Okay so like I said this one was going to take a little longer but hey! It also is a little longer to! This obviously took me longer since the length of it and it being a week day not giving me a much time to focus on writing but I still managed to pump this one out. I might take a small break but when I come back Ill have a fresh chapter for you guys.
All that could be heard was a ringing noise. Slowly but steadily light was starting to fade back in and the world was starting to reemerge in front of him. It came back in bits and pieces. His vison, sense of touch, smell and then finally hearing.
After Ryan blinked his eyes a couple of times, he saw of all people was the apple man. He was waving an apple right in front of his face saying something.
"What?" Ryan asked very confused
The man began to wave the apple a little but more erratically still speaking something to him.
"I…..pple…..r..not?" was all Ryan could hear the man say
"What the hell are you saying?" Ryan asked a bit frustrated
"I said do you want to buy the apple or not?" he then finally heard the man say
Ryan stood there staring at the man as if he was an idiot. Didn't he already tell the man he didn't have any money? Didn't he already shoo him and Emilia off?
That was it.
Emilia.
Ryan could remember just as if it was only seconds before, he was squeezing her cold dying hand.
"What in the fucking deJa'vu is this?"
Ryan began to walk off waving the man's arm out of his face
"No, I don't want any apples go find someone else to buy your shit"
As Ryan walked away he could her the man mumble something to himself but he could care less at the moment.
"This is a dream or something right?"
He then looked down and rubbed his stomach and looked at his hand, relived to see it was all in one piece and not covered in blood.
"That shack. We were at that shack and then… fuck I got to get there. Why the fuck didn't Puck pop out and help us. I don't know what the fuck is going on, but this shit has got me on edge"
As Ryan was thinking to himself, he began to pick his pace back up before heading down an oddly strange alleyway. Just as he figured out where he was three suspiciously recognizable individuals come out from the opposite end.
"Fuck I don't have time for this" he said to himself
Already knowing what the three were up to and not even giving them time to think or talk Ryan charged at the trio. The first person Ryan took out was again the very small man with a heavy kick planted on his face.
As the other two saw Ryan punt their friend down the alley way, they began to take action, but Ryan was already a step ahead of them. Ryan with lighting speed brought the butt of his M4 under the chin of the middle man making a loud cracking sound as it made contact with him.
As he went down Ryan then made direct eye contact with the last and largest man.
"And fuck you the most you ugly pig looking sack of shit"
When the insult registered to the man and he began to charge at Ryan who then simply jammed the barrel of his M4 into the man's right eye, blinding him permanently in that eye and also putting him out for the count.
"Fucked with the wrong motherfucker today" he said to the three thugs on the ground as he took off running to the slums.
"Emilia might be mad at me for ditching her, but I can't let whatever I just saw happen to her"
He ran through the streets narrowly avoiding the people and carriages going about their daily lives.
It took him some time and a lot of energy running around in full kit but in a short time but Ryan was already in the slums a lot quicker than he could of imagined.
"Fuck I guess when you're not walking around in circles all day this place really wasn't that far away"
As he realized he was starting to get closer to Rom's Loot House he began to slow down and come to a walk to catch his breath. He was very use to running long distances even in full kit, but Ryan could feel his heart pounding against his chest in aggravation of being pushed so hard.
"Let's just hope that whatever the fuck happened hasn't happened, or I'm in a deep world of shit" he said to himself as he began to approach the house.
When Ryan got up the door he paused before reaching the handle
"What if their already dead? What if this is another trap? Fuck, man the fuck up Ryan do this shit and get back to Emilia"
Ryan instead of opening the door decided to knock on it. If there was no reply, he would know that it was a trap and worst case scenario he would throw one of his grenades in before he breached the building.
After a couple of knocks Ryan began to worry and started to bang on the door louder
"Listen please, if there is someone in there answer me" he said
His knocks began to grow louder and louder until he was almost punching the door when the door to his left flung open and walked out a giant of an old man standing several feet above Ryan
"Shut yer damn trap! Tryna bust down my damn door when you don't even know the signal or password!" the giant man said leaning down to Ryan and putting his face right in front of Ryan's
Ryan too stunned to even move was in shock.
"This was the guy. This is the man who was laid out bleeding from before"
As the giant then looked at Ryan and studied him even more.
"Hmm, I don't know who. Who are ya?" he asked Ryan in a curious tone
Ryan finally snapping back to it replied to him
"I umm" he said trying to think quickly on his feet "I heard you're the man to come to for selling stuff quietly"
After a moment of silence, the big man roared in laughter
"Well ya heard right! Ya damn well heard right. Come on in and take yer a seat" he said walking back into the shop
Ryan blinked a couple of times forcing himself to realize that actually worked
"Well, I'll be damned" he said to himself quietly shrugging
As Ryan walked in, he shut the door behind him and as he walked to a seat the old man was gesturing to he was rapidly scanning the whole entire room. Even as he sat down Ryan kept looking around and over his shoulder at the whole room now lit up by the outside light.
"This looks exactly like it was before. This is so fucking weird."
The old man then sat down across the counter from Ryan and began to take large gulps from the mug that was in front of him. After taking a generously long couple of gulps the man put the mug back down on the counter and looked at Ryan who was still looking around the inside of the building.
"Fuck me this is so fucking weird"
"What're all fidgety for boy? Are ya balls chaffin' ya that much or something?" he said getting Ryan's attention
Ryan looked at the giant man "What? No man my balls are perfectly fine that's not what's bothering me. Better yet let's not talk about my junk at all shall we?"
"Eh" the man began "you're already interrupting my evening booz." He said and as to emphasize on that point he took a couple of more quick gulps from his mug then looked back a Ryan
"If you start talkin' about boring shit now you'll kill me." He finished with a burp
Ryan fanned away the burp with his hand "If you keep drinking like that and you wont need me to kill you" he said as he put his hand back down
"Actually, I've got a dumb question for you old man" Ryan said then looking at him with all seriousness "have you died recently are something of the sorts?"
As the old man looked at Ryan, he took the question as a joke and slapped at top of his bald head before he began to laugh
"Well, I admit I'm and old man at death's door, but I ain't really died yet" he said in a very amused tone
Ryan cut in "Okay well then what about a girl with silver hair, have you seen someone like that?"
The old man then looked down at his cup as if to see how much booze was left in it
"No I can't say I've seen anyone like that around here"
Ryan then looked down at the bar questing reality as it was.
"Then what the fucking hell actually happened? Was that some sort of fucking vision of the future or a very severe case of deJa'vu?"
The giant man than spoke up again and got Ryna's attention "What are ya exactly doing here yerself anyways?"
This snapped Ryan out of his thoughts
"I'm looking for an insignia. It belongs to the silver haired girl, and I would like to return it to her. It is very important to her as well. If I remember correctly, it has a small jewel in the middle of it too." He said to the old man
The man began to lift his mug back up to his lips "A insignia with a jewel in the middle of it?" he then put his mug back down the fully address Ryan "Sorry but I aint got nothin like that for yer" he said being very sure of himself despite appearing to be drunk
"Are you sure? Try to think, has nobody brought something like that in here yet?" Ryan said agitated
"If I can't remember when I'm at my best, with a shit ton of booze in me, then the only explanation is that I don't know. But…" he said looking at Ryan giving him a smug grin
"I've got someone coming in later with some goods and I've been told that it is some good stuff. There's a good chance that could be what your lookin' for"
"Wait" Ryan said cutting him off "Is there a chance that a girl named Felt is the one coming in with it?"
"Wow" said the giant old man surprised "Ya even know who swiped it from ya? Of course" he said looking back down his mug again "whether you'll be able to afford it is another matter"
"Heh" Ryan chuckled "At the moment I'm pretty fucking broke" Ryan said as the old man took some more gulps of his drink
"Ain't no use in discussion it then" the old man said pulling the mug away from his mouth"
Ryan raised an eyebrow "Well, I think I've got some pretty good shit to trade in return for it" he said confidently
"Hm?" the old man said raising an eyebrow of his own "Now that you say it, you are wearing a lot of weird things"
Ryan nodded "Yeah I guess you could say that I'm not from around here"
The old man gave Ryan another look over
"Well if you wantin' to trade for that insignia back yer just gonna have to wait until Felt comes back with the loot. So go outside yer takin' up all my good air"
Ryan got up to do as he was asked "Fine with me, I don't want to watch a man drink himself into a stupor anyways"
The old man laughed again "It'll take more than just a couple of mugs to make me drunk!" he said as Ryan walked out the door and sat down on the front porch of the establishment.
"Great now what the fuck can I give to them? My compass or maybe even some glowstick… fuck I'll even give them one of my flashbangs if it comes down to it."
As Ryan was thinking of what he could part with to trade he looked down the street leading up to the shop. When he did he could see two children in dirty and torn up clothes further down the street looking back at him.
"The fucking kids at the convoy…. What a shitty fucking couple of days"
Ryan then waved at them but the both just continued to stare at him as if he was some sort of oddity to them.
"Guess I'm not too liked around here" he said to himself as he then look off into the distance at the capital. When he did he saw a massive hill with hundreds if not thousands of buildings on it all leading up the huge building on top.
"Must be a kick in the ass seeing that every day from all the way down here" he to himself
As Ryan continued to stare around the slums just idly passing the time some footsteps could be heard approaching him. When stopped and spoke to him was when Ryan finally turned his attention to them.
"Hey, what are you doing here? You're blocking my way." Said a feminine voice
His eyes widened when he saw who it was.
"The fucking thief."
"Felt!" he said excited to find the girl
"You know me?" she replied raising an eyebrow in confusion
"No, I just wanted to say your name. Of course I know you, I've been waiting on you" Ryan answered
"What for?" she said still put off by Ryan somehow knowing her name
"What, so you're saying that you don't remember or know me?" Ryan asked
She then leans in and looks closely at Ryan
"Have we met? You know, I'm a busy women, so unless they leave a huge impression, I don't remember most people I meet" Felt said to Ryan
"Well, it wasn't maybe that big but I would still say it was… well forget about that" Ryan said then standing up
"I want to negotiate or trade for the insignia that you got" Ryan said to her
She then put her hand up to her chin and looked at the sky for a bit while thinking. After thinking for a couple of seconds she replied
"Oh, so that's it is, huh?" she looked at him with a smile "alright, I'll hear you out" finishing with a giggle
She then walked pass Ryan and up to the door which she knocked on with two light knocks. Just after Rom's voice could be heard from the inside
"For a rat.."
"Poison" Felt replied curtly
"For a white whale…" Rom continued
"A harpoon" Felt replied just a quick a before
"To the noble dragon lord, we are.." Rom said continuing the riddle
"Shitbags." Felt said causing Ryan to smirk at the childish riddle
A couple of second latter the left door was then opened, Ryan and Felt seeing Rom towering over it inviting them in.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Old Man Rom" Felt said walking into the building
"My target was more persistent than I thought. It took a while to shake them."
Ryan then followed her in and waved to Rom surprising him almost as if the in short time he was outside he completely forgot about Ryan
Felt sat down at the counter and Ryan sat down to her right leaving one seat in between them. Rom closed the door and walked around the other side of the counter he was at before.
With exchanging any words Rom began to pour Felt a cup of white liquid and gave it to her. She eagerly picked up the cup and began to drink it.
After about two sips she made a face of disgust and held the cup away from here.
"Rom did you water this milk down? It's nasty."
Ryan chuckled to himself the girl who called herself a women only moments ago was now trying to enjoy a cup of milk.
"Hey" Rom spoke up "I give you something outta the goodness of my heart, and you call it gross?" he said whole putting his giant head on her head and playfully shaking her back and forth
Ryan looked at the two as he took in the sight
"Didn't think that you two would have such close of a relationship, kinda cute to see" He said
Rom took his hand off of Felt's head as Felt looked at Ryan
"Don't talk like a wuss when you got a face almost as scary as Old Man Rom's."
Hearing this agitated Ryan
"I've been called many things but ugly was never one of them and you think I could compare to that guy?" he said back to her
She playfully smiled and held her hand up apologetically
"Okay, I went too far that time. Sorry bro."
With that being said Rom cut in
"Hey, you two in some sort of conspiracy to piss me off? Are you?" he asked
Ignoring his outburst Felt put the cup she was holding down
"Right, well, why don't we get down to some business then? How much will you pay for it?" she asked
"Damn, you don't really waste any time do you? Before I even answer, you do have the insignia with you right?"
"Of course I do!" Felt laughed replying to the question as she was reaching inside of the jacket she was wearing. After a few seconds she pulled out a tiny black triangle in which Ryan assumed was the insignia.
"See?" she asked holding it up for Ryan to look at.
Rom then held out his hand for Felt to hand it to him. When she placed it in his hand he brought the insignia up to his face to study it. As he was looking at it Felt looked back to Ryan
"This one has got a jewel in it, so I had to work pretty hard to get it. If you can pay enough to match my effort, we'll both be happy." She said as she crossed her arms
"I don't have any money" Ryan said plainly
"Then we have nothing to discuss' Felt shouted at him
Ryan raised up his hand to stop her from pouting
"Guess I have no choice then"
"Calm down, would you? I may not have any money to give you, but I have a couple of things worth money." And when he said that he pulled out a flashbang from his vest
"What I have here is a blinding bomb. It can blind and even deafen people temporarily from up to five feet away. I think if used in the right situation it could help you steal something in plain sight and allow you to get away or you could even use it for a getaway from someone chasing you."
Both Felt and Rom starred at the flashbang Ryan set on the table when Rom went to grab it Ryan stopped him.
"Careful big guy, if you crush that you could set that off and mess us all up' Ryan said nervously eyes Rom's giant hand about to pick up his flashbang
Rom went to pick it up and examine it anyway
"I can't say I've ever seen anything like this before" he said eyeing it "If what he's saying in true ya could steal you a big haul of loot Felt"
He then handed it to Felt who held it and eyed it suspiciously
"How do I even know your telling us the truth?" she asked him quizzically
Ryan held up his hands "Look I don't even want to give that to you two but you've left me no choice"
Ryan then takes out his compass and sets it on the table as well "Look" he says
"This thing can help you find your way if you ever get lost and can even glow in the dark"
Rom again went to pick up and examine the item Ryan placed on the table
"Ohh, I think I heard of these before, but how come this one is so small?" he said handing it to Felt who placed the flashbang on the table
"Some genius figured out how to make them small, I guess? Point being those are two pretty valuable things wouldn't you say?"
Rom took a second to think while Felt toyed around with the compass shaking it to see the water on the inside create small bubbles
"Hmm" Rom said "While I can't say these two items could ever be used together sperate they could still be very useful to somebody in certain situations"
Ryan leaned in "So? What do you say, could it possibly be the same amount as the insignia?"
"There's no doubt yer could get away from a risky haul with the flash bomb and yer could also go off the beaten path and still find yer way with the compass."
"Then that settles it, these two for the insignia" Ryan said reaching over to take it from Felt but at the last second she pulled back
"Nope. Not yet" she said
"Well why the hell not?" Ryan asked
"You're not the only one I'm negotiating with for this." She said
"What the hell are you on about?' Ryan asked getting agitated
"Besides, I nabbed this insignia because I was asked to. My client told me I could get ten holy coins for it" She said holding up both of her hands and spreading her fingers apart showing all ten of her fingers
"What so you already had a deal with someone for the insignia? I really don't know what ten holy coins are worth but" Ryan said before Rom cut him off
"Those two things you showed is worth at least fifteen if not twenty holy coins. No, there are probably fanciers or adventures out there who would pay more for things like that."
"Really?!" Felt erupted "That means I can get away with overcharging for it!" she said
"You almost sound proud for scamming people but besides that, when and where are you meeting your client?" Ryan asked
"Don't worry." Felt said "Negotiations will be held here. If a little thing like me dealt with them alone, I'd be sunk if a client decided to bilk me. But with Old Man Rom here, I don't have to worry about that." She said folding her arms and smiling in satisfaction.
Just as she finished there was a couple of light knocks at the door and Rom looked at Felt
"Do they know the password?" He asked her
"Oh, I didn't mention it." She said back to him
"That's probably for me anyway." Felt said getting up "So ill go and check" she finished now walking towards the door
As she walked away to open the door Ryan spoke to Rom
"You don't feel like that girl is just using you for you or something?" he asked him
"Well, it ain't like we're total stranger" he replied "I've know her a long time, so I'll help her out." He said getting up from his seat.
He walked over to a line of long spears and weapons he had leaned up against the wall and reached over and grabbed a very huge and oversized club
"That thing has got to weight a ton, there's no way he can actually use that right?"
And just then Rom picked up the club and brought it over back to where he was sitting as if it weight no more than a bag of feathers
"You know, even I have to give props to somebody who can give off a, don't fuck with me sight, like you do." Ryan said nervously
"Well, look at where we are. Everyone around here is desperately just to survive. It's common for youngsters to join forces with others in similar situations to keep themselves alive. But Felt ain't cut out for that. That's why I gotta look out for her." He said to Ryan
"Hmm, that's actually a very noble thing for you to do" Ryan said giving the man some respect
Just then Felt walked over back to them and spoke up "I was right. It was for me"
They all then looked towards the door to see who this other bidder was
"Over here. Care to sit down?' Felt said gesturing to an open seat for them
As the person walked in Ryan saw the most suggestive dressed women he's seen outside of a strip club.
"Jesus fuck and she just walks around like that?"
The woman's clothes covered all of here modest part but it reviled almost all of her stomach, and very large portion of her chest and the see through leggings wasn't helping Ryan keep concentration either.
"Focus you horny fuck"
"There seems to be several outsiders here." She said in a very business like manner
Felt spoke up "Well, I'd be in trouble if you decided to bilk me. We weaklings have our own brand of smart." She said
The women began to approach the three "I know this older fellow, but who's the young man?" she said eyeing Ryan up and down
"This guy is your rival. He's the other person negotiating with me." Felt said to her
The women the turned and looked at Ryan with a slight friendly smile on her face, locking eyes with Ryan.
"Purple puffy shits coming from her cape, purple flower in her hair and even somewhat purple eyes. Her gaze is even fucking giving me the creeps"
Ryan simply nodded. "Yeah" was all he could think to say under her gaze
"Well then lets all move to the table and Rom get her a drink she must be thirsty" said Felt gesturing to both of them to sit down
As the women approached her seat she asked Ryan "So who might you be then?"
"You can call me Ryan. What should I call you?" he said not trying to be put off by her erotic nature
"You can call me Elsa" she said to him
Ryan then got up and sat to where Felt was pointing and the women sat directly across from Ryan. Just as she sat down Rom put down a cup of fresh milk in front of her.
Rom sat at the end of the table and then Felt ended up sitting in the chair next to Ryan.
"You two are going to have to try and outbid each other for the insignia" Felt said as the women took a sip from her drink.
When she pulled it from her lips there was still some foam left on it and she seductively licked it away.
Ryan tried and did his best to not be distracted from this women's seductive allure.
"Insignia Ryan we're here for the fucking insignia not to well… fuck"
"I see" she said as she lowered her drink "I understand the situation now."
"Since you two are going to be bidding against each other, I don't really care who gets the insignia so I'll just sell it to the highest bidder." Felt said
"I think I like that personality of yours." Said the women who then used a hand to gesture to Ryan "And how much did this young man bid?"
Ryan gestured to the table "I'm putting up these two items. One can help you find your way in the most helpless of situations and the other can help you get out of the most of helpless situations" He said doing his best to sell his products
"There both very rare and more than likely the only ones you will ever find in this world" he said matter of factly "The muscle man tells me its worth no less than twenty holy coins"
Elsa inspects the two items Ryan has sat on the table
"Hmm, as it happens, the client sent me with some extra funds. Just so I'd be prepared to sweeten the deal." She says
"The client" Ryan says " So you were asked to fetch it too?" Ryan asked her
"That's right. The client is the one who wants it. Would you happen to be in the same business?" she asks Ryan
Ryan smirks "Well if they were in the same business as me right now, they would be someone who is more than likely fired at this point" he said thinking about how he completely abandoned Emilia
They all three look at Ryan almost surprised he would say something so self-deprecating during a deal like this but Felt gets the deal back on tract
"So this more than likely unemployed guy has named a price that puts him far in the lead. What price is your master putting on it?" Felt ask the women
Elsa then reaches into her robe, most likely a hidden pocket, and takes out a pouch and sets it on the table pouring out its contents. What came out was a bunch of silver looking coins.
The number of coins visibly shocks Felt while Rom picks them up and begins counting them. The women keeps a neutral expression the whole time while keeping her slight smile maintaining eye contact with Ryan and Felt.
"Twenty exactly" Rom says as he gets done counting the coins. Ryan and Felt both look at them while the women still has her eyes locked on him.
"These are all the holy coins my employer sent with me. Are they not quite enough?" she said making Ryan feel almost defeated
Rom then looks at him and speaks catching everyone's attention "You're a man! Don't make such a pathetic of a face! I told you, your items are worth up to no less than twenty.." this causes Ryan to perk back up
"As I see it, victory in this deal is leaning towards the boy. Sorry for you and your employer, but you'd better bag up those coins and leave." He says now talking to the women
Hearing this Ryan could feel the sensation of victory build up inside of him
"Hell yeah!" he couldn't help but say out loud pumping his arm up causing everyone to look at him
"What? A man can't be happy he just won a deal? I'm fucking stoked right now." He said defending his outburst
"No one said anything" Felt said to him in a disapproving voice "Go as crazy as you want for all I care, as long as I get my profit."
When Felt finished talking Elsa stood up getting Ryan's attention
"Uh, sorry Elsa. This isn't going to get you in trouble with your client is it? He asked her
"It can't be helped. It was my employer's fault for trying to underpay." She said then picking up her cup and finishing the rest of her drink again leaving some foam on her top lip
"Well, this deal has ended in disappointment for me, nut I'll be taking my leave now." She said finishing by licking the foam from her lip
"By the way" she said "what do you intend to do with that insignia?" asking Ryan
"Oh, well I'm going to take it and find its owner and return it to her" he said before even beginning to think about what he was saying
Both Rom and Felt looked at him with shocked looks on their faces
"I just fucked up… big time" he thought as he felt the tension grow in the air so thick you could cut it with knife
"So.." Elsa began the smile on her face turning into an evil grin " you're with them, then."
Ryan saw a simmer start to appear at Elsa's hand but before he could even react Felt tackled him to the floor
"What the fuck?" he began before Felt cut him off
"Dumbass! Do you want to die?!" she said practically shouting at him
"Oh my, you dodged my attack?" Ela asked
When Ryan looked back up at her he saw that she had a devilish looking blade and her hand with her arm outstretched as if she just slashed at him
"Holy fuck, if Felt didn't tackle me I…"
She looked down at them with a look that could kill and the evil grin on her face wasn't helping. Her expression changed though when she heard Rom hoping over the counter and brandishing his club and surprisingly quickly charging at her starting to swing it.
He swung the giant club at her, but Elsa quickly dodged jumping into the air causing him to smash the table instead
"This is my first battle to death with a giant" she said while flying backwards to the counter Rom jumped over
"Quiet, little girl! I'll grind you up and feed you to the rats!" Rom said taunting her
It was a spectacle for Ryan to watch them fight. Rom was swinging the giant club as if it was childs play to him at Elsa who was skillfully dodging and jumping out of the way of his every swing.
As the battle went on Ryan pushed himself up and so did Felt. When he got up he couldn't help but be captured by the sight of the destruction the fight was causing. Every swing Rom made Elsa was able to dodge it causing him to smash is club into some piece of furniture with her evil grin never leaving her face.
Felt but herself in between Ryan and the two fighting.
As Rom kept swinging his giant club Ryan watched as she was skillfully doing cartwheels to get out of the way and even jumping over Rom himself to get behind him to dodge his unrelenting strikes.
"This is bad" Ryan said raising his M4 to get a shot on Elsa but every time he did Rom would either get in the way or Elsa would jump out of the way of his strikes
"Don't worry. There's no way Old Man Rom will lose." Felt said confidently even though her face was starting to show otherwise
Just then Rom went for a massive over head strike leaving himself completely open
"Take this!" he yelled as he brought the massive club down onto Elsa.
In the blink of an eye before the club even reach halfway to Elsa she brought her blade up and completely sliced the giant's arm off with the club going with it.
"Old Man Rom!" Felt yelled
As his arm went to the ground blood gushed out of his wound. He clutched at it still managing to stay up.
"Damn it!" he groaned
"I forgot to say-" Elsa began before Rom cut her off
Just as Ryan was about to take his shot Rom charged back in at her
"Rom get back!" Ryan yelled but was completely ignored by the man
"I at least can take you with me!" Rom said as he charged at her with his remaining arm outstretched trying to grab her
As he got close Elsa raised her other hand with the shattered cup she was drinking from. Rom's momentum prevented him from stopping and as he got close the shattered cup and Elsa's hand stabbed itself deep into the man's throat.
"Thank you for the milk" Ela said with her evil grin and she held the cup in place with Rom starting to cough up blood
When she yanked the cup out Rom fell to the floor like a tree being cut down blood pouring from both of his wounds.
She bowed as he fell as if it was the end of a play. She then leaned down setting the bloodied cup on the ground.
"I will return this" she said gently placing it down
"You fucking bitch" Felt said getting up "How could you?"
"Oh? It seems you have more courage than your friend there." Elsa said turning to Felt as she stood upright
Just then those were the words Ryan needed. Snapping him back to reality and away from Rom dead corpse Ryan raised his M4 and aimed it directly at Elsa.
"Fuck off you bitch" and then he squeezed the trigger only nothing happened. All Ryan heard was the click of the firing hammer clicking and then nothing.
To his utter frustration in the middle of everything Ryan failed to notice one thing. When Elsa tried to cut up open and Felt saved him that was it. She only saved him.
His M4 being on a sling caused it to stay in place for that split second Elsa's bladed need to bypass that space cutting anything in its way.
"You've got to be fucking joking" Ryan said now seeing the giant slash deep and across his M4 rendering it just a piece of scrap metal
"Oh?" Elsa said again "Was supposed to help you? Doesn't look like it'll do you much good now anyways"
The only thing giving Ryan the upper hand is now completely useless to him making him just another potential victim waiting his turn with this mad women.
"If you two keep resisting this will only hurt worse" Elsa said to both of them
Felt wiping away Rom's blood from her face said "Like you didn't intent to kill us either way, you psychopathic bitch!"
"If you move around, my hands might slip. I'm quite rough at handlings blades, you see." She said waving her blade around to make her point
Felt turned her head back to Ryan "Sorry you got caught up in this." Quickly drawing her own blade and rushing at the women before Ryan could even reply
The speed at which Ryan saw Felt move at was unhuman. Within a heartbeat Felt was already at the women making a strike with hear blade.
"How wonderful. I can see you are loved by this world." Elsa said as she blocked her attack "I envy you" she said as she then counterattacked slicing Felt open from chest to pelvis
The sight of Felt falling down blood pouring from her sent Ryan almost into a state of shock.
"This is unreal, how the fuck is this even possible. That fucking bitch.. the two of them like it was nothing"
She then turned and fully faced Ryan again "The old man and the girl have fallen, yet you have yet to make any sort of move. Do you give up?"
"As fucking if you cunt" Ryan said reaching for his bayonet and unsheathing it
He decided to unsling his M4 and drop it on the ground. If he wanted to get this bitch it was going to have to be close. Ryan then as a last resort reached for a pouch on the top of his vest taking an item out.
Elsa eyed him as he twisted and pulled the pin out yet held the item in his hand not letting it go.
"Would that perhaps be another item to help you get out of helpless situations?' she asked him as she approached.
Ryan glanced down at his hand to see what his body automatically pulled out for him.
It was a grenade pin pull and just waiting on Ryan to let it go for the countdown to begin
He looked back up at her and said "If you say please I might just show you" with a grin
Ryan then quickly covered ground and got into close combat with the woman.
Every time he would slash or stab his knife at her no matter how sure he would hit flesh, she was always out of reach. With every other attack Ryan made Elsa would counter attack with some sort of punch or kick.
Ryan managed to dodge two of her punches until one of her kicks caught him straight in the chest sending him back and almost causing him to let go of the grenade.
"If it comes to it… im taking this bitch with me"
"I can see you have some training, but your movements are to hesitant and rough. You have no divine protections or techniques. I had hoped to squeeze some wisdom out of you, but it seems you lack that too." She said almost as if taunting him
"Fuck sakes do you ever shut the fuck up?" Ryan said recovering from the kick.
"After all this bullshit you put me through your fucking going down you hear me!?" Ryan screamed at her
"I do acknowledge that you have extraordinary determination and will but if only you could have done something sooner these two wouldn't have died in vain." She said continuing to taunt him looking at her two other victims
She then locked eyes with him "I think its time we end this. I will send you to meet the angels." She said beginning to charge at Ryan
Eyes wide, blood pumping and adrenaline coursing through his entire body Ryan focused on Elsa. This was his only chance. This was the only opening she was allowing him to have.
As he got close Elsa launched her knife at Ryan and he quickly backstepped it the knife seemingly to narrowly miss him. Ryan as quick as his body would let him brought up his leg and kicked Elsa square in the stomach hitting her and knocking her back some.
"Ah.." Elsa said looking up at Ryan blushing "I certainly felt that one."
Ryan then heard a thump and looked down. His vest had been sliced in two and the plate on the inside had fallen out into two pieces. Ryan then saw exactly what he did before. He stomach sliced wide open with blood coming out of it.
Seeing his face in shock Elsa spoke up "Are you surprised? I opened up your belly when we passed by one another. This is the one thing I excel at." She said talking to Ryan as he quickly grew weak and fell to the ground grabbing at his stomach.
"This can't be happing. Is this actually fucking happening? Again?!" Ryan thought to himself in a panic the loss of blood starting to send him into shock
Elsa approached Ryan and knelt down grabbing at his shirt and moving it out the way
"I knew it! Your guts have such a lovely color to them!" She said blushing from the sight of Ryan's insides spilling out of the wound she caused
Through the searing pain and coldness that was quickly overwhelming Ryan and lifted up his hand holding his grenade completing letting the safety lever go
"I ne-never got to sh-ow you this" Ryan said coughing through the blood building up in his throat
"Hmm" Elsa said tilting her head and studying the object in Ryan's hand "This looks nothing like the other item you said wou-"
And then for a split second a loud roaring explosion was heard.
Nice ending right? I think so too. But anyways thanks for reading to the end and enjoy the rest of your day.