Author's note: Nothing new, but thanks for waiting as always!

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During Elizabeth and Helen's fight with Voldo, the rest of the group had arrived at Schwarzwind's main base. It wasn't long for Siegfried, Hilde and even Freyja and Tristy to show up, with Freyja holding an ice-colored sword, similar to the one Marie wielded.

"I see you're all finally here." Siegfried told them.

"Except two of us aren't present..." Lydia said, referring to Helen and Elizabeth.

The older man nodded, before the goddess of war outstretched both arms, holding the sword in her hand. "This is for you, the other Fated Hero. May you wield it wisely, Patroklos."

Patroklos approached Freyja, and was instantly confused. "How come I don't have a shield?" he asked her.

"Well...let's just say that the gods messed up a bit, and that they settled with just a sword instead."

He shrugged before taking it, and Siegfried added, "This is also the other Soul Calibur we've mentioned, albeit a bit stronger than Marie's. And along with her, you will be the ones to quell Nightmare at long last!"

As the younger Alexandra sibling examined Soul Calibur, Marie beamed. But at the same time, this also prompted Pyrrha to look worried. "Is there something wrong?" Lydia asked.

The blonde closed her eyes, and vivid memories of her encounter with Tira as a mere child appeared before her eyes. And yet, she could hear the other woman ask her again, "Are you allright?"

Her words made her open her eyes almost instantly as she looked at Lydia, letting out a drawn-out sigh as she replied, "Yes...I-I'm okay. I'm just scared of encounter her again."

The British girl put a hand on her shoulder, giving her a comforting smile. This would prompt Pyrrha to smile back, before the sound of doors being opened were heard.

"Sorry we're late. Did we miss anything?" Helen asked.

"Sort of; Patroklos has been given the other Soul Calibur, and now that we got both Fated Heroes to deal with Nightmare in the future, we are confident that this will be a grand finale to an ongoing war." Tristy replied.

"We had to deal with Voldo; it looks like he wanted to get rid of either one of the Fated Heroes...or both. I assume it's Nightmare's influence on him that he's also been malfested, too." Elizabeth told them.

"So he must be aligned with him...?" Lydia asked. "Can't wait to tell all this to the Alexandra siblings!" she added with a smile.

"But what about the guards?" Marie inquired.

"They reassured us that they'll deal with him; luckily, we did enough damage before they pitched in and took over for us." Helen responded.

"Took you long enough." Isuzu said. "Well, since all of this has been taken care of, I'm gonna go out and find a man to keep me company, tonight." she added, before leaving the base.

A brief silence followed, before the guards came inside and one of them said, "We were able to subdue Voldo before he retreated. Wasn't easy, but we did it."

"Very good; here's to hoping there won't be any more threats." Siegfried said.

"Maybe..." Tristy added.

"Well, I think it's we get home; thanks for providing Patroklos with his weapon." Marie chimed in.

The rest of the MHN nodded, and with that, they, along with Patroklos and Pyrrha, bid Siegfried and the others goodnight as they left the castle-grounds.

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As everyone retreated to their rooms for the night as usual, Lydia had eagerly invited Patroklos to her room, after she had invited Pyrrha to discuss what happened that night. Since she spilled the beans to her, she had also wanted to do the same to him, as well.

Her room had at least two bookshelves, and while her room has less of such compared to the study, it did provide her plenty of learning. There was also a journal on her desk, and a pen next to it, which served as diary of sorts to her.

"You wanna know what Liz and Helen were up to?" she asked, laying on her stomach.

"Well, why not?" he replied, sitting near her desk.

Lydia cleared her throat, and began. "So while we were waiting for your new weapon to come around, Helen and Elizabeth were blindsided by Voldo, and they wound up fighting him..."

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Her story had intrigued Patroklos, as he would soon learn that Nightmare had allies of his own, besides just Tira. Once Lydia had finally concluded it after some time later, he asked, "So he's an enemy of ours?"

"That's right. Even though he is an assassin, he had no other choice but to obey Nightmare now that he became a malfested."

"What if there are more of them?"

"Well, Tira, for instance. And did I mention those birds around her are Watchers? I wonder if Nightmare has any of those..." Lydia said, before she sat up and kept looking at him with a smile.

"Wait a minute...you brought me to your room for more than just talking, right? You're not trying to hit on me again...are you?" Patroklos asked, his expression becoming confused.

"Maybe...but then again, the other girls of the Mad Hearts Neo and I had been getting along with you and Pyrrha an awful lot. Not to mention, you've been acting less of a jerk." she replied.

"So the others want her too?"

"No, not that! They've been friendly around both her and you. But I've a feeling that that Ares fellow has some tricks up his sleeve. Maybe he wants you to get together with any of the five of us, or vice versa."

Patroklos sighed as Ares was brought up, but he kept his cool. "Oh, and if you finally deal with Tira, can I tag along with you?" he heard her ask.

This prompted him to think it over, and it since he and his sister had known the team for quite a long while, it wasn't long before he answered, "Sure."

Lydia grinned, before jumping out of bed, and kissed him on the cheek. This caused Patroklos to briefly flinch, but let out a deep sigh of relief as he said, "At least you didn't kiss me on the lips."

"Who knows who you'll get your first kiss from? It might be me...or it might be Marie since she likes you a lot...or maybe someone else..."

As Lydia was in deep thought, she heard a scream emitting from one of the bedrooms.

"YES!"

It was Isuzu, and as usual, she had invited her latest lover for a night of passion. Patroklos nearly blushed as he heard her scream, whereas the British girl was close to being flustered as she said, "Keep it down, Isuzu!"

Lydia would then regain her composure as she turned to him. "Don't mind her; she's always this promiscuous." she replied.

He nodded, and said as he did the same, "I...I see that."

"Well, sweet dreams."

"Yeah, goodnight, Lydia."

Patroklos would then leave her room, and when he turned himself in for the night, he had expected Pyrrha to have a pleasant sleep like him. Would she?

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While she was fast asleep, ignoring the noise from Isuzu and focusing on getting a good night's rest, she could hear the sound of someone entering her room from a window. It looked as though the figure had a womanly shape to them, and it began approaching her.

Feminine fingers caressed her blonde locks, and this made her stir in her sleep.

"Lydia...is that you...?" she mumbled.

"Shhh..."

The mysterious woman placed a finger over Pyrrha's lips, and whispered in her ear, "I'm not Lydia...I'm someone else. Someone you seem to be quite familiar with..."

Pyrrha suddenly felt her body tremble at her words, and believing all this to not be a dream, she had to take action. She slowly opened her eyes and turned around...

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...only for her to discover it was all just a dream. Pyrrha was alone in her room, and while looking around, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She's not here, she thought to herself.

Laying back in bed, she slowly closed her eyes, and would finally sleep without any hindrance. Hopefully, Patroklos (and perhaps Lydia) would settle the score with her...

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Sorry if this was shorter than part 1 of chapter 4. Anyhoo, up next is chapter 5!

With love for my fans,

Chrissy