Chapter 3 Farewell my friend

The deep laughter seemed endless as the bad news piled on top of each other. The good news was, the demon died from the bullet. The bad news, a new demon had emerged from the bullet with lots more power than before, and, to make it worse, it still had Chrono in it's grasp as well.

"Chrono! I'm so sorry, Chrono, it slipped." Rosette said as she stood back up on her feet. The demon was huge! It was as big as a 13-story building, making Rosette squint to see it's head.

"Blood…must have…blood…" It said as it's beady red eyes rested on Chrono, who was struggling in his grasp, though it didn't seem to be helping any.

"Hey you big bully, pick on someone your own size, like a dinosaur or something!" Rosette screamed as she pointed her normal gun at the demon. The demon slowly turned its huge head to Rosette, and when it saw her, a wicked smile spread across its face and it dropped the bloody form of Chrono.

"Fresh blood…of…a young girl…" It whispered hoarsely out as it took an unsteady step towards her. She pulled the trigger, and, to her immense surprise, sent a Gospel flying towards it eye. The effect was tremendous.

There was a huge explosion as the bullet hit the demon in the eye, causing the eye to blow up and spew blood and pus type goo around them. Chrono got up off the ground and ran in front of Rosette, where the demon was headed, though the bullet seemed to have slowed it down.

"Hold it, Thanos. You're not getting at Rosette just so you can feed your endless appetite." Chrono yelled as he stood in front of her, blocking her from the demon and it's prying eyes.

'Thanos…that sounds familiar…' Rosette's eyes widened in shock as she realized just who was in front of them.

"Thanos, murder of a thousand…Thanos…the bloodthirsty archfiend, the one with an endless appetite who killed his own family…Chrono, why didn't you tell me this sooner?!" Rosette wailed as she grabbed his shoulder in panic.

"Thanos is the demon that was sealed away over 500 years ago because of his greedy nature. He could eat anything, demon, human, he didn't care; he ate them all. Thanos's essence was sealed in that bullet, and was released when you shot. He isn't very strong, Rosette, even Sheda could defeat him."

'Who's Sheda?' Rosette wondered as his voice took on a hint of malice.

"But, your bullets won't work on him Rosette; he may be weak, but he can evade them more easily than other demons can. And my power won't work on him because he absorbed the other demon, gaining its power as well." He turned his head slightly to her, revealing determined red eyes.

"Thanos's power constantly calls out to me, Rosette, it's his ability. It's always calls for me to come, and if you're not completely awake and focused, you will succumb to his callings and become his next meal."

The thing called Thanos laughed.

"Oh my, a Sinner, how very rare indeed. How I would like to have you, but you are far too strong for me to get my hands on, so I will go for the little nun behind you. Perhaps she wont put up too much of a fight." Thanos said as he took another step towards them. He stopped again, however, and said, "Unless…you want to take her place?" More blood fell to the ground with loud splashes as he stood there.

"Chrono, you can't! I won't let you!" Rosette screamed as he closed his eyes and turned his head away from her.

"Sorry Rosette, but I can't let you go…not when you're so close to finding your brother. I promised you that I would do everything I could to help you find him, and I will keep that promise, no matter what the costs on my part." He opened his eyes and glared at the demon.

Ruby red eyes staring at the huge demon defiantly as he said, "If you promise not to harm her…I will go in her place." He said as his arms fell to his side in defeat. Thanos laughed.

"How very cooperative you are Sinner. Very well, I won't harm your little catholic friend if you go in her place, agreed?" He called as tears began to well up in Rosette's eyes as she found, to her horror, her voice and body weren't responding to her commands. Tears started to run down her cheeks as she once again tried to call for Chrono to stop, but couldn't…her throat was closed up tight, but she persisted defiantly, earning her right to talk again.

"No…Chrono, you can't…" She managed hoarsely as the world began to spin. She saw Chrono nodding and say,

"I will not move from this spot if you do not harm anyone else and return to your dormancy, agreed?" Thanos nodded. "Then…goodbye Rosette. I am truly sorry I couldn't go with you to find your brother, but now you can at least go." Chrono said as Thanos's hand curled around his waist and hauled him up into the air.

"Why didn't you just let me kill him with the bullets?" Rosette screamed as Chrono got farther and farther away.

"Ha ha ha, silly human. Your bullets can't harm me; they may blow off a limb or an eye, but they can regrow just as easy, and your friend knew this, which is why he made this agreement with me. I would've surely killed you had I got my hands on you, but I'm not sad; I got someone much stronger than you, why should I be sad?" Thanos called out as it's flesh began pulling and the knitting back together.

"Couldn't we have just ran Chrono? Surely the Order could've helped us…" Rosette said as her vision get blurrier still. Chrono's voice came with a sudden surge of anger.

"And let someone innocent die? Rosette, I am by no means innocent, not even close to it. Why should someone else die that is innocent while I can in their place? You have a chance to live a long life, I suggest you live it to the extent while you can. Goodbye Rosette Christopher, I will never forget you, not now, not ever."

"I hope we can meet again someday, perhaps in heaven…that sounds nice, Rosette, I will look for you in heaven. But Rosette, promise me that if I don't make it, tell the Big Guy I said 'hi', would you?" He said as his voice began to fade and the world started to go black around her.

Tears poured out of her eyes onto her habit as she said the final words she would ever tell to him again.

"I promise Chrono, I promise."

End chapter 3, Farewell my friend

Okay, it wasn't that great but give me a break, I'm just going on what I feel like right now so there. Okay, if you want to talk to us, just put your e-mail address and we'll give you a chat, okay? Anyway, till next time,

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