Book VII: A Master and his Doll

Chapter LVIII

"Canaan I'm boooored," Finch whined as he was getting ready to enter the BCCHQ.

"I didn't ask you to come along, why didn't you go with Acacia?" he questioned.

"You treat me like I'm family, and I don't want to leave you on your own...," she said, blushing and looking away.

Canaan sighed at the little green bird girl.

"Just please be careful, I don't want to see you get hurt."

"Wait, I just realized something!" she stated urgently.

"What?"

"I have absolutely no idea why we're here," Finch chirped.

Canaan sighed. "C'mon you birdbrain, let's go fight Violet."

"You're not planning on letting her live... are you?" she asked.

"I'll do what is necessary, don't come if you're not prepared to do the same."

Finch shook her head. "I'm staying with you, let's go."

Canaan moved quickly, he had already done scans of the entire building. There were BCC soldiers on every floor except for one of the top ones, and he knew which floor she would be waiting for him on. The arena, the very same one that Silas had fought Adonis on the very first time. Adonis typically used it to show the world "his" new feats in weaponry in the name of protecting the people of New Torna and the world, it's these displays that gave much of the world unyielding confidence in him.

Canaan pulled out a tool he had grabbed from his old house, he couldn't believe Adonis hadn't raided it for Zane's tech..., but then again he also didn't think Adonis would've been capable of getting past Zane's security.

He cut a hole in the window with it, as it emitted an extremely intense wave of particles that could cut through anything given enough time. He dropped in silently as the lights brought the room to life.

The floor, roof, and walls were all a metal he hadn't seen too much of, probably remnants of Elysium. He looked across the room to see someone standing in the empty shell of a room, it was Violet's blade, T-Elos.

"I don't have time for you, blade. Where's your driver?" Canaan shouted at her.

T-Elos responded with a smirk.

"Cantaloupe look out!" Finch squealed.

Canaan immediately turned around to see Violet behind him. With one quick motion, she backhanded him with enough force to send him reeling about twenty feet back. Luckily, he had deployed an ether shield at the last second and didn't take the blow directly.

As he stood up, T-Elos zoomed in with her giant scythe and attempted to relieve his shoulders of his head.

He rolled under the slash and slashed her abdomen with his short sword. She winced and returned to her driver's side as the wound healed immediately.

"You know, your reflexes are much better than your brother's were, I won't lie," she giggled. "Also I'm pretty sure your blade forgot your name, that's kinda sad coming from something you worked so hard to get."

"Did not!" Finch shouted defensively. "I totally said Cannon, which is his name!"

"Drop it Finch," Canaan ordered as he sheathed his short sword. He then deployed the last ether field on the planet, the same one that allowed him to kill Mòrag.

"If you think that little trinket's gonna save you, you're dead wrong. But please, by all means, underestimate me," she said with a wink.

"I hate you, with everything I have. I've killed people with inhuman abilities beyond what you can understand, you will be easy," Canaan threatened as Finch handed him her one-handed ether mallet.

"You talk as much as your brother, did I ever tell you I stole his virginity and his life?" she stopped talking to giggle. "That's two things neither he nor you can get back, how about I make that stupid bird next? At this point I'm on a roll!"

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"She's just baiting you Canaan, focus and win!" Canaan thought to himself.

He ran at her as she pulled out a katana with the symbol of a rose on it, it was the color of blood.

Canaan immediately had a rush of thoughts enter his head, none of which were his own. His head was filled with screams of terror and one line that repeated itself over and over again.

"The day the Crimson Butterfly wars against the Crimson Rose, history will change."

"W... What are you doing to me?" Canaan shouted.

"Changing history," she stated before rushing towards him.

Before he could even blink, he was on the ground, and blood was pooling from his leg.

"You... that sword is physical!" Canaan uttered in realization.

"Oh did you want ether? My bad..." Violet changed her stance. "Leaves of Suffering!"

Ethereal vines began shooting from the ground, spewing leaves out in all directions. However, it couldn't break through Canaan's ether barrier. The impact of the attack did leave bruises, however.

"Cain!" Finch shouted as she ran towards him, grabbing her weapon.

T-Elos rushed her, slashing her scythe. Finch held her stance and slid to the left, avoiding the slash. She was then wrapped in a tornado of wind as she slammed her mallet into T-Elos, sending her flying.

Finch helped her driver up.

"I won't forget you again!" Finch cried out.

"I won't let you," Canaan uttered.

He pulled a piece of metal out of his pocket as it extended out into a hoverboard, the last piece of technology he could salvage.

He jumped on it and Finch hopped on the back, he moved as fast as it would allow. He pulled his ether pistol and unloaded an entire clip of earth ether bullets at her, shaking the entire room.

"NOW FINCH!" Canaan shouted as he aimed straight for her, lodging his broadsword into the front of the hoverboard and leaving a little surprise on the top.

Finch spun around quickly while shouting "Perfect Storm".

She tripped over her own feet, releasing the hammer directly in Violet's direction.

Canaan grabbed her, wrapped himself around her, and jumped off, hitting the ground with a hard roll.

Violet could barely see through all of the ether bullets he had fired, and Finch's hammer hit her directly in the face, blowing her against one of the walls hard enough to dent the metal around her. Before she could react, the hoverboard slammed into her, impaling her with the broadsword. Canaan then hit a button that detonated his "little surprise", leaving one hell of an explosion.

T-Elos gasped. "Mistress, are you ok?!"

"We did it!" Finch shouted excitedly.

Canaan tried to run towards where Violet was, but couldn't due to his leg injury.

"No, we didn't," he coughed out. "T-Elos wouldn't be here otherwise!"

As the smoke cleared, Violet emerged, looking more pissed off then hurt.

"That was a cheeky trick, but you'll need to do a lot better than that to kill me."

"Finch, stay with me," Canaan warned her.

He was then wrapped in a bunch of thorny ether vines as she got right in his face,

Canaan forced a laugh. "What happened to that cocky smile of yours?"

Violet smirked sarcastically before turning his face into a punching bag. She took a stance and beat his head, and once blood began splattering out, she only hit him harder.

"Are you proud of yourself now?" she asked.

"I've been on worse dates," he said between heavy breathing and trying to not choke on his own blood.

"Funny, I didn't think you were the dating type of guy."

Canaan wanted to keep talking, but he no longer had the energy, he was losing blood fast. What's more, his ether protection was shattering.

"Well this is boring, but I'll at least give you the satisfaction of making it past first base," she said as her sword flew into her hand. "Only I'm sticking it in."

She then proceeded to put her sword through his abdomen, causing him to cough out blood.

"Canaan!" Finch cried, she then tried to run at him, before she was crushed into the ground.

"I'm going to enjoy watching you squirm you bird," T-Elos said as she pressed her heel into Finch.

"I'm so sorry... Finch...," Canaan said as he began to lose consciousness.

"I believe I told you not to bloody die, right? You're not done repaying your debts!"

"Why does that sound like... Gabriel?" Canaan thought to himself.

A bright flash of light tore through the room, immediately blinding everyone. Violet screamed and lost control of her ether, releasing Canaan.

That was the last thing he could remember before he lost all consciousness.

Readability Level: 11-12th Grade

Time Taken: 2.5 Months- 3 Hours