Chapter 10
Plans for the awakening
Cassandra awoke to the sound of swords clashing. Sophitia remained asleep… 'She really must have been tried' Cassandra looked outside and saw a woman with a whip-sword fighting a man with a Rapier.
"Give it up!" the woman shouted at him. The man just shook his head "Witch… your weapon may be… different..." She tried to whip him, but her sword just wrapped around his. "But, your lack of focus and control will be your downfall!" He waved his sword around and it came out of her hand. Ivy fell to her knees "I… failed?" Suddenly everything got a bit darker, and a pirate suddenly appeared out of nowhere in-between the two of them. "Ivy! Its ok my child… prepare for his arrival!" the woman bowed and left for the ship.
The pirate hovered down towards this young man. "My name is Cervantes De Leon… who are you and what is your purpose for being here?" The man bowed "My name is Raphael Sorel. I am a nobleman… I came here because I know of someone due to arrive here… he possesses Soul Edge… and I wish to take it from him!" Cervantes looks at this nobleman. "I sense a strong will in you… a strong soul…" Raphael looked at the pirate, "What?" Cervantes laughed. "The one know as Nightmare…" Cassandra gasped, Siegfried was coming here! She was right! "…will be arriving here shortly… he will be coming for me… you may kill him and take Soul Edge…" Cervantes smiled at him. 'Ivy and now this… Raphael… they are all falling for my trap!' Raphael bows "T'is a rare thing to meet a fellow noble person such as yourself, Cervantes de Leon." Raphael followed Ivy into the ship, so they could await for the knights appearance.
Cassandra woke up Sophitia and told here everything that had happened "I see… so he is still alive… and he has Ivy and this… Raphael working for him…" Cassandra nodded. Sophitia paced around for a while trying to think of idea. "How about…" Cassandra got her sisters attention, "When he arrives, we show his that he is not alone… we have to get through to him!" Sophitia smiled at her sister. "Well then… all we can do, is wait until he arrives… we must get him to let go of that sword… and give him this…" Sophitia held the Faust, Cassandra looked at it "What about the Requiem?" Sophitia shook her head "No… it won't be enough… he already had this… he needs to be reminded of what he lost, as well as what he had…" Cassandra nodded "Do you think we can pull this off?" Sophitia winked at her sister "You don't marry a blacksmith and not pick up a trick or two… we'll do our best, then pray to Hephaestus for help…" The two of them started to work on repairing the broken sword.
Ivy lay on her bed in her cabin, when she heard a knock "Go away father!" the door opened, Raphael stood in the doorway "I believe I am too young to be your father…" Ivy stood up, "Ah… so he…" Raphael nodded "He took the bait… he trusts me now!" Ivy came up to Raphael and hugged him "Very good! Soon he shall get what is coming to him!" Raphael nodded "Yes… and I shall get what I desire" He kissed Ivy "But for now... I desire something else…" He led Ivy to her bed and laid her down on it, he got on top of her and kissed her some more.
Cervantes levitated on the platform, thinking… talking with Soul Edge. "It is almost time… soon you shall be whole again." The sword started to glow red, "He is near… I sense he will be here before the day is over." Cervantes hovered over into the shadows to await for the azure knight to arrive.
The sun was setting, but finally Cassandra and Sophitia had finished. They looked upon the now re-forged Faust blade. Cassandra then said "I have an idea…" and turned the blade over to the side which had no inscription, "Sis… do you think it would be ok if…" Sophitia nodded "I'm sure it would help him more to know" Cassandra nodded. "I really hope this works…"
Nightmare walked into the Spanish port, Soul Edge in hand… "I… remember this place…" he muttered. He shook his head, trying to shake away any consciousness left of Siegfried. He marched down onto the docks and stood in the centre of the platform. "I call to you…" He saw a red glow in the shadows… his blade started to glow red as well. "Cervantes… come out of there!" The pirate emerged from the shadows, Nightmare was a little shocked… Astaroth was right… the Female Soul Edge had been revived. "How… your shards where shattered… some taken and used for something else!" The tension between the two was becoming unbearable… a battle would ensue at any given moment!
Cervantes stood not even 10 meters in front of him now "Exactly… I hunted each part of it down… it was hard getting the shard of that ninja though…" he threw down a dagger in front of Nightmare, "But I got it eventually…" Nightmare smiled "Well… at least we agree on the methods of our actions…" they begun to circle each other. "… but I will be whole again!" Cervantes laughed "Why do you think I am here then? I wish the same thing…" he stopped hovering and landed on his feet "… though who will hold it…" Nightmare readied his sword "… is what separates us…" he finished Cervantes's sentence.
The wind blew, Nightmares long hair flowing in the wind. Suddenly he heard laughter behind him, two people walked forward… he recognised them both. Ivy, a woman who once teamed with himself and Astaroth and Raphael, a noble whom he had defeated back in Germany. He looked at Cervantes "Pitiful, you needed allies…" Cervantes laughed "Every precaution… I see you have allies as well though…" Nightmare looked to his side and saw Sophitia and Cassandra heading his was "Allies? It's because of them I turned back to this!" Nightmare growled, he then turned to them "What do you two want? Do you both wish to die as well? After what you did?" Cassandra shook her head. "We… We have something for you…" Sophitia walked a little closer to him "Stop!" he said "Do not come any closer… toss whatever it is here… now!" Sophitia complied.