Kid: OMG, I'm back!!

Leon: After how many years?

Kid: Come on, it hasn't been years.

Narrator: You have to admit, it's been a while.

Leon: We even got a new character!

Sirius: Hi!

Kid: That is so not the point! I'm back now! And now, we'll continue on to the story!





Chapter 5





Even after marking it as an obvious hideout, Serge and Glenn still went to Terra Tower.

"Just in case!" Glenn had responded when Serge gave him a look. "You never know!"

And it turned out it was good they went there. From deep within the tower, they could hear Lynx snarling and Kid snapping answers. Both sounded quite annoyed with the other.

"Tell me where he is!" Lynx fairly shrieked.

"You'll have to kill me first!" Kid yelled back.

"If I do, I'll never find out!"

"Well, that's your problem, isn't it!?"

There was a slashing sound that made Serge and Glenn jump in fear.

"OW!"

"Ahahahahahahahaha!"

"Come on, Glenn!" Serge started to run foward.

"Hey, wait up!"

They knew their way around the tower fairly well, having been here a couple of years earlier. They figured Lynx and Kid were in the back, where they had fought the Omni Dragon.

And they were.

Lynx was in front of Kid, who was chained to a wall. Probably to keep her from murdering Lynx, thought Glenn.

Serge ran right in, regardless of his partner's protests. "Lynx!" he shouted.

Both Lynx and Kid instantly shut up and stared at Serge, surprised. But Lynx's face changed quickly, only to be replaced by a sickeningly sweet smile. "Serge. Just the person I wanted to see. I was just chatting about you with Kid here." he said pleasantly.

Serge growled deep in his throat. Glenn gave him a sidelong glance.

"What have you done to Kid? Is she alright?" he asked coldly.

"Well, ask her yourself," he kept smiling as he gestured to Kid.

"I'm fine, Serge," Kid replied, writhing on the ground. She was trying to loosen the ropes around her wrists. "But this bugger keeps asking me questions abou-"

"That's quite enough." Lynx said smoothly, kicking Kid hard in the mouth.

"NO!" Serge lept foward and ran to Kid. He didn't even notice, or care, that Lynx simply stepped out of the way.

But Glenn did. For some reason, though, he couldn't follow. He could only watch helplessly as Serge tried to untie Kid. He could only watch as..."SERGE!"

Blinded by his love and rage, he didn't hear Glenn's shouts of terror. He couldn't even hear Kid, his love. Only a dull buzzing sound in his head, giving him orders. Ignore Glenn. Untie Kid. Do as I say.

Do as I say.

Do as I say.

Serge turned around to face Lynx.

"I remember the last time we talked like this," Lynx said softly. "With the Dragon Tear....inside Fort Dragonia. I've missed you, Serge. I've missed you so much."

Serge's eye twitched, and he kept listening, ignoring Kid and Glenn.

"Remember when you were little, Serge? We had sooo much fun, spending days at the beach. Do you remember the beach, Serge? It was where you were attacked. It was where you almost drowned. It was where I lost a part of myself." he emphasized these last words. "Serge...come to me...."

Come to me.

Come to me.

Serge took a step foward, leaving Kid bound to the wall and Glenn frozen in time.

"No, Serge, don't do it!"

Come to me.

"Please, no!!!"

Come to me.

Serge shook his head. What was he doing!? He had almost fallen into Lynx's trap!

"What are you waiting for?" Lynx snapped. "Come here, Serge!"

"NOOOO!" Serge took a wild leap and slashed out at Lynx with his swallow.

"Aarrgghhh!! Lynx whipped out his scythe. He took a blind swing, which Serge ducked underneath.

"There is no escape! I will get you, Serge! I am your father!" Lynx shouted hoarsely.

(a/n: That's not supposed to be funny...lol. It's true, isn't it? O_O lol)

"Keep away from him!" Kid yelled, wriggling against her bonds. But both she and Glenn were powerless. They could only watch as Serge and Lynx fought.

"I'll kill you!" Serge shrieked. "How dare you take her!? How dare you hurt her!?" Drivin by pain and rage, he fought Lynx with an intensity that shocked his friends, and his enemy.

But it would prove fatal in the end.

"Serge, why would you want to kill me, your father?" Lynx said gently even as he blocked another one of Serge's swings. "It's them you want! They're the ones who have been telling you lies all along. Serge, you don't want to fight me!"

"No! You're the one telling lies! You're the one fighting me! You tried to kill them!" he shrieked, tears sliding down his face. Even he didn't understand what was making him do this. He was pushing his body past the breaking point. Then a sparkle caught his eye.

The Dragon Tear.

Whenever Serge saw that little thing, he lost control of his mind and body. It had a sort of power over him. And Lynx knew that. Lynx planned this all along. But no matter what he told his heart, his head wouldn't listen. It was filled with the sound of his enemy's voice, telling him those oh-so believable lies.....

Serge lowered his weapon.

Lyn's eyes lit up even as Kid and Glenn howled in protest and sorrow. "Serge....you have finally come back to me. Come here, Serge."

Come here, Serge.

Come here, Serge.

His heart heard and recognized Kid's and Glenn's voices that blended into one, but his head refused to acknowlegde them. Slowly, he started to walk foward.

"That's right, Serge. Come to where you belong. Where you are truly needed." This was true. Lynx needed Serge so he could have the Frozen Flame. It was the only thing that kept him talking in this soft, gentle voice to the person he hated most of all. "It's alright, Serge. Lower your swallow. No more fighting me." Which is true, Lynx thought. You won't be alive to fight me much longer.

Serge obeyed. It was the Dragon Tear. He was losing control. Lynx stealthly drew out a small dagger and held out a hand to Serge, who took it carefully.

"Serge, you fool!" Lynx hissed. At a command from his mind, the Dragon Tear shattered and Serge woke up from the haze of commands. He realized what had happened, and what was to come. He struggled and resisted as best as he could, but Lynx was strong.

"Let go of me!" Serge yelled. He kicked Lynx in the shin. "Glenn! Kid!? Help me!" He looked over at them. They were...

"Frozen. Yes." Lynx shook his head in mock sadness. "Poor Kid, you left her tied to a pole. And Glenn, well, he's frozen in time right now. At my own command, of course."

Serge raised his head to look up at the one person he desperately hated. The one person he wanted to kill.

A tear slid slowly down his cheek.





Kid: Ahahahaha! CLIFFHANGER! *evil music*

Leon: Noooooo!

Narrator: Not the evil CLIFFHANGER! *evil music*

Sirius: Wouldn't sin music be more appropriate?

Kid: Alright. CLIFFHANGER! *sin music*

All: Much better....