Disclaimer- I have to say that all of the Sonic characters in this fic or mentioned do not belong to me they belong to Sega. Same with the Soul Calibur 2 characters they belong to Namco. Now as usual on with the story.
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Tales of Souls, Swords and The Hammer
Chapter 7 Unforeseen Dangers
The pink hedgehog's and the wind priestess's footsteps echoed in the old temple corridor, they wandered noticing the old markings upon the wall that were now unreadable.
Amy worriedly asked "Do you think we will find the people that have gone missing?"
Talim could hear the concern about them in her voice so she said "I am sure that they will still be alive." her voice showed hope which made the small companion smile.
While walking down the dark corridor Amy looked back wondering if any more of those armoured men were coming, she looked back at what was ahead just in case.
Her emerald eyes looked on in worry remembering how they made it all the way here.
Hours Ago
The one place that was once a sanctuary now a temple feared by everyone, many adventurers that entered never came out they all say. This included the fortune teller's son which the hammer Amy held belonged to.
Talim saw the look in her emerald eyes and asked "You alright?"
The only reply she got was "Yeah I'm fine….. lets go find the people."
The wind priestess did not know if she was hoping they were alive or not so she said "Amy we don't know if they are alive or not… if we can not find them then we have to consider that they are dead."
As the pink hedgehog went onwards to the entrance she said as if not wanting to believe that to be true "I know."
The two female companions entered the temple not seeing anything that was eye catching, just the usual temple markings and artefacts found now and then.
The pair kept their eyes open while cautiously walking, they were ready for a fight against anything if there was to be one. Amy's eyes examined the room they entered from the corridor, the first thing she noticed was the water all around a square platform, like an arena.
The two travellers had questioning looks but both knew neither one had the answer, as their feet touch the water to test the coldness of it a path suddenly emerged up to the surface to get across to the platform and another path to the next doorway to a corridor.
Both of the young women looked a bit confused seeing the path appear like this but they walked across it seeing they did not want to swim through to the platform and to the doorway.
Amy thought "Well at least we did not have to swim."
As soon as they made it to the middle of the platform, Talim heard something this made her companion stop and ask "What's wrong?"
The young woman looked around and then she noticed something glint in her eye as she saw something coming towards them. It was then she noticed different armoured or stone mask wearing types of axe wielders come from the different doorways and from places inside the room they were in.
It was not long as many of the axe men surrounded the two young women, the army looked to the two with expressions that could not be seen but Amy could tell that they did not take kindly to their being in the temple.
The army of axe men kept their eyes on the trespassers both of them were ready to fight with weapons poised to strike.
It was at that very moment every axe man went for the attack but in a fit of rage Amy spun her hammer so fast that each and everyone of the axe men were hit to either a few more of them or into the water, Talim was using her speed against the axe men taking out a few and kicking a few out of the ring or into more of them.
The war cries from both the intruders of the temple and the axe men who lived there echoed throughout the temple.
Each axe man growled in utter distaste at what was happening in the battle already, more of the army was doubled to try and take out both the hedgehog and the wind priestess.
Amy shouted "Get out of the way!" she smacked some of the army to one side which made an opening to the next doorway, the pair ran as fast as they could from each axe man.
The army ran after them, as both Amy and Talim ran they saw the army catching up to them, it was then the wind priestess said "Amy you go that way and I'll head this way maybe we can try to thin out their numbers and try meet up later."
The pink hedgehog nodded in agreement and ran down a different corridor while Talim went down the same corridor, this forced the army behind them to split up into two teams which was still a lot for one person.
Amy's Fight
As her tiny legs let her run as fast as she can she saw the axe men running after her and catching up. As soon as she saw the room which looked the same to as the last one she was in, she looked around and saw only a little difference.
Her eyes fell upon the corridor she entered from seeing the army coming towards her, she sorted out her gloves to make sure they fit, she picked up picked up the Hammer of Fortune and said in a confident tone "Get ready to lose."
The first thing she did was soul charge just after the army entered the room, one tried to hit her with the end of his axe but Amy jumped to the side, charged a flame attack and shouted on impact "Don't mess with me!" it hit the axe man out of the ring and into the water.
Many more axe men surrounded her, every swing she did against each one knocked them down to the floor or smacked them against another.
But the numbers gain caught up to her as she was smacked and hacked at with their axes. Soon after she felt about over twelve hits to her body she fell to the old stone floor, the hedgehog looked up to finally see one of the axes about to cleave her head off.
Talim's Fight
As the wind priestess entered the room which was the same as the last she saw, she brought out her tonfas out ready to fight, a axe man came from each of the four doorways.
Talim looked to her enemies and said "I won't hold back!" with Syi Salika and Loka Luha in her hands she struck each axe man down and used her speed and her quick combos to her advantage taking each one out onto the floor or bashing them out of the ring.
Her fast combos were unleashed on many of the axe men, she shouted out "I see you!" when she struck the many.
But she was distracted with the three coming from left, right and in front of her one of the axe men grabbed her from behind and lifted her up in the air with ease. It was then many of the axe men surrounded her with the one holding her.
She was held so tight that she could not move at all, before her eyes one of the men's weapon was poised to strike.
Amy's Fight
Just before the axe made contact she quickly smacked it with her hammer and got straight back up, her angered showed in her eyes which did not intimidate the army at all.
Suddenly just as they were about to come in contact with her she charged and spun her hammer around with love hearts and flames been left in its wake. She did not care how many she hit as long as many of them were gone.
As she finished spinning she looked at her handy work as she saw many of the axe men army were thrown out of the ring from the force of her hammer.
This made most them growl in distaste, one of them jumped up to split her in half with his axe.
Talim's Fight
As the axe came down to slash the wind priestess in half she kicked it away with her foot to one side since the axe was heavy this made him fall over to one side. She then kicked the guy holding her from behind in his stomach since he was one not wearing armour in that area, the kick to his guy made him let her go.
As soon as she landed gracefully onto the floor she looked around quickly and dodged to one side seeing another axe man trying to grab her again but instead she dodged, kicked him in the face, into the side of his arm and kicking him in the back of the head in quick succession. The many kicks made him fell into the water outside of the platform.
Another axe man tried his luck in taking out Talim but instead as she shouted "Strike!" he got hit in the face by one of her tonfas and fell into the water.
As her combos hit each axe man each one of them either fell to the floor unconscious or fell into the deep water.
The army were starting to get angered by the loss suffered in this fight, so one of them tried to swipe at her when she was not looking.
Amy's Fight
The pink hedgehog's hammer defended against the blow well as she looked at the axe man with rage in her eyes, as another one came to chop at her she threw the one she defended against and then hit the other axe man in the backside to make him go out of the ring with the other axe men.
Each blow connected well on each one of the axe men as she combined each of her swings.
From every scream heard she knew that they were defeated. As she turned around she smiled at seeing there were so few axe men left.
The last few men tried their hand at facing the pink hedgehog, as each of their axes tried to hack at her, but each time she defended or dodged each one knowing full well that one error would be the last she ever make in her life.
She finally got her opportunity when she saw an opening in their defence, she took advantage of this and smacked one of their feet, then smacked one in the face after jumping and spinning her hammer into the others who flew out of the ring from the force of her hammer.
Amy guarded against the other blows, when they left themselves opened she hit one of the axe men so hard that he fell unconscious, with the other though she dodged right behind him and jumped on top of his head, she gave him two soft blows, she then arched her back and screamed in war cry and smacked him in the face so hard he fell to the floor onto his back.
Before he fell from the force Amy jumped off him and landed on her feet gracefully seeing no more challengers, she spun her hammer over her head and said in victory "I told you not to mess with me…. Too bad you didn't listen."
She quickly made her way out of the room occasionally walking around or jumping over bodies on the floor, when she got across to the doorway into a corridor she hoped to find Talim.
Talim's Fight
It was suddenly the wind blew and she quickly ducked from the weapon after reading the wind that warned her about it.
She looked to the one trying to hit her so she ran and kicked him onto the floor, she quickly combined many of her moves together against her foes. Each one fell to the floor out cold or got back up for more.
As she continued to use her tonfas on the axe men she shouted while hitting one "Don't get up!" the man was knocked out onto the floor.
Her quickness soon took most of them out, but one of the axe again tried from behind, Talim noticed this so jumped over him and grabbed him when he turned around, she grabbed his arm and moved him nearer to the edge and threw him into the water. She then looked around and found no one left standing.
The wind priestess hugged her tonfas to her chest and said "My heart is still pounding"
She left the room while also occasionally going over the unconscious forms of the axe men.
As Talim left through the corridor she met up with Amy and smiled to her and said "So I guess you survived your battle?"
She nodded and replied "Yep…… lets get going shall we."
Her companion nodded as they went down the dark and old corridor.
Present
Talim's voiced echoed throughout the corridor as she asked with concern "Amy you alright?"
The pink hedgehog came out of her thoughts of earlier and replied "ohhh ye I am fine just thinking about what happened when we got here."
Her companion said "I was thinking too…. to be honest I don't know how we fought so well against an army that big and powerful…"
Amy suggested "Maybe its because we have grown stronger ourselves?"
The wind priestess nodded and replied "Yeah I guess you are right."
The two young women kept walking down the corridor, they went through many rooms that looked the same it was almost like a maze and someone could easily get lost.
It was lucky Talim could read the winds of where the way out was or otherwise they would have been lost and would not of got out.
Amy stopped looked down at her feet sadly after thinking about her friends, the wind priestess noticed this and asked with compassion "Are you alright?"
The pink hedgehog looked into her friend's chocolate brown eyes and said in a sad tone "I miss my friends…… they meant so much to me….. I have searched for them almost everywhere I have went to but found nothing….. sometimes I wonder will I find them or get home again?"
Talim got on one knee to look into her companion's emerald eyes and said in a reassuring tone "You will find them just believe that you will find them and you will meet them again."
Amy smiled and said "Thanks you have been a great friend since we met."
Her companion smiled as they carried on walking, in a hope to lighten the mood the wind priestess asked "So are you interested in any guys back home?"
The pink hedgehog smiled at the conversation and thought it was nice of her to ask so she replied "Well there are a loads of guys to choose from…… like Tails he is so kind, sweet, smart and cute, Knuckles is tough, strong but yet sensitive…….. but out of all of them I really like Sonic he's brave, fun loving, loves to travel when he runs and is adventurous…"
A smile came across the young women's faces as they talked, Talim said "You seem to like Sonic a lot don't you?"
Amy replied "Yeah he had always been close to my heart for many years….. I dream about the day we would fall in love and stuff you know…." she sighed as she ended it by asking "So how about you, any guys you interested in?"
Talim looked down sadly and said "No… there is no one I am interested in."
The pink hedgehog replied happily "Don't worry I am sure you will find someone someday."
Her companion looked back to her and said with a smile "Thanks."
As they both kept walking they came upon a room with no other doorways Amy asked her friend "Do you think this is a dead end?"
Talim went across with her companion and said "I don't know….." she was about to say something but a growling like voice shocked them and made them look at who was there.
The loud bangs were heard too but no one was at the doorway, it was then something knocked down the wall just ahead of them. Some pieces of the wall almost hit the two young women but lucky them that they were not hit.
The person who came into view looked at them with a not so welcoming stance, he was like the rest of the army except he wore gold armour and it looked more shinier then the rests armour and his axe was the same as the others. The two young travellers guessed that he was the leader of the axe men in the temple.
Both Amy and Talim looked to each other as they nodded to each other, Amy brought out her hammer and said "I'm ready!"
The gold armoured leader swung his axe in rage as he stared at both of the young women.
The pink hedgehog was ready for anything, the wind priestess gave them room to fight and decided to help when she was needed.
The most oddest thing was when Amy was about to hit the axe man, he stamped his foot on the floor which made the whole room shake, the shaking made the pink hedgehog wobble. This left her open for the side of his axe to hit her in the face.
She got up surprised by the sudden tremor he did, she ran towards him trying to get in one blow, the axe man guarded and hacked away at her with his axe once her guard was down.
Talim watched on worried and wondered about helping but decided to let the pink hedgehog go against him so she did not hit her by accident or get in the way. She was also surprised by the earthquake caused by the gold armoured axe man just a few moments ago, it was obvious this was going to be the most challenging fight that Amy had to overcome. The leader slashed his axe upwards making the pink hedgehog fly into the air, he then charged at her with his head before she hit the ground which struck her hard. As soon as Amy got up he grabbed her, head butted her which made her fall onto the old stone floor and then jumped on top of her in a sitting position.
He growled in satisfaction in hearing her scream in pain, the axe man raised his axe high about to strike at her, but it was at that point Talim shouted "No!" the wind priestess ran towards the axe man and tried to hit him, this was enough to distract him because he stamped the floor in order to stop her.
But when he stamped his foot on the floor Talim's feet left the ground and jumped towards him and smashed him in the face with one of her tonfas.
Amy saw what happened while getting up and got an idea from seeing that the axe man left himself open to attacks when he did that. She got up with hammer in her hands.
He got up and threw Talim over the pink hedgehog, the wind priestess almost fell into the water over the edge of the ring but Amy helped her from falling and got her to a safe distance away from the edge.
The pink hedgehog looked to her enemy once more and charged towards him, his foot stomped the floor to try and stop her but instead she jumped into the air while spinning her hammer towards him.
The hammer smashed against his face which made him fall onto the floor, seeing that she found a weakness he did not try again and just charged at her with his axe.
The axe almost hit her but she dodged to one side and hit him behind the knee with her hammer, when he was on his knees from been hit, Amy spun the hammer around in her hands raised it high above her head and hit the giant gold armoured axe man with the head of her hammer hard.
He fell face first into the floor from the force of the hammer, but he got up again and swiped her with the side of his axe. She fell near the edge of the ring, she got up slowly a bit injured from the axe hitting her.
As soon as she got up she saw him about to hit her, his axe almost made contact to her but at the last second she dodged to one side of him and smacked him as hard as she could in his back.
When the hammer made contact the axe man fell into the deep water and screamed from falling out of the ring.
The splash he caused soaked Amy to the bone, her fur was dripping wet with so much water going over her.
Talim smiled that she won the match but she looked a bit displeased about been soaking wet, she then asked "What you looking at?"
The wind priestess playfully smiled back and jokingly replied "My extremely wet best friend."
The two laughed at the situation like school girls, their laughter echoed throughout the old temple, it soon died down though as they decided to keep walking looking around the new area that was knocked down earlier by the axe man leader.
As they both went in they noticed many treasures and riches, as they walked Amy said in amazement "Wow so much treasure…… do you think this is the reason for coming here?"
The wind priestess looked around and replied in awe "Yeah I guess this is why the fortune teller's son came….. because he was desperate for money."
The pink hedgehog said "I guess it does make sense, poor town needs cash fast so the people try to find treasure here from bar rumours."
While searching around the room both the young travellers took 500 gold pieces each they left most of the treasure since they did not have big enough pockets to take everything.
As Amy's hand searched the room she saw something that stunned her, she went down on her knees, examined the object more closely and thoroughly.
Her eyes were not deceiving her as she looked at the thing she found, her companion noticed how oddly she was looking and came over while asking "You found something Amy?"
The pink hedgehog said nothing all she did was nod her head and looked sadly down to the floor.
As Talim looked down at what her traveller was looking at she instantly saw many bone corpses scattered around on the floor. The wind priestess put a reassuring hand on Amy's shoulder.
She said in a comforting tone "I'm sorry I knew how much you wanted to believe all of the people would be alive." the young woman was about to leave until she saw her companion searching through the bone corpses, she asked in a questioning tone "What you looking for now Amy?"
The pink hedgehog did not answer as she looked through all the skeleton bodies, Talim walked back over to her to see what she was looking for, Amy's eyes scanned the floor as if searching for something that was out of place, it was then she noticed a piece of old paper being held by one of the skeletons bony hands, near by was a feather pen and an ink well.
She carefully took the piece of paper from its hand and read it, the note said "To whoever finds this note let me congratulate you on making it to this treasury room that has been here since the temple was built, for many months I hid in many places of this temple and stayed alive from these weird axe men who guards this temple. But I fear by the time you read this I may be dead."
The pink hedgehog could not believe what this piece of paper was saying there was more so she continued to read the note wanting to know more "I guess I will have to explain what I am doing in this treasury room, I came here after hearing many rumours in town of great treasures, I wanted to help my mother so badly so we could buy more food and many other things, to live life for the better, but I risked everything to get here and now I can't leave since they know I am here, whoever is reading this please tell my mum that I love her and that I was blinded by riches when in actual fact I did had everything back home. Yours Sincerely……… Marth Karn"
Her eyes scanned the last bit of the note which said "P.S. my mother is a fortune teller in the town of Benetnasch she is the only one in town last I seen but I still hope she is still the only one."
As she finished reading the note Amy looked down at the ground realising that she can't save everyone, that realisation made her think and wonder if she was too late to help these people will she be too late to save Sonic?
Talim came up to her and asked "Shall we go now…..I am afraid there is nothing we can do here."
The pink hedgehog looked up to her and replied "Yeah you are right….. lets go."
With that in mind the two young women left the treasury, while leaving Amy thought "Sonic you are more precious to me then any treasure in this whole temple and I will save you if you are on this world."
TO BE CONTINUED
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Note – The reason for the people taunting during the fight is to get the feeling of the game of Soul Calibur 2 and I thought I did well in doing that but if any of you think otherwise then you can review and tell me, this time please more reviews just the one does not seem good for me to know if I am doing anything wrong or if I am doing good on this fic. Also reason for late on getting fic up is because I was having computer problems so I hope I did not make you wait too long.
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