Chapter 16
It was a long hour after the incident.
The repairs, the fixing, the daunting amount of cash to deal with the aftermath of this mess. Heck, it was amazing they got them out after all of that! Yet as always, the genius that she is easily managed it after a few hours. Of course it caused the machine to break down further, but that's alright. Machines can be rebuilt, not people.
"Although." Davinci then turned away from the pile of scrap that was once the controller to the Rayshifter. Looking at a mass group of Servants with Cursed Arm and Atalanta holding a certain someone.
"It will still be a long while before I can fix this mess. Jason-San." She then said to a rather beat up blonde with bruises on his face and eyes spinning around. Many of the Servants who had been ready to meet their Masters looking rather upset while also sporting some small but notable injuries of their own.
Lucky for them they are Servants, as normal people would have died in an explosion like that. The sword having caused a chain reaction with all the Capsules except for the Masters miraculously. Yet even then they were still somewhat affected by the explosion, even if only a little.
Something they didn't like.
"So then," Davinci leaned down with a dark smile as she looked at Jason who yelped at her closing figure. "Tell me Jason, what was all that about?" She then asked darkly. "For what reason did you throw that sword, caused lots of damage, destroyed numerous Capsules,and even risked the Fujimaru Siblings?"
"Um..uh." The former leader of the Argonauts gulped as he realized just how much trouble he is in now.
Damn what was he thinking that throwing a sword to damage the control console would do anything? I mean seriously!? It wasn't as if the damage it would do would miraculously send him somewhere where he could off himself. Hell, and regular explosions weren't enough to kill him, at most like the others just sting a bit.
And now here he is, being manhandled by two of his victims who had escaped with nothing more but a few burns and scowl expressions. If anything he's lucky only the weaker Servants like Cursed Arm or Jeanne Alter (Lily) attacked first before the much stronger ones did anything to him.
Otherwise he'd really have been sent to the Throne. Just in a much more painful manner.
"Jason." He then heard it, her voice. Looking up wearily, he then saw none other than Medea (Lily) looking at him not with scorn like most of the others, but with worry. Heck, even the Masters that he almost killed, while looking slightly irritated, both also seemed to show worry for him. Hah. How funny. Here he was only caring for himself, yet even then they cared for him. How stupid.
"Hah." Jason relented. Slowly standing up, the two holding him down letting go realizing he had no plans to try and make a run for it. Still, they kept a good eye just in case. Not that it would be needed at the moment anyway.
"I was…" Jason then began slowly. "Well...I guess I was trying to off myself. To get away from all of," He then just waved his hand lazily in the air. "This."
"This?" Ritsuka said questioningly.
"This!" Jason said a little louder. His hand waving at the destroyed Capsules. "Being sent on dangerous missions, put on the front lines. I may be a Saber but I totally suck at fighting." Heck, even if he became another Class like Rider he felt he would still be bad at it. "So I thought, you know, since I'm...useless in a fight, why not leave."
Jason then fell silent, with the Masters looking at him. The gold Servant looked down on the ground not wanting to show his face. Now he was feeling just embarrassed.
To think, him, the former leader of the Argonauts, was whining about fighting and just quitting. It made him upset, not at the Servants or Masters, but at him. Even Angra, the weakest Servant in Chaldea, had more guts than him. How pathetic.
Still, isn't this also better?
After all, unlike his more amazing comrades who can actually fight, Jason didn't really know how to fight properly. There's a reason he stayed in the back lines. He was a planner, not a fighter. Let the more capable warriors do that.
Yet even then...his position as a strategist went away when the Master siblings showed their worth. Sure they weren't elaborate, or clever at times, but they still led the Servants decently enough. Proving time and again that they weren't pushovers.
Yet deep down, because of this, Jason felt that his own support and role just got...weaker.
...Maybe...maybe that's why he wanted to leave?
To save himself the embarrassment of being useless to them?
Was that it?
"You're not useless." Sudden;t, breaking the small and awkward silence, Ritsuka spoke up. Followed after him being Gudako herself.
"Yeah. I mean sure you have a crappy personality and weak stats," Uh, ouch? "But," She continued on. "Your not useless. Heck! You're practically the leader of your own Avengers team!"
"I'm sorry, what?" Jason then asked confused.
"Avengers?" Medea (Lily) said confused. Other Servants also looking at each other unsure what the heck these Avengers are. Were they the Class Avengers? Luckily, Mash was there to explain.
"The Avengers are a very famous group from America." She said while pushing up her glasses. "They are a fictional cast and comic characters that are considered the best heroes in the hero business." While Mask has met real heroes like the Servants, that didn't mean she hated looking and viewing fictional heroes. The Avengers being a favorite after Ritsuka showed her the film.
"Uh-hu!" Ritsuka said nodding. "I mean, Argonauts, Avengers, you're team is practically the Greek version of the Avengers." He then pointed to Hercules, Atalanta, and Medea (Lily). "Hulk, Hawk Eye, and if she was older, I'd say the Scarlet Witch." If only just a sweeter version at most.
"Heck, you can even call upon the Argonauts like the whole 'Avengers Assemble' thing!"
"You mean like them?" Jsaon then pointed weakly at something behind the two Masters. The siblings then checking to then see a group of Avenger Class Servants just standing their in a pose looking rather...cool to be honest.
Angra, Gorgon, Jeanne Alter, Count, and even the great Wolf of Shinjuku. All looking rather badass.
"...Why are you guys posing?" Sigurd then just asked.
"What?" Angra just said. "You said something about Avengers? So I got these guys here. Pretty cool, huh?"
"...More or less, yeah." Ritsuka admitted while his phone took a quick snap, forever remembering this moment. He then turned back to Jason. "Anyway, the point is, you're not useless. A bit of an ass, sure. And while you're no fighter, by no means are you useless when the time comes."
"Yeah!" Gudako added in. "I mean, you did face down the Demon God Pillars! Not to mention even gathered the coolest team in Greek!" She then faced the three members of the Argonauts. "Which reminds me, how did he gather you guys?"
"I was already with him, and joined his journey." Medea (Lily) answered.
"I needed time to think a bit." Atalanta said. "And while it took a while, I got Jason to let me join. Helped on my journey of self-discovery.
Hercules just grunted.
"So see." Ritsuka continued. "While maybe in a fight you aren't the best, best, but you're still someone incredible."
"..." Jason wasn't sure what to say at all. Here he thought he was of no need to the Masters, or anybody in particular. But seeing their smiles which weren't false, and their support...made him think that maybe he isn't as bad as he thought. While hidden, for a moment he had a small smile.
"In any case," Jason then jumped as Davinci came from nowhere, ruining this atmosphere. She then grabbed Jason's shoulder. "While this is all touching, we still have a problem." Her grip then tightened on his shoulder, causing him pain despite the fact she's a Caster. "Someone needs to pay for all the damage."
The current director of Chaldea then looked at one final working Capsule. "Luckily I know the perfect place for you to go. A very dangerous area that's super risky, but has lots of gold. And thankfully we still have one Capsule left, and I have enough power in the command room to send you there."
"B-but I thought it was broken." Jason stammered.
"It is." Davinci said. "But I can make a final tweak to make it work for one last time. And don't worry, while it'll feel like weeks for you there, it'll only be a few days here while I repair the Rayshifter to full function."
Okay. Time to run.
Quickly Jason turned and ran, however something big got in his way.
"H-hercules!" The great Greek Hero himself stood in Jason's path, and shook his head. Grabbing Jason, and then began dragging him to the Capsule.
"N-no!" Jason cried out.
"Don't worry Jason-Sama." Medea (Lily) then said following him with Atalanta in tow. "Thanks to your power, you can just call upon us."
"Yes." Atalanta then cracked her knuckles. "If you need any help, we'll help. Though we still need a few words for you. 'Leader'" At this point the leader of the Argonauts could only whimper as Hercules continued to take him to the Capsule, knowing this was his fate. The other Servants chuckling while they then began leaving until they were called upon later. Leaving only a few people inside to help clean up the mess.
"Guess he'll be busy for a while." Ritsuke chuckled as he saw Jason being stuffed. He then looked at Davinci who's busy on some computers. "Though will he be alright?"
"Of course." The great Davinci said. "While he'll be gone for a while-in his perspective-he'll have his team with him. By the time he returns, he'll punishment will end. For now though, I'll need to check on the data we have and make certain nothing went further wrong with the machine. Especially after it affected their Saint Graph."
"Saint Graph?" Chaldea's precise female Master and leader of the Knights of the Round Table Gudako then said worried. "Is something wrong?"
"No, not really." Davinci assured the Masters. "It's just that moments before the Capsules exploded, the fifteen Servants were 'transported' somewhere. Or at least that's what the data says."
"But, they're right here." Mash said to her confused.
"I know," Davinci continued while looking at her readings. "Yet for some reason it says here they were transported, or at least a good chunk of their Spirit Graph origins before it was refilled here."
"Is that...bad?' Ritsuka asked as both he and his sister were now worried over the Servants caught in the explosion. Davinci gave them a smile though.
"Don't worry, they're fine." She tells them making them feel relieved. She then looked back at the data. "It's possible that this is just an error. At worst maybe we sent some kind of…'copy' elsewhere. Though where I would have no idea, as Jason's sword caused a huge glitch in the coordinate system flinging their theoretical 'copies' anywhere. Though that's assuming anything was transported at all."
Of course the great genius that Davinci is will look further into this just to be certain. Though she doubted these 'copy' things were real, and it was just a glitch from the multiple errors caused.
Things were just fine.
Welp everyone, it seems that this chapter is focused on Chaldea, and...it seems it was all a dream. Jason and his team along with the others were not transported anywhere at all. Haha, what a good joke. After all, Davinci herself said it likely wasn't possible...right?
Moving on, the Poll is closed and I actually got a three way tie consisting of Jason and his crew, Atlas, and even Roman's story. That was unexpected, but don't worry, I'll figure out which to pick. Until Next Time.
-The Argonauts can definitely be seen as the Greek versions of the Avengers.