Points of Authority Chapter 5: You like to think you're never wrong ll you live what you learn, an escaflowne fanfic

Don't worry, I'm making this the last chap for the ML.

Points of Authority

You love the things I say I'll do

The way I'll hurt myself again

Just to get back at you

You take away when I give in

My life

My pride

Is broken

Aidana's barrier shield cut out, and she fell to the roof of the floating fortress. Smiling, she took a blade made of adamantite, and kissed it. With her kiss, she imbued it with the magic of her last 'pet.' Though Chiyla had caught it for her, she had broken it. Breaking a high standing wizard was joy.

Breaking Strategos of Zaibach? The man who had taken her parents loss in stride? That would be ecstasy.

She stabbed the blade through the shielded metal, and cut a hole just wide enough for herself, and dropped through.

Hitting the polished stone floor on the balls of her feet, she sprang up silently, and crept over to the other side of the room.

Narya paused, her ears twitching. "Did you hear that, sister?"

Eriya stopped beside her, nose twitching along with her ears. Her eyes narrowed. "I hear a hole. Let's report it to lord Folken."

Narya didn't have a chance to answer.

Aidana had her tackled to the ground, and silent as the pain of the agiel coursed through her from it's resting place on her neck.

Aidana smiled. "Do you want to play along Eriya, or should I kill your sister first?"

Narya hissed, and slashed Aidana's arm.

With a silent intake of breath in pain, Aidana moved the agiel to her chest, and the cat girl's heart stopped beating.

Narrow eyes, she glared at Eriya. "Now take me and report me to your Lord Folken. I have some complaints to make before I kill you."

Eriya screamed, and sprang her feline form onto Aidana.

Aidana smiled. "Claws. That is partly what the agiel feels like. Here, let me show you?" Her wicked smile widened, slightly catlike.

Eriya's screams echoed through the entire compound.

In the listening silence that followed, Aidana's laughing whisper was even clearer.

"That was a wickedly naughty vision, my pet."

As the popping and snapping of Eriya's ribs was heard, one couldn't hear Aidana's hiss as well.

"I will greatly enjoy your training."

Ayanna sighed, and took a bag of sorcerer's sand. "Dillan, when they kill you, don't tell me I didn't warn you."

Dillan smirked again. "I will die serving Zaibach, Aya."

Ayanna's eyes closed. "And you like him because?"

Larissa laughed. "He gets away with everything, just like I do. Celesi'll adore him."

Ayanna winced. "If you don't stop predicting your death, I'll leave you here, Liss!"

Larissa smiled, and held the twin to Ayanna's pouch. "As you say. I'll fulfill the prophecies one way or another, Aya."

Dillan glared at her. "I order you not to get yourself killed."

Larissa pouted. "You call her Aya, but you don't even address me! I feel left out."

Dillan wrapped her in a tight hug. "It's only because you're worrying me, Liss. Stop doing that, and I won't have to upset you."

Larissa sighed, but didn't reply to him, instead turning to Ayanna. "Spread the sand, and let us go kill ourselves."

Ayanna cast the sand.

Dillan screamed as he felt his body melting away into nothingness.

An hour after the sand had been casted, Eriya finally used the little magic she had, and Aidana marched her through to the main command room. With Eriya's magic bonding their two minds, Aidana could tell Eriya would sooner cast herself out of the vione than disobey her.

Bleeding all over her once white uniform, Eriya stumbled in. "Run, Folken." she murmured. With Aidana's frown of disapproval, Eriya trembled, falling to her knees. "Forgive me, mistress Aidana." She whimpered.

Aidana smiled in approval, then met Folken's for once horrified eyes. As his met hers, her eyes turned from deep scarlet to a light violet as her joy at tormenting him balanced the color. "You owe me some blood, boy." She hissed in a deadly way, stalking forward.

Folken masked his face again. "I do not know you, how do I owe you blood more than you've already taken?"

Aidana smiled. "She is not dead yet, though her blood begins to equal that of mine after you caught me and BEAT me for my family's FAILURE, when they DIED, never giving you away." Her eyes turned to molten fire as she slammed Eriya to the ground. "I may spare her, and leave her for a pet, but you." Her lips curled into a joyless smile. "Oh, you. You must die, along with one other."

Folken realized the math didn't add up. "You have only two. Are you showing me mercy?" he smiled, already plotting how to overturn her.

Aidana lifted Eriya by her hair. "This one's sister foolishly angered me. You can look at her bloody corpse if you wish." She waved to the room behind her.

She ignored Folken, and knelt down at Eriya's knees. "Your beloved Folken ignored your sister's dying screams. Can you ignore that?" Eriya shook her head solemnly. Aidana smiled, petting her on the head like a common cat. "Iiyo, neko. Iiyo." She turned to Folken. "Give me one reason to not kill you."

Folken now remembered her. Her insolent eyes were impossible to mistake. This was Aidana Albot. He had beaten her when she had given her family away. That had cost him Dillan's trust, and placed the youth in Dilandau's care. Aidana had disappeared, screaming vengeance.

It looked like she'd returned for it.

Dillan rubbed his tingling arms before screaming at Ayanna, "WARN ME BEFORE YOU DO THAT, DAMMIT!" he forced himself to slow his breathing, but kept his glare on her.

Larissa laughed. "Thank you for granting me my death sentence, son."

Dillan fixed his glare on her. "You do not have my permission to die, Liss."

Larissa kissed his nose. "I do this for you and Cel. Not to please you, but to save you." She sighed, closing her eyes a moment. "Chiyla intends on killing Celesi."

Dillan laughed. "Then I'll turn Celesi over to Chiyla."

Ayanna slammed her feet onto his back, knocking him onto the ground. "You imbecilic, idiotic MORON!" she hissed, smacking him over the head.

Dillan glared at her. "Do you ENJOY hurting me?"

Simultaneously, both Ayanna and Larissa cracked up laughing. "No, but your sister does. Except she enjoys giving it to everyone fairly."

Dillan laughed. "She always was violent." His eyes widened abruptly. "You mean—she survived Folken's beating?"

Ayanna nodded, rubbing her temples. "Oh yes. She survived, spat on him, swore she'd kill him, and ran off to train with Chiyla. I'd assume she's killing Folken for what he did, and then Dilandau for what he did to us for rejecting Liss."

Larissa blushed. "She doesn't know about that."

Ayanna laughed humorlessly.

"That baiata knows everything, Liss."