step forward, closing in on her. "What a wonderful day..." Elise sighed. 'It's Haven City... Of course we have "wonderful days" like these...'
Grasping her gun tightly, she swept the barrel around, trying to keep the men from going any further, but to no avail; it was utterly useless. The leader of the group just had a gleeful expression written all over her face, just watching Elise's panic starting to grow steadily.
"COVER YOUR EYES AND EARS!"
"What the fuck?!" She instinctively listened to a new voice, not from her head, but from somewhere nearby. Without a moment's notice, she heard an ear-splittingly loud explosion!
"ARGH! DAMN ECO GRENADES!" She heard the woman yell in complete pain, so did the others.
In a mere second, Elise felt her wrist being grabbed, she tensed and wanted to go for a punch! Her fist was caught though, and she got pulled. When she opened her eyelids, she found that she was out of the alley and was on the Zoomer with the box!
She went for the rifle, but the new voice sounded out as the Zoomer was quickly brought to life and was going. "Woah, calm down! I just saved your ass, and this is what you're gonna do to me? Give me a break..."
She looked and aimed at the driver, on the mirror, she saw that she has freckles and ashy, blonde hair. Her eyes was directly looking at her own, they were emerald green (which was admittedly quite beautiful).
"I'd really wished I just chose to have a day-off... " She sighed. "Anyway, I heard you were looking for someone..." The new girl replied. There was a sneaky air about her, but Elise still stayed on guard, mostly because she was wearing KG armor.
"Give me one good reason to not blow your head off." Elise threatened.
She rolled her eyes. "Nice to meet you too. Glad to know that's how you treat your saviors." Her smile was seen on the mirror of the vehicle, it didn't make Elise any happier.
"I want to know why the hell another KG just saved me, a UG member." She aimed, fully loaded.
"Not all KG are assholes... Well, except one." The KG spoke casually, not giving any care about the barrel of the gun that's directed at the back of her skull.
She interrogated. "Why are you helping me?"
The woman adorned in the KG armor grinned again. "You want something."
"And who are you?" Elise asked the million dollar question.
"Won't matter, because the person you're looking for knows me." She winked, "after this I'm going the fuck to sleep though..." The unknown girl yawned, driving the Zoomer.
"What? You know Trin?"
'Maybe she isn't an enemy after all... If Trin trusts her so much...' Elise cautiously lowered the gun.
"Well, that's what I said didn't I?..." Elise rolled her eyes at the response. "Anywho... You're looking for him, and, I just happened to know where he may be."
"Where..." She asked, her eyes in slight slits.
She sighed, "look, I know you're cautious of everyone because of that fatass name Krew placed a nasty bounty on you." Elise brought up the gun again. "And, yes, I completely understand... But, I'm a friend of Trinity. Except Captain Ass."
"Captain Ass... Torn? Are you Elie?!"
"Well, if you know me, that must mean Trin told you. Isn't that enough proof that I'm on your side?" They stopped and parked at the dock, where the Pumping Station is at.
She lowered her weapon and suspicion. "I guess so..."
"Hey, Elise, right?... Trinity actually informed me to get you. He couldn't get you himself, but he knew you were going to be in trouble, asking around while ignoring the bounty on your head... At least, that's what he predicted..." Elie sighed tiredly, "did you ask him about his friend? Moria? Or something else?..."
"Moria?..." Elise asked.
Elie nodded. "Yes, but if he hasn't told you, you'll have to ask him yourself. It's not my job to tell you something this personal to him... Or, to all of us and the old members of the UG..."
"It... it was about his mask..." Elise said. "And why he kept wearing it all the time..."
Elie frowned. "It's true that people who wears masks has many secrets... You probably know this now...but you can't just pry someone about that..." She explained. "He's an honest person, I know that. He's willing to tell any close friend about himself and the truth. It's just hard to let it out..."
"Has he told anyone about the mask?" Elise asked, not because she wants the answer why - she knew Elie would tell her that Trin will have to say it himself - but because... Well, morbid curiosity...
She shook her head, "no one. Not a soul. But the way he just stiffens every time I ask... If the reasons behind it was much worse than about Moria or those other times when he served as a Krimzon Guard... Maybe..." She paused, deep in thought. "Maybe it really isn't best to ask..."
They left that subject at that...
They headed towards one of the air-locked gates. "Water Slums sector? Why here of all places?"
"When Trinity goes missing, this is where he usually is... He said that 'this is his poison, his alcohol from the bottle to drown his spirits in.' To be honest, he's kind of a poet to me." Elie explained.
"Yeah, it makes me wonder where he got all that..." She replied.
"Maybe he looks up to James Patterson XD"
"Dawn, Hush."
"Mememeh :c"
"Hey! It's not okay to mock! ELIIISSSEEE! DAWN IS MOCKING MEEEE!"
"SNITCH!"
"Would you two shut up?!" Elise hissed under her breath, balling her hands into tight fists. "I swear you two are gonna drive me insane."
"SHE STARTED IT!!"
"IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO STARTED IT!" Elise snapped, slamming her fists onto the dashboard of the zoomer, alarming the blonde woman beside her. The voices in her head stood quiet, both of them now fearing the angered woman. Her hands twitched slightly, small bruises forming on her hands from hitting them so hard against the dashboard.
It became silent, but not a good silent. An awkward silence, the kind that happens after a really tough or stressful situation. Even Elise didn't know why she had that outburst, but she had it, and those were the results. She sighed deeply, shaking her head slightly.
Elie sighed, "maybe we should get some drinks later... I also have a stressful week, especially from Mr. Sunshine..."
Elise also sighed from exasperation. "Yeah..."
They both went through the air locked gates that separated Haven City from the Pumping Station, as do all the other parts of the outer city. Elie had a grim look on her face, "do you take the smell of Metalhead blood well?... And I don't just mean a mediocre amount... I mean buckets full of them..." She asked.
Elise blinked, raising an eyebrow in suspicion at Elie's question. "Uh... I think so?..." She wasn't really sure how to answer. She had only fought off a few metal heads in her time of working for the UG. She looked forward again and chewed on her bottom lip.
"Yeah... Yeah, I can take it."
The locks and cogs on the iron, steel-gray gates turned, that heavy sound of clanking metal and iron crushing against each other echoed within the room that connected the Pumping Station to Haven.
Elise had a terrible feeling in her guts, whatever that question had pertained to, it wasn't good. Both her and Elie were dead silent, there was an uneasy, lingering quietness that hung in the atmosphere around the two.
The gates opened, sprinkles of dust and dirt dripped down from the steel entrance. As soon as the musty air from the station rolled in, it was followed by a pungent smell, both women grimaced as they sensed it.
To Elise's horror, she saw something that made her anxious - no - more than just uneasiness. She felt total terror and fear at the sight, Elie pinched her nose tightly. "Wh- what?!..." She was at loss for words.
"Trinity..." Elie said with sorrow.
Upon this sandy environment, laid a ground that was blanketed with this sickly dark purple blood. The blood was sticky and glistened, in the light, you could see red accents in the deep puddles of this substance.
Both girls were speechless, Elise felt terrible, "d-did he?..." She tried to ask through dry throat and mouth, the blood made her want to gag in disgust.
Elie could only nod. Staring at the scene in front of them.
'We have to find Trin! We- we have to!' Elise, struggling to overcome both that copper-iron smell and her horrified shock, she frantically searched around with her eyes. But all she sees, is the purple, crimson blood.
Elie dared not to say a single word, as she took Elise's hand and beckoned her to follow. The foul traces of Dark Eco among the blood-stained grounds made Elise and Elie sicken to their stomachs and to their heads.
Around the boulder that was painted by the vile liquid, laid a body...
Elise gasped. "Tr- Trinity?!"
Indeed it was...
The body that was sitting among this blood-stained battlefield...was Trinity. His head was facing down, and Elise knelt beside him. Elie was on the edge of tearing up, Elise had the idea that she knew why, after all, she knew Trin more than her. But, it's not important as of now.
"Tr- Trin..." Elise gently touched Trinity's shoulder, tears beginning to gloss her brown eyes that carried a scared and worried expression. "Trinity... It-It's me...!" She called out.
Beth: 'Oh...'
Dawn had no response.
Elise allowed the tears she held back to flow freely from her eyes, the lustrous water crystals left wet streaks on her cheeks. The more she stared at him, the more the tears flowed. It looked as if a faucet had been opened in her mind and left to overflow. "Trinity!"
She continued to call out his name, eventually breaking down into a bundle of cries and sobs. Guilt burned the pit of her stomach as the memory of the cause began to repeat itself in her mind. "Fuck...!" She began to tug at her own hair. "This is all my fucking fault!" She snapped at herself. Angered sobs escaped her chapped lips.
Beth: ''W-We can fix this! We can fix it! It's all going to be alright, Elise! Everything will be fine!''
Elise only sobbed harder, "No it won't be..."
Beth: "I-It's... It's gonna be alright..."
Elie could only look away, "D-damn it Trin... is this the day... you finally gave up?..." She covered her mouth, her eyes closed shut so hard that she could see blotched, indescribable colors in the darkness.
Elise broke down, it felt as if she and him have been more than just friends, it felt as if...they knew each other for a very long time.
The sky only grew darker.
Pelting drops started falling from the sky.
A lone raindrop splashed onto Trinity's bloodied red mask. It trickled down on the middle, gray strip of unpainted metal on his mask. Catching the vile Metalhead blood, it dripped down, it seemed as if Trin's mask wept. Letting out a single, bloody tear.
How could a life like this, that made an incredible man like Trin, be thrown away in just a snap of a second?
"Trinity! TRINITY!" Elise cried to the skies above, cursing at anything that is up there, cursing at the Precursors that they had let this happened. "IT'S NOT TRUE!" She pounded the ground with hate and spite. "It isn't...t- true!"
Elise wept.
The clouds joining her ceremony of grieving and pain.
Elise couldn't bear it, neither could Elie...
Bringing Death upon a friend... it's evil...
It's unimaginable, who would do such a thing? Much less their own companion?
Elise laid upon Trinity's chest armor, crying endlessly. The roaring clouds of thunder and Elise's howling of unbearable torment sung a dirge - a lamentation and a mournful song. Haven City's only chorus, would be only of the Capella of Sorrowing if you were to put this into sheets of music. The instrument - if there were any - would be Death.
A/N : It's...been a long while guys... Well, here's the chapter, it's been worked with Butterfly123199, and this is her character, Elise/Dawn/Beth. Some parts were written by her, we took turns doing "rp" and writing some giant paragraphs. I do not deserve any forms of forgiveness about my updates, even if this doesn't change much, I will still say it. "I'm sorry."
R&R, not needed.
Elie is Tammatam's OC, which I hope you like it. I'm thinking rather negatively about myself on writing other OC's personalities and how terrible I am at it... I also apologize if what I wrote isn't how you like it...