"What was that noise?" Serena turned back towards Seto as the ground shook
once again.
"We're under attack," she said as she turned away and headed towards the other side of the room. "General Alophis! Ready the Guymelefs."
"Of course, your highness."
Serena stormed past Seto as he tried to rest a hand on her. Every one of his advances had failed for the past three weeks. Her royal highness was colder than ever to him.
"Seto, you and your friends will follow Varie into the caves. A battle field is no place for any of you."
Varie looked up curiously at Serena. "But Lady Serena," she whined.
"Varie! You will lead them through the caves or I shall execute you personally. Is that understood?"
"Yes milady."
"Father! Gather every man who can fight. The rest will retreat to the caves. Fanelia will give those bastards a fight like they've never seen."
Van nodded and smiled at his daughter's high spirits but he knew better than to hope for a miracle.
"I need all the Guymelefs out. We need to hold the enemy forces off." Serena shot a look at Seto who was still standing there. His little brother Mokuba hid from her glare. "I told you to leave."
"I don't want to leave you here."
Without a moment's notice Serena spun around and stopped just as her sword blade touched the bare skin of Seto's throat. "I don't want to see any heroic delusions. You have no business in this war. The only reason you are in my palace is that your blond friend helped me. Get that straight!"
"She's worse den you are Kaiba."
"Shut up Wheeler," Seto growled as Joey stepped forward followed by the rest of the group.
Serena raced down the steps and headed towards the Guymelef, Escaflowne. "I want every able bodied man out there fighting," Serena said as she spun around towards her father.
"What about us?" Duke asked as Serena glared at them.
"Take the caves with Varie and at least try to keep out of danger."
"Well, we're tired of being dragged around. You promised to send us home but you haven't done a thing about it yet."
Serena brushed past him and ignored his argument as she ran towards Escaflowne and light-footedly leapt towards the control box.
"The caves are this way," Varie yelled as she ran out. There was already a crowd of women and children following her. Mokuba stood there in shock as he saw a boy not much older than him being suited up in armor. His mother wept openly as she placed the helmet on his head.
Mokuba felt a hand on his shoulder and gasped as he saw the Queen Mother standing behind him. "It's always hard to see your loved ones go off to a war. I should know. Every day I wake up I fear that this may be the day I lose my husband and daughter."
"Would you please quit scaring my brother?" Seto swallowed as the Queen Mother looking as regal as ever looked straight at him.
"I was merely trying to help him understand Mr. Kaiba."
"He doesn't need to understand this."
* * *
"Burn! Burn ghost! Burn!" They had almost made it to the caves but the red guymelef was blocking their way.
"It's Dilandau," Varie hissed as the flame opened towards them and everyone dodge but most were not fast enough. Everyone who was hit was to be left behind.
"Yuge is it bad," Joey was on the ground as Yugi sat there next to his closest friend writhing on the ground.
"We need to leave."
"But what about Joey," Tristan said angrily.
"He'll slow us down. Leave him behind!" The queen's bodyguards grabbed them and pulled them away as they thrashed in the grasps.
"Big brother! Big brother!"
Serena stumbled out of the wreckage in Escaflowne. There was almost nothing left of Fanelia but little did she know that this was the beginning of the end for all of Gaia. She looked up and saw the ship lifting off with the injured, including her father and then as it disappeared she took a step forward, away from Fanelia.
"We're under attack," she said as she turned away and headed towards the other side of the room. "General Alophis! Ready the Guymelefs."
"Of course, your highness."
Serena stormed past Seto as he tried to rest a hand on her. Every one of his advances had failed for the past three weeks. Her royal highness was colder than ever to him.
"Seto, you and your friends will follow Varie into the caves. A battle field is no place for any of you."
Varie looked up curiously at Serena. "But Lady Serena," she whined.
"Varie! You will lead them through the caves or I shall execute you personally. Is that understood?"
"Yes milady."
"Father! Gather every man who can fight. The rest will retreat to the caves. Fanelia will give those bastards a fight like they've never seen."
Van nodded and smiled at his daughter's high spirits but he knew better than to hope for a miracle.
"I need all the Guymelefs out. We need to hold the enemy forces off." Serena shot a look at Seto who was still standing there. His little brother Mokuba hid from her glare. "I told you to leave."
"I don't want to leave you here."
Without a moment's notice Serena spun around and stopped just as her sword blade touched the bare skin of Seto's throat. "I don't want to see any heroic delusions. You have no business in this war. The only reason you are in my palace is that your blond friend helped me. Get that straight!"
"She's worse den you are Kaiba."
"Shut up Wheeler," Seto growled as Joey stepped forward followed by the rest of the group.
Serena raced down the steps and headed towards the Guymelef, Escaflowne. "I want every able bodied man out there fighting," Serena said as she spun around towards her father.
"What about us?" Duke asked as Serena glared at them.
"Take the caves with Varie and at least try to keep out of danger."
"Well, we're tired of being dragged around. You promised to send us home but you haven't done a thing about it yet."
Serena brushed past him and ignored his argument as she ran towards Escaflowne and light-footedly leapt towards the control box.
"The caves are this way," Varie yelled as she ran out. There was already a crowd of women and children following her. Mokuba stood there in shock as he saw a boy not much older than him being suited up in armor. His mother wept openly as she placed the helmet on his head.
Mokuba felt a hand on his shoulder and gasped as he saw the Queen Mother standing behind him. "It's always hard to see your loved ones go off to a war. I should know. Every day I wake up I fear that this may be the day I lose my husband and daughter."
"Would you please quit scaring my brother?" Seto swallowed as the Queen Mother looking as regal as ever looked straight at him.
"I was merely trying to help him understand Mr. Kaiba."
"He doesn't need to understand this."
* * *
"Burn! Burn ghost! Burn!" They had almost made it to the caves but the red guymelef was blocking their way.
"It's Dilandau," Varie hissed as the flame opened towards them and everyone dodge but most were not fast enough. Everyone who was hit was to be left behind.
"Yuge is it bad," Joey was on the ground as Yugi sat there next to his closest friend writhing on the ground.
"We need to leave."
"But what about Joey," Tristan said angrily.
"He'll slow us down. Leave him behind!" The queen's bodyguards grabbed them and pulled them away as they thrashed in the grasps.
"Big brother! Big brother!"
Serena stumbled out of the wreckage in Escaflowne. There was almost nothing left of Fanelia but little did she know that this was the beginning of the end for all of Gaia. She looked up and saw the ship lifting off with the injured, including her father and then as it disappeared she took a step forward, away from Fanelia.