I couldn't help but smile slightly as I watched my fellow Servant take down the other Endbringers that had appeared after I had taken down the Simurgh.
I was currently standing on a rooftop inside the city, no longer on The Rig after Leviathan's wave had knocked me down.
But more Endbringers kept seemingly appearing, and after all the ones I knew from Worm Canon new ones had appeared.
I knew I needed to deal with this quickly to make them stop appearing or soon the city would be annihilated by them, I some that were sufficiently powerful showed up.
That meant taking down Eidolon and killing the hero.
For in canon if he remembered correctly, they had gone docile after the Scion had done him in.
Though if I did that all the heroes would be hunting Taylor and me. I wasn't concerned about myself really as I would vanish when the Holy Grail War concluded.
But Taylor.
I would not ruin her life by doing such an action, her father had already been turned into a Dead Apostle, and I would not bring her more unnecessary grief.
"Eidolon Deceased!" The armband announced, and my eyes went wide as I heard the announcement.
What.
The.
Actual.
Fuck.
That was all the time I had to think about the situation before I felt it.
The sensation I had felt yesterday of being teleported by Command Seals.
"Let my her go Alexandria, or you're going to find yourself an arm and head short," I said a second after I appeared by Taylor's side and took in the image of Alexandria holding Taylor by the throat. Balmung was angled so that if I swung, I would cut her arm of first and then her head.
Alexandria didn't loosen her grip on Taylor, but her voice was cold as she responded to me. "Do, you know that your partner here just killed Eidolon."
Yeah, I can easily guess that Taylor must have figured out somehow he was connected to the Endbringers. I thought as I was able to see his utterly none-damaged body at the edge of the rooftop.
"He… was… the… one… controlling… them…" Taylor managed to wheeze out from her throat.
"How dare you lie to me." Then I heard Alexandria's voice turn from cold to burning anger. Though thankfully before I killed her, the armbands on our arms spoke up at the same time with Dragon's voice.
"All Endringers have ceased movements. I repeat all Endringers have ceased movement."
"I… can… explain." Taylor said, which along with the announcement caused Alexandria to finally let go of her.
I quickly caught Taylor before she hit the ground.
"Taylor, you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine now."
"What happened?"
"I was using my magic to find out where the Endringers were coming from, and then I saw it he was connected to all of them, Eidolon was controlling them all. I panicked, and I used the first spell that came to mind to stop him. Why? Why would he do that? He was the worlds greatest hero, why would he use his powers to make such monsters? Why?"
I could hear the confusion and sadness in Taylor's voice over the revelation of one of the heroes she had admired as a child. Though her conclusion was a bit off, as Eidolon did not bring forth the Endbringers on purpose.
Taylor left my grip and stood on her own legs as she healed her throat and erased the markings that Alexandria's grip had made.
"I don't know, perhaps we never will know. But first, we have to get out this mess."
"Should I apparate us out?"
"No, that would make us look extremely bad, and them hunt us, and they won't care about the rules to do so. Now we wait until Alexandria is finished talking to whoever she is talking to, and what she is going to do or say. Then we act from there."
"Okay, I understand."
She sounded so tired. Hopefully, this Holy Grail War and situation would soon be over so that Taylor could go a life of somewhat normalcy. She should quit the crime-fighting for a while and focus on doing community things and getting back to the whole healing thing like we had planned to do.
But that had taken a sharp derail, hadn't it?
"Now listen you two, the PRT HQ is still standing we will go there, and you will explain exactly what happened. And if you try to run away at any point, you will have a Kill Order on you so fast, you won't be able to say and finish the words Red Tape." She threatened us.
Taylor looked at me and asking if this was the right choice to make.
And I nodded in response, for I didn't want any more shit piled on top of us. The whole being declared as Villains thing was close to breaking the camel's back.
If dear Costa-Brown here pulled any kind of dirty shit, this day would have the Triumvirate would become a Solo acting group.
"Yes, we will come along and explain," Taylor said.
Xxx
"Why is always you two that does this kind of extreme stuff. Still can't believe that Eidolon was the one controlling the Endbringers." Piggot said as she sat before us in the conference room, a cup of hot coffee in front of her and us.
We had just finished explaining to her, Alexandria, and all the PRT Directors that called over video conference. Why Taylor, Salem to them had killed Eidolon.
And now they were deciding our 'fates' in another room, while Piggot and Dragon were watching over us along with Avenger over in the corner. Though if they came in said anything about prison or Birdcage. Taylor was just going to apparate us out the building.
For Piggot at least knew we were here of our own free will, and we could leave at any time, and they wouldn't be able to stop us.
"So, you believe me?" Taylor asked in surprise.
"Of course, I had Dragon go over the data and her suits footage. The Endbringers ceased all activity the moment Eidolon was confirmed dead. And there is no such thing as coincidence when it comes to Parahuman powers." Piggot explained. "So, I thank you for your actions, now we no longer have to deal with those living nightmares any longer, though now the cold war between Heroes and Villains is going to become fragile, as the Endbringers kept that mostly in check. But now also we can act harder against them than before. As now they are no longer needed as cannon fodder." Didn't think she would admit that.
"Hmm, your welcome," Taylor responded as she took a sip of her own hot drink. And it seemed she had learned the drinking through your mask thing without removing it. Somehow. "Hopefully they get it over with soon. I want to get back home, and start using my powers to fix the city."
Yeah, reparo was super overpowered when it came to that.
"Now speaking about something besides one of the biggest acts of betrayal in modern history. What is the current going on with the Holy Grail War in my backyard?" Piggot asked.
"Director Piggot, out all eleven Servants. So far Rider, Assassin, Shielder, Lancer have been eliminated. So seven Servants now remain in the War."
"Incorrect there Dragon, Shielder is still in play though now that title belongs to the hero formerly known as Vista," I said. "And can we get an explanation for that clusterfuck?"
"I did not want to label you as Villains that decision came from on high."
"Figured that," I said.
"So how is Missy doing? You probably already know her identity as Glory Girl reported seeing her leave with you."
"it's Pyrrha now. And can I ask why the hell you declared her dead?" Taylor asked, she tried to sound mad, but I could feel both her mental and physical exhaustion.
"Have you've seen her? She is so different from what she looked before, there would be no way of connecting the two together. And she stormed out before I could finish explaining the reasons why, and why she was being transferred to another city. She might not have told you, but Mis- sorry Pyrrha. Did not have the best home life, so I wanted to give her an escape from that and from Brocton Bay. Let her get a fresh start."
"That sounds like a good idea, but you kinda went about it in a stupid way," I said, recognize the fuck up. They should have started with the whole home life thing and that it would let her get away from that.
"Probably, but no changing that now," Piggot said.
Though it was in that moment, Alexandria came in through the door. "It has been decided by Head-Director Costa-Brown that no charges will be pressed against you for the death of Eidolon, but for the moment your status as Villains won't be changed due to your earlier killings. But you will not be on our Radar for the moment as long as you keep your little killings to Villains. But if any civilian get's hurt in any engagement involving you two, you will be hunted."
Well, that sounds like something Contessa told her to do. I thought as I went over her words.
"Well better than expected, honestly," Taylor commented.
"Now leave the building, before I take back the generosity that the PRT has given you," Alexandria said.
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