Chapter 38: The Divine Inconvience!

Back at Alfonse's home, he and the others continued to celebrate their collaboration as well as the defeat of the General. Some were fine with Marth running off to stop Legion, while others were worried and concerned. Alm and his friends fit the bill of the latter.

[Askr—Alfone's House]

Celica pulls Marth aside in private. "Marth and his friends aren't here yet. Should we do something?"

Alm takes his party hat off and rests it on a table. "It's your call."

"Friends, gather. We have to search for Marth and his friends," Celica said to her friends who were bunched up together as they played a game. They all got up along with Alm's friends.

"That girl was up to something..." Alm mumbled.

He, Celica, Clair, Faye, Genny, Boey, Lukas and the rest of their friends leave the house through the hole Legion caused in the wall.

"Aw come on. Everyone keeps leavin' the party. Just when I was generously gonna hand out my special candies," Gaius cried out.

Wrys gags. "Agh, I cannot digest those with my little ol' stomach."

Gaius turns to Wrys with the candy in hand. "Open up, gramps!"

Gaius stuffs the candy down Wyrs's mouth.

"Ahshdjfocjdudjhdhsbsuxhzb!" Wrys screamed while choking.

"Hey! Stop that!" Merric yelled at the thief as the mage helped Wrys spit the candy out.

"My bad. What's your problem dude?" Gaius barked at Merric.

Chrom pulls Gaius aside. "Gaius, relax, he's just trying to stick up for the elder. Just as Ricken would of done for me..."

"This ain't about the boy. He's old news...that is until he comes here!"

Chrom hums. "I don't know about that..."

Meanwhile back in the outside skirts of Askr, with Legion and his allies on the go Marth finally manages to reach up to Legion's old spot. Alm, Celica, and the rest greet Marth just in time.

"Alm!" Marth cried out.

"Marth!" he replied.

Celica looks at Marth. "Are you alright?"

"Don't worry about me. We are a team, remember?" Marth reminded Celica.

Alm nods. "Say, where's the others? Your team?"

"They traveled a bit far off and—"

Marth was interrupted by a loud, obnoxious attention-grabbing false cough.

"Drop your weapons and the girls shall live!"

Camus is seen holding Genny and Boey out of nowhere.

Boey squirms in Camus' grasp. "G-Girls...?!"

Camus laughs. "Hahahah. Whatever!"

"You seemed to strike me as a feminine girl," Clarisse joked at Boey.

"Idiot, clearly I am a boy!" Boey retaliated back to her.

"A boy...doing the duties of a mage? Hahahah. I'm not judging you by the way. I've known a few male mages and sages!"

"I will never forget that insult!" Boey barked at Clarisse.

Athena snaps her fingers at her allies. "Stop talking and capture them!"

Camus drags Genny and Boey into a strange glimmering pod and then the four outlaws drag Marth in while his Falchion drops to the ground.

"Close it!" Reinhardt screamed at Legion. Legion does as he is told. Reinhardt casts a spell to the ground that releases smoke in front of Alm and Celica's group before leaving. Alm coughs from all of the smoke.

Mae gasps. "No way! They're GONE!"

Lukas looks at Alm. "Alm..."

Alm frowns. "How are we going to explain this to Alfonse?"

"Simple. We won't!" Clair suggested.

"Clair!" Alm yelled.

Clair shrugs. "Okay, don't take my suggestion. Fine then. Carry on..."

Alm stares at a blade lying on the ground. "He dropped his Falchion!"

"Keep it safe," Lukas told Alm. Alm nods.

"I want it!" Faye said.

Mae pushes Faye aside. "I call dibs on the sword buddy!"

"You can't just take his sword Mae. It's Marth's. Therefore, only he can wield it to his full potential," Celica protested.

"Really? Tell that to the other six guys walking around with one," Mae joked at Celica.

"I have one..." Alm said glancing at Marth's Falchion, then his. Alm holds Marth's Falchion in his right arm before sheathing it. Alm paused for a moment before unsheathing Marth's Falchion.

"Hm..his blade has alot of scratches and dent marks on it. Guess his is old..."

Faye observes Marth's Falchion along with Alm then stops ad jumps up. "Um, have we forgotten that Marth has just been kidnapped?"

Mae clutches her spell-slinging fist. "Let's go after them! Although they left, the pod is still here!"

"It ran out of juice," Faye commented.

"It's inanimate?" Mae asked.

"No, I mean battery. Power," Faye explained to Mae.

"That poses a question. Tailgate their escape and save Marth and friends or waste time and report the news to Alfonse?" Alm asked his allies.

"Well..." Celica hummed.

"This is important. Marth, Genny and Boey's life are on the lines," Lukas shouted.

"Who knows if they can even take on four other guys?" Mae said while shrugging her shoulders.

Faye frowns. "Don't forget that the one in the mask has brothers..."

Celica sprints ahead to the pod. "Agh..I'm saving them! Forget Alfonse for now.."

Celica runs to the pod and jams it open.

Alm gasps. "H-Hey! Wait!"

Celica ignores Alm. "Two of my bestest and dearest friends are in there!"

Alm stares at the brand. "Make some room. I'm joining you!"

"You're not alone. The rest of us are coming in too," Mae shouted at Alm.

"No! One of you go tell Alfonse now!" Alm demanded from his allies.

"Alm. I really wanna come along!" Faye cheered.

"Faye, no offense but if you really want to help, you'd go break the news to Alfonse," Celica suggested to Faye.

Faye groans. "...Alright then! Geez..."

Faye storms off.

Lukas looks at Mae. "Mae. Can you watch her?"

"Say please?" Mae asked him.

"Please," Lukas said to her.

"Say pretty please with sprinkles on top," Mae bargained to Lukas with puppy dog eyes.

"WE DON'T have time for this," Lukas calmly cried out.

Mae laughs. "Ahahah. Lukas got so mad!"

Lukas blushes. "Hurry!"

Mae goes with Faye to tell Alfonse about Marth being kidnapped while Alm, Celica, Clair and Lukas travel in the pod into unknown territory.