Hey guys, been a long time since I updated this story or showed any signs of being alive. But fear not! I am alive! Or at least I think I am. I'll check it later, anyways enjoy the chapter!
As Rena pondered on who this Seris was, she kept a decent stare on the sleeping man. Elsword went over to Aisha to try and give her a healing potion, despite completely ignoring his own wounds that were severe. Add and his gang shortly came to see the man that was dubbed captain from the crew members and the many injuries that Elsword, Aisha and Rena bared.
"Sorry we're late! That guy was a sneaky one and got the both of us good." Said Chung while catching his breath, Add was just scanning their surroundings and the attack teams injuries by the man sleeping on Rena's lap.
"Hmm..." Hummed Add as he went to the man and started to analyze his mechanical arm, he was sure it was a prototype as there were some flaws here and there, as he further analyze it he was sure he saw it twitch and it had a nasod core?
"What's wrong Add?" Asked Rena as his expression turned serious, Chung and Ara came close to the both of them.
"Hold him down." Said Add out of nowhere while pointing to the man, they were confused of his request. "Hold him down! The core is still active!" He yelled this time as they were restraining the man his mechanical arm started to move on its own to try and attack them.
"What!? How is that possible!?" Asked Chung bewildered of the current mechanical claw working despite the man still be asleep. Suddenly the man woke up and his amber eyes were replaced to a crimson color and started to rampage while he was restraint.
"Its the arm, its an implanted nasod that controls its host." Explained Add as he was tweaking the said claw. "Its likely a finished prototype, but every prototype has a regulator somewhere... There it is!" He exclaimed as he turned the regulator back to 0, before it was so high that he didn't know how this Raven guy didn't die from it.
As soon as it went to 0 Raven stopped rampaging and calmed down, his crimson eyes went back to the his amber ones and the claw stopped attacking. He then looked around his surroundings to see the gang members and Rena.
"What happened? Am I on control?" He asked as he looked to his body, it still had his previous wounds, but he disregarded those and moved his human hand to make sure of something.
"You should be now." Said Add as he stood up, Raven saw the tracer then move a bit to a certain magician to see if she would be out longer. "You're lucky that you haven't died yet, that counter was too high for any human to endure." He finished as he was closing his space with Aisha.
"Are you okay now?" Asked Rena to Raven, when he saw her he widened his eyes to her. She looked very similar to Seris, all the way to the hair.
"Seris? Is that really you?" He asked with hope in his mind, if there was even the faintest sign, a miracle, heck even a word that would be her he wouldn't know what to do.
"Who's Seris?" She asked confusedly towards the taker. "My name is Rena, are you feeling better?" She said as she was curing his wounds with healing magic.
"No... I'm not." He said it like a whisper getting away from the three gang members to some distance and sitting down on the edge of his ship.
Add opened a dimensional portal and ordered 4 nasod healers to heal the wounds of the gang, especially Elsword, that boy was a wreck. He then proceeded towards Raven, still sitting near the edge of the ship in deep thought.
"Hey." He said as casual as he could while sitting down next to the taker, he looked at Add and noted his nasod creations behind him and on his wrists. "She looks like someone you knew right?"
"...How did you figured it out?" He asked as he was surprised he was easily read by him, Add almost chuckled at the response.
"I can read most people, and you and I had it rough. Your scars say a lot and those words you uttered to Rena putted a few pieces together." He explained towards the taker, he seemed to understand how he was read.
"I thought I was dreaming when I saw her, she looks just like her, head to toe." He said while stealing a glance to the elf, he quickly looked forward towards the clouds and recalled the moments he spent with his beloved.
"I know it wasn't you that did the your wronging's, it was the nasod arm right?" He asked to him only to get a nod from him while he was still thinking, from a pleasant memory to a serious expression on his face.
"I think I should forget about the past... We should only look forward right?" Raven asked to the tracer that was frowning at him, did he said something wrong to him?
"Tell me, did she do everything she could to help you?" The question surprised him, Add was looking dead serious to him as if his answer would be crucial to him.
"...She did." He answered to him with some sorrow on his words, he still remembered the sacrifice they made just to save his life.
"Then never forget the past." He said as he was looking to the distance, Raven could see the face of a man clinging to his past. "If you do, then you don't deserve to live." He said with the greatest of sorrows, in the past he had a good life until everything went downhill. "If it wasn't for their sacrifice then you would of died and their legacy would die with them right?"
What he said was true, Raven was the legacy of his gang, the legacy his fiancee went to preserve and save while Add's legacy was... A mystery to himself. Although this conversation went to a side that neither of them knew it would go, he was happy to say the least, not smiling though, he didn't want the gang or the others to see this soft side of him.
"...Thanks for the talk." He thanked to the tracer, as the said person stood up and walked back to see Elsword going on a tantrum against the others leaving the taker back to his thoughts.
"Are you crazy Elsword!?" Said Chung and Aisha at the same time towards the redhead.
"Why are you two so worked up about? Sure he was our enemy, but that was because of the nasod arm." He clarified as he listened to Add's explanation.
"I agree, we should give him a chance." Rena supported Elsword's idea.
"You got his idiocy Rena!? He almost killed us!" Exclaimed Aisha towards the elf.
"Hey I'm not an idiot!" He yelled angrily towards the magician.
"Yes, you are!" She barked back with anger as well.
"No, I'm not! He would make a good ally!" He was convinced that Raven could help them.
"You think we should trust him?" Asked Ara silently to Chung, he shook his head to signify he didn't know.
"What's going on here?" Asked Add as Aisha and Elsword just kept bickering with each other, Rena took the liberty to explaining him what Elsword proposed.
"That's actually a good idea." Said Add making Aisha stop her bickering with the redhead and look at him.
"You too Add!? Why doesn't anyone hear me?" She said with a deadpan defeat.
"Give him a chance, the guy wasn't himself." He answered towards the magician. "Plus if you were in his shoes, I would say to let you join us too." He finished as he looked to the side, she looked at him and then to the side with the faintest of pink on her face.
"F-fine! But if attacks us then he's out!" She said just to get the final word, the gang agreed to her terms and went to tell Raven the news.
"You're telling me, that I can join your gang? Even after what I did to you?" He asked towards the gang with a surprised expression, he wasn't expecting for them to do that.
"You're skilled with a sword and the way you can use your nasod arm is very effective, you would make a great addition to the gang and for our goal." Said Elsword, Add knew that it was Conwell that putted the nasod part, but the rest seemed his alone.
"...I don't know if I should, I've done so much evil while being controlled that I think I'm not worth it to join your gang." He responded as he looked back into the distance.
"Then repent for your sins." Said Add making the gang look at him with a surprised look. "Join us and repent them, that way you can help us and help the others around you." Raven pondered with the decision and then stood up.
"...Okay." He said as he continued to look into the distance and remembered what he promised to his beloved. "But look at me, as the captain of the black crows." He finished as he was renewed with a new reason to live.
"Get your things then captain and tell your crew the news, we'll be at the docking area for you." Said Elsword as he was already moving ahead after hearing what Raven had to say.
As they walked they heard Raven ordering his crew to cease fire against the intruders, he also told them that they would make a new start. The end of the dark history of the black crows and the beginning of the age of light for them.
When they arrived at the docking area they saw the gas mask crew doing a salute to the gang before moving to repair the ship of the damage they done, well mostly because of Add but lets discard those details.
"Are you guys ready?" Once the gang looked behind they saw a completely different clothed Raven though his nasod arm and sword were still the same. He had a necklace with two black feathers and a red headband on his forehead, he donned black armor with a few straps of red and orange. He looked more like a captain now than before.
"*Whistle* Now you look apart Raven." Said Add looking the taker up and down to get a good look on him. "When did you get that?"
"This is the armor I wore in the past, I kept it as a reminder." He explained as he was ordering the black crow crew to make repairs in some placers and to move stuff out of the way. "I never got your names."
"I'm Elsword Sieghart, leader of this gang."
"You're the leader? I thought that..." Raven pointed towards Add, said person just shook his head and pointed back at Elsword.
"I'm Aisha and I'm still angry for you almost killing me." She said with anger visible on her expression.
"I'm Rena, hope we can get along for now on." She said while giving the taker a gentle smile, he almost showed a pained expression but held it in.
"I'm Chung, nice to meet you Raven."
"I'm Ara Haan and this is Eun." She said while pointing to her hairpin
"Nice to meet you human."
"A possessed hairpin?" He said in a stoic way.
"I get that tone a lot human." She finished as she was back to talking with Ara.
"And last, but not least, I'm Add." He said while extending his hand, Raven took the gesture and shook his hand. "Counting on you in the future Raven."
"I'll be counting on you too Add." At that moment his nasod arm seemed to tremble a bit, was it trying to say or do something?
"Once we're back down you need to apologize to the ponggos." Explained Elsword to Raven, of course he nodded as he was ready to apologize for his sins and make amends to them somehow.
Two years later (Velder arc - Add only)
*Clack*
Both the esper and the redhead knight clashed each others weapons, they seemed to smile sadistically as both of them want to destroy the other.
*Clack*Clink*Clack*
They both attacked and each attack was countered, the demons could only see two warriors fighting to the death to quench their thirst for blood.
"Go purple guy! Finish that redhead!" "Come on! We'll help you out if you get a hit on her!" "Finish him knight!" The demons were now betting to see who would win, not so far two distinctive demons were looking at the battle and analyzed the purple man.
"Shut the fuck up!" Both fighters turned towards the demons infuriated that they can't concentrate on destroying the other.
"Void Impact!" He shouted as he amplified the energy on the closest demon to generate a subspace and teared it to shreds.
"Ejection Burster!" She shouted as she launched forward a beam of evil energy.
When the beam hit the ongoing skill of Add's it amplified the existing beam into a bigger and stronger one, the end result was a visible destroyed path with no demons in sight.
"Good riddance. Want to continue this fight pretty face?" Asked Add towards the knight, she didn't said any words just showed a smirk to state a yes. "Good! Entertain me more! Make me sane again!"
"He seems to be very powerful to be able to withstand Elesis brute strength." Said the male demon towards the little demon beside him, she was still analyzing him but gave in to her butler.
"I wonder where he came from. He isn't a demon, but his aura is the same as mine. Ciel, once the battle is done we are going to talk to him" She said with conviction towards her helper.
Sorry for the short chapter, having difficulties getting inspired on it although I already visualized the future chapters, I haven't put much thought on the Altera arc as I should. Next chapter I'll try to put something even more