Chapter 13: Subsiding Anger
Quietly, they all stood, as the six warriors looked down at their lifeless friend, as anger began to rise inside of Patricia, Lucia, and Claribel's hearts.
"She won't get away…." Said Lucia. "AGON WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!!"
"She'll pay…!" shouted Patricia. "WITH HER LIFE!!"
"I'm sick of this!" said Claribel. "No more waiting! Its time to end this!!"
The three enraged warriors hurried toward Agon's castle in a blinding rage.
"No! Wait!" cried out Cyrus. "You'll be killed!"
"We have to work as a team!!" said Celes.
Cyrus and Celes chased after them, as Shadow and Locke stood back.
"Well?" asked Locke.
"…"
"…I guess we were wrong…You haven't changed at all…"
With those words, Locke too followed the rest of the warriors, as Shadow stood still staring at Claribel, Lucia, and Patricia from afar.
"Fools…" he whispered, as he slowly walked towards her castle.
The warriors in the lead entered the castle, and stopped quickly as they had looked around. The room was totally dark, and the darkness seemed to consume any beam of light that entered it. The only visible object in the room was the blood red carpet that rested at their feet.
"SHOW YOURSELF, AGON!!!" the three cried out.
Patricia turned around and saw Cyrus and Celes about to enter the castle, but the doors slammed shut, leaving her alone with Lucia and Claribel, and whatever else was in the room.
"HEY!" yelled out Cyrus as he banged at the doors, unable to open it. "LET US IN!! YOU GUYS ALRIGHT!?!"
From afar, a figure could be seen standing up as footsteps slowly approached them.
"So…" the voice said. "After a year of hiding, you decided to show yourselves…"
"We were just waiting…" said Lucia. "We needed to get stronger…"
"Do you think you can actually beat me?" she asked with a smirk.
"We WILL beat you, Agon…" said Claribel.
"And the traitor speaks!"
"Shut up!"
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" laughed Agon. "Those banging at the door… there's three… and another one slowly joining them… that makes seven… shouldn't there have been eight of you?"
"There was…" said Patricia. "Until your Magus…killed… Glenn…"
"Glenn?" asked Agon with a puzzled face. "Oh! The frog! So wait… if he's dead… that must mean that Magus is also dead, isn't he?"
"…How did…"
"Saved me the trouble… ha…AHA…. AHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Y…You…" whispered Patricia as she tightened her fist. "YOU HEARTLESS BITCH!!!"
She lunged forward and quickly pulled out her Valkyrie with three arrows loaded into it. She released them, as Agon quickly stepped to the side, and then ran at her. Claribel jumped up from behind Patricia and slashed her sword but Agon made a cane appeared in her hands, then blocked Claribel's attack. Claribel made a vertical swing, but Agon blocked once again, then kicked her in the stomach, causing her to fall over. Agon lifted Claribel by her neck, as Claribel tried to weakly kick away to no avail, but quickly dropped her as she was hit on both sides by a red and blue beam. Setting her sights to Lucia, Agon rushed towards her and threw her cane into the air. Lucia held the Rainbow Edge tightly, as Agon jumped into the air, and grabbed the cane, which turned into a Scythe similar to Magus's. She brought it down at Lucia's head, but Lucia knocked it back, then tackled Agon, and caused her to fall on the floor. Quickly, Lucia raised her sword, but Agon pushed herself up from the ground and landed a severe blow to Lucia's stomach. Agon blocked from behind, as Claribel made another attempt to attack, but the block knocked her back, then she was slashed across the arm by the scythe. Agon raised the scythe and brought it down at her head, but her scythe dropped to the ground as it was encased in ice, as she saw Patricia standing not to far from her. Agon elbowed the back of the still flinching Claribel, causing her to collapse on the ground and lose consciousness, then lifted the ice covered scythe and reverted it back to her cane.
"Tsk tsk tsk…" said Agon. "Scared?"
"Not of you…" replied Patricia.
Patricia quickly raised her crossbow and aimed three arrows at Agon. She lit the tips with ice, which would freeze on impact, then launched them at Agon, but she stopped them before they hit. Agon turned them into fireballs and launched them back at Patricia, but blocked them by putting an Ice Barrier around herself.
"Hah! Warriors of Magic? Pathetic!"
"I"LL SHOW YOU MAGIC!!"
Patricia's whole body began glowing blue, as the door was blasted open, as Locke, Cyrus, and Celes entered the room.
"Agon!" yelled out Cyrus as he spotted her.
"Time to die!" said Celes, as she took out her Moon Blade.
"You'll pay for what you did to Albrook!" said Locke, as he readied his Mekki-Maru.
"No!" said Patricia. "I'll take care of Agon right now. Go tend to Lucia and Claribel!"
"We can't let you fight alone…" said Cyrus.
"I can hold her off. Don't worry, Cyrus… Claribel and Lucia need your help more then I do…"
Cyrus, Celes, and Locke quickly headed over to the fallen Lucia and Claribel, allowing Patricia to continue to fight Agon alone. Cyrus bent down next to Lucia and slowly lifted her head.
"Lucia… are you alright?"
"C…Cyrus?" asked Lucia with a smile on her face.
Claribel coughed slightly and slowly lowered herself up to her knees.
"Claribel…" asked Celes. "You ok?"
"Agon…" she said. "She… she's strong…"
"We warned you not to go in alone!" said Locke. "We have to work together on this…"
As he was about to continue, Patricia crashed into him and knocked him to the ground.
"I… I couldn't…" she whispered. "Glenn… I'm sorry…"
"You idiots know what I am capable of." Said Agon, with a certain pride in her voice. "It should occurred to you that she was no match for me by herself…She was fighting with so much anger…. Every time I mentioned that weak lizard, she blinded herself more with rage. She must have really loved that frog."
Cyrus slowly rested Lucia's head on the ground, and then stood up with the Dragon Fang in his hand.
"Don't tell me you wish to fight me too?"
"You mess with one of us, you mess with us all…"
"Fine…Like animals to the slaughter…"
Agon leapt at Cyrus, charging a fire attack on her left hand. A bright light flickered at the door, as two black beams shot out and struck Agon, and a cloud of smoke filled the room. Once it cleared, Agon was surrounding herself in a green barrier, as Shadow came into the castle, his arm extended towards Agon.
"Attacking me from behind, eh Shadow?" she asked.
"It isn't my fault you leave yourself so open…"
"Shadow!" shouted Cyrus. "Let's take her together! She's taken down Patricia, Lucia, and Claribel!"
"I know…" he said in his usual emotionless tone. "Celes?"
"Y…Yes?"
"Stay with them… focus your spirit and your magic into healing them…"
"But… I want to help!"
"You can help us by doing that… hurry up before you lose them."
A small light surrounded Celes, as she slowly began gathering up her magic to heal the fallen warriors. Agon quickly spun and extended her cane in the direction of Celes.
"Not so fast!" she said as she made her cane glow red.
A small flame appeared from out of the cane, and she prepared to launch an attack on Celes, but was stopped as Agon was punched in the back. She turned her head, and a blow was landed to her face, and was quickly blasted as she was stunned in the air. Hitting the ground hard, she looked up, and saw Shadow in front of her, as he kicked her face, causing her to lift up and crash into a wall. Slowly, he stepped back and paused, as Cyrus and Locke stood behind him, ready to fight.
"Is she dead?!" asked Cyrus.
"No…"
"We CAN take her…" said Locke. "Right Shadow?"
"Keep your guards up… because she wont lower hers anymore…Let's just hope that fate is on our side…"
Agon remained in the wall, as she opened her eyes and began to laugh.
"You've just insured the deaths of everyone here with those attacks, Shadow…"
"We can't escape our deaths if we are to die here…
"Ha ha… Shadow… the fearless leader who commands his troops?"
"Shut up…"
"Pssst!" whispered Locke. "Hey Cyrus…. I just thought of something… we are meant to win this, right? It's in the prophecy. We win, she loses. Right?"
"No…" said Shadow. "The prophecy only knows of who were the chosen ones and where they were to be found… everything else… its up to us. Don't fight carelessly as if you think you wont lose… our lives are still at stake…"
"That they are!"
In the blink of an eye, Agon appeared in front of Shadow. As he reached for his blade, as his fingers touched the handle, he was struck in the stomach and dropped to his knees. She aimed her cane at his neck and swung it, but it was blocked by Cyrus's sword. It knocked her back, as he swung his sword at her again, only she caught the sword this time. She kept a firm grip on it, as she tried to pull the sword out of his hands, her hands getting cut badly and covered in blood. Locke attempted to break her grip on the sword, as he swung his daggers at her frantically. She avoided all his attacks, and managed her grip on the sword, then with Cyrus's weapon, blocked Locke's dagger, and caused one of them to fly out of his hand. They both sent a magic blast at her, but she stopped the blasts before they hit and made them cause a small explosion. Slightly stunned by this, Cyrus and Locke looked on, believing Agon was hit, but she rushed at them quickly, jumped up, and kicked both of them, making them collapse on the ground. Agon raised her cane upwards, and blocked Shadow's aerial attack, as the weapons were forced against each other. Shadow broke the lock, and swung again, but Agon jumped back. They both paused slightly, as they looked into each other's eyes sand said nothing. Shadow grabbed his Shadow Blade and threw it up into the air, then lunged at Agon and began attacking her. He swung his left arm, which was caught, then hit by Agon's cane, then dropped down to the floor and kicked her stomach. Rolling himself upwards, he punched Agon's face as she was bent downwards, causing her upper body to lift up. Shadow kicked her stomach, then used it as a boost to launch himself up into the air and grabbed his sword, then landed on the ground. Tilting forward, he ran at the stunned Agon, and raised his Shadow Blade, aiming for her neck. As he leaped up, preparing to slice her neck, she stood up firmly and gripped her cane. As Shadow's blade neared, she swung her cane at it knocking it away from his hands, then lifted him up by the neck, digging her nails into him, but quickly dropped him, as she was bombarded from behind by four strong magic attacks.
"Sorry we took so long!" yelled out Celes, as she had her hand extended out, alongside the recovered warriors.
"You didn't think we would let you guys down, did you?" asked Lucia.
"I won't rush in this time…" whispered Patricia.
"Round TWO, Agon!" said Claribel.
"Fine…" replied Agon. "I'll make sure your DEAD this time!!"
As Agon faced the four female warriors and prepared to attack, she was knocked to the side into a wall by a large fire engulfed body, as Cyrus appeared from the form. Slowly, Agon pulled herself out of the wall, and focused his eyes on Cyrus. The constant blows she was receiving had gotten to her, and her anger rose more and more, and then charged at Cyrus. The four warriors came running at Agon from her side, but Agon extended her hand in their direction, then let out a large flash and blinding them temporarily.
"ELEMENTAL EXPLOSION!!!" yelled out Agon as she started thrashing upon Cyrus, who had been weak from using the Fire Silhouette.
Every punch, every kick, and every blow that hit Cyrus was followed by a streak of fire, ice, or light, as all the knight could do was stand there and take it.
"Cyrus…" said Locke, with his face buried in the ground, slowly getting up to his feet.
As Cyrus hit the ground, battered and bruise, Locke attacked Agon from behind with the single dagger he had. At least minute, she stepped to the side, with only a cut on her dress, and then grabbed Locke's arm and lifted him up, causing him to drop the dagger. She flung him into the air, making him fall down on the ground hard, as he was stretched out on the ground, badly injured. The warriors regained their vision back and together, attacked Agon. Patricia stood a distance from Agon, throwing ice arrows at her in an attempt to paralyze or numb Agon, as Celes, Claribel, and Lucia went upfront in a triangular pattern to attack. Claribel and Lucia attacked at the same time, slashing their weapons, making Agon jump over them. While in the air, Celes leaped up and tackled her, causing both of them to fall onto the ground. As Agon stood up, she saw two ice arrows heading for her, but stopped them and turned them into small fireballs. As Claribel and Lucia neared her to attack, Agon quickly stood and smeared the fire across Celes's face, then blasted both of them with a fire attack, knocking both of them over. Agon ran towards Celes, who was still on the ground, and as Celes stood up and lunged forward her Moon Blade, Agon caught it and sent an electrical charge through it, making her scream in pain, then fall to the ground. Her next target was Patricia, who continually shot arrows at Agon who was rushing at her, but none hit. As she stopped to lead her crossbow, her head had been clutched and lifted, as the next feeling she felt was her body being slammed against the floor three times. As Agon stood up, she was hit full force in the face with an elbow, then fell back against the wall. She pulled herself forward, but was knocked back against it by a large fire blast, which Lucia had thrown. Lucia launched another one, only this time Agon stepped to the side and appeared before Lucia. As Lucia attempted to swing her Rainbow Edge, she was stopped as Agon clutched her neck tightly. Agon continued to choke her, as she struck her in the stomach over and over.
"L…Lucia…" muttered the battered down Cyrus, who, with the little energy he had left, watched Lucia receive this pain.
Agon let go of her, and then threw her against a wall, as Lucia struggled hard to catch her breath.
"NOW!" Agon said. "IT'S TIME TO REUNITE YOU WITH YOUR LIZARD FRIEND!"
Agon extended her hand, as the form of a sword of fire was being made from her hands. She launched it at Lucia, as she struggled to move out of the way, but was too battered and out of breath to do so. She couldn't believe it, but this was it. Her life would soon be put to an end. As the fire sword neared, Cyrus, with the last energy he had, knocked Lucia away and took her place, as the fire sword ripped through his metallic armor and cut through his body, three inches below his heart.
"C…Cyrus…?" asked Lucia, as tears filled her eyes. "CYRUS!!"
Lucia stood quickly, not caring about her wounds, not thinking of her injuries, and ran to his side. The only thing that mattered to her was Cyrus right now.
"Cyrus!" she said as she bent down next to him and place his head on her lap, with tears rolling down her face. "Why did you… Why did you have to be so stupid…"
"L…Lucia…" he said with his normal cool smile. "I… couldn't… let you… die…. I… I love you… Lucia… I… always have… I have… to go now… and I… leave… you… this…"
Slowly, he closed his eyes, and a small ball of light lifted from his body, and split into six small rays, that encircled all the warriors, slightly recovering their energy. Though they had regained consciousness, they were still in pain, and unable to get up. Lucia held Cyrus close to him, sobbing very quietly.
"C…Cyrus!?" she asked, shaking him, not wanting to believe what has happened. "Don't leave me… I… I love you too… CYRU----S!!!"
She lowered her head, as her eyes began burning red, filling up with anger and rage. Slowly, she got up with her sword in hand, and began shaking. Her head looked upwards, toward Agon. To the sides, she saw the bodies of her friends laying there in pain, and her love, Cyrus, dead. She quickly ran towards Agon and slashed her sword in a blinding rage. Agon dodged the slashes, but Lucia kept slashing faster and faster. Lucia continued her barrage on her, as she cut Agon's cheek, then her arm. As reflex, Agon struck Lucia in the stomach, and then knocked her down with an ice attack. As Agon approached Lucia to lift her up from the ground, she felt a small stinging on her cheek. She placed her hand over it, and her eyes widened as she stared at the redness of her hand.
"Blood…mine?" stuttered Agon. "You…You…"
Agon quickly picked up Lucia form the ground by her hair, and pinned her against the wall. Lucia's eyes were twitching in pain, and she couldn't take anymore. Agon repeatedly slammed her against the wall, digging the indentation of her head into the wall. Agon pulled her out and lifted her by the throat, and extended one hand to the side.
"ICE FIST!!!!"
An icicle formed on her hand, and she drove it through Lucia's stomach, then threw her near Cyrus's body. With what little energy he had, Cyrus stood up weakly and hurried to Lucia.
"Lucia!!"
"Ugh… Locke… I… I'm sorry… I was… too careless… I was under the impression… that none of us… could… could…" she closed her eyes tight and slightly shook. "I'll… make myself… useful…. Be careful…"
A small ball of light also raised from her body, and it went into the bodies of the remaining warriors, as she tilted her head and died. The small light had given the fallen warriors enough energy to at least stand once.
"Lucia… Cyrus…" they all whispered except Shadow. "How can… only one was…
"We… have to fight… together…" said Shadow. "We… can't let her win…"
With their spirits broken, and two of their friends dead, they still stood up. Shadow stood in front of the last remaining warriors, Claribel, Celes, Locke, and Patricia, and walked towards Agon.
"STILL haven't learned your lesson!?" asked Agon in an irritated voice. "It should be fun to see you all screaming in pain once again…"
In haste, Patricia ran towards Agon by herself. Agon, in response, launched a fire blade, the same that had killed Cyrus. Celes quickly sent a lightning bolt towards Patricia, and made her glow in a yellow aurora. With her temporary new speed and mobility, Patricia leaped over the attack and spun un circles around Agon. As Agon tried to keep her eyes on her, she spun around and quickly got dizzy, while Patricia positioned herself behind the dazed Agon. She blasted Agon with an ice beam and froze her instantly, as she jumped back to where the warriors were standing.
"Now's our chance!!" said Shadow. "Hit Agon with everything you have!!!"
They all closed their eyes and quickly gathered their magical auras. A small light appeared before them, as when they released it, their attacks came together, and formed one large magic beam, which glowed in various colors, that pierced through the ice and struck Agon, causing her to scream in pain. After the whole attack had struck her, she stood silently, and then collapsed on the ground. Inside of the castle, the five warriors, with Shadow, stood, breathing heavily, as the body of their friends, and their enemy was on the ground.
"It… over…" Patricia whispered. "It's finally… over…
Slowly, she limped over to where Agon's body was at, and looked down at her, with hate and sadness in her eyes. She extended her hand towards Agon's body and blasted her.
"That's for Cyrus…"
She blasted her again.
"That's for Lucia…"
As she gritted her teeth, she blasted Agon's body four more times.
"And that's for…"
Slowly, Patricia fell down to her knees.
"That's… for…"
She buried her face in her hands and started sobbing.
"Glenn… that was for… Glenn…"
Locke came up from behind her and kneeled next to her, placing his arm on her shoulder.
"Patricia… it's ok now… We can go home." he said.
"WHAT HOME!?!" she cried out. "WE HAVE NO HOME!!"
"She's right…" said Celes. "The Prophet… he lied to us…"
"We won nothing here…" said Claribel. "Nothing at all… nothing but death…"
"…"
"Even in these times, you still have nothing to say, eh Shadow?" asked Locke.
"Let's just go…" said Celes. " there is nothing here for us anymore…"
Shadow walked out of the castle, followed by the remaining four warriors. All that floats in their mind is the false tale of the prophet, and the death of their three friends.
Quietly, they all stood, as the six warriors looked down at their lifeless friend, as anger began to rise inside of Patricia, Lucia, and Claribel's hearts.
"She won't get away…." Said Lucia. "AGON WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!!"
"She'll pay…!" shouted Patricia. "WITH HER LIFE!!"
"I'm sick of this!" said Claribel. "No more waiting! Its time to end this!!"
The three enraged warriors hurried toward Agon's castle in a blinding rage.
"No! Wait!" cried out Cyrus. "You'll be killed!"
"We have to work as a team!!" said Celes.
Cyrus and Celes chased after them, as Shadow and Locke stood back.
"Well?" asked Locke.
"…"
"…I guess we were wrong…You haven't changed at all…"
With those words, Locke too followed the rest of the warriors, as Shadow stood still staring at Claribel, Lucia, and Patricia from afar.
"Fools…" he whispered, as he slowly walked towards her castle.
The warriors in the lead entered the castle, and stopped quickly as they had looked around. The room was totally dark, and the darkness seemed to consume any beam of light that entered it. The only visible object in the room was the blood red carpet that rested at their feet.
"SHOW YOURSELF, AGON!!!" the three cried out.
Patricia turned around and saw Cyrus and Celes about to enter the castle, but the doors slammed shut, leaving her alone with Lucia and Claribel, and whatever else was in the room.
"HEY!" yelled out Cyrus as he banged at the doors, unable to open it. "LET US IN!! YOU GUYS ALRIGHT!?!"
From afar, a figure could be seen standing up as footsteps slowly approached them.
"So…" the voice said. "After a year of hiding, you decided to show yourselves…"
"We were just waiting…" said Lucia. "We needed to get stronger…"
"Do you think you can actually beat me?" she asked with a smirk.
"We WILL beat you, Agon…" said Claribel.
"And the traitor speaks!"
"Shut up!"
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" laughed Agon. "Those banging at the door… there's three… and another one slowly joining them… that makes seven… shouldn't there have been eight of you?"
"There was…" said Patricia. "Until your Magus…killed… Glenn…"
"Glenn?" asked Agon with a puzzled face. "Oh! The frog! So wait… if he's dead… that must mean that Magus is also dead, isn't he?"
"…How did…"
"Saved me the trouble… ha…AHA…. AHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Y…You…" whispered Patricia as she tightened her fist. "YOU HEARTLESS BITCH!!!"
She lunged forward and quickly pulled out her Valkyrie with three arrows loaded into it. She released them, as Agon quickly stepped to the side, and then ran at her. Claribel jumped up from behind Patricia and slashed her sword but Agon made a cane appeared in her hands, then blocked Claribel's attack. Claribel made a vertical swing, but Agon blocked once again, then kicked her in the stomach, causing her to fall over. Agon lifted Claribel by her neck, as Claribel tried to weakly kick away to no avail, but quickly dropped her as she was hit on both sides by a red and blue beam. Setting her sights to Lucia, Agon rushed towards her and threw her cane into the air. Lucia held the Rainbow Edge tightly, as Agon jumped into the air, and grabbed the cane, which turned into a Scythe similar to Magus's. She brought it down at Lucia's head, but Lucia knocked it back, then tackled Agon, and caused her to fall on the floor. Quickly, Lucia raised her sword, but Agon pushed herself up from the ground and landed a severe blow to Lucia's stomach. Agon blocked from behind, as Claribel made another attempt to attack, but the block knocked her back, then she was slashed across the arm by the scythe. Agon raised the scythe and brought it down at her head, but her scythe dropped to the ground as it was encased in ice, as she saw Patricia standing not to far from her. Agon elbowed the back of the still flinching Claribel, causing her to collapse on the ground and lose consciousness, then lifted the ice covered scythe and reverted it back to her cane.
"Tsk tsk tsk…" said Agon. "Scared?"
"Not of you…" replied Patricia.
Patricia quickly raised her crossbow and aimed three arrows at Agon. She lit the tips with ice, which would freeze on impact, then launched them at Agon, but she stopped them before they hit. Agon turned them into fireballs and launched them back at Patricia, but blocked them by putting an Ice Barrier around herself.
"Hah! Warriors of Magic? Pathetic!"
"I"LL SHOW YOU MAGIC!!"
Patricia's whole body began glowing blue, as the door was blasted open, as Locke, Cyrus, and Celes entered the room.
"Agon!" yelled out Cyrus as he spotted her.
"Time to die!" said Celes, as she took out her Moon Blade.
"You'll pay for what you did to Albrook!" said Locke, as he readied his Mekki-Maru.
"No!" said Patricia. "I'll take care of Agon right now. Go tend to Lucia and Claribel!"
"We can't let you fight alone…" said Cyrus.
"I can hold her off. Don't worry, Cyrus… Claribel and Lucia need your help more then I do…"
Cyrus, Celes, and Locke quickly headed over to the fallen Lucia and Claribel, allowing Patricia to continue to fight Agon alone. Cyrus bent down next to Lucia and slowly lifted her head.
"Lucia… are you alright?"
"C…Cyrus?" asked Lucia with a smile on her face.
Claribel coughed slightly and slowly lowered herself up to her knees.
"Claribel…" asked Celes. "You ok?"
"Agon…" she said. "She… she's strong…"
"We warned you not to go in alone!" said Locke. "We have to work together on this…"
As he was about to continue, Patricia crashed into him and knocked him to the ground.
"I… I couldn't…" she whispered. "Glenn… I'm sorry…"
"You idiots know what I am capable of." Said Agon, with a certain pride in her voice. "It should occurred to you that she was no match for me by herself…She was fighting with so much anger…. Every time I mentioned that weak lizard, she blinded herself more with rage. She must have really loved that frog."
Cyrus slowly rested Lucia's head on the ground, and then stood up with the Dragon Fang in his hand.
"Don't tell me you wish to fight me too?"
"You mess with one of us, you mess with us all…"
"Fine…Like animals to the slaughter…"
Agon leapt at Cyrus, charging a fire attack on her left hand. A bright light flickered at the door, as two black beams shot out and struck Agon, and a cloud of smoke filled the room. Once it cleared, Agon was surrounding herself in a green barrier, as Shadow came into the castle, his arm extended towards Agon.
"Attacking me from behind, eh Shadow?" she asked.
"It isn't my fault you leave yourself so open…"
"Shadow!" shouted Cyrus. "Let's take her together! She's taken down Patricia, Lucia, and Claribel!"
"I know…" he said in his usual emotionless tone. "Celes?"
"Y…Yes?"
"Stay with them… focus your spirit and your magic into healing them…"
"But… I want to help!"
"You can help us by doing that… hurry up before you lose them."
A small light surrounded Celes, as she slowly began gathering up her magic to heal the fallen warriors. Agon quickly spun and extended her cane in the direction of Celes.
"Not so fast!" she said as she made her cane glow red.
A small flame appeared from out of the cane, and she prepared to launch an attack on Celes, but was stopped as Agon was punched in the back. She turned her head, and a blow was landed to her face, and was quickly blasted as she was stunned in the air. Hitting the ground hard, she looked up, and saw Shadow in front of her, as he kicked her face, causing her to lift up and crash into a wall. Slowly, he stepped back and paused, as Cyrus and Locke stood behind him, ready to fight.
"Is she dead?!" asked Cyrus.
"No…"
"We CAN take her…" said Locke. "Right Shadow?"
"Keep your guards up… because she wont lower hers anymore…Let's just hope that fate is on our side…"
Agon remained in the wall, as she opened her eyes and began to laugh.
"You've just insured the deaths of everyone here with those attacks, Shadow…"
"We can't escape our deaths if we are to die here…
"Ha ha… Shadow… the fearless leader who commands his troops?"
"Shut up…"
"Pssst!" whispered Locke. "Hey Cyrus…. I just thought of something… we are meant to win this, right? It's in the prophecy. We win, she loses. Right?"
"No…" said Shadow. "The prophecy only knows of who were the chosen ones and where they were to be found… everything else… its up to us. Don't fight carelessly as if you think you wont lose… our lives are still at stake…"
"That they are!"
In the blink of an eye, Agon appeared in front of Shadow. As he reached for his blade, as his fingers touched the handle, he was struck in the stomach and dropped to his knees. She aimed her cane at his neck and swung it, but it was blocked by Cyrus's sword. It knocked her back, as he swung his sword at her again, only she caught the sword this time. She kept a firm grip on it, as she tried to pull the sword out of his hands, her hands getting cut badly and covered in blood. Locke attempted to break her grip on the sword, as he swung his daggers at her frantically. She avoided all his attacks, and managed her grip on the sword, then with Cyrus's weapon, blocked Locke's dagger, and caused one of them to fly out of his hand. They both sent a magic blast at her, but she stopped the blasts before they hit and made them cause a small explosion. Slightly stunned by this, Cyrus and Locke looked on, believing Agon was hit, but she rushed at them quickly, jumped up, and kicked both of them, making them collapse on the ground. Agon raised her cane upwards, and blocked Shadow's aerial attack, as the weapons were forced against each other. Shadow broke the lock, and swung again, but Agon jumped back. They both paused slightly, as they looked into each other's eyes sand said nothing. Shadow grabbed his Shadow Blade and threw it up into the air, then lunged at Agon and began attacking her. He swung his left arm, which was caught, then hit by Agon's cane, then dropped down to the floor and kicked her stomach. Rolling himself upwards, he punched Agon's face as she was bent downwards, causing her upper body to lift up. Shadow kicked her stomach, then used it as a boost to launch himself up into the air and grabbed his sword, then landed on the ground. Tilting forward, he ran at the stunned Agon, and raised his Shadow Blade, aiming for her neck. As he leaped up, preparing to slice her neck, she stood up firmly and gripped her cane. As Shadow's blade neared, she swung her cane at it knocking it away from his hands, then lifted him up by the neck, digging her nails into him, but quickly dropped him, as she was bombarded from behind by four strong magic attacks.
"Sorry we took so long!" yelled out Celes, as she had her hand extended out, alongside the recovered warriors.
"You didn't think we would let you guys down, did you?" asked Lucia.
"I won't rush in this time…" whispered Patricia.
"Round TWO, Agon!" said Claribel.
"Fine…" replied Agon. "I'll make sure your DEAD this time!!"
As Agon faced the four female warriors and prepared to attack, she was knocked to the side into a wall by a large fire engulfed body, as Cyrus appeared from the form. Slowly, Agon pulled herself out of the wall, and focused his eyes on Cyrus. The constant blows she was receiving had gotten to her, and her anger rose more and more, and then charged at Cyrus. The four warriors came running at Agon from her side, but Agon extended her hand in their direction, then let out a large flash and blinding them temporarily.
"ELEMENTAL EXPLOSION!!!" yelled out Agon as she started thrashing upon Cyrus, who had been weak from using the Fire Silhouette.
Every punch, every kick, and every blow that hit Cyrus was followed by a streak of fire, ice, or light, as all the knight could do was stand there and take it.
"Cyrus…" said Locke, with his face buried in the ground, slowly getting up to his feet.
As Cyrus hit the ground, battered and bruise, Locke attacked Agon from behind with the single dagger he had. At least minute, she stepped to the side, with only a cut on her dress, and then grabbed Locke's arm and lifted him up, causing him to drop the dagger. She flung him into the air, making him fall down on the ground hard, as he was stretched out on the ground, badly injured. The warriors regained their vision back and together, attacked Agon. Patricia stood a distance from Agon, throwing ice arrows at her in an attempt to paralyze or numb Agon, as Celes, Claribel, and Lucia went upfront in a triangular pattern to attack. Claribel and Lucia attacked at the same time, slashing their weapons, making Agon jump over them. While in the air, Celes leaped up and tackled her, causing both of them to fall onto the ground. As Agon stood up, she saw two ice arrows heading for her, but stopped them and turned them into small fireballs. As Claribel and Lucia neared her to attack, Agon quickly stood and smeared the fire across Celes's face, then blasted both of them with a fire attack, knocking both of them over. Agon ran towards Celes, who was still on the ground, and as Celes stood up and lunged forward her Moon Blade, Agon caught it and sent an electrical charge through it, making her scream in pain, then fall to the ground. Her next target was Patricia, who continually shot arrows at Agon who was rushing at her, but none hit. As she stopped to lead her crossbow, her head had been clutched and lifted, as the next feeling she felt was her body being slammed against the floor three times. As Agon stood up, she was hit full force in the face with an elbow, then fell back against the wall. She pulled herself forward, but was knocked back against it by a large fire blast, which Lucia had thrown. Lucia launched another one, only this time Agon stepped to the side and appeared before Lucia. As Lucia attempted to swing her Rainbow Edge, she was stopped as Agon clutched her neck tightly. Agon continued to choke her, as she struck her in the stomach over and over.
"L…Lucia…" muttered the battered down Cyrus, who, with the little energy he had left, watched Lucia receive this pain.
Agon let go of her, and then threw her against a wall, as Lucia struggled hard to catch her breath.
"NOW!" Agon said. "IT'S TIME TO REUNITE YOU WITH YOUR LIZARD FRIEND!"
Agon extended her hand, as the form of a sword of fire was being made from her hands. She launched it at Lucia, as she struggled to move out of the way, but was too battered and out of breath to do so. She couldn't believe it, but this was it. Her life would soon be put to an end. As the fire sword neared, Cyrus, with the last energy he had, knocked Lucia away and took her place, as the fire sword ripped through his metallic armor and cut through his body, three inches below his heart.
"C…Cyrus…?" asked Lucia, as tears filled her eyes. "CYRUS!!"
Lucia stood quickly, not caring about her wounds, not thinking of her injuries, and ran to his side. The only thing that mattered to her was Cyrus right now.
"Cyrus!" she said as she bent down next to him and place his head on her lap, with tears rolling down her face. "Why did you… Why did you have to be so stupid…"
"L…Lucia…" he said with his normal cool smile. "I… couldn't… let you… die…. I… I love you… Lucia… I… always have… I have… to go now… and I… leave… you… this…"
Slowly, he closed his eyes, and a small ball of light lifted from his body, and split into six small rays, that encircled all the warriors, slightly recovering their energy. Though they had regained consciousness, they were still in pain, and unable to get up. Lucia held Cyrus close to him, sobbing very quietly.
"C…Cyrus!?" she asked, shaking him, not wanting to believe what has happened. "Don't leave me… I… I love you too… CYRU----S!!!"
She lowered her head, as her eyes began burning red, filling up with anger and rage. Slowly, she got up with her sword in hand, and began shaking. Her head looked upwards, toward Agon. To the sides, she saw the bodies of her friends laying there in pain, and her love, Cyrus, dead. She quickly ran towards Agon and slashed her sword in a blinding rage. Agon dodged the slashes, but Lucia kept slashing faster and faster. Lucia continued her barrage on her, as she cut Agon's cheek, then her arm. As reflex, Agon struck Lucia in the stomach, and then knocked her down with an ice attack. As Agon approached Lucia to lift her up from the ground, she felt a small stinging on her cheek. She placed her hand over it, and her eyes widened as she stared at the redness of her hand.
"Blood…mine?" stuttered Agon. "You…You…"
Agon quickly picked up Lucia form the ground by her hair, and pinned her against the wall. Lucia's eyes were twitching in pain, and she couldn't take anymore. Agon repeatedly slammed her against the wall, digging the indentation of her head into the wall. Agon pulled her out and lifted her by the throat, and extended one hand to the side.
"ICE FIST!!!!"
An icicle formed on her hand, and she drove it through Lucia's stomach, then threw her near Cyrus's body. With what little energy he had, Cyrus stood up weakly and hurried to Lucia.
"Lucia!!"
"Ugh… Locke… I… I'm sorry… I was… too careless… I was under the impression… that none of us… could… could…" she closed her eyes tight and slightly shook. "I'll… make myself… useful…. Be careful…"
A small ball of light also raised from her body, and it went into the bodies of the remaining warriors, as she tilted her head and died. The small light had given the fallen warriors enough energy to at least stand once.
"Lucia… Cyrus…" they all whispered except Shadow. "How can… only one was…
"We… have to fight… together…" said Shadow. "We… can't let her win…"
With their spirits broken, and two of their friends dead, they still stood up. Shadow stood in front of the last remaining warriors, Claribel, Celes, Locke, and Patricia, and walked towards Agon.
"STILL haven't learned your lesson!?" asked Agon in an irritated voice. "It should be fun to see you all screaming in pain once again…"
In haste, Patricia ran towards Agon by herself. Agon, in response, launched a fire blade, the same that had killed Cyrus. Celes quickly sent a lightning bolt towards Patricia, and made her glow in a yellow aurora. With her temporary new speed and mobility, Patricia leaped over the attack and spun un circles around Agon. As Agon tried to keep her eyes on her, she spun around and quickly got dizzy, while Patricia positioned herself behind the dazed Agon. She blasted Agon with an ice beam and froze her instantly, as she jumped back to where the warriors were standing.
"Now's our chance!!" said Shadow. "Hit Agon with everything you have!!!"
They all closed their eyes and quickly gathered their magical auras. A small light appeared before them, as when they released it, their attacks came together, and formed one large magic beam, which glowed in various colors, that pierced through the ice and struck Agon, causing her to scream in pain. After the whole attack had struck her, she stood silently, and then collapsed on the ground. Inside of the castle, the five warriors, with Shadow, stood, breathing heavily, as the body of their friends, and their enemy was on the ground.
"It… over…" Patricia whispered. "It's finally… over…
Slowly, she limped over to where Agon's body was at, and looked down at her, with hate and sadness in her eyes. She extended her hand towards Agon's body and blasted her.
"That's for Cyrus…"
She blasted her again.
"That's for Lucia…"
As she gritted her teeth, she blasted Agon's body four more times.
"And that's for…"
Slowly, Patricia fell down to her knees.
"That's… for…"
She buried her face in her hands and started sobbing.
"Glenn… that was for… Glenn…"
Locke came up from behind her and kneeled next to her, placing his arm on her shoulder.
"Patricia… it's ok now… We can go home." he said.
"WHAT HOME!?!" she cried out. "WE HAVE NO HOME!!"
"She's right…" said Celes. "The Prophet… he lied to us…"
"We won nothing here…" said Claribel. "Nothing at all… nothing but death…"
"…"
"Even in these times, you still have nothing to say, eh Shadow?" asked Locke.
"Let's just go…" said Celes. " there is nothing here for us anymore…"
Shadow walked out of the castle, followed by the remaining four warriors. All that floats in their mind is the false tale of the prophet, and the death of their three friends.
