The Blade Alchemist: Father Returns
Wrath, And A Family's Fury
Drake POV
We walked in through the south doors of the White House and walked towards the main entrance to wait for the others. But we were surprised we had not seen any guards or agents attacking us. We came to the main entrance hallway, and saw at least a dozen bodies laying on the ground with blood everywhere. We stopped at the first one and I knelt down. "Are they..?" Jess asked as I checked for a pulse, and found none. "Yeah, their all dead." I stood back up and looked at all the bodies. "These men were not shot, they were cut down." I stated in a low voice. "That's right, Drake Ganters." We all quickly turned around and looked up at the top of the staircase.
"They are all dead.." We heard footsteps approaching, then we saw a familiar face. "Because I cut them down." I clenched my teeth and Jess changed forms again. "Wrath!" I growled and he laughed. "It has been so many years since we last fought Ganters." He turned to the side and began walking down the stairs. "Yes, it has. I killed you then, and I'll kill you again!" I stated and he chuckled back. "Will you now? As I told you before.." He got to the bottom of the stairs and drew his knives. "I indeed do not have the training as I had before..." He got into a ready stance. "But I do have more lives." Greed scoffed. "As much I want to shut you up myself, I made a promise. So kid, it's all yours. Good luck."
He twitched, then lowered his head and grinned. "Thanks. It's time for some real fun." Liz stated and encased her body with the shield again. I drew my sword and one of my knives. We all got into our ready stances and stared at each other. "I'll kill you both, and that witch of yours." he finished in a charge, and our duel began. I blocked with my sword as he swung at Jess, but she blocked with her claws. Liz ran between us and swung with her carbon claws. He hopped back a foot and swung at Liz, cutting her chest open, but she immediately healed and we three charged at him. He blocked my sword and Liz's return strike with his knives. He saw Jess coming from his side and he kicked her, her blocking with her arm.
I swung my knife and hit his throat, but he quickly healed and came at me and Liz again. Liz blocked and grabbed his knife with her hand and I gave him a roundhouse kick to the head. The kick sent hit falling towards Jess and she swung across his middle, cutting him open. He quickly healed again and swung at her, hitting her leg. She yelped in pain as he readied for a stab, but Liz jumped up and performed a double kick at his face. He blocked both with his arms, grabbed her ankle, and swung her into me like a bat. We both crashed into the wall and he came after us. "Jess! Duck!" I yelled and pressed my hand to the ground, pulling the little bit of metal that was in the room and throwing a blade storm. But I only managed about eight daggers.
He parried them all, but it was just enough for Liz to charge at him on his low side, and Jess to attack his high side. I threw a knife and he blocked it, but Liz took his legs from under him as Jess ran past him, clothes lining his neck. The result, him flipping in the air and landing on his back. I was immediately over him swinging down with my sword at his neck. He held the knives up and caught the sword with then. "A clever tactic Ganters, but it wont help you." he stated calmly as he swung his foot up and kicked the side of my head. Liz jumped at him, but he cut her in half in mid air. I could see Jess's eyes filled with horror as her body fell to the ground, but she immediately healed and stood back up.
"Jess! The fight you idiot!" She snapped back out of it and charged at Wrath again. I threw another knife to throw him off, but he caught it in mid fight and threw it back at me. I parried the knife away and ran at him again. Me and Jess held him still, and Liz came up from behind and ran him through with her hand. "Got you!" she yelled and he grinned. "Oh really now?" he asked. He used Liz as a support and kicked Jess and I with both feet. We fell back as he grabbed her arm, pinning her to him, and stabbed backwards at her several times. Each time he would hit in a location before she could shield it. She kept getting killed and healing right back. I didn't have much of a choice, I charged at them and sliced off her arm, separating the two.
"Thanks dad, as weird as that sounds." she stated and I hit head head. "Get your damn head in the game stupid brat!" I yelled and went after Wrath again. He blocked my sword and I used my old 'rubber sword' trick. The blade reshaped and stabbed him through the chest. "Oh come on now Wrath! How could you forget that trick!?" I taunted and he grinned. "I didn't." He quickly turned with the sword in his chest and turned me to the side. He then ran one of his knives into my left side. I spit blood as the pain filled my chest. "Dad!" Liz then jumped and launched into a fury of swings as my sword pulled from his body and I fell to the floor.
When I did fall, he had lost the grip on the knife in my side and it was still there. I coughed up blood and slowly stood back up. I grabbed the knife and slowly pulled, but the more I did the more blood poured from the wound, and the harder it was to breath. "Damn, got the lung. Of all the damn things, why the damn lung again?" I wheezed under breath. I should be fine if it stays in. I looked back at Jess and Liz, and they were going crazy with him. I pulled one of my knives out and used my array to turn it into a very fine wire rope. I tied the knife to my side and destroyed all but a couple inches of the grip, leaving only a small stub.
I went after Wrath and tried to attack him, but also trying to avoid jerking movements because of the knife in my side. Jess grabbed Wrath's arms and held them up. I then ran my sword through him and pulled back. And moved to do it again, but he dropped to the ground, put his foot in Jess's chest, and vaulted her over him and into me. We both crashed to the ground as Liz jumped on top of him and started jabbing him in the chest multiple times. Wrath kept healing and finally caught her hand, flung her over onto her back, and rammed the knife through her and into the ground, pinning her down. Liz yelled out in pain. "Now you stay right there you damn brat." he ordered and stood up.
I looked over and saw Jess was out cold. I turned back and saw Wrath walking up to me. I tried to get up, but Jess was on top of me and because of the knife in my side, I couldn't get her off. "Well well. A monster, a freak, and a combination of the two, and you still failed to kill me. I am quite disappointed at all of you." I turned to Liz and she was still busy trying to pull the knife out of her. Wrath stopped right in front of me and I turned to him. He took my sword that was just out of my reach and held it to my neck. "You said you three were going to kill me? You should have known from the start that just the three of you would never be enough for that."
I laughed. "You forget what I had said Wrath. I told you that killing you was now a family matter. And you're forgetting one key thing." He rose his brow. "Oh really? And what would that be?" I grinned. "There's 'five' members of my family." His eyes widened with shock as the ground under his feet exploded and sent him into the wall. "You forgot about my sister and I!" Justin yelled and they both exploded the wall, sending him crashing into the other. "You mess with one, you mess with all!" Sarah finished and they exploded the wall again. Jess came to and lifted her head. "What….happened?" she moaned and I tapped her shoulder. "You fell on me. So if you don't mind, please get up." She nodded and stood up. She pulled me up as well and I saw Ed and Al standing in the doorway watching the fight.
"You two stay out of this." I ordered and they nodded. "At least let me fix you up." Al stated and I nodded. He drew a quick array on my side, pulled the knife out, and healed the wound. "There, all good. Now go kill that monster!" Ed demanded and I took of after Wrath as Liz finally got herself free. Now he was really having a hard time with us. Whenever he tried to attack, Justin and Sarah would explode the ground and throw him off. Whenever he went after them, he left himself open to Jess, Liz and myself. We pounded the hell out of him for fifteen straight minuets, and he was still going strong. Justin and Sarah were starting to get exhausted, as was Liz and Jess.
We continued the fight for another few minuets, and I saw Sarah pass out on the floor, Justin not far behind. "Drake, let us help!" Ed yelled and I turned to him. "NO! You stay out of this!" I ordered and continued the fight. Liz stabbed his side as Jess swung at his back, cutting him open for the hundredth time. I turned and saw that Justin was now out cold on the floor as well. "Damn it! Just die already and stay dead!" I whined out loud. I continued my attacks as Jess came to a stop, then fell to her knees from exhaustion. Now it was only me and Liz fighting him, and we could tell he was finally getting tired as well. "That's three down! How much longer can you two last!?" he yelled at us as he swung and hit my chest.
It wasn't that deep, but it was bad enough that it put me out of the fight. So now it was just him, and Liz, and she was really pissed now. I fell to a knee from the pain and I clutched my chest to try and ease it. I watched as Jess tried to stand, but fell back to her knee. She was so tired that she didn't have the strength to stand. Ed took a step forward, ready to attack. "I SAID STAY OUT OF THIS! THIS IS A GANTERS FAMILY FIGHT ELRIC! STAY BACK!" I yelled and he stepped back. Liz was all over the place fighting Wrath. "The rest of your freak family is down, and you're not far behind, monster!" he taunted her and she kept swinging and blocking. "We may not be full humans, be we don't care! I may be a monster now, but 'I' still don't care!"
Wrath swung at her neck, cutting it open, but she then ducked and ran her arm through his chest. Everything stopped at that instant. "Because no matter what we may be, we are still a family." she growled. Wrath reached up and grabbed her throat, but his hand then crumbled to dust. He began to chuckle. "A family huh?" He then began to laugh. "Pathetic." He stopped and looked into her eyes. "Like your father, you all will be nothing….but monsters." he said as the rest of his body evaporated and disappeared. Liz then sighed, fell to her knees, and lowered her head. "You are wrong Wrath. We may be what people call monsters and freaks. But we will always be a family." she blatantly stated.