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AN: Three chapters, one day! Lines like this-------------Represnts character change right now. Except the last one.
"Ready, Heave!" The two dragoons said as they pulled the boat they used onto the beach. The occupants have already begun their their accent up the mountain. According to Glenn, the Dragoons come here on excavations so often that there was an outpost around here and there was barely any monsters here. In a few minutes they were in cave. When they went out of the other end, Kidd stared at the magnificent ruins. The Dragoons must have started to rebuild it, because it didn't show any wear at all.
Lucca stepped forward."My, what a interesting.....
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"..pile of crap!" one of the pirates yelled, "couldn't the sword been taken else where, say a comfy castle?"
The ruins were still standing, but some of the building was covered with plants. The castle remained standing though. It seemed like the ancient fort was made of a stone that could withstand time.
"Look on the good side, at least the path was solid. The volcano is active, remember?" Norris added.
"But with all those monsters and the difficult climb, most of us are pooped!" A fat pirate spoke up.
"Aye, which one of ye landlubbers can continue? Raise ye hand!" Neither Black Wind or Pirate raised there hand.
"Exhausted after this!" Serge stepped forward,"What a couple of lazy bums!"
"Fargo, Serge, shall we go ahead?" Norris asked, both nodded."The rest can catch their breath, but I suspect more training after this when we head home." Every Porrie solider sighed and lowered their head in annoyance.
"Aye, same fer ye, mates! Letting this old man outlast ye!" The pirates did the same.
"Let's move." Serge said in an a almost Norris like tone.
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"WHAT THE..?!" Glenn yelled. It seemed like a war raged on in here. The just came into the Hub, but where there should be Dragoons guarding and Archaeologists working, both were lying around knocked out or injured. Glenn ran to the nearby groaning Dragoon. "Go to the outpost outside and get help!" he yelled at Lucca, who did as she was told.
As he knelt down by the Dragoon, he checked him. "Your going to be okay! What happened here?!"
"Shadows...came from nowhere....attacked and kidnapped Luccia...to the keep.....URRGGGHHH!" The Dragoons head rolled to the side.
"Is he..." Kidd couldn't finish the question. Glenn checked both pulse and breathing.
"No, just unconscious." As he told her this, Lucca came back with a Dragoon and a Doctor.
"Huff......More's comming...." Lucca said while trying to catch her breathe.
"Stay with them." Glenn said, drawing his sword and heading to wards the elevator.Upon seeing this Kidd 'borrowed' a dagger from the Dragoon and ran after him. Lucca followed suit.
"Sorry, but your mission is to protect us. So we're going to." She drew a gun she made for traveling out of her belt.
"B-But.."
"Wanna bow again, mate?" Kidd said as she drew the knife. She took enough self-defense classes to know how to use it, since some people a girl like her to be a wussy.
'....Women...can't tell them a thing'
BOOOM
"OOOWWWW! What was that for?"
"You shouldn't whisper things like that!" Lucca cracked a big grin.
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There boots echoed in the empty hub. Normally a place like this would be infested or something, but it seemed spotless.
"Odds are the sword is at the top." Norris said as they headed for the elevator tube. Inside they stood on the platform and it raised slowly......
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"SO YOUR SENDING MY NIECE IN THE LION'S DEN WITH A KNIFE, LUCCA, AND A DRAGOON?!!! ARE YOU CRAZY!!" Janus yelled. It seemed that every time period her the shout. Of course Kidd was the last of his family, so it was understandable.
"Say it a little louder. I think you haven't woke up the dead yet." Gasper moaned as he rubbed his ears.
Schala stood up. "She'll be fine! She's not a baby anymore Janus. Give her one chance before giving up hope!"
"You know what both must confront to continue! She only knows how to wield a knife in self-defense! Serge isn't a master of his weapon either! What makes you so sure the can pass the trails?"
"Because they must! Why do you think the path to the keep is cleared for both? I deactivated the defense systems and incapacitated the monsters in both forts? So they can go through the trail at full strength. Besides, the spirits should be put to rest." Janus whipped out a sickle that turn into a large scythe and pointed it at Schala's throat. She remain still, not afraid to lose her life.
"Remember what I said! She loses her life, you lose yours!" Dario grabbed the hilt of his sword, threating to use it if Janus made the wrong move. With a quick turn, he returned his weapon to it's home and walked out. "I going to help her." With that, the door slammed and the familiar sound of the pillars of light were heard.
"Are you all right?" Dario ran to her, checking for any damage.
"I'm fine. Go after him, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. Only interfere if both of you have to." Dario nodded and ran after him. 'Was you like your descendants, brother? Dark, but at the same time noble and kind, always worrying about your family?' Schala grinned, the fact he had descendants meant he fell in love, and yet when she met him in Zeal before Lavos destroyed it, and while she watch him after, he seemed filled with darkness. But if this one was any indication, his heart might have been black, but it still was a beating one like anyother......
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The team had reached the second floor. Unbeknown to them, they plunge into the unknown, not know the dangers....
What lies ahead of them, fragments of the pasts, the parts of the future....
An uncertain destiny awaits!