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Chapter 4: Revelations
The wind had died, night had fallen, all was silent, the corpse of the giant monster now lay on the ground, impaled by his own axe, the masked beast now lifeless, was stuck to the ground, the blond haired warrior had struck him with such force the blade went through him and into the concrete road. The two women that stood behind the charred wall that was the remains of a building looked out at where the battle had taken place, they were left in awe. No sooner had the battle started than it had finished.
A few minutes earlier
The titan of a man had leaped into the air swinging his monstrous axe down on the blond haired wandered below, the wanderer didn't flinch.
"Quickly DODGE!" Cassandra shouted.
The young warrior paid no heed to the woman and her pleas to run. As the blade of the axe drew closer to the warrior's head it was suddenly stopped, not by a weapon but by the man's own hand. The blade was trapped between his index and thumb, he looked up at his enemy, his fierce gaze burning though his adversary.
"It's that it?" He asked tauntingly.
"Impossible!" The beast cried out as he was now on the ground, his strongest attack stopped by two of this man's fingers.
Suddenly with blazing speed as if he disappeared he released the blade and went airborne as he lounged at the monster striking his opponent in his chest with his elbow. The titan was taken off the ground and fell onto his back, his hand released the axe as it fell to the floor but before it could touch the blond warrior grabbed it and impaled the golem, blood tricked from his wound as it poured over the blade and spilled onto the ground, within seconds he was dead.
"You could never beat me," The cloaked wanderer said as he turned away.
Present Time
He cast off his cloak with one swift movement. He had a brown outfit underneath his metallic armor, he was only covered with a breastplate, gauntlets and boots otherwise his brown under suit could be seen, he had a solid build with developed features of a seasoned warrior that filled out his attire. At the back of his head he had long blond hair reaching down his back to almost his waist, but coming up to his face the hair that ran along his temples were cut reaching a little past his eyes.
From behind the wall, Cassandra's eyes widened as she gazed at the handsome knight before her, she brought one of her hand to her mouth and began nibbling on one of her nails, but her gaze never left her savior. Sophitia watched her younger sister's actions, she had never acted like this before, a smirk came across her face when she realized what happened. The stars were beginning to come out and night was setting in, the knight walked over to where Cassandra and Sophitia were, he stopped short of the lone wall but in front of the building to which the wall belonged. His gauntlets easily swept aside the ashes on the ground and he lifted up a metal plate with the letters 'INN' on it.
He looked to where to two sisters were, but only found one, the same one that was staring at him making him feel awkward, he glanced around to see if he could find the other, he found her standing beside the Soul Calibur, her fingers outstretched to touch it.
"Don't touch it," He said calmly.
The woman turned around and acknowledged him.
"My name is Sophitia," She replied sweetly, "And may I ask the name of my savior?"
"Siegfried," was all he muttered. She turned to her face to the sword but her body was still facing him.
"This is the Soul Calibur," She said, "How on Earth did you ever find this weapon?"
"I didn't it found me," He replied.
"Huh?" She asked puzzled.
Suddenly Sophitia saw her sister coming up beside them to join in the conversation, when Siegfried saw something else had caught Sophitia's attention he turned to see what it was, he saw the other woman who had been standing beside Sophitia watching the fight now bowing her head before him with her eyes close.
"Thank you for saving us, I am Cassandra Alexandra," She said humbly
Siegfried trued to face her, her face was still in it's bow, "Siegfried," He said calmly.
"Thank you brave knight," She stated in her current position. Sophitia watched her sister not wanting to interfere.
Siegfried watched the woman calmly, her hair was shorter than Sophitia's reaching a little past her ears, se had a slender figure with a short white skirt and blue top with a bow in the at the top.
He took his hand and placed it at her chin and lifted her face so he could see her.
"I am not a knight," he said firmly "Knight's serve their king and country, I serve no one."
She looked up at him gazing into his beautiful blue eyes, suddenly she looked away when she realized she was blushing. He moved his hand from her chin and prepared to exit the town.
"Wait," Cassandra cried, "Where are you going?"
"Well I was planning on staying at the inn, but we can all see what happened," He said looking at the ashes where the building once stood.
"Then would you allow us to keep you the night?" She asked calmly.
Siegfried looked over at their house, "I think your house needs repairs."
She looked up at him, her face smiling, "No that's Rothion's workshop, our house is by the temple," She said happily.
"Well it would be better than camping out again," He replied.
The answer shot through her, as a new feeling of joy swept through her body, she wanted to jump but contained herself, she quickly grabbed his hand, "Here this way I'll show you."
Sophitia chuckled at what had just occurred, the man had no idea what just happened and she had never seen her sister act this way before, but her brief joy turned to grimace, she looked at the carnage Astaroth had caused, he left countless corpses on the ground, her only concern was that some the villagers had managed to hide in the temple.
Siegfried was slightly startled when he reached the temple, if was filled with people, who sat outside the home of Cassandra and her family. He should be shocked after seeing so many corpses fill the streets, and now there were this many people here in the temple but nothing surprised him anymore.
"Everyone it's safe now, this is Siegfried, he has slain the demon," Cassandra said proudly standing besides him, her arm still intertwined with his, there was a sudden uproar as the citizens of the tragic town shot up and shouted with joy, they all came around him, all wanting to know about their mysterious savior, but he just sighed in annoyment. Cassandra saw the sigh and knew he didn't want this, she felt bad for putting him in this position. Suddenly the wandering warrior saw something that caught his attention, Rothion and his children were inside the house and he was tending to them as if they were sick.
It was later that night after most of the people had left, not all the houses were destroyed, but those, whose were destroyed were allowed to stay in the temple, Siegfried approached the two slumbering children, there were on separate beds, covered in white sheets, the boy was closest to the window with the girl's bed right next to his, something about these children appealed to him, he felt a strange energy he had not felt in a long time.
"You sense it don't you?" Cassandra asked in the doorway looking at Siegfried watching the two children.
"Where is Sophitia, does she know…?" He was about to ask but was cut off.
"Yeah we all do," Cassandra replied solemnly.
They both looked at the children's faces they looked like they were in pain, as they writhed in their beds. It was as if they were having some kind of nightmare, he watched as the moonlight shone through the window and onto the children pained expression, he couldn't just do nothing.
"Very well," He said as he moved closer and drew Soul Calibur from his back.
"Wait what are you doing?" Cassandra asked when he saw him draw his sword. Suddenly Rothion came up to check on his children where he saw Siegfried in front of them with his sword drawn. He repeated Cassandra's question.
Siegfried turned to them and replied calmly, "I'm curing them."
As he held his sword up to small lights came out from the Soul Calibur and found their way to the children, as it danced around them, it eventually faded, they both opened their eyes at the same time.
"It no longer hurts," The boy said in a tired voice.
Cassandra and Rothion stared on in shock at what Siegfried had just done. Tears swelled up in their fathers eyes as he ran to his children, quietly he headed to where Cassandra stood while the family celebrated.
"How did you…?" She asked in disbelief.
"I used the holy power of the soul Calibur to negate the evil power of the soul edge," he replied.
"Thank you," Cassandra said tears forming on her eyes.
It only took a matter of seconds for the children's laughter to reach Sophitia's ears, who was currently tending to some of the people where were staying at the temple because they were left homeless. Immediately she ran across to her house and to the children's room, both her son and daughter jumped into their mother's arms.
"How is this possible?" She exclaimed.
"That man who defeated Astaroth, he cured us," Her son said looking up at her.
"Siegfried?" She asked "Where is he now?"
"He and auntie Cassandra left a while ago," The boy said.
"Oh I see, well then, we have to find a way to properly thank him then." She said smiling at her children.
To Be Continued. . .
Oh yeah, seeing as this is my 1st fic I want to finish it, no matter how many reviews I get, but I want to start another one soon, but I won't give up on this one I'll try to get a new chapter out every week until it is finished, the next chapter is where the story picks up and Siegfried and Cassandra romace develops, until the next chapter arrives can you give me some feedback?