The Infinite Chronicles
Act 5: Treachery
Production of chapter will be slowed down
Bc I don't have as much time and my due date is
At least 1 chapter a week but expect some to be once every 2 weeks
Chapter 14
"Told ya this place was a shithole" Jackson appeared in my head again. "Hey quick question" I asked "Why is it always a white void everytime I talk to you?" "I honestly don't know" he shrugged "I can't control it, or make it do anything, oh yeah have fun waking up!" he winked at me. I woke up in some sort of dark cell, with stone carving and weird green lines that glowed were the only source of light I could see. I groaned and rubbed my head "Knocked out three times in a week, not your best" Infinite said. He was sitting on a bench next to me "They've locked us up in a dungeon that has ether absorbing materials.". "Meaning?" I asked "We can't get out, blades need ether to power their attacks and there's no ether here.". We heard footsteps coming in our direction, we turned to see who it was, and it was none other than "Ace, I swear to god I'll kill you when I get out of here" I growled. "Your service to the empire is outstanding" he stared at me "Don't worry, this will be the best for you, as long as we keep the Aegis contained down here, the dragon cannot rise.". "Traitor," I spat at him. "Have fun in jail" he laughed and walked out.
"While we have time, I want to train you" Infinite said "How? We can't use our weapons" I gestured at the sword on my back. "A warrior should know how to fight with a weapon and how to fight with their hands" he raised his arms in a defensive position "show me what we got." Our cell wasn't big, but was definitely spacious enough for a spar. I engaged him with a punch and blocked his counter and gave him an uppercut. "Not bad" he laughed. I kicked him from the side, but he caught it and made me fall since I had only one leg on the ground. "Ow, I didn't expect to be put on my ass that quick" I laughed and he picked me up. "Infinite 1, Tryhard 0" a sarcastic voice I'd recognize anywhere said. "Shut up Jess" I groaned, hugging my side "You're not the one who is fighting an Aegis, and where's Steve?" I saw her purple eyes in the cell adjacent to ours "I believe he was taken, he does know valuable military information" she said.
"Again" and Infinite's fist came at me again. That's how we spent most of our time in the prison, training in fist fighting. I got knocked down most of the time, but I managed to knock Infinite down a couple of times. Eventually, we both got tired "Hey Infinite?" "Yeah?" "What's under the mask?" he answered hesitantly, "You don't want to know" I raised my eyebrows at him. "Fine" he relented. The mask contracted and his face was shown, Jess and I both gasped, he looked like he was made of shadows or some sort of void in space, with purple lines that showed his facial features, without them, he would only have nothing. His eyes were glowing, literally glowing, and he had no retina or sclera (the white part of your eyes), they were just a glowing purple color. "You look, interesting" unsure what to say. He put the mask back on "I don't take it off in public, it turns way too many heads'' he said. I didn't think Aegis's could be self conscious. "Hey, it's fine if you're with us, we don't mind how you look," I said comfortingly. "Yeah, besides, Hazel is uglier than you" Jess antagonized "Keep talking and you're going to have to heal yourself" I warned "I kid, I kid!" she laughed "So now what's the plan?" I asked "Hopefully Steve did what I told him too" Infinite replied. The green lights flickered for a moment, but it was enough time for Infinite blasted both of our cell doors open "Perfect" he said.
"Lets go" he pointed towards the end of the hall. We hurried along and of course there were guards, I tossed the sword to Infinite who moved at lightspeed, and before we knew it, all the guards lay groaning on the floor. "You didn't kill them did you?" I asked him nervously "No, I simply incapitated them, hurry now, this way!". "Well well well, seems like the rats are leaving the sewers'' a voice toyed with us. From around the corner came a man with dark hair like Ace and green eyes. He was wearing some sort of red colored armour, almost similar to the palace guards uniform, only with a little more armour. "Who are you?" Jess asked "The name's Brandon, and I'm Ace's brother" he gave us a cruel smile before his blade walked in. The blade was easily 7 feet tall, with six arms, three on each side, wore a big cloak and a very big hammer. "Let's get down to business shall we?" he said with a glint in his eye.
They rushed forward and slammed the hammer down so hard we got blown down. Brandon raised the hammer, but we rolled out of the way. "Armor piercer!" Jess shouted as she slashed at him. I switched out Infinite and brought Osiris in, "Heavy shot" I uttered, knocking him down, and I switched back to Infinite, "Piercing Uppercut!" I yelled as he was launched. Jess used " Knockout Slice!" smashing him to the floor, knocking him out and ending the fight. "We did great, but we still haven't used the full advantage of using both the driver and the blade" Infinite commented. He switched back to Avalon "Hurry this way"
"Help us!" a voice cried from one of the prisons. We stopped to look at the prisoners, they were wearing some sort of formal clothes, like ones of a high ranking official. "The emperor sent us down here, even though we're his most trusted advisors!" they wailed. "Alright, Avalon, you get them out of here, Jess come with me to find Steve" I ordered "Yes mother!" Jess said in an exaggerated voice.
"Meh meh, me not telling you anything!" we heard Steve say. "They're in this room" I mouthed to her "Yeah I got that" she rolled her eyes and she walked in. I grabbed Osiris's cannon and followed her. Inside, about five guards were interrogating him. I passed the cannon to Osiris who cried "Life Bomb!" a blasting a ball of energy that imploded and sucked the energy out of all the guards. "Friend kill all of them?" Steve said in shock as we undid the straps that held him. "If I did, you would know" Osiris stared at him hard. "Me think Hazel's friend a bit creepy" Steve said nervously. We ran outside to meet up with Avalon, who was holding his own against a horde of guards, blasting them with ice and occasionally smacking them with the flat end of his blade. "About time," he grumbled "The ship is that way, lets go.". "Stop them!" Ace's voice said behind us.
"They've got quite the arrest party," Avalon mused. Behind us were a lot of guards, with what I assumed more ether nets, led by Ace and Brandon. We jumped on the ship immediately, it began to move "Escaping from Regeum again master Avalon?" Atlas appeared next to us. "Ey shut it you" he shot back. "Wait if friend here, who steer ship?" Steve asked. "I have the ability to control the ship from my CPU, or my mind" he answered. They still ran after us, until they stopped at a cliff that was close to our ship. "They're going to jump, get ready" Avalon said, throwing me one of the halves of the sword. Ace stopped at the edge of the cliff, with Wildcard at his side, he took the bow and shouted "Heaven's Fury!" and shot a large pillar of light into the sky, I expected it to hit us but it didn't. The bolt came down behind him, splitting into many smaller ones, striking down much of the guards and his brother. He jumped aboard our ship. "Hurry, dive! That won't hold them for long" he panted.
We hurried downstairs and secured the hatch before Atlas sent the ship underwater. "So you betrayed us, and then them?" I asked later when we had escaped from the docks. We were still in Regeum, as the exits would most likely be guarded by the imperial soldiers. "I was a close friend of the Emperor, and about two weeks ago, he acted…. strange" he explained "In order to keep you all safe, I made it look like I turned on you, to prove my loyalty to him.". "What's the plan now?" Jess asked. "We dock somewhere preferably far from the capital and train, later, we take the emperor" Avalon said. "We kill the emperor?" Ace asked. Avalon nodded "Indeed, the emperor is not himself, his behaviour mimics one particular event." he paused for a second "The emperor is the Dragon Aspect of Lies, Pseta.". "Ok time out, what exactly are the Dragon Aspects?" I asked. "Dragon Aspects are the direct children of the Dragon and there are about seven of them in total, Mors, Dragon Aspect of Death who is still alive actually, Cupiditas, Dragon Aspect of Greed, Pseta, Dragon Aspect of Lies, Diafthora, Dragon Aspect of Corruption, Interitus, Dragon Aspect of Decay, Caedes, Dragon Aspect of Bloodshed and finally the most powerful, Fovos, Dragon Aspect of Fear" Avalon listed. "Wait Mors is not dead? Even after Atlas shot him?" Jess asked. Avalon shook his head "You can never really kill a Dragon Aspect, you can only destroy their physical body, and when you do, their souls go back to their mother where they grow new bodies.". "Arriving at Roland Fields" Atlas announced over the radio.
"This is certainly different from the city," I said. It was a large green field full of trees and grass. "Steve go first and make camp, friend can stay here!" Steve said cheerily as he ran off. "Master! Wait for me!" Grace ran after him. "Alright Ace, you wanna go for a spar?" I challenged him. "Oh you're on!" he smiled. Atlas oversaw the duel "Rule number one no cheating, rule number tw-" "Enough already" Avalon interrupted "Lets fight.". He tossed me the sword and I felt our affinity link connect both of us. I rushed at Ace who used his art "Blowdown Blast!" knocking me down and launching himself backwards. "He's giving himself space to use his bow, take advantage that he won't be able to fight you in close quarters" Avalon said over the affinity line. "Got it" and I ran at him again, he tried to use Blowdown blast again but dodged it and slashed at him but he caught it with his bow. "Piercing Uppercut!" I yelled, launching up in the air, but in the air, he wasn't holding his bow. "Move!" Avalon said before Wildcard uttered "Ray of Judgement" drawing the bow and shooting a ray of electricity at us. Avalon got in front of me and raised his shield, it did nothing to us, but gave Ace enough time to recover. This time he ran at us, but his weapon suddenly became a rubber chicken. "WILDCARD!" he shouted at him "You know I can't control it' he yelled back at him. I passed the sword to Avalon, who used Frost Slash, launching a bunch of curves at him, knocking them backwards. Before they could get up, Avalon had his sword on Ace's face. "Hazel and Avalon win," Atlas announced. I offered my hand to Ace and pulled him up "Not bad chum" he laughed. He was still easily a foot taller than me, so he ruffled my hair. "Stop that" I knocked his hand away.
We spent the next few days training and sparring with each other. Now the affinity line between me and Avalon or Infinite turned gold much quicker. I found that Infinite had a much wilder fighting style, going in for very aggressive moves that dealt lots of damage and Avalon was much quicker and more calculated than him. I even fought Steve with Osiris, but he actually beat me. "Meh meh! Me can beat friend Hazel now!" he celebrated. "Don't get such a big head" Grace scolded him. "Sorry sorry" he muttered. After a week of training, we met in the ship's meeting room. "We have all trained hard for this moment"he paused "tonight, we take out the emperor.".
