Destroyers Of Time
Chapter Five: Thief's Visit
By: Efra
"Albel! Albel!" Albel slowly opened his eyes. He stared into the woman staring down at him. One eye was a deep purple color and the other was blood red and cat like. "What…" He said in a cracked voice. She was covered in blood, as was he .Her black hair falling over her shoulder. The sounds of a fight could be heard not to far away.
"Air Raid!"
"Fists Of Fury!"
"Leingod…Fittur…" Albel muttered.
"You can't win your nothing but a bunch of zeros and ones!"
The fight then continued. Albel tried to move but found that nothing in his body seemed to be working. But his nerves were screaming. "What's…going on?" Albel asked. But before the woman could answer there was a blinding light. Albel felt to woman jump away with him. But she couldn't quite land right from a deep gash in her thigh. She fell onto her back. Albel fell next to her.
"Hey! You creep! How dare you attack them! Flying Torpedo!"
"Ah! Little brat! That's it!"
Albel pulled himself up to his knees. He saw his friend's blurs not to far away. Albel scowled then grabbed the Crimson Scourge from where it lay then ran forward. Once back in the battlefield he found there was at least five enemies. Fayt was sword fighting with the man from his previous dream. The on who has struck him down. Cliff was fighting with a redheaded man fist to fist. Maria and Mirage were fighting and black haired woman that held a bow and arrow. Peppita Roger had teamed up fighting with a small cat girl about Roger's size and age. Then there was Nel who was duo with the man that had thrown him into the tree that he could remember against a blonde haired woman.
Albel had a particular grudge against the lavender haired man so he decided to help Fayt. Albel ran forward slashing the man across the back. The man froze so did Fayt. "Albel!" Fayt said a hint of relief in his voice. The man then turned around facing Albel. Everything had suddenly gone very dark around the mans figure. "Nox. You'll pay dearly for that. It's disrespectful to attack from behind." The man said coldly. "Hmph! Well? Shall we get rid of this maggot?" He asked looking Fayt's way. Fayt smirked then nodded. They both simultaneously ran towards the other man. They both slashed at him their blades crossing each other. When they both jumped away they noticed their blades were glowing a faint blue as was everyone else' weapons. "Those weapons…" The man said falling to one knee. He smirked then looked toward the woman who was standing feet away from him. "You did it didn't you?" He asked. She just stared at him. Fayt and Albel glanced at each other then to the woman. " Clous, Neka, Ceres, Layla…get out of here. Go back to father. He's probably worried about you all. " The man called. " I'm going to get rid of these pests." He added. " You're not going to," the redhead said turning to him. "You can't! What would daddy think if you didn't come back with us? It'll break his heart!" The cat girl screamed. He gave them all a stern look. They all the looked down then disappeared in digital spurts.
The man then jumped to the center of the room. A glyph appeared underneath him. Then an unseen wind swirled around him. "Lets get outta here! This doesn't look good!" Cliff yelled. "Agreed." Mirage said. As they all turned to run the room began to shake and collapse. Albel was struck down by a part of the falling debris. Albel then found himself back in the arms of the woman. "I got you." She whispered. A huge pillar fell in front of them the next minuet causing them both to fall to the ground. Albel pulled himself to one knee blood trickled down his forehead. The woman was gripping her limp arm. Then she looked to Cliff. "Get Albel out." She said then ran back towards where the man stood which had become a raging inferno. Albel felt the sense to run after her. But Cliff had scooped him up. "Wait!" Fayt called. "C'mon we half to get out of here. She'll be fine!" Maria said pulling the man who seemed to be the woman's twin towards the exit. Then the inferno exploded.
Albel snapped awake nearly falling out of bed again. He looked around the dark room. His head throbbed badly. Sitting up knocking the covers to the floor. He found his chest and head heavily bandaged. Sweat dripped off his face. Then the door opened with a creak. Albel glared as he stared a Nel who stood holding a bowl of water. "Well you're up. How do you feel?" She asked calmly walking over and setting the bowl onto the bed. "What do you want?" Albel snapped. Nel ignored his question. She dampened the cloth and lightly dabbed his forehead, which he cursed about. "What happened to you?" Nel asked damping the cloth again. "That's none of your business." Albel snapped looking away. Nel sighed then stood up. "You better get some more rest. You've been hurt pretty badly." With that she turned leaving the room again. Albel glared after her. He muttered to himself for about a half an hour.
Then the door opened again. Albel didn't look. "What now?" He scowled. There was no answer. The door shut quietly. "You should see someone about that angry muttering problem of yours." Said a soft whispered behind him. Albel then looked over his shoulder. He didn't expect to see a thief standing there. Albel knew her all to well. Her outfit gave her the look of a man. But Albel wasn't going to let that fool him again. She also held a bag over her shoulder. "You!" Albel yelled then went to grab her. She ducked away from him. Then Albel grabbed his sword and unsheathed it. The woman backed into the corner. Then he leaped at her. "Hey wait I'm not armed!" She screamed then found herself pinned against the wall. Albel held his sword to her throat then ripped her mask off. "You expect me to believe you?" He hissed. I don't…" She said. "But your welcome to check." She added. Albel then reached behind her. There were indeed no daggers not even the holsters. But that didn't convince him yet. He felt everywhere else on the woman. By the time he was done she looked rather annoyed with him. "Get off." She said pushing him away then moving to the chair sitting backwards in it.
Albel glared then sat on the bed. "Why are you here?" He asked. "Well I couldn't help but get worried about you… I mean my brother did throw you into a tree." She said. Albel glared then stood grabbing the woman and pulling her to her feet. He kicked the chair over. "Ow. Brute." She snapped. "Where is he?" Albel hissed. The thief yanked her arm away, which Albel only grabbed again. "Answer me!" He yelled. Then she slapped him and covered his mouth. "Shut up! You want someone to hear?" She whispered watching the shadows underneath the door. After all was clear she let Albel go. He glared even more at her. She looked back to him. "You're bleeding…here." She said reaching up towards him. Albel slapped her hand away. "I don't need your help!" He snapped. "Ow. Quite being such a baby." She snapped back then began unwrapping the bandages. "Who are you?" Albel asked when she turned away to grab some fresh bandages from the bag that she had dropped when Albel attacked her. "You mean my name right? It's Elvira Scipher. But I prefer to be called Elvy. It's nice to met you." She said turning back and sitting Albel down and rebandageing his head.
Albel then saw a small little gleam from the small pack on her hip. He reached inside it and pulled out the bronze key. "I'll have this back." He said. Elvy looked then shrugged. "It's no use to me if I don't know what it's good for." She said finishing up with him. "I'm sorry for my brother." She said then stood up. "What kind of a thief apologizes?" Albel asked in a mocking tone. "One that's not afraid to admit when they are wrong. " She said walking to the window. Albel stared at her his mouth open slightly as if he couldn't think of anything else to say. "Huh? Tell me I'm not seeing things." She said putting both hands on the window. Albel stood and walked to the window. Eerie thick black smoke rose up from the distance. "What the…" Albel muttered. Then Nel burst through the door.
"Albel! Krisla's been completely destroyed!" She yelled. Albel and Elvy turned to her. Nel stared wide-eyed at Elvy recognizing her from only nights ago. "You…"
Purrs Well here's the next chapter. I hope you all like it. I'm going to try to not carry things on so that's why I've had things getting destroyed already. I've got all these things to happen so I can't really let myself carry things on. Tell me if I do please. Did anyone else beside me just expect Albel and Elvy to start making out? Heh…Most of you do probably not like me now. But I think their bickering is cute. But everyone's entitled to his or her own opinion. Anyway leave a review and I'll get the next chapter real soon. Ta ta!
Efra
P.S: If you must flame me flame me but please try to be nice about it. Thank you.
