CHRONO CROSS: THE ONLINE NOVELIZATION
CHAPTER 5
Author's note: This chapter I decided to do something different. It is told in Kid's POV. There is some extreme cursing. Just either ignore it, or laugh at it.
I left Termina with Serge and Pierre that day. We headed for Viper Manor. I thought with an expert swordsman, we'd be well on our way. I had told Serge we were going to find out why those jerks were attacking him. But I wanted to raid the vault and see if the General had the Frozen Flame. Lynx was hot on our tails. And if he got it before me, we'd all be in deep shit. I felt guilty lying to Serge. We stopped at the front of the gates and pushed Pierre forward.
"Do your thing, mate," I said. Pierre shot a disgusted look at me and strolled up to the guards. Serge and I jumped in the nearest bush.
"Bonjor," Pierre said with his freaky french accent. He leaned forward to shake one of the guards' hands. The guard didn't move.
"I am heere to pay a visit to ze great General Viper. In fact, 'e 'as invited me 'imself. My name is Pierre."
"The great swordsman?" one of them asked gruffly.
"Yes," Pierre answered.
"The General's apologies," the guard said. "But he must cancel your visit. He has a very important visit- the General from Porre. I'm going to ask you to leave.
"But ze medal-" Pierre pleaded.
"NO!" the other guard shouted. "GET OUT!" Pierre left then turned around.
"Vhat if I brought you ze Serge boy Karsh vas looking for?" Pierre said with sly smile. I turned to Serge. He was white.
"Pierre," he said, shaking.
"Serge!" I screamed silently. "Let's make a break for it. We can get out of here. They don't see us. We can still leave.
"Pierre," was all Serge said. He looked sick. Pierre grabbed him roughly. Dragged him to the gate. I followed, silently cursing. The guards grabbed him. Serge pulled out his swallow. I pulled out my dagger. The guards looked surprised. Then they withdrew their swords, cacking evilly.
"You vant him," Pierre called out, "Fight then! I vill have no part of zis!" he stepped back. Serge looked sick. I could tell his power was dropping. A guard ran forward and slashed him. I screamed as he crumpled to the ground. Pierre looked shocked and then stepped forward withdrawing his sword.
"I could kill you," I said. Pierre just laughed. I attacked the guard with everything I got. He was hurt. Pierre ran forward and slashed him with his own sword. THe guard fell. The other guard ran at me and began slashing. If it weren't for that bronze helmet Serge gave me... well I wouldn't be writing this story now. I called up an element. Fireball. A ball of fire appeared. A few of smaller balls hit the guard. Then the huge one rammed him to the ground. He fell. I rushed at Serge. He was bleeding. I checked his breathing. It was short and ragged. I pulled out a capsule and gave it to him. His eyes fluttered open.
"Hey," he said, giving me a weak smile. I hugged him.
"That's twice I nearly lost you," I said. I blinked back tears. He looked at Pierre and his face tightened. Pierre stepped back.
"I didn't tsink you vould believe me," Pierre said hastilly. Serge stood up, so did I. Serge withdrew his swallow. I held my dagger at battle stance. Pierre turned white.
"I didn't tsink you vould believe us Pierre," Serge said in that freaky accent. I laughed. Pierre flushed. I led the way through the gate. We were stopped short by the pair that originally attacked Serge.
"How perfectly perfect Solt!" that little fat bastard said.
"Yes, how wonderfully wonderful!" Solt exclaimed.
"Because now we have secret weapon the will surely for sure take care of. They took out their weapons. As did us. Then the secret weapon they were holding back lauched itself from the front doors and attacked Serge. It took off at least 500 of his hitpoints! Sege crumpled. I screamed. That's twice in a row, you little bastards, I thought. Immediately after that the tall SOB used an element called Revive. Serge got up, but he was weak. Serge used his Cure. He was up to full strength. We decided to take down the big fatass first. Serge and I both ran at him the same time. We slashed, dashed, cut, stabbed. The creature bellowed. He grabbed the little fat bastard and hit Pierre with him. Pierre staggered back. The fatass crumpled. Next the creature picked up the skinny shithead and smacked him into me. I roared. The skinny fucker died. I attacked. Pierre followed suit and we all attacked at once. We all leaped back and called up different elements. I used Fireball. Pierre called up an element called Electrobolt. Serge used Aquaball. The creature roared and died. I slapped Serge a high five and we healed ourselves.
"Vait Serge, shouldn't Ve vait until nightfall?" Pierre asked. Serge nodded. We hid out in a bush until a wolf howled in the distance. The moon was up. We raced in the barn.
We saw dragons in there. A man tapped my shoulder and I whirled around. The man spoke.
"You're my new hired hands aren't you?" the man said. Serge nodded.
"In that case I need you to feed the dragons. If you do, I'll give you something good."
I looked at Serge. He seemed calm.
"Serge!" I hissed in his ear. "We don't have time!"
"This will only take a moment young lady. The dragons only need feeding every six weeks.
"Vill you geeve us ze key to ze manor?" Pierre asked.
"Ya wanna meet the General, eh? Sure. You can have the key. Only if you feed 'em."
Serge shrugged and ran over to the place where he got the pellents from.
This was ont as easy as picking up a penny off the ground. Serge had to make sure the dragons didn't get angry and he could only carry 3 pellents at a time, it was exhausting. Soon though, he had fed the dragons 40 times. The man called him back over. He said the key was in te cupboard and gave him an element. It was RecoverAll. Serge gave it to Pierre.
"Use this," Serge had said.
We went over to get the key. We stepped out of the stable and immediately were engulfed in searchlights. They had found us.
CHAPTER 5
Author's note: This chapter I decided to do something different. It is told in Kid's POV. There is some extreme cursing. Just either ignore it, or laugh at it.
I left Termina with Serge and Pierre that day. We headed for Viper Manor. I thought with an expert swordsman, we'd be well on our way. I had told Serge we were going to find out why those jerks were attacking him. But I wanted to raid the vault and see if the General had the Frozen Flame. Lynx was hot on our tails. And if he got it before me, we'd all be in deep shit. I felt guilty lying to Serge. We stopped at the front of the gates and pushed Pierre forward.
"Do your thing, mate," I said. Pierre shot a disgusted look at me and strolled up to the guards. Serge and I jumped in the nearest bush.
"Bonjor," Pierre said with his freaky french accent. He leaned forward to shake one of the guards' hands. The guard didn't move.
"I am heere to pay a visit to ze great General Viper. In fact, 'e 'as invited me 'imself. My name is Pierre."
"The great swordsman?" one of them asked gruffly.
"Yes," Pierre answered.
"The General's apologies," the guard said. "But he must cancel your visit. He has a very important visit- the General from Porre. I'm going to ask you to leave.
"But ze medal-" Pierre pleaded.
"NO!" the other guard shouted. "GET OUT!" Pierre left then turned around.
"Vhat if I brought you ze Serge boy Karsh vas looking for?" Pierre said with sly smile. I turned to Serge. He was white.
"Pierre," he said, shaking.
"Serge!" I screamed silently. "Let's make a break for it. We can get out of here. They don't see us. We can still leave.
"Pierre," was all Serge said. He looked sick. Pierre grabbed him roughly. Dragged him to the gate. I followed, silently cursing. The guards grabbed him. Serge pulled out his swallow. I pulled out my dagger. The guards looked surprised. Then they withdrew their swords, cacking evilly.
"You vant him," Pierre called out, "Fight then! I vill have no part of zis!" he stepped back. Serge looked sick. I could tell his power was dropping. A guard ran forward and slashed him. I screamed as he crumpled to the ground. Pierre looked shocked and then stepped forward withdrawing his sword.
"I could kill you," I said. Pierre just laughed. I attacked the guard with everything I got. He was hurt. Pierre ran forward and slashed him with his own sword. THe guard fell. The other guard ran at me and began slashing. If it weren't for that bronze helmet Serge gave me... well I wouldn't be writing this story now. I called up an element. Fireball. A ball of fire appeared. A few of smaller balls hit the guard. Then the huge one rammed him to the ground. He fell. I rushed at Serge. He was bleeding. I checked his breathing. It was short and ragged. I pulled out a capsule and gave it to him. His eyes fluttered open.
"Hey," he said, giving me a weak smile. I hugged him.
"That's twice I nearly lost you," I said. I blinked back tears. He looked at Pierre and his face tightened. Pierre stepped back.
"I didn't tsink you vould believe me," Pierre said hastilly. Serge stood up, so did I. Serge withdrew his swallow. I held my dagger at battle stance. Pierre turned white.
"I didn't tsink you vould believe us Pierre," Serge said in that freaky accent. I laughed. Pierre flushed. I led the way through the gate. We were stopped short by the pair that originally attacked Serge.
"How perfectly perfect Solt!" that little fat bastard said.
"Yes, how wonderfully wonderful!" Solt exclaimed.
"Because now we have secret weapon the will surely for sure take care of. They took out their weapons. As did us. Then the secret weapon they were holding back lauched itself from the front doors and attacked Serge. It took off at least 500 of his hitpoints! Sege crumpled. I screamed. That's twice in a row, you little bastards, I thought. Immediately after that the tall SOB used an element called Revive. Serge got up, but he was weak. Serge used his Cure. He was up to full strength. We decided to take down the big fatass first. Serge and I both ran at him the same time. We slashed, dashed, cut, stabbed. The creature bellowed. He grabbed the little fat bastard and hit Pierre with him. Pierre staggered back. The fatass crumpled. Next the creature picked up the skinny shithead and smacked him into me. I roared. The skinny fucker died. I attacked. Pierre followed suit and we all attacked at once. We all leaped back and called up different elements. I used Fireball. Pierre called up an element called Electrobolt. Serge used Aquaball. The creature roared and died. I slapped Serge a high five and we healed ourselves.
"Vait Serge, shouldn't Ve vait until nightfall?" Pierre asked. Serge nodded. We hid out in a bush until a wolf howled in the distance. The moon was up. We raced in the barn.
We saw dragons in there. A man tapped my shoulder and I whirled around. The man spoke.
"You're my new hired hands aren't you?" the man said. Serge nodded.
"In that case I need you to feed the dragons. If you do, I'll give you something good."
I looked at Serge. He seemed calm.
"Serge!" I hissed in his ear. "We don't have time!"
"This will only take a moment young lady. The dragons only need feeding every six weeks.
"Vill you geeve us ze key to ze manor?" Pierre asked.
"Ya wanna meet the General, eh? Sure. You can have the key. Only if you feed 'em."
Serge shrugged and ran over to the place where he got the pellents from.
This was ont as easy as picking up a penny off the ground. Serge had to make sure the dragons didn't get angry and he could only carry 3 pellents at a time, it was exhausting. Soon though, he had fed the dragons 40 times. The man called him back over. He said the key was in te cupboard and gave him an element. It was RecoverAll. Serge gave it to Pierre.
"Use this," Serge had said.
We went over to get the key. We stepped out of the stable and immediately were engulfed in searchlights. They had found us.