The Infinite Chronicles
Act 6: New Winds
Character development time lets goo
Chapter 18
"Bye Hazel!" Avalon said while walking towards the town. Me and Rose were only there to wave them off "Remember to come home before dinner or else I'll drag your ass back here!" I yelled at them. "Whatever mom!" Jess joked. "So it's just you and me!" Rose gave me an extremely sweet smile with an exaggerated pose. "So what do you want to do first?" I asked as we were walking down the hall. "How bout we exchange stories? That sound fun?" She led me to our room.
I told her my story, learning how to use a sword when I was 5 with Gran, being recruited as a pilot when I was 13 and died when I was 19. "Hold up," she interrupted "you died this month?" I laughed "Yeah, and it sucked a lot". She eyed me and her attitude changed "Makes sense, I've been there before" she muttered. "What did you say?" I asked.
"Oh nothing. It's fine!" she changed back into her cheery attitude. "Let me tell you my story!". She took a deep breath "When you got sent away, I was only about a year old, and I didn't know what was going on, later our parents did eventually explain what happened, and I was angry. How could they give you away?" she paused "And that's when I ran away into the forest and… it happened." she didn't say anything else and stared at the floor. It felt rude to pry but I asked anyway "What did?". "Oh it's nothing, it happened a long time ago, no need to worry." She avoided my question and my eyes.
"Alright grab your sword Hazel, I want to know how it feels to spar with you!" She dragged me outside. "Do we want to use blades?" I asked her. "Sure!" she replied, and she summoned her blade. It was in the shape of a woman with a bonnet and a maid outfit. She had fair pale skin, white hair and warm brown eyes. "Greetings, I am Ancilla, here to serve my driver.". She tossed an axe with a lot of mechanical parts on it to Rose. I summoned Osiris and he eyed the both of them.
His armour was a very dark black, it seemed to suck the light in the bright morning. His yellow eyes shone and his sharp numerous teeth were bared in a smile. "So we are fighting them?" he asked in a deep voice. "Restrain yourself Osiris, we are only to beat them and not kill, do you understand?" as he tossed me his cannon. "Aw man, you guys have no fun." he complained.
I readied my cannon and Rose rushed me. I didn't expect her to be so mobile with an axe that was almost as tall as her. She swung it around with ease, forcing me to back up multiple times. "Blowback Blast!" I yelled as I shot my cannon into the ground, knocking both of us appart. I tossed the weapon to Osiris who used Life Bomb to drain them of their strength, ending the fight. "Not bad sis" I grinned as I helped them up.
We sparred for the rest of the day, she beat me a couple of times and the fights were exhilarating . It was certainly a bonding experience and when the sun went down we headed back to the house and cleaned up. A large boom shook the entire house. Rose came out of the shower with soapy hair and a towel "What the hell is going on?". I didn't reply as me and Osiris rushed outside and saw our problem. "Oh great..."
"Bye Hazel!" I yelled at her. We walked into the town to figure out what we all wanted to do. "Meh meh, Me thinks Steve want to go see museum here in Ischyros with Grace," Steve said. "I don't see the point of just looking at old crap," Grace whined. Steve had to drag her all the way to the museum. "And you two?" I asked Jess and Ace. "I think we're gonna hit the local bar, a drink rematch," Ace winked.
"You are so going down this time!" Jess said while running off with him. "Well I suppose that leaves you and me partner." I looked at Atlas. "Where do you wish to go Master Avalon?" I paused to think for a second "Let's go to the memorial, I do want to see him one last time.". We wandered all over the place, asking directions to the memorial.
"The man said this road to the left right?"I tried to remember the directions. "No master Avalon, this is the fourth time I've told you, it's ahead and THEN to the left." Atlas sighed. "How the hell are you so bad at memorizing stuff?" Infinite asked in my mind. "Shut up, you would be confused if you were here." I growled mentally. "Nah, I've been here way more times than you have." he relaxed in the comfortable chair of thought in my mind. I ignored him and kept moving.
"Ah it appears we have found it!" I pointed to a garden with a statue of both Jackson and Luke. Lying and the bottom of the statues were flowers. I knelt beside an engraving of their statues. "Here lies Luke, our leader and founder" and "Here lies Jackson, friend and loved by all". I laughed, they had no clue what was inside the tombs. "Idiots, if only they knew what happened," Infinite laughed hysterically.
"Master Avalon, it appears we have a group of 10 hostiles behind us," Atlas warned. I put on my mask and turned to face them. 5 drivers and 5 blades stared at me "So you're tha bastardly Aegis that got both of em killed eh?" one of them said in a thick accent. "I would argue that I did not murder any of them, and I lost both of my closest friends," I stated.
"You should've stayed away from em, we lost our glorious nation and leader," one of them spat "enough talk, let's get down to business.". The blades gave them their weapons, a variety of axes, katana's and a pair of rings. I drew my longsword, a blade that shined like a moon in the middle of the night and got into a fighting stance. Atlas slid his sword into his hands, a saber of pure energy.
They ran at us and I slid under all of them, knocking most of them to the ground. "That's enough from you!" they got up, pissed. "Heh, you haven even seen what I can really do," I coated myself in an icey white aura. I moved at impossible speeds and shattered all their weapons. "I suggest you leave now, before I toy with you more.".
And of course they didn't leave. They got up more angry than ever, now they actually started to fight. I parried the katana's while Atlas dodged around the axe's and kicked them in the groin. I intentionally only grazed the side of one of them and chopped off the hair of another. "Bad hair day for you my friend," I laughed, grabbing one of them and throwing him across the garden and into a pond.
"You sadist!" one of them yelled and launched a flurry of attacks I parried with ease. My voice turned serious. "Alright that's enough, I'm bored now." I used Winter Night to set the area to a very cold 8 degrees and sliced all their clothes open. "Bye bye now!" I waved sarcastically at them as they ran away embarrassed. "Man, you really did a number on them" Infinite marveled.
"Master Avalon, it seems there is a high stress level in Mistress Hazel's brain," Atlas announced. "And what does that mean?" I eyed him. His yellow eyes gave away no emotion "It means she is in danger.". "Alright my turn," Infinite was now in control. I flexed my hands and opened a portal and we jumped in. It was already dark and just as I regained my balance, we both got slammed by a large tail. "Jeez, that one hurt," I groaned as Atlas pulled me out from the debris.
"Hazel what the hell is going on?" I shouted at her. "I don't know, this monster just showed up!" she rolled out of the way before the beast's claw slammed down on where she was before. "Yeah, uh I think I'm going to get dressed first," Rose scampered away. The monster had no eyes, had rough brown skin, mouth that split into 6 and a tail.
"Meh meh what going on here?!" Steve asked as he and Grace ran up the hill to the house, followed by an unconscious Jess and Ace being dragged by Zero and WIldcard. "Shit! This one's huge!" Infinite said as he dodged the tail of the monster before jumping on it and slashing it repeatedly.
"Rose! Where the hell are you?" I caught Infinite's sword and cut off one of the monster's mouths. It roared and flung Infinite so hard he went flying into a nearby forest "Shiiiiiiiiit!" he screamed as he crashed into a tree. The monster's tail grew spikes and launched a few at me. I would have been impaled but Atlas threw up his own shield and covered me. "Alright now what's the problem?" Rose sauntered to my side before she got impaled by one of the spikes.
"Rose!" I ran to her side. She somehow pulled herself off of it and staggered towards me. "I'm fine," she muttered as she waved me off. I noticed the wound started to heal itself and she was glowing pink? I realised that the light came from the middle of her chest. "You're a blade eater?" I asked, pointing to her pink rose-shaped core crystal in the middle of her chest.
"Wound schwound, I'm fine, but I'm definitely pissed." she summoned a hilt of a sword from nowhere and ignited it. A flare of pink energy formed the blade and we all began to feel better. "You can heal us?" I asked her. "Yeah yeah, now let's just go kill it." she waved me off again. Infinite came out of the forest, pissed. "This is the second time in a month that a bloody monster sent me flying," he grumbled. We linked up and began to really fight it. Rose, being the target that was moving and glowing, was chased by the monster. I slashed the behind of the monster, but it seemed to do no damage.
"Alright we're gonna use my fourth art, you think you can handle it?" Infinite asked me. "Only one way to find out.". The wings on Infinite's back activated and I could feel the surge of power. My eyes and hair glowed purple and I moved at the speed of light. In a matter of a second, I had sliced the monster in a fraction of a second, before passing the sword to Infinite, who whirled around like a tornado with the sword before he joined me.
The words of the fourth art came into our minds "Voids End!" we both shouted as we tossed the sword into the air. It cut a rift in the air and a brilliant beam of light at the monster. "That seemed…..overkill didn't it?" Rose eyed the pile of ashes that was once the monster. "I feel so tired," I felt weak. "Sameee" Infinite groaned as we both passed out.
I woke up back at Rose's room, the sun was now shining through the window and Rose was still asleep next to me. I laughed silently to myself, knowing this was the chance to have some fun with her. I grabbed a bowl of cold water that I asked Avalon to cool to the point where it would just almost become ice. "What's this for?" he asked. "Oh you'll hear it soon enough," I gave him the look-your-mother-told-you-not-to. I crept silently back to my room and dunked right on her body. She screamed so loudly I'm sure the entire house heard her. Avalon heard the sound and grinned. "What the hell was that for!" Rose tackled me to my bed. "Haha, I'm just glad you're alive.".
"So are you going to tell me the full story?" I asked her after she changed her clothes. "Yeah yeah I'm gettin to it," she gave me a sarcastic smile.
10 years ago
I ran into the dark forest crying, how could they give her away? I kept running and crying even though this was the only place mommy and daddy said I couldn't go in. Before I knew it, I was in the middle of the dark forest, surrounded by trees in every direction. "Mommy? Daddy? I'm so sorry! Can you help me!" I cried. Then something massive shook the ground. I screamed and tripped on my dress. "G-Get away!" I tried to scramble away from it, but it swung its claws at my, scratching deeply into my chest.
"Honey! Get Rose out of here!" my fathers voice said. A pair of hands picked me up and rushed me out of the forest. "M-Mommy?" I asked weakly. "Shhh, just hang on for me okay?" her eyes were full of tears. "\She set me down and said something I couldn't understand. Suddenly, in front of her was a man with a purple hood and a mask. He had purple armour with golden edges and a golden core crystal that was shaped like a cross.
"Alright, just hang on, will you child?" he said before I passed out. A blade about her size came forward "R-Rose?" she cried over her unconscious bleeding body. I had to think fast, the girl was dying and the only solution was… "Hey blade, would you do anything to save her?" She looked at me, her eyes full of tears "Yes, yes I would!".
I took a deep breath "This will kill you, but it definitely would save her.". I stabbed my blade right between her chest and core crystal, she immediately disappeared. Without hesitating, I inserted the core crystal into her chest. The wounds began to heal and she woke up and gasped for air. Her eyes were now a bright pink and her core crystal was uniquely shaped like a rose.
"And that's what happened." she finished. "Dang, you've been through your share of problems too huh?" I said. She smiled, "Something like that.".
I will go into Ace, Jess and Steve sometime later, I promise.
