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Chapter 29
Can you Imagine that it's all up to you?
"Chrom…if Validar takes control of me, I want you to kill me," Vincent said with no emotion.
"You…can't ask me to do that…" Chrom said, taken aback.
Vincent chuckled, "My life is worth less than all of the Shepherds. Don't be stupid."
"You still can't expect me to cut down my friend!" Chrom said angrily.
"Chrom, that's what being a king is about. If your friends stand up to you, you cut them down. Call it my dying wish," Vincent said with a ghost of a grin, and walked away from Chrom.
Syrenne sliced the nearest guard in the stomach. He crumpled to the ground and began to bleed to death.
Ha…wish I had some beer right now. Helps me think.
That made no sense.
Shut it! I know I'm not drunk enough when I can hear my voice in my head!
She stayed near the back. These were powerful professionals they were fighting. She may have gotten better, but she wasn't anywhere near as good as anyone else in the Shepherds.
So like all humans, she began to watch what made her curious: the fight with the creepy shaman. Someone told her his name, something with a 'V…'
But Vincent and Chrom were fighting tooth and claw. She'd had fights like that, back when that prison had inmates. But not with magic and swords.
The rest of the Shepherds had everything under control. She decided to see the Tactician of Insanity in action.
Vincent and the shaman fought fiercely. One of them had to have provoked the other.
Vincent struck the sorcerer down. The man on the ground was moving still, but Vincent hesitated on the finishing blow.
He suddenly turned on the spot, and with an explosion of flame, he attacked Chrom.
Vincent could barely think. His head was pounding, as if he'd been run over by a horse.
"You see Vincent? There is no point in resisting," Validar cackled.
Vincent barely acknowledged him. He was using all his concentration to fight Validar's hold on him. The plan was about to spring into effect, he knew what would be said. Basilio would run in. Conversation. Talk about gemstones. Threats and Conversation. Chrom would get back up. Validar's hold would soon-
Vincent gasped as he fell to his hands and knees. This meant Chrom had attacked Validar. Now it was the Spymaster's turn.
"Validar, on behalf of everyone you've wronged…I will send you to hell the hard way!" Vincent yelled as he brandished his Valflame tome and attacked Validar.
There was a massive explosion of flames and dark magic.
Anna covered her face as the bright orange flames engulfed her vision. She clutched her physic staff tightly, she knew Vincent would need its help soon…
Once the heat around her died down, she brushed her ponytail out of her face. The force of the explosion was fierce. When she looked at the explosion sight, she saw Vincent standing triumphantly over Validar's body. He wiped blood off of the side of his face.
Anna invoked her staff and healed his wound. He glanced around to find her. Her husband gave her a little wave. She quickly walked toward him.
"Nice job, Vin," she kissed him on the cheek.
"Vin?...I like that," he smirked and hugged her.
"Things are far from over," Vincent's voice came from behind her.
Vincent quickly pulled her behind him and faced his doppelganger. "You…I'd forgotten about you. Not very important it seems," Vincent said cockily.
"Oh shut up. We're the same person, I from a different time. But most importantly, I am Grima. Or soon to be, depending how you look at it. That's not important, what's important is that you come with me. You are Grima's Vessel," Vincent number two said.
"No…" Vincent said with certainty.
"You cannot run from fate!" the other Vincent said. A cloud of darkness enveloped her husband.
The Spymaster ran out of the cloud with a flicker of magic. Grima-Vincent growled and turned to find him.
Anna didn't know what she was doing, but before she knew it, she was shoving a sword into Grima-Vincent's chest.
"Ow…not really. Pathetic weapon, pathetic mortal," he snarled.
"Hey! Assbutt!" another voice said.
Grima-Vincent turned, and was struck with a ball of flame as Vincent stood behind him. He screeched, and something else screeched as well. It was the roar of a beast.
The ceiling began to crumble. Vincent reached down and picked something up, "Everyone! Let's mosey!" The Spymaster grabbed Anna's hand and she ran with him into the light and out of the shadow of the Plegian castle.
A few of the Grimleal tried to stop them, but the Shepherds had no time for them. They were cut down with vicious ferocity.
"Gods damn! We've lost…Grima has risen!" Chrom yelled in frustration.
Vincent coughed, "I beg to differ." He reached out to Chrom, holding the Fire Emblem.
That expression…is priceless.
"By Naga, Vincent, is there anything you can't do?" Lissa said in an admiring tone that was clearly meant as a joke.
"Well…I can't keep my eyes open while I sneeze," Vincent shrugged as his wife playfully hit him in the shoulder.
Lissa's eyes flashed, as did Donny's. Vincent seemed to have given them something to occupy their time with.
"So, we're going to Mount Prism, performing Awakening, smiting the Fell Dragon and we'll be home by dinner, how's that sound?" Vincent asked Anna in their wagon on the way there.
"Will you be paying?" Anna winked.
"I…don't even know if I have any money. I've been…borrowing from Chrom for a while," Vincent grinned sheepishly.
Anna put her hands on her hips, "What!? No gold!?"
Vincent nodded, "Yep! Matts might have gambled some of it away though…"
"Then in return, you have to let me call you Vin, 'kay?" she leaned on his shoulder.
'Didn't I already agree to that?" Vincent said surprised.
"Just want it on the record," another wink.
"Do we seal the deal with a kiss?" Vincent smirked.
"Since you don't have any gold…" Vincent cut her off.
How you may ask? Figure it out.
Author Notes: Don't deny it, you've tried to keep your eyes open while you sneeze!
Lissa will be very important in the sequel. Worry not Lissa fans! She's so much fun to read. Married her to my Avatar in my game. You thought I would have married him to Anna? Ha! Unfortunately that was before I knew Anna was a playable character. :(
"I am definitely a mad man with a box!"
-The Doctor
