Elementalism
They arrived back at the church and explained the entire story to Sister Romaine. Of course, it was more like a fill in the blanks because Prier had already been forced to explain their first visit to the ruins after they returned. Dominique was allowed to stay in the quarters of Prier's unit and was going to be given lessons on how to control her powers. Sister Romaine, and quite a few other people in the Church of the Holy Maiden, couldn't believe she and Prier were twins; Dommie was about as shy and quiet as Culotte. Then again, with a sister like Prier, it's no wonder both of them became introverted.
But their prime concerns were still with the Demons. Dominique had told her sister and allies all about Lady Sang's plan. Apparently, she had become quite smitten with the Dark Prince upon seeing his power many years ago. She not only wanted to steal Angelique's unique powers, but flood Croix's heart with Darkness once more so she could have him to herself. Of course, both goals included killing Prier.
"I go from dealing with a clingy bat to a jealous one," muttered Croix, "Poitreene, if this is my punishment then so be it. Just as long as no harm comes to Prier and Angelique; they don't deserve to suffer for my sins." He was sitting at a table in the gym; sipping a mug of beer to calm his shaking nerves.
"Don't worry about me. I'm going to kick her ass if she as much as breathes on you. Honestly, even I don't get that desperate when I want something! Not talking about love because A) I never needed to be desperate and B) when we were in the past I realized that letting go, though it causes you some heartbreak, shows that you care for someone. She's either going to learn that or I'll kill her," Prier stated.
Croix smiled at her as she sat down next to him. He offered her a small cup of beer; she was most likely a virgin drinker after all. Prier took one sip out of it and nearly gagged; spitting the liquid clear across the room. The girl couldn't understand why anyone would want to drink this stuff. Then again, it was the same with Croix's smoking; why did he want to be constantly breathing in something so horrid.
Noticing what had just happened, Croix pushed something else over to her. He said, "It's a lemon drink mixed with alcohol. Less of a liqueur taste to it than beer. Figured you'd prefer something like this, but knew you'd never get anywhere without trying." To this, Prier playfully swatted at Croix's head with her baton. Though she did drink down the hard lemonade. It was actually pretty good.
S...S
The next day, the group was working out in the gym. Prier had decided to teach Croix about unarmed combat; not knowing if he might drop his guns in a battle. He was a natural at punching hard, having been in a lot of fights as a kid and young teenager, but not the style of fist fighting. She was showing him how to imitate her stances, how to read an enemy's movement, and how to put the most into one hit. Francoise was trying to take notes; she did, after all, prefer to stick to hand to hand combat.
But after about a half hour, an explosion ripped through the gym. When the smoke cleared, they saw Ciel and Tonnerre standing in a gaping hole in the wall; well, only Dominique recognized who they were, but the others knew they were definitely Demons. Ciel gave a wicked eye to her nemesis. "Prier Dark Slayer…we meet at last. You are going to die for all the harm you have done me and my beloved."
"Can we be a little less cliché!" she yelled back, "I am sick and tired of you Demons trying to attack me. If you'd leave humanity alone…maybe I wouldn't have to beat you all up! Besides, you really don't want to test my patience; it's become quite explosive following all the crap I was put through!"
"Silence brat! You deprived me of my only daughter! And it was the humans who started it in the first place. We were living in peace back then when they slaughtered our village and took the life of the child I'd bore only a week before. So how can you say that I was wrong in wanting revenge?" Ciel asked.
Prier told her, "Then get revenge against the ones who harmed you; leave the rest of us out of it. And how dare you take my sister for your own selfish desires? Because of you, we almost killed one another. My mother would really love that one; let me tell you. My job as a Sister of the Goddess is to protect the balance between Light and Darkness; as well as to help those who are suffering in this world."
Ciel took a fighting stance. "I don't give a care about what your job is. Humans deprived me and my husband of our happiness once; we won't let it happen again. We're going to take back our daughter and reunite our family. You will die for your crimes; and then Lady Sang will perish for using Javelot! Time to succumb to despair!" Suddenly, a black wind began rushing out from her hands and to Prier.
"Sister!" shrieked Dominique, "Look out! Taste the Darkness!" With that, her shadow began to grow and race towards Ciel's spell. Both the dark attacks began fighting for supremacy. Culotte was taking note of how concentrated the blasts seemed to be. Darkness could very well fight Darkness; he knew that from watching his niece battle with Demons. However, sustaining a Dark attack against another Dark attack was uncertain; that's whyAngelique always attacked with one element and then the other.
"Dommie! I'll give you a hand. Taste the Light!" Prier called. With that, her aura began to change just as it had when they'd fought by the lake; taking on a more magical air. Prier's shadow began to distort until it became pure light before it too rose off the ground and prepared to block Ciel's spell.
Tonnerre added, "Two against one really isn't fair. You're going to have to fight me; Dark Slayer. Slowly you will melt away." Blood red bolts of lighting began raining down upon the two girls; in hopes that they would lose control of their magic. However, Prier and Dominique held fast despite the searing pain tearing into their flesh. They just had to work together and everything would be ok in the end.
Angelique noticed what was going on. She stepped forward and her body began to glow; the right side with Light and the left side with Darkness. Suddenly, a wing of light sprung from her right shoulder while a wing of darkness from her left. A cross appeared on her right hand while a pentagram appeared on her left; both glowing with their respective element. "Light of Angels Darkness of Demons!"
From her Light wing and the cross streamed Light energy while Dark energy flowed from her Dark wing and the pentagram. They began gathering in her palms as she aimed them at Ciel's attack. Then, Angie released the power from her body; causing it to rush right to the aid of her mother and aunt.
When the third spell hit, Ciel's attack was pushed back to its initial position. Both Elementalists were caught up in the blast and blown back into the wall; this also caused Tonnerre's lightning bolts to stop falling. Green/black blood began to pour from their wounds. Both reached out their arms towards one another. They were dying; dying because they had fought against what was fated to happen.
"We will go to our daughter now," whispered Ciel, "Our daughter and the other villagers."
"Ciel! I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. Promise me we'll see each other in the afterlife," Tonnerre whispered back. He saw her nodding; fear plastering her face. But when he looked up, he was in for a surprise. Prier was standing over the two of them; and she wasn't aiming a fist or her infernal baton.
Sky's Corner
Hello. I'm filling in for Teefa becaus she is being lazy and drooling over whatever Anime guy is on TV now; don't ask me, not like I'm dumb enough togo into her room when she's in this state. If someone guesses what comes next then I'll eat my hat. Teefa! You're too predictable. More crud about Light and Darkness combining into one powerful attack, blah, blah, blah! And she claims she had fun writing this one; I sometimes wonder about what that girl considers "fun." Anyway, for those who care about those things like Teefa, there will be mush in the next chapter. Please save me somebody...