I—I OWN CHRONO CROSS AND ALL OF ITS CHARACTERS! I OWN SQUARESOFT! ::Ducks punches and veggies:: Okay! I don't own those things…
Chapter 2: Glenn
Serge woke up minutes later. His Sea Swallow was now the Mastermune. He smiled at that. "Hello my friend." He started getting ready for his trip.
Minutes later he was in his kitchen, writing his mother a note.
Mom,
By the time you read this, I'll be long gone. I can't hope for you to understand, but I have to do what I have to do. I don't know when or if I'll be coming back. I hope to be able to explain everything to you in the future, but for now it would be safer just to leave you in the dark. Tell Leena that I said good-bye
Don't worry about me, I'll be all right.
Love,
Serge
Serge put the pen down and smiled sadly at the paper. He heard a noise above him. His mother was waking up. "Time to go." He said quietly. He strapped the Mastermune to its place on his back, and tucked the dagger into his boot. He took one last look around his house and left the door.
His first destination was the dock. From there he could get his boat and sail to Termina. He smiled at his boat. He had worked very hard for it, and now it was going to pay off. He put his things onto the boat and opened the sail. "Serge! Where are you going?" He heard somebody say. "He turned to look at Leena walking swiftly toward him. "I'm going fishing, Leena! I'll be back soon!" Leena glared at him. "You're supposed to be resting!" Serge rolled his eyes. "What better way to relax than fishing? Plus, you're always telling me that I sleep too much anyway." Leena was fuming. "Serge, you get back here, NOW!" Serge ignored her and started out to sea. "SERGE!" Serge cursed. She's gonna wake the entire village! "SERGE! I MEAN IT!" Serge growled. "Leena! NO! Now would you just SHUT UP before you wake the entire village!" Leena's mouth dropped. Serge had hurt her, and he knew it. "Leena... Good-bye." A strong gust of wind picked up and he sailed out of earshot.
Glenn stood proudly in front of the entire Dragoon army in full dress uniform. He had been promoted. He was now the leader of the four Divas. After Dario had married Riddle, he had resigned his commission to have a family with her. This left the position for leader of the Divas open. Glenn, being the best leader and fighter other than Dario and General Viper himself in the entire army, got the job. The other three Divas, Karsh, Marcy, and Zoah, stood by him in similar uniforms. They were all jealous of him, but they knew he deserved it. "And now, I give you Sir Glenn, Leader of the Four Divas!" Applause broke out among the crowd, and Glenn swelled with pride. He was finally out of his brother's shadow. Way out of it, in fact. The Einlanzer, a holy sword designed specifically for the leader of the Divas, was handed to him by General Viper. He gave his old sword to Viper and put the Einlanzer into its sheath. He then saluted Viper. "Speech... Speech... Speech! Speech!" Karsh, Glenn's second in command, was working the crowd now. "Speech! Speech! SPEECH! SPEECH!" Now the entire army was saying it. The General chuckled, 'looks like you're going to have to give a speech, Glenn." Glenn nodded and stepped up to the microphone. "I thank you all for coming today, and I promise you that I will make it up to you by protecting you from danger." The crowd cheered. "I will work my very hardest to protect El Nido from danger and peril." Karsh grabbed the microphone from him. "Those Porre jerks won't stand a chance if they try to invade us again." The crowd cheered and laughed. Glenn grabbed the microphone back from Karsh. "Ahem... Yes, you could say that, but I hope it won't come to that. Anyway. I would like to thank my brother for teaching me everything I know about leadership and fighting. I would also like to thank General Viper for being a father to me for all of these years."
A shadow passed overhead. The crowd ignored it thinking that it was just a cloud. Karsh didn't. "What in the name of–." He was cut off as a pillar of flame engulfed the large Viper Manor behind them. Glenn dropped the microphone and got out his sword. The civilians in the crowd were running in fear and the soldiers were drawing their various weapons also. A large roar was heard from the large dragon above them. Glenn and the Divas dove out of the way as the dragon landed on the stage they were on. General Viper wasn't quick enough though. When the dragon landed, it grabbed Viper in one of its claws and threw him into the rows of chairs in front of the stage. "DADDY!" Riddle screamed. Some of the soldiers went to their fallen general, but most of them stayed put. Dario let Riddle go to her father, and then promptly grabbed Glenn's old sword from its position ground, where it fell after the dragon landed. "Come on, Glenn. Let's take care of this beast!" Dario said to Glenn. Glenn nodded, and then turned to the army, "CHARGE!" He yelled. Thousands of men attacked the dragon at once. The dragon took out a quarter of them in one fiery breath. Glenn was stunned. He had never seen a creature so powerful! "SPREAD OUT! DON'T GIVE IT AN EASY TARGET!" And once again they charged. The dragon didn't breathe fire this time. It started to fight with it claws. It was still winning the battle, they still had thousands of men, but they were losing them by the dozens. "FALL BACK AND SPREAD OUT!" Glenn called. The soldiers gladly complied. The dragon didn't follow, it was like it was waiting for something.
Glenn met with the other three Divas and Dario to plan an attack. "I don't understand. I've never seen anything like it. It's like it's invincible! Whatever hits we do land doesn't harm it anyway!" Karsh stated. "There has to be a way to defeat it. Nothing is truly invincible." Dario said. While the rest of the Divas traded and debated actions to take, Glenn was wondering about something else. Where did it come from? Why did it attack unprovoked, and why wasn't it attacking now? "Dario! Help! It's my father!" Riddle's voice broke Glenn's thoughts. The Divas ran over to their fallen leader. Viper was in terrible shape. One of his legs was broken, it was obvious that most of his ribs were shattered, and there was blood everywhere. "I–I think he's–" Riddle broke down into sobs. "Dario..." He said quietly. "When I'm–" He broke into a fit of coughs. "Dario... When I'm gone... I want you to lead El Nido." Dario's eyes widened. "What? You're gonna be alright, Viper! Everything's gonna be fine!" Viper shook his head. "No! Daddy! You will be fine!" Riddle pleaded. "No..." He coughed, "I am dying, Riddle. I was just too old for this kind of thing, and it has finally caught up to me. I will die soon. That's why I want Dario to have my empire. He's a much wiser and better leader than I." Dario shook his head. "No! I could never amount to what you are, Viper!" Viper smiled weakly. "You see. Humility, something I never learned. That's why you'll be better than I was, Dario. You are so much more than you give yourself credit for, and I trust that the country will be fine in your hands." He started coughing up blood. "Dario... take care of–of Riddle... Dario..." Viper's hand fell limp, and the great leader of El Nido died.
When Serge came into view of Termina, he was expecting a lot of things, but what he saw wasn't one of them. He saw people running and screaming. He saw Viper Manor in flames, and most of all he saw the Dragon. It was gigantic. It looked almost like the black dragon that he had faced on his adventure, only it was much larger and it was the color of blood. He docked his boat and started toward Viper Manor, but something stopped him. The graveyard... He heard Doreen say in his mind. He hesitated only for a moment and started running to the graveyard. As he ran down the steps, he saw something shining in the sunlight. It was a sword. It was sitting on the shoreline. Serge ran over and picked it up. It was the Einlanzer! Serge smiled. So, that's why I had to come here. He started to run to Viper Manor.
The Divas were still mourning Viper, when the Serge ran up to them. Karsh went to meet him. "Who are you? What are you doing here?" He asked. "I need to see Glenn, now." Serge replied calmly. "Yes? Why do you need to see me?" Glenn asked after walking over also. "Glenn. You don't know me. At least... Not anymore, but I believe this belongs to you." He held up the Einlanzer. Glenn stared at the holy sword. "How is that–" He got out his own Einlanzer. "That must be a fake!" Serge shook his head. "It's not a fake. It's just a sword from another dimension." Glenn stared at him in disbelief. "What? What do you mean 'another dimension'?" Serge sighed. "I'll explain later, just take the sword." Glenn took it. "Now... We have a dragon to kill, and a general to avenge" Serge started walking to the dragon. The dragon caught his gaze and growled. Finally, the real battle had begun. Serge gave a battle cry and charged the dragon.
Glenn couldn't believe what he was seeing. This unknown boy just came out of no where! From the clothes he was wearing, Glenn guessed that he came from South El Nido. Arni maybe. But that's not what surprised him. Somehow he ended up with an exact copy of the Einlanzer! Glenn knew it wasn't a fake, because he could feel the power radiating off of it, but he wished he knew how the boy got it. Glenn looked back up at the boy. The boy had just yelled a war cry, and he was now attacking the dragon. Why is he so familiar?
Serge flew through the air and crashed into some chairs, not unlike General Viper, but to everyone's surprise, he was back up in seconds. He glared at the dragon. The dragon just snorted. Serge started toward the dragon again, but stopped when he saw something. The dragon was breathing in deeply and it face was turning red. Serge cursed. He had seen the summon, Salamander, enough times to know what that meant. He dove out of the way just as a pillar of flame blew past him. The fire hit a small group of soldiers. They were vaporized on contact. "No... They had no chance!" He looked at the dragon. It had a look of triumph in its eyes. "They had no chance!" Serge let loose another war cry, but instead of running at the beast, he was lifted into the air by some unseen force.
Glenn didn't understand what was happening. The boy was flying! He was in the air! The boy seemed to have a white 'aura' around him. A single word came into existence in Glenn's head, Luminaire.
There was a dome of light extending all around Serge. As the dome stopped extending, there was silence all around. Then the first rumble came. Far underneath Serge's feet, the first ring of explosions let loose. CRASH! Chairs went flying as the concrete underneath them exploded upward. Soldiers were running as chairs and concrete went flying. A piece of concrete crashed onto the dragon's head. It was barely fazed. The concrete underneath the dragon exploded upward as holy flames left up at the dragon. The dragon roared in pain as pieces of concrete got lodged into the dragon's sensitive, and unprotected underbelly. But it wasn't over yet. In one last huge explosion, the entire ring exploded once more all at the same time. The dragon crashed against a building in Termina. It didn't move again. Serge began to descend to the crater that was underneath him.
Nobody spoke for a long time after the boy climbed out of the crater. They were too surprised. They boy had taken on that dragon, alone, and beaten it! It wasn't possible! When somebody did speak it wasn't something they were expecting. Glenn was holding his head in pain as he relived every pain that he felt on his adventures with Serge. Serge was momentarily forgotten as this happened. Serge smiled, Glenn was remembering. Serge knelt down beside Glenn and said, "It's okay, Glenn. It'll all be over soon." Glenn stopped screaming as the pain ended. But he started up again as visions and memories flooded his mind. He was breathing hard when it all ended. There was silence except for Glenn's breathing, until finally he broke the silence. "Serge..."
Glenn opened his eyes to see two deep blue eyes staring back into his. Serge smiled, "It's about time! I was getting lonely!" Glenn smiled also. "Good to see you too, my friend." Serge helped Glenn up. "Good to see you too, Glenn." Serge looked around at Termina. The chaos had finally ended, and people were gathering. Some people noticed the now dead General Viper, but most people were looking at the large crater and the dragon. He looked back at the Manor, the fire was dying down, but it was in shambles. Again. Serge thought. He looked back at the group of people. Riddle was still crying over her father. Dario was trying to comfort her. Marcy, one of the Divas, was crying too. Karsh was comforting her. Hmm... Never thought I'd see that. "Serge?" Serge snapped out of his trance. "What?" Glenn looked annoyed. "Well you sure haven't changed at all. Still enjoying your own little world, when there are serious things happening in the real world." Serge and Glenn chuckled at that. "Anyway. I asked, 'Why do you think all of this happened?' I mean, it attacked unprovoked." Serge sighed. "Glenn, there is a new evil in this world, and it's got Ki–" Serge stopped there. He couldn't finish the name. Glenn understood. "Kidd. It has Kidd." Serge nodded. "We–We have to stop him. I think he sent the dragon." There was a new commotion now. Now what? Serge looked out to Termina and gasped. Thousands of beasts and monsters were attacking Termina. There was the standard Dingo to strange dragon creatures that Serge had never seen before. Glenn looked at each other, and both of them got up at the same time. "Let's–" Serge was cut off by a large roar. His eyes widened. The dragon was still alive! Serge cursed. "Glenn, you and me, we'll take the dragon! The rest of you." He looked at the rest of the Divas, "You're gonna take the monsters." He turned back to Glenn, "Let's go." Glenn nodded. "Just like old times, eh Serge?" Serge smiled and nodded.
As Glenn and Serge ran to the dragon, Dario was giving orders to the army. "Protect the city! Destroy all monsters! Don't let ANY of them live." He said in anger. Riddle came up beside him. "Dario, will they be all right?" She asked. "I–I don't know. But that man... I've never seen anyone like him. He's so powerful. I think together they can kill the dragon, though." Riddle nodded. "He seems so familiar somehow." Dario nodded in agreement. "Yes. He is familiar, but I just can't place him."
FWOOSH! A pillar of flame blew past Serge as he jumped out of the way, just in time. Glenn had done the same thing, only in the other direction. When the fire was gone, Serge noticed their position. He looked at Glenn and smiled. Glenn nodded in recognition, he knew what to do. "Dash and Slash!" "Dash and Gash" They both said at the same time, calling up their age-old techniques. They both charged at the dragon with amazing speed. Glenn hit the dragon first, he hit the wrist of one of the dragon's arms. He succeeded in chipping off many scales. It wasn't much, but it was enough. When Serge hit the dragon, he hit the dragon in the same spot. His Mastermune cut straight through the now unprotected skin. The dragon's hand got cleanly cut off. It roared in pain and fury. "Again!" Serge yelled. Glenn nodded. He hit the dragon's other wrist this time. Serge was right behind him, but the dragon had smartened up some. It swatted Serge away before he cut hit it. Serge landed deep inside the crater he had created earlier. "Serge!" Glenn yelled, as the dragon jumped in. Serge caught a glimpse of the dragon's face. It was bright red. Serge looked for some cover, but there was none. The dragon inhaled once more for good measure. Serge's eyes were wide. "No! Serge! Look out!" Serge watch as the dragon reared back. It opened its mouth, and its head was suddenly encased in ice! Serge looked up and saw a shape outlined in the sunlight. He could just barely tell it was a woman. He had no time pondering this fact, because the dragon was beginning to break free. Serge took this time scramble up the crater wall.
When Serge got up, he noticed the woman was gone. "ROOOOAAAAAR!" He looked down and saw that the dragon had gotten free. He smiled. It was time to end this. A white aura surrounded him as once again he was lifted into the air. An image of Masa and Mune appeared behind him. He reached the peak of his ascent and looked down at the dragon. It looked up at him. Serge drew his arm that was holding the Mastermune back, and then threw the Mastermune down to the dragon. It landed at the dragon's feet. The dragon looked down at the weapon by its feet. It was puzzled, why was this weapon thrown at it? It didn't even look up as Masa and Mune mirrored Serge's move and threw the large bolt of energy down at the dragon. There was a huge explosion when the bolt of energy hit. It was so bright that everybody had to look away. When the light and dirt cleared, the dragon was gone. The Mastermune dislodged itself from the ground and floated up to Serge's awaiting hands as he floated down to the ground. When gravity had gotten a hold of him again, he fell to one knee. That attack had taken a lot out of him. Glenn came running over. "Why didn't you do that in the first place?! It could've saved us a lot of trouble!" Serge breathed deeply, and ignored Glenn's question, instead he asked, "Who was that girl? I've never seen an element like that!" Glenn looked around. "I–I don't know. She ran off after saving you." Serge nodded, and paused for a moment, "I could've made it out alone, ya know." Glenn laughed. "Sure you could, Serge. Sure you could."
Serge looked out at Termina and sighed. The city had been destroyed. The monsters had been finished off, but not before they finished their job. "Yeah. They destroyed the city." Glenn said solemnly. Serge nodded, "We have to stop whoever this person is. We have to."