I don't own the characters of Elsword only this story of mine.
Elsword went towards the gang with an expression of fear on it, once the gang saw his face they started to question him on what happened, Aisha the one that was panicking.
"What happened Elsword!? Did something happened to Add?" She asked this questions over and over until Elsword opened his mouth.
"H-his fine fine, just he had the enemies blood on him. Nothing more." He said while giving a potion to Chung and Ara since Rena was pretty much healed thanks to her magic.
"Is that all? Then no need to make that scared face! I'm going towards him ri-" Aisha was cut of as Elsword grabbed her arm.
"Don't! Not until he's done with the questioning, until then don't go or you'll see what i saw." Warned Elsword with a tone of stern and worry, for once Aisha wasn't questioning Elsword or arguing as she accepted. She still wants to see him though.
Add's part
Add kept the grin on his face as he turned towards the lizard man, he wasn't going to torture him. He didn't fall to his insanity yet but if he doesn't get answers he'll resort to it.
"Now how about we start our interrogation? If you answer my questions i won't harm you or take your life, if you don't answer well i guess i have to take another limb of yours. Are we clear?" Add asked in a threatening voice which made the lizard man heeded his warning and was pretty supportive.
"Y-yes ill answer anything! J-just don't hurt me..." He said as the pain from his rear where his tail was was pulsating.
"At least we got that out of the way, now drink this potion. It will take the pain away i promise. Try anything and my kindness will disappear." He warned while putting the potions on the reptiles mouth, his pained expression was slowly disappearing and seemed relieved from the pain.
"Th-thank you! I feel much better now." He said while still being wary of Add but a trust bond was formed thanks for Add's action.
"Who ordered you to kidnap the elder Berauk?" He asked as he drank a potion of his own.
"T-that was the exiled shaman kayak." He responded with some fear behind on the name.
"Was he the one to control Berauk too?" Add was becoming intrigued now.
"Not only the elder, everyone! I was able to fake being controlled but the rest weren't too lucky. Even my twin brothers were a victim too..." He said with a mix of sadness and anger.
"So everyone is being controlled by Kayak...Do you know where he is controlling everyone?" He asked the lizard man again for this valuable information.
"He's controlling from Dragons nest, there he can control everyone from that spot. This was my last mission because I've had it with Kayak, I'm going there an-" The lizard man was cut off.
"Don't be a fool! In your state you'd stand no chance against him, let us deal with him." Add said while giving him a small warm smile crumbling his chelsea grin.
"B-but what am i suppose to do now? I can't go to the village after all I've done and i won't return to Kayak only to be controlled..." He let his head fall in shame for his actions.
"I'm sure that they'll understand as long as you repent for your sins. Humans can still be kind you know?" Said Add giving the reptile some hope back.
"W-will you save my brothers? Will you save everyone then?" He asked almost pleading to the tracer.
"We the el search party promise to help those in need before our goal, you have my word of kicking Kayak out and save everyone from his control. But you have to go to the village and tell them exactly what happened." He promised towards the lizard man that was showing two tears flowing from his face as he nodded.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much mister Add!" He said while Add was dropping the bindings that he putted on the lizard man, he then went towards the village to inform what happened.
"Now then... Time to tell the news to the gang." Said the time tracer beginning his small walk towards the gang.
Gangs part
They were just about finished healing their wounds when Chung noticed that the elder was gone from his restraints.
"Did any of you released the elder?" He asked to the gang only to get them shaking their heads, the lizard man from before must of released him when they were fighting.
"Add won't be liking this." Said Elsword out loud towards the gang, not noticing that Add was pretty much behind him.
"Won't like what?" Add asked startling everyone since he appeared from the shadows, Elsword was relieved that the grin from before was gone. He didn't liked it one bit.
"We lost the elder in the commotion with the lizard man." Said Eun in a monotone voice, Elsword and Chung looked at Ara with an expression saying 'some times i hate that fox'.
"I figured something like this would happen... Good thing i planted a tracking device just in case he was released." Said Add while taking his PHC, he didn't doubt the lizard man but if what he said is true then the Elder should be in dragon's nest. Turns out what he said was true, Berauk was in that place. Add frowned at this.
"What's wrong Add?" Asked Rena being curious now, Add then quickly called Stella.
"Do you know what time is it!?" Said Stella furious from waking up in the middle of the night. Her fury was gone when she saw the seriousness from Add.
"Stella can you call Chacha Buch? He has some questions to answer, you better hear what me and him have to say." He said towards the sheriff which took his word, not long after the lizard man appeared towards the gang from the screen.
"You wanted to see me buch?" Said the lizard man somewhat frightened and curious.
"Why didn't you tell us about the exiled shaman Kayak? Surely you must of know that he was bad news since he was banished." Asked Add which Chacha took the blow, only now he must of realized the threats that Kayak said must of been true.
"So he was really going to do that buch? You have to stop him buch!" Said Chacha clearly confusing everyone.
"Do what Chacha? What is he planning to do?" Asked Stella now concerned.
"Kayak said that he would enslave everyone to do his bidding for his real project to be fulfilled buch!" He said while fear was clearly visible on his expression.
"Whats the real project? Tell us Chacha!" Yelled Add wanting to know now.
"He didn't tell us the project but it has to be something bigger than enslaving everyone buch." He said giving Add everything he knew, looked like he didn't knew anything else.
"Well if we can stop him then the project can't be done, we got our objective now. Also a shadow lizard man warrior will be arriving the village, don't worry he's not mind controlled, he wants to repent for his actions so don't kill him on sight." Warned Add which took both of them on the screen by surprise a bit, nevertheless they agreed and waited for the reptile.
"So Add where are we going?" Asked Elsword knowing that the night was not going to end there.
"Our destination is Dragon's nest where Kayak is controlling everyone, we are to kick Kayak out of the valley and to never return." Detailed Add receiving everyone's approval before departing.
Through the way the gang kept themselves in caution for any sudden ambush, the way seemed clear enough but you can never be too careful in these treacherous lands. Aisha then began to talk with Add while keeping her guard up.
"Hey Add what happened behind there? Elsword looked terrified of something." She asked knowing that Add knew the answer.
"He didn't told any of you? I guess that's best for you guys not to know." He said knowing that they wouldn't stop asking until they got their answer.
"Come on! It must of been pretty scary for that muscle head be terrified!" Retorted Aisha towards Add with puffed cheeks.
"*Poke* Those still look cute you know?" He said while poking her cheeks embarrassing her and making Ara jealous with Eun.
"Hey we can be cute too!" Yelled Eun towards Add making him mentally note to say that to Aisha alone.
"Well if you must know what happened oh great magician Aisha, i simply decapitated the lizard mans tail covering my clothes with his blood while having a creepy grin that made Elsword scared." He said that making Aisha back of a little bit from the information he gave.
"You didn't kill him right?" She asked forgetting that he said a shadow lizard man was going towards the village.
"Of course not! What do you think i am? Insane?" He joked but Elsword saw through that and knew that he was telling part of the truth on that joke, he kept quiet though.
"Oh that's good to hear... Did you patched him up?" She asked only to get a nod from him making her at ease.
The road was a little longer than expected with some debris a long the way from destroyed rocks but soon enough they reached their destination. It was like a furnace from the outside since the heat was clearly felt.
"Oh how i wish to have installed a cooling system on my creations... I hate sweat!" Said Add while taking of his vest revealing his t-shirt with his logo behind him and pendant in front, he stored it on his PHC.
"A-Add what are you doing?" Said Ara and Aisha with a slight blush, they already saw Add almost naked and yet they blush from him taking of his vest.
"What do you think I'm doing? I'm minimizing my chances of sweating." He said but the heat coming out he must of taken some minutes of before starting to sweat, Elsword and Chung remained in their outfits since Chung could use his disfrozen capsules to cool himself and Elsword had a natural resistant to heat.
"Sucks to be you Add, everyone else won't sweat much thanks to their outfits." Said Elsword mocking him a little bit, he would regret it since Aisha was behind him. There's no saying that he got whacked.
"I think i should take of my shirt too..." He said out loud not noticing he said it, Ara and Eun were silently cheering for him to do that, Aisha wanted too but would never admit it. "Ah fuck it." He took of his shirt and stored it since he was going to sweat anyway.
"Now that's what I'm talking about..." Said Eun out loud making Add regret his decision. On his torso there could be seen scars around it, most probably because of the story he told so far.
"Quit staring at me and lets go." He said annoyed about being watched from the fox spirit and the girls.
Once they entered Add was glad that he took his clothes off because it was very hot, heck there were geysers coming out of the floor! Through the walk the girls didn't stop looking at him, not even once except Rena that was more concerned about ambushes than Add.
"Strange... The entrance was unprotected, no lizard man has show itself yet and I'm pretty sure that Kayak would at the very least put some guards around." Said Add making his point clear, it was quiet. Too quiet to be comfortable.
"Your right Add. Nothing attacked us yet maybe they are further ahead?" Asked Elsword making Add think that maybe Kayak made the lizard man a defensive circle around him. This was just speculation though. Further ahead they already saw the first fifteen shadow lizard man with bats and komodos backing them up.
"Now we're talking! Lets get them!" Said Elsword duel wielding Conwell with his own great sword.
"Chung! Rena! Range support!" Said Add while charging with Elsword, Ara and Aisha followed behind shortly after.
Elsword took down the first three lizard man down, Add made a frontal charge with his electric powered fists towards the next row making them vulnerable to the rangers, Ara and Aisha made sure the komodos and bats didn't do anything during the battle. A lizard man then screamed a horrible screech making more enemies appear.
"So they were the scouting group to detect intruders. There goes my speculations but this is a great opportunity to lower Kayaks defenses!" Said Add to the gang after releasing the energy on his fists to start cracking space towards the enemies.
"Add we're joining you now!" Yelled Rena after slashing a fire scorpion that appeared from the shadows and Chung threw two grenades at the small group of five lizard man knocking them out.
"Cyclone!" Shouted Aisha summoning a cyclone that repeatedly attacks and continuously moves forward at the lizard man in front of her. "Take that!" She said triumphant after she goes towards the next group.
"Tiger stance 1: Rock Smash!" Shouted Ara forcing the enemies backwards then ramming them with her shoulders, she then attacked with a furry of spear attacks and claws. "Three down more to go!" She said noticing that Add was about to be attacked from behind. "Add behind you!" She yelled only to watch that Add punched the lizard man from a weird angle which the force pushed him against the wall.
"Don't worry about me, worry about yourself!" He said while giving her a thumbs up for the help, she fidget a little bit before increasing her attack power against them.
"Sword Fall!" Shouted Elsword summoning four Conwells striking at a row of lizard man significantly damaging them. "Harsh Chaser!" He shouted again throwing another Conwell and pulling all the lizard man towards him at arms reach finishing them off.
"Big Bang Stream!" Shouted Chung releasing a barrage of grenades in multiple directions which successfully hit a great number of enemies, he then positioned his destroyer and released four cannonballs knocking the remaining lizard man down.
"Evoke!" Shouted Rena making a downward slash with her Erendil at a single lizard man, there were four other enemies behind that lizard man waiting for the right moment to strike, Rena saw that and released a mini sphere of wind pushing the enemies back before detonating and finishing the job.
The battle was nearly at its end since then numbers where reduced to just three lizard man standing, until a shadowy figure appeared behind them. The elder Berauk but his skin was much darker than before.
"I guess he was resisting all this time and Kayak noticed making him his eternal slave... We need to set him free." Said Add ready to charge at Berauk but he couldn't while those three guys were a problem.
"You guys go ahead i can take them out in a flash." Said Aisha confident enough to use a single skill to finish the job, Add and the rest nodded before sprinting ahead of the lizard man. "Your finished! Guillotine Press!" Shouted Aisha once she was close enough at the enemies jumping up and stomping at them, she then jumps again with spatial energy at her feet and stomps them again dealing the finishing blow at them.
The gang however was almost finished with Berauk since before only three was a hassle but with five he didn't had a chance especially since Aisha joined.
"Don't worry Berauk we'll set you free from Kayak! I promise!" Said Add while knocking Berauk out, he turned towards the gang before moving forward not noticing that he was sweating from his torso making Aisha and Ara blush a bit.
"Thank you El lady for this..." Said Eun admiring Add's brilliant torso.
"You are making me uncomfortable Eun, could you stop?" Asked Add making some of the members of the gang laugh, he guessed that this took the tension off a bit before the final showdown with the mastermind.
At long last the one that caused everyone trouble was on their sight, Kayak the exiled shaman because of threats of slavery and such.
"Kayak you are going to pay for what you did for the lizard man!" Yelled Elsword only to get a laugh from the lizard.
"Me pay? You took the words out of my mouth because you foiled my plans! Prepare yourselves!" Yelled Kayak casting a spell already towards the gang. "Multiple geyser!" He yelled making four geysers appear much like Elsword's Flame geyser, they all dodged in time before Ara sprinted ahead to attack.
"Phantom fox stance 2: Discordance!" She shouted making kick movements and claw attacks before appearing behind Kayak.
"You little sneaker! Magic missile!" He shouted shooting a missile only to follow Add since he anticipated this before hand and was in front of Ara to attract it.
"Keep attacking him! Ill take this missile away!" He said while flying around with the missile behind him becoming weaker and weaker.
"Mortal blow!" Shouted Elsword rapidly smashing the ground causing rocks to shoot up at Kayak damaging him.
"My turn! Chaos Cannon!" Shouted Chung putting a disfrozen capsule in his destroyer making it go in chaos mode, the cannon began to shoot cannon balls from both sides causing good damage against Kayak.
"I got his legs! Binding seed!" Shouting Rena binding Kayaks movements dramatically.
"Gah! You little pests! Bonfire!" Shouted Kayak making two geysers appear on both sides causing the binding seed to be burnt while damaging Ara and Chung. Elsword stood there thanks to his natural resistance.
"Spiral Blast!" He shouted smashing the ground creating a wave of energy that gave massive damage towards Kayak making his attacks now much weaker than before.
"Aisha Let's do it!" Shouted Add now that the magic missile was gone. She got the memo and prepared for their combined attack.
"Super Nova!" She shouted enveloping Kayak in a sphere of time, the sphere was slowly spinning and gaining speed, Add quickly went beside her with electricity coursing thought him.
"Conqueror!" He shouted while putting his hand as close as possible at the sphere, the electricity than began to course through the spinning sphere and then went inside. Has the sphere began to move even faster the electricity was damaging Kayak alongside the sphere, it looked like that it was going to explode until the sphere moved so fast that it was contained. Kayak was now standing almost unconscious until the shock wave passed through everywhere making him rocket out of Dragons nest.
"We did it Add!" Said Aisha with a huge smile.
"Yeah... Now lets go back, i need a freaking shower!" He said in disgust of his sweat, but Eun could only say the contrary as she was still admiring his body.
Ill leave it here for now, in the next few days a special occasion will take place so if i don't put any chapter that's my reason. As always leave your thoughts and opinions on the story so far, your support is greatly appreciated.
