Theme song: Half pain, Witch Hunter Robin ending theme
Max stared at her in awe, "You can't be the Silver I know." He shook his head, "You can't…"
Silver shook her head, "No," She lied down, "I'm not her." She closed her eyes, "You should get to sleep."
Max lied down, "Not her…" He closed his eyes.
The morning light soon bathed the ruins but Max and his crew were already on their way to Kerning city.
"Where is this Perion you speak of?" Silver asked Max.
"Perion is the only city that was protected. All the survivors live there." Max explained.
The slime trailed slowly behind Silver while the orange mushroom jumped in front of her. It seemed to give Silver suspicious glares.
"What powers do you have?" Max asked Silver.
"Mostly healing and blessing abilities," Silver replied, "I was a support priest in the battle."
Max nodded, "Well," He looked down, "You're nothing like the Silver I knew." He saw the remains of the metal "Welcome to Kerning city" sign, "This place looked like a dump to begin with." He saw the few dead bodies that littered the ground.
The slime sniffed the air. It signaled the orange mushroom with a howl and they both jumped off. Max and Silver ran after them.
"There's smoke!" Max shouted as he climbed up a rope to the city, "Come on!"
They hurried to the city.
"Where is it coming from?" Silver asked Max.
Max looked at the city, "I thought this place was a dump before but seriously…" His eyes wandered around for the smoke, "I can't even recognize this place."
"There!" Silver shouted as she pointed to a smoke trail. It came from a small building.
"That's the weapon store." Max whispered as he ran as fast as he could into the weapon store.
Silver ran after him.
"Don't come in!" A man shouted as he threw a knife at them.
Max held up his staff and blocked the knife, "It's me! Max." He slowly stalked in, "Do you remember me?"
The man slowly stepped out of the shadows. The armor salesman stared straight at him, "Oh my god," He panted and held his forehead, "Oh my god," He whispered it again and laughed, "I thought you had died. Thank god you're alive."
Silver ran in, "Who's there?"
The armor salesman lifted another knife, "Don't come near!"
"It's okay." Max held up his arm, "I found her but she was badly injured. She's okay."
The slime and orange mushroom ran in. The armor salesman looked at them, "Wow," He kneeled to them, "I haven't seen these in a long time."
Max looked at the small fire in the middle of the room, "What's with the fire?"
"The heating broke." The armor salesman replied plainly, "This place is freezing and there's no way I can fix the heating. Only the weapon salesman could…"
"What happened to him?" Max asked.
"Gone," The armor salesman replied as he packed up all his armor and the few weapons he had, "He helped defend Kerning City. I was too afraid."
Max hung his head, "Oh,"
Silver touched the slime, "This looks like a poporing."
The armor salesman walked out, "I feel safer that you're here. I've been afraid to leave this place ever since the war began."
Max smiled, "Let's go to Perion. I'm glad I'm of use to you."
Silver smiled, "I really must thank you. If you didn't come to look for survivors, I think I really would've died. You must be a really good person to take care of me even though I'm one of the enemies."
The armor salesman nodded in agreement, "I want to know something." He walked up to Max and whispered it to him, "What happened to Cutter and Silver?"
Max felt an instant pang in his heart. He grasped his staff tightly. The slime and orange mushroom came up to him and comforted him.
"I'm sorry." The armor salesman replied.
"No," He shook his head, "It is okay. I'll tell you what happened."
Max ran out with his staff, "Poison!" His body immediately felt weakened when he used his magic.
The two guards faltered with their movement. Silver and Cutter quickly ran to the light coming from a small tunnel.
"They're getting away!" One of the guards shouted.
Silver grabbed her shuriken, "Come on Max!" She threw several of them at the guards.
One guard blocked all of them with their shield and stabbed her in the ankle with his sword.
Silver screamed and pulled her leg away. Cutter grabbed her and slashed away the guard, "Can you walk?"
"I'm okay." Silver groaned. She got on her feet, "Let's keep moving."
Max lifted his hands again, "Lightning!" He felt his magic being restricted again, "Damn," He took out the card of the golden bug from his pocket, "This…this card is taking away my power." He threw the card away.
Cutter held onto Silver, "We're almost there." He looked at her ankle. It bled badly, "Can you hold on?"
Silver nodded, "As long as you're with me…"
Cutter smiled with happiness but his happiness was short lived, "AHH!" He screeched and fell to the ground. An arrow was planted into his back.
One guard held onto a one-handed crossbow.
"Cutter," Silver held onto him, "Are you okay?" Cutter looked up at her faintly, "Please hang on,"
Max turned to them, "We have to carry him out of here." There was an immediate rumble, "What was that?"
"The volcano is going to erupt!" One guard shouted, "Damn," They both ran to the exit.
Cutter coughed, "Oh no, you don't," He took his sword and stabbed the narrow bridge that connected the exit to the dungeons.
"No!" The guards shouted. The ground below them began to collapse too. The guard plunged into the magma below.
The exit was beginning to crumble as well, "Come on," Max turned to them.
Cutter coughed gently, "No," He closed his eyes, "I'm already dying. Just leave me," He grabbed his piece of the silver cutter and pushed it together with her piece, "Go Silver…"
Silver shook her head, "No," She held onto him tightly, "I told you before. I can only hold on as long as you are beside me." She placed an arm on his back, "I'm not leaving you." She hurled the silver cutter at the rocks above the entrance, "Goodbye Max…"
"I'll get you guys out!" He ran to them. Rocks suddenly slid down from the high cliff, "No," They blocked the entrance, "Silver!" He pounded his arms against the rock, "Cutter!" He summoned his magic and began to break the rocks, "No…" He saw a silver hilt sticking out from the rocks. He pulled out the silver cutter.
Max held the silver cutter close to his heart as tears built in his eyes, "Don't you know how stupid you are!" He shouted at the wall,
"Why did you get yourself killed?" He stood up, "Why?" He walked out from the tunnel.
The armor salesman shook his head in disbelief, "No…" He shook his head harder, "Damn it all. Why did it have to be them?"
Silver wiped tears from her eyes, "They died because of us." She held onto her mace tightly, "It hurts me because I helped them." She held it to her head, "I don't deserve to live."
Max grabbed her shoulder, "No…" He looked down, "It isn't your fault. It was mine…"
The armor salesman shook his head, "No," He looked up, "It isn't your fault. Do you still have that silver cutter?"
Max took out the silver cutter and sighed, "I'll never lose this." He held onto it tightly, "Silver stopped me from throwing my life away by sealing the exit."
The slime and orange mushroom drooped and jumped with a sad bounce.
"You shouldn't focus on the past." The armor salesman replied, "They saved you and you should be thankful for that. Keep your eye on the future and you won't need to worry about painful memories of the past."
Max looked at him, "Yeah…"
The card Max was holding is called a Golden thief bug card. In Ragnarok, you can put cards in armors and weapons to give them special abilties. The golden thief bug card cancels out all magic attacks. Please R & R :)