A Walk Among Giants, Chapter 39: Devious Minds.
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UltimateCCC: well the control room is technically the camera room so technically R.O.B is in charge of that.
Well even if that is the case it's not like either of them would ever admit to it. But I guess if I had to explain it. I'd say it's very much cuttable with a plastic spoon.
TheShadowStarr23: This is what I was talking to you about the other day, FYI…
Lucina laid in her bed completely awake, it was very early in the morning however after Pittoo's training montage he did last week he messed up her sleeping schedule. So now she sat wide awake and unable to sleep, it was so early the sun hadn't even started its ascent high above the clouds yet. "Stupid Pittoo" she grumbles to herself under her breath. Raven was still fast asleep however as indicated by her soft rhythmic breathing. She heard her phone buzz beside her on the nightstand and she reached for it.
The Black Prince: (Coffee?)
The message read simply. It was of course from none other than Dark Link. Before she could reply however she heard a soft tapping from the glass doors a little ways away from her bed. She parted the curtain slightly to see Dark Link out on the balcony holding two cups of coffee and a small paper bag with a sly smile on his face. Lucina unhooks the lock and quietly steps out, careful not to wake the tactician. "I figured you'd need a pick me up this morning," he says, sitting on one of the two chairs outside. He lifts up a cup towards her and sets it down on a little glass table next to him. She takes a seat on the other vacant chair taking a sip of beverage while overlooking the horizon. The sky was starting to go from a dark blue to a low red as the rays of sunlight started to poke through.
"How did you-?" She began but stopped when she saw him lift up his claw shot with a smirk. "I really need to get me one of those," she says before taking another sip. "Why are you up so early anyway?" She asked.
"I'm always up, I trained myself to only go off of four hours of sleep anyway, helps me get up early enough to poison Link's milk stash." He replied while she rolled her eyes. "Want a bagel?" He says taking one out of the bag and taking a bite out of it before handing her the bag.
"Oh sure, thank you" she thanked him, taking one and tearing off a piece and popping it in her mouth. "I have to ask, why do you hate Link so much anyway? I mean I get that you're rival's and all but even Pittoo isn't this excessive with Pit." She asked, he finished chewing and took a sip of coffee before setting it down beside him.
"Do you know what it's like being locked up for millenia?" He begins, "I was to help further train Link to become a more adept warrior to face Ganon. I did my part just as those stupid goddesses intended, and then what? I was simply tossed aside afterwards and forgotten, still locked away in that gods' forsaken temple. 'He has to overcome himself' they said. Being locked in that eternal prison, it was worse than death itself. No clue of where you are, when you are, heck even who you are, locking in confinement with nothing but your own thoughts, it was torture. Sitting there for eons watching my surroundings erode around me, but the hero never came back. Locked in eternal darkness, I tell you now Lucina there are fates worse than death, and that was it." Dark Link explained clenching his fist so tightly she could hear the leather compressing under the force. "I swore to myself then and there that if I ever saw the hero again, I would make him feel my pain." He adds holding out his hand as if he were grabbing someone by the throat. "Now my only joy in life is watching him be miserable," he said, setting his hand down.
"I'm sure it wasn't like that at all," She assured him.
"My torment only ended when Master Hand appeared before me one day, he offered me an out in return I'd join his little tournament. And who should I find here when I arrive but the green clad hero himself." Dark Link further explained while his lips parted into a sinister smile. "The look on his face that day almost made my suffering worth the wait" he says finishing his beverage and crushing the plastic cup in his hand.
"I couldn't imagine what it would be like being locked away by yourself like that." She says taking another bite of her bagel.
"Well I should really get going, if I don't get DTL out of bed he's inclined to just sleep the whole day away." He says getting up and giving her a wave before he claws shots away.
"Lucina?" Raven asked, appearing at the glass door looking half dazed.
"Oh hey Raven I didn't wake you did I?" The bluenette asked.
"No you didn't, I usually get up early to tidy the library and get it ready for the day" She says, placing her hand over her mouth as she yawns. "I'm just surprised to see you up, I thought you'd be sleeping in seeing as how your rowdy partner isn't here." She adds while leaning on the doorframe.
"Well I would, but my mental clock is out of whack right now" the bluenette replied. "You need help downstairs. I'd imagine it must be a hassle having to tidy up that enormous library all by yourself?" She offered but the tactician waved her off.
"Not at all actually, I put in a request for some assistants my first day and got some Miis' to help shortly thereafter." Raven replied while Lucina nodded.
"Right sometimes I forget we have those little guys around," She admits.
"Right then, I'll see you later," Raven says, turning around and heading off. Lucina stares off into the horizon again as the tip of the sun starts peaking.
*meanwhile*
Pittoo sat in his temporary bed while reading through an online article about smashers evaluations. "While the young Dark Pit shows great prowess in the field of battle. He lacks the moral compass and social skills to fit in with his fellow fighters in the long run. With the upcoming meetup Master Hand has with potential investors he should consider cutting bad apples such as this out if he has any hopes of seeing a 5th smash tournament." The article read and Pittoo just tossed aside his phone crossing his arms. What the hell did those snooty reporters know anyway? He has social skills! sure not great ones, but he still managed to make friends regardless. Even if one of them is currently at odds with him and ignoring him. He groans while getting out of bed and pacing around, he's getting sick of getting the cold shoulder since it's been almost a week since he got her mauled. It has to be more than just the bear, she's been upset with him countless times before but it's never been like this. There has to be an underlying issue he's not seeing if she's being this persistent in ignoring his existence. He continues pacing around impatiently while brainstorming any ideas of what the issue might be, or better yet find a way to get her to tolerate him again.
Shulk groans loudly from the other side of the room as he gets up from his bed and stretches. He then sighs totally relaxed and makes his way towards the restroom while scratching his rear end. He was still in his boxer shorts having apparently lost his pants since the room was a complete mess now. He lets out an audibly loud flatulence sound as he closes the door to the restroom. Pittoo ignored the blonde however and kept thinking to himself on what to do. Sure at first he was having an absolute blast being roomed with Shulk and all, like just last night they stayed up late playing games, chugging energy drinks and eating pizza (which DP secretly flew out to go buy). However it was starting to get stale and "Slob Shulk" was just becoming a nuisance now, so much so that Dark Pit rather take his chances with a certain bluenette who wouldn't hesitate to slit his throat in the middle of the night, well according to him anyway. Shulk comes out of the restroom shortly and flips open a box of pizza and takes out a cold stale slice.
"Alright meat lovers!" He exclaimed before taking a rather large bite of it. Some pizza sauce falls on his white tank top but he just scoops it up with his finger and puts said finger in his mouth, but not before leaving a stain on his tank top, one of many actually. He walks over to the large mini fridge and takes out a half empty carton of orange juice and begins chugging it. "So, what's our plan of attack today? Shulk asked before loudly burping and taking a seat on a cushion littered with junk. Pittoo looked at himself in the mirror and he was no better, wearing a stained T-shirt and ripped pajama bottoms that got stuck on the door once and instead of opening said door he decided to pull instead, so now they had a big ol' tear running down the pant leg. This had to stop, he had to get control of himself before he ended up, well like the blonde guy across from him who dropped his pizza on the carpeted floor and picked it up and continued to eat it.
"I'm actually thinking of trying one more time to make up with Lucina today." Pittoo replies while grabbing a change of clothes while Shulk whistles to himself.
"Good luck with that pal, cause so far you have had no luck with that one." Shulk replied. He then pulls out a crumpled up bag of chips from under his seat. "My spicy cheese puffs!" Shulk says while taking one out and eating it. Pittoo then remembered they didn't have puffs yesterday so those are definitely stale 3 day old chips, however it didn't seem to bother the monado wielder. Not to mention he also stopped bathing and shaving as much so he grew some really bad stubble on his face, and the room smelled like feet and armpit mixed with stale food. The dark angel figured he should really try today since "Slob Shulk" was starting to get out of control, he's become more obnoxious than "Fake Shulk" ever was, and that's saying a lot. "We're out of soda… And juice… We still got some smasher energy drink I think? But we should definitely stock up if we're going to beat that new boss tonight." Shulk says before he snaps his fingers as a thought pops up in his mind too, "we should definitely order that taco party pack from Bell Taco tonight!" He says taking out his phone and looking up some directions.
"Yeah we'll see" Dark Pit replies quickly heading out the door as soon as he puts on a fresh pair of clothes.
"Alright hot wings!" Shulk calls out as Pittoo is shutting the door. The dark angel figured whatever the hell that man just found was most definitely not hot wings.
Elsewhere…
Raven was currently organizing the shelves on the second floor of the library, placing the books that had been returned the day before to their rightful spot. Everyone should be getting up at this hour already so she had to finish quickly so she could open the library to some of the early readers. Ironically that used to be Shulk however she hadn't seen him in a while and most of his books were already becoming long overdue, it was odd however as he never missed a return date before. She places the last book high up on its shelf before she takes her now empty cart downstairs towards the front where she could unlock the doors. A Mii walks up to her and hands her a clipboard, she skims through it quickly making sure the due books were promptly returned. They were all accounted for, except of course once again the ones checked out by Shulk. She thought she'd probably go check on him after breakfast, maybe Dark Pit smothered him in his sleep too although unlike with Lucina he probably finished the job this time around. She places the clipboard under her arms and turns towards the very particular Mii while patting him on his blue haired covered head. After the arrival of Cloud to the tournament Roy dropped his Mii partner in crime who was thus left in a vacant position. That is until Raven very sternly stated she would take him as her assistant and even threatened Master Hand himself! With eternal turmoil if he did not grant the request. Having so many other headaches to deal with already he just let her have her way as it did no harm anyway, it was just a Mii afterall. Did she want him for any particular reason? Not really, sure she used him to rest her head on from time to time and read her favorite book, or even talk to him as if he could understand her from stress to gossip. Even though the little guy was just made to follow commands being a more advanced form of the alloys from Brawl, which themselves were an upgrade from the wireframes of Melee. Master Hand's servants improved vastly over every previous tournament, and who knows maybe next time they will be able to understand and express emotion. But as of right now they were like a servant who was dead inside devoid of any individuality and emotion. But that wasn't weird at all, it was totally normal to be friends with a Mii, but would Raven ever tell anyone that? Of course not!
"Alright! Everything looks in order!" Raven says "who's a good little Mii? Yes you are! Yes you are!" She continued in a playful voice, that is until…
"Ahem!" Pittoo interrupts by clearing his throat obnoxiously loud.
"Pegasus ass hairs!" Raven blurts out shoving the Mii away which accidentally makes him fall down a flight of stairs. "Chrom!" She cried out, leaning over the railing and seeing him crumble on the ground below. "Don't you knock!?" She exclaims while turning to the dark angel.
"I was under the impression this was a public place, no?" He says while she huffs.
"Not when I haven't opened yet it's not!" She fires back. Just then another Mii walks up to her handing her the keys after having opened the Library.
"Hey don't look at me, that thing let me in!" Pittoo protests.
"What Dark Pit do you want? We aren't scheduled to meet until tomorrow afternoon." She says and begins going down the stairs as he follows.
"I need a quick confirmation about something" he says while she sighs.
"Dark Pit I already told you that's natural, if you're really worried about it have Dr. Mario, take a look." She says but he quickly rebuffs her.
"Not that!" He states, "I know you and Lucina for a fact already had one of your 'girl talks' and I need to know, is it the bear incident she is still cheesed off about or did she already turn this into a bigger problem?" He asked while she picked up the crumbled Mii off the floor.
"Even if she did, she wouldn't appreciate me telling you. This is seriously something you should be discussing with her." Raven replied while checking on the Mii.
"You know I can't do that! Last time I tried she sprayed me in the face with pepper spray!" He says, throwing his arms up, "who's the imbecile who gave that lunatic pepper spray anyway!?" He flat out says. Raven just smiled sheepishly to herself and went back to dusting off the Mii.
"Well I'm sorry to say I can't help you" she plainly states, Pittoo however leans against a pillar with the biggest mischievous grin on his face.
"Oh really?" He begins while she turns to him, she already knew that look however and crossed her arms waiting for the bullshit to start dropping. "I'm sure there would be many a smasher who would be interested to know that the oh so infamous tactician spends her time cradling a Mii who bears a striking resemblance to her best friend's father!" He says while she starts to scoff at him nervously.
"I'm not cradling it!" She denies while starting to sweat nervously. "And that is a very common look among Miis!" She states while Dark Pit gave her a look.
"What's with the apron? And do I even need to get started on the fact that it's wearing the scarf that the real Chrom 'mysteriously' lost that day?" Pittoo states while she hides the apron he had earlier behind a stack of books.
"That's… That's… My scarf, it even has my name on it…" She says while Dark Pit took the scarf and looked it over.
"Oh, would you look at that! Exalt Chrom" he reads the stitching on the scarf.
"Alright you blackmailing S.O.B!" She shouts while snatching the scarf from him. "Lucina thinks you're too immature and irresponsible to change, after she had a talk with her mother and great grandmother she realized how childish you both were being. And hoping to bring about some change after you both clearly swore you would, she claims you have reverted back to your immature self and honestly is convinced you could never change." The tactician explained while Pittoo took all the information in. "Now I kept my end of the bargain, and if you ever tell anyone about this I'll personally make sure they never find your body!" She warns him while pushing him against a pillar, he just holds up his hands in defense before she walks away with the Chrom Mii in tow.
"How has no one checked that lunatic into a mental ward yet?" He says while walking away.
*later*
Lucina was walking back to her room and started rummaging through her pockets for her ID. She spots Bowser casually staring at a painting near the room but just ignores it nevertheless. To say that it was weird was an overstatement, since apparently nothing was ever normal around here. All the curtains were shut making the room almost pitch black making her squint to try and see with the very limited light she had. "I swear I opened the curtains before I left this morning?" She thought to herself, setting her things on the counter.
"TADAA!" Someone called out as the curtains parted, flooding the room light causing her to shield her eyes. After a while she spots Dark Pit standing in the middle of the room with his arms stretched out. She just turned around without a word and headed for the door, she turned the knob but as much she tugged and pulled the door wouldn't budge. "Bowser!" She hissed while banging on the door but she doubts the large terrapin would let her out.
"Look I know you don't wanna talk so just listen! Ok? I erm… I'm not really the best at this… Just so you know…" He begins while looking down at the floor and rubbing the back of his neck. "See, I had a lot of time to think while sharing a room with Shulk and all his fluids and gasses… that sounded better in my head actually." He says while she gives him a weird look. "As I was saying… I er, I, um… Sorta started to reflect on some things and I realized I may have been a little irrational, what with letting loose a 300lbs bear and all. But look if you'll have me back I promise to not only improve myself but be there and support you in improving yourself too in whatever shape or form that may be. As a gesture of good faith I cleaned the room spotless and did all the laundry and put it away in a neat and orderly fashion, not only that but I also got you some more of those scented candles you really like. I replaced your broken lamp with a new one that has motion sensors so you want to turn it on/off with a wave of your hand instead of having to look for the switch. I got you those bed sheet covers you've been wanting from that catalog too, and if all that's still not enough I even got you another bottle of pepper spray since I know your previous one ran out, so that you know you call tell me what you really think of all this…" He finished while handing her the bottle and braced himself he knew what was coming. She just looked at it for a moment before simply tossing it and running a hand through her hair.
"Dark Pit, I don't know if simple apologies are going to cut it anymore. I mean you can't just go around thinking you can get away with things just because you say sorry afterwards. It's not a loophole you know! And the more you end up saying it the more it loses its meaning." She replies while he just drops himself on his bed. "I'm sorry but I think we need more time apart right now" she adds while he gets up again.
"Alright princess, clearly you want to do this the hard way!" he says getting up from the bed and heading over to his closet.
"What're?" She asks, watching him take out something covered with a white sheet. He removes it and holds it up for her to see and it looks oddly familiar.
"I know about how you sold your laser tag trophy that one time to cover for my mistakes that night we went off on a bender. I know how much you liked that thing since you continuously bragged about it. And while I couldn't track down the original I kinda remade it from scratch, but not just with anything either. It kinda has memorabilia from our many misadventures, like our many broken lamps, pieces of our old furniture, your training bow that week you took up archery, that first energy drink can we shared where we stayed up all night prank calling others because we couldn't sleep, the old hinges from the closet that has been repaired countless times now. What I'm trying to say is even though we have our downs, or bad times. That doesn't necessarily mean we haven't had any good times or ups either. And that maybe you should try thinking of the good times instead of the bad. My point is no matter how much bad there is there will always be a good to counteract it, and while we may have had a bad recently we haven't really had the chance for the good to come out as well. " He says while lowering his head and handing the contraption over to her.
"Pittoo that's actually the sweetest thing I think you've ever done?" she replies, much to his surprise. Even though the thing looked like it was put together by a 6 year old like he said it did hold a lot of sentimental value.
"What I mean to say is, erm, it's been a really shitty week, and I guess I kinda… missed you…" He adds.
"Awh" she says, extending her arms out.
"I uh don't really-" he begins but she pulls him into a hug anyway.
"This is so sweet of you!" She says looking at the homemade trophy again, "I think this is the sweetest thing anyone has actually done for me." She says while he gives her a bored look.
"Ok the more you talk about, the more it loses its value" he says.
"Oh nonsense!" She waves him off, "aww you're not going soft on me now are you?" She says giving him a playful shove.
"Ok if you keep talking about it I'm going to take it and melt it down again but this time into a gun, and then shoot myself with it!" He warms while she laughs at him.
"Oh you're so dramatic, and it's just that I love it, I really do!" She says placing it atop their dresser in the middle of the room. "However just because I appreciate the gesture and all the trouble you out yourself into doesn't necessarily mean you're off the hook pal, you still need to prove to me that you can actually grow up and change for once."
"That fine, as long as we're on friendly terms again, Oh that reminds me there's one more thing…" He says while she turns to him with a puzzled look. "Shulk desperately needs his 'second wife' back man, I mean the dude has lost it, Like completely. He really and I mean really let himself go!" He explained while she crossed her arms and shook her head.
"How bad is it?" She asks while he pulls out his phone showing her a picture of Shulk sitting on his cushion surrounded by junk and gunk.
"What is that on his face!?" She exclaimed.
"I don't know if it's hair, or food, or just like him really?" Pittoo replied with a shrug.
"Alright let's go have a chat with Raven." Lucina says, grabbing her keycard. Pittoo, walks over to the door and knocks in a pattern.
"I'm sorry about Bowser by the way, but you have to understand my hands were tied" he says while shrugging. The door swings open with the koopa king standing there with arms crossed and tapping his foot.
"So… Uh, did you two kiss yet?" He says nonchalant, earning a scowl from the duo. "What?" He asks bringing up his arms to his side confused.
In the cafeteria…
"Oh so you guys finally fixed whatever the hell this whole thing was" Raven says while holding her food tray.
"Yeah you can go back to your room now." Pittoo says, "I'd bet you'd be pretty excited to see that place again!" He says smiling stupidly to himself. Boy Shulk and Raven were both in for a surprise.
"Well are you still going to brunch tomorrow? I need to fill in some more blanks." She asks the dark angel as they move along the breakfast line.
"I'll see, blue said she might want to go and het a new rug since the one we have she claims feels like walking on a brittle brush." He says while taking a stack of waffles and setting them on his tray. It was the only thing he tolerated since he wasn't a fan of the tofu stuff, or those fake eggs made from plants supposedly.
"Maybe I should go with her, like no offense but maybe its best if you let her and I handle it so you dont end up with something else that looks like it belongs to a demonic cult." She says taking a little cup with fresh strawberries in it.
"Well hey I wanted something too, I don't want to end up all miserable surrounded by overly feminine things like Shhhhhhhhhh…" He stopped as she turned to him with a puzzled look.
"Liiiiike?" She asked.
"Shuckle… Another god from my world, yeah very vague forgotten guy," he replies while bobbing his head.
"Isn't that a Pokemon?" She asks while looking puzzled.
"No def a god, I'll tell you all about it a brunch!" He says clasping his hands together.
"Sure!" She says enthusiastically and walks off towards the ladies table. She sets her food down and takes a seat next to the bluenette who was scrolling through her phone. "What's up Lucy?" She asked while taking a bite of a strawberry.
"Ugh, fighter evaluation reviews are in and everyone if freaking out over them." She says while shaking her head. "I mean look at this! "While the young and fresh faced Lucina surely proved her talents in the battlefield, its nothing new to the fans and honesty just leaves a sour taste in our mouths. While we could've had all new and exciting challangers we instead got another carbon copy of Marth. Like what the hell!?" Lucina says setting down her phone in a huff.
"Oh don't pay them any mind, what those nincompoops say doesn't effect us anyway, in the end it comes down to Master Hand's internal evaluation." Peach assured the Bluenette.
"Have you seen what it said about me?" Snow spoke up. Lucina scrolls down and finds the Wii Fit trainers page and the only this there was: "Is this a freaking joke!?" and Lucina gave the fitness trainer an apologetic look. "Icce didn't take it that well and has been meditating in the studio all morning." She says leaning back in her seat with a frustrated sigh.
"Oh I'm sure it was bad for everyone anyway those critiques never have anything nice to say!" Peach says while gently pressing a napkin to her lips.
"Not for the villains though, they always get praise for being the assholes that they are." Zelda speaks up this time as she was scrolling through her own phone.
"Oh you're just pissy because the review said it was a miss opportunity to bring in a different Link and Zelda." Peach replied while the hylian princess waved her off. After a while of back and forth the bell rung throughout the mansion and everyone began to disperse in different directions.
"Well I'm going to head up to my room, I need to go and reorganize my things again" Raven says before heading out. Once she reached her temporary room to collect her things she finds Dark Pit casually lounging on his bed.
"Here for your stuff?" He asked motioning to the box near the door, "Blue already packed it for you" he says.
"Oh how kind of her" Raven says taking it up and then heads out.
"Oh and hey I wish you all the best!" He says as she's halfway out the door with a mighty big grin on his face.
"O-K" she says with a puzzled look and closed the door. He walks down the hall towards the elevator and climbs in selecting the bottom floor. The doors ding open and she continues down the hall while humming to herself. She was at least glad to be in a familiar setting once again, Dark Pit's bed was way too soft and it was starting to give her back problems due to having to sleep in awkward positions. She reaches into her pocket and fishes out her ID card sliding it against the the reader on the side of the door. Once she hears the click she pocketed the item and opens the door stepping inside. "I'M…" she was about to say until she saw the absolute disaster that was once her room.
"Hey dude burritos are in the microwave, and the squad is on at five so sit kick back a little until-" Shulk says coming out of the restroom while holding an energy drink in hand. Raven drops her things that clatter to the floor beside her feet while she remained speechless. "Raven!?" He exclaims completely startled and then looks around before looking back to her, "it's not what it looks like!" He blurts out while she let out a squeal of horror very slowly.
Upstairs…
Pittoo was sitting on his bed with his arms behind his head giggling to himself like a little girl. "I should've put a camera in there…" He thought aloud while still giggling about it. Lucina walks in shortly after wearing a big pink top hat while holding a balloon animal.
"Oh hey whats up?" She says while tossing the hat on her bed.
"Nothing much, where were you?" He asks.
"Oh Dark Link and I went to the fair again, that place is so fun!" She says before taking out a small container from her purse. "Here I brought you that deep fried chocolate you like so much" she says and he takes the container.
"Oh so he hasn't given you the boot yet?" He says while getting up and setting the container aside.
"What?" She asked while rummaging through her closet.
"Well I just figured we would've gotten bored of pretending by now, seeing as how he can't use this to taunt me anymore." Pittoo says while she just gave him a look.
"For the last time he isn't hanging out with me to annoy you" she says in a bored tone, "not everything is about you ya know!" She adds.
"Yeah well you haven't known him as long as I have, and trust me when I say this that guy always has an agenda behind his motives." Pittoo explained while the bluenette rolls her eyes.
"So does that mean you only wanted my friendship for your own motives too?" She says placing her hands on her hips and giving him a look.
"Don't twist my words around" he says.
"No no according to you thats the only reason why someone like you and him would ever be friends with someone like me right?" She says while he groans in frustration.
"Ugh! Theres no talking to you!" He says taking his deep fried chocolate and leaving the room. He takes one out and takes a bite before immediately spitting it back out, "this is deep fired pickles!" He shouts angrily tossing the container into a nearby trash bin.
*dinner time*
"Oh yeah I almost forgot, I got this at the fair for you today" Dark Link says handing Lucina a small gift box with a ribbon in it.
"Oh?" She says while taking it and opening it finding a small silver bracelet inside.
"Yeah I won them in a dart game while waiting for you to get back from the restroom." He says lifts up his left arm showing him wearing one of his own. "It came with two so I figured I ought to give you the second one." He says with a casual shrug.
"Wow I love it!" She says taking it out of the box and placing it on her wrist. She didn't notice but a strange purple mist seeped into her arm as soon as she placed it on. "Hey look at that matching bracelets!" She says while holding her arm up next to Dark Link who had a large smile on his face. There was a flash from outside followed by a loud boom the echoed throughout the heavens. Lucina's eyes shine from their sharp sapphire to a deep purple moments later, causing her ti clutch her head suddenly.
"Whats wrong?" He asked concerned.
"I… I don't know, i just feel so lightheaded suddenly?" She says leaning her face into her hands.
"Its probably just because of the long day, it has been a long day even you have to admit." He assured her.
"Perhaps" she replied while looking out the window, "wow that storm is getting nastier" she says watching the heavy rain pound against the window. Several flashes go off followed by a couple thunderous roars. "Its almost dinner time we should probably start heading down and join the others" she says getting up from her seat and almost falling down before he catched her.
"Woah, maybe you should go lie down instead." He says while she holds her head again.
"Yeah maybe I should" she groans.
"Come on, I'll help you to your room" he says putting her arm around him and helping her to her feet.
"I just feel so exhausted suddenly?" She says half dazed.
"You'll probably feel much better once you've had your rest" he says as they walk off. As they walked they could still hear the mansion being bombarded by the crazy weather outside. Another boom echoes across the sky as they reach her and Pittoo's room. "Easy, easy" he says helping her into her bed and looked out the window next to her bed and smirked.
"My head feels like its about to explode" she groans placing her arm over her head. Dark Link sees the bracelet flash before the sky illuminated briefly as well.
"Don't worry it will all be over soon" he says as a dark sinister look crosses his face. "Just stay put and try to rest ok" he says as he turns to leave, I'll check back with you in a moment to make sure everything is alright" he turns his head and says before walking out. It was finally time for everything to come together at last, he had planned everything out to the littlest detail. He didn't even need to take care of Dark Pit like he thought he would, he took care of that problem himself. Even if he and Lucina reconciled it was too late everything was in motion now and the wheels of fate were spinning.
"Hey where's Lucina?" Pittoo says while running into the dark hylian in the hall outside the cafeteria.
"Oh you won't have to worry about her ever again my friend, I promise" he says with a shit eating grin on his face placing his hand on the dark angel's shoulder.
"Whats your angle huh? Why do you even bother hanging out with her so much?" Pittoo asked.
"Why so curious? I thought you loathed her and wanted her off your back?" Dark Link replied "dont tell me you care for her suddenly?" He mocked while shaking his head woth a tisk. "How the mighty have fallen"
"What are you doing, you may have everyone else fooled with your facade but I'm not as gullible." The Dark Angel says pushing the dark hylians arms away.
"Like I said taking care of your problem for you" he says nonchalant. Just then Pittoo grabs him by the shirt slamming him against the wall roughly. Despite this however Dark Link didn't seemed bother and continued to smile.
"If you hurt her in any way I wont hesitate to rip out your insides and show them to you." Dark Pit says in a low menacing tone. Dark Link didn't reply however and kept smiling at the dark angel who glared murderously at him
"Dark Pit!" Someone called out seeing him have Dark Link in such an aggressive hold. "What has gotten into you huh?" Palutena says separating them both. "This is not how we handle our problems, remember use your words" The goddess says while dragging him away.
"You'll thank me later" Dark Link whispered before he slowly grins to himself again.
Dark Pit and Palutena enter the cafeteria that was packed with fighters. "Go get your dinner to try to control yourself" she says before walking off. He ignored her however and spots Raven in the back pouring herself some tea and heads over.
"Hey have you seen Lucina?" He asks while she looked in thought for a moment.
"I thought she was with you wasn't she?" She replied and he looked around seeing no trace of her.
"Ill be back" he says heading out the back door of the cafeteria and quickly rushing up a flight of stairs to their room. He swings open the door as a flash of lightning briefly illuminated the room, he saw her laying on her bed. He flicks on the lights while she covered her eyes.
"Turn that off!" She groans waving her arms loosely at him.
"What wrong?" He asked and she looks up at him.
"I got like the worse headache right now" she grumbles however he noticed that she also happened to look unnatural pale.
"Ill bring something up for you I just need to do something first" he says heading over to his closet and retrieving his bow and storming out of the room. The sky rumbles softly while she just thought to herself.
"Jeez what crawled up his butt?" She says turning over in bed and looking up at the window above her bed into the stormy night.
Dark Pit stands atop the stairs in the main room of the mansion and watches as Dark Link winks at him before heading outside. He quickly dashes down the stairs and swings open the door running into the sotrmy night and frantically looking around for the dark hylian. He was panting hard as he turned left and right with rain water running down his face. The sky lights up again with a loud boom that echoes throughout the night. He sees Dark Link standing atop a stump at the edge of the woods and he starts making his way over.
"Ahh there he is the man of the hour, you're just in time the show is about to begin!" He says raising his arms in the air and smiling to himself.
"What did you do to her!?" Pittoo shouts seething with rage.
"What needed to be done!" Dark Link says before cackling, "don't you see? I'm trying to set you free!" he adds. Dark Pit just shouts angrily and swings his blades at him but the dark hylian was prepared and blocked the attack with his own weapon. "I knew you wouldn't understand so I have to make you understand!" Dark Link shouts as they clash weapons again and lighting flashes above them. Dark Pit roughly back hands the hylain and gets a savage headbutt in return momentarily dazing him. He feels something warm and reaches up with his fingers to see blood on them that was quickly washed away by the rain. Dark Link begins to laugh menacingly while the angel lunges at him again. This time however he ducks from Dark Link's counter attack and roughly takes ahold of him before kneeing him in the stomach with excessive force. Dark Link cries out as some saliva shoots out of his mouth forcefully before dropping to the ground. Dark Pit just glared down at the hylain holding his stomach through his wet bangs stuck to his face. Dark Link begins to chuckle however while Dark Pit drops his weapons ready to beat the sorry excuse to death should he need to. He began slamming his fist repeatedly into Dark Link's face before he stands up to start kicking him too.
That is of course until a very painful electric shock courses through his body, further amplified due to him being soaked from head to toe. Dark Link then slowly gets back up standing above the angel who was now on his knees panting hard. "Did you really think it was going to be that easy?" Dark Link mocked while wiping his blood on his sleeve. He kicks Pittoo right in the face making him fall the the ground. He angrily growls and is about to get up again until another violent surge of electricity surged through him. He grunts in pain and thrashes around before falling to the floor. "LOOK AT YOU!" Dark Link shouts grabbing a fist full of hair and bringing the angels face up to his. "Look at how pathetic you've become!" He says punching the angels face into the ground. "You use to be free!" He adds kicking the angel in the abdomen, "held loyalty to no one! Cared not what others thought of you! Didn't roll over and beg to some stuck up bitch because you didn't meet her ideologies!" He claims before grabbing Pittoo by the hair again and knees him in the face. The dark angel falls to the side as blood splatters out of his mouth violently. He growls angrily again and tries to get up but is halted by another nasty shock of electricity. He yells in pain before falling to the floor again and panting hard.
"Hehe he looks funny when he wiggles like that!" DTL comes into view while holding a dart gun in hand, they had no doubt infused those darts to release an electric current upon impact.
"Ahhh not to worry though my friend, we're here to set you free" Dark Link begins again while walking over towards Pittoo. The sky rumbles again and a flash of lightning illuminates the vicinity briefly. "A fate worse then death awaits our little blueberry top friend" he says before roughly kicking the angel in the face again as he tried to get up. His face was all bruised and muddied and bloody by now and his left side was now swollen where the hylian kneed him. "See you were right in one thing, my friendship was a ruse. Just to get her to trust me enough so I can give her this" he says tossing his bracelet in the mud next to Dark Pit. "Infused with powerful dark magic, once the wearer puts it on they slowly start to become a storage for a build up of energy." He explained before kicking the angel to the ground again. "Once the wielder of the cursed bracelet gets hit with a strong enough surge of external power it kicks off a chain reaction. Like say for example a bold of electricity from a violent storm, which is why I had to wait until a beautiful day like this! After that it was just a simple matter of putting certain herbs in her tea that would give her a terrible migraine to get her to ait still. With her incapacitated in bed as we speak the spell has all the time in the world it needs to complete. She will forever cease to exist, she will be lost forever between reality and the beyond. They wont be dead no, that would simply be a mercy, however being forever stuck in a void alone with no way out is a most terrible fate. Unable to see, unable to breathe, unable to live! A fate worse than death!" Dark Link finished explaining with another kick to the abdomen.
"No!" Pittoo gurgled out weakly lifting his head.
"With her out of the picture you'll realise the error of your ways, oh sure they might bring another one but admit the facts they'll never be the same. Her disappearance will forever remain a mystery and those bonds you think you have will never reform, no matter how hard you try." Dark Link says before chuckling and leaning next to the crumbled angel on the floor. "You'll always be one of us!" He adds holding out his clenched fist in front of him.
"Please…" Dark Pit chokes out. Dark Link throws his head back and laughs maniacally.
"Im sorry I didn't quite catch that, did you say please!?" He says through clenched teeth while pressing his face against the side of the angel's.
"Don't do this!" Pittoo growls before Dark Link stood up and kicked him in the face again.
"And now for the main event!" He shouts while dancing around the angel as the sky begins to rumble violently. "THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE LUCINA SAGA!" He exclaimed as as a giant bolt of lightning crashed into the mansion, he knew exactly what it hit tho.
"NOOOOO!" Dark Pit cried out in agony…
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They had scolded him for something that wasn't even his fault, besides Pit should know better than to jump out at him. "Make sure you don't cause any more trouble around here, we'll be watching you" they said. Since he arrived he got dirty looks from many of the so called heroes that reside there. They avoided him wherever he went like the plaque. He say them whispering to each other whenever he entered the room, they wanted him to be the bad guy? He was more than fine with that! He'll give them what they wanted hell he'll even make it interesting and entertaining for himself too.
However that all changed upon one fateful encounter...
He was tired of all the sideway glances and whispers, he was heading out back to take a stroll through the woods to clear his mind. That is into someone collided with him coming down the hall. The bluenette is knocked to the floor by the impact and looked dumbfounded for a second. Great another snotty hero to look down her nose at him like the rest of them. She was probably going to start yelling at him to watch where he was going and what not. However she locks her sapphire eyes with his ruby ones in an apologetic look. Was she… Was she embarrassed? By now she should be telling him about minding his manners blah blah blah, but this girl actually gave him a genuine look instead of a dirty one, "its not real!" He tells himself.
"Watch where you're going Stupid!" He says getting the first words in, she didn't react negatively however she still looked slightly embarrassed. She gave him another apologetic look as she slowly stood up off the floor. Was she trying to mock him or something?
"I'm terribly sorry I didn't see you there-"
"Whatever, just get out of my way blueberry snot head!" He cut her off while she looked surprised at him and she scoffed. He expected to get a dirty look now, but was that… Was that sadness he saw in her eyes? Was she really upset over him being rude?
"Excuse me!?" She demanded. He didn't have time for pointless squabbles with idiots, nor stick around to find out if he was being mocked or not.
"You heard me!" he calls out as he walked away feeling satisfied with himself. That is of course until Lucina put her hand on his shoulder and turned him around.
"What is your problem!? I apologize for my mistake!?" she raised her voice at him. She was visibly upset now however her eyes still didn't show any hostility in them. What was her angle? Her game? Who cares, he didn't have to for this anyway.
"Yeah and guess what? it wouldn't of happen if you weren't so stupid!" he shouted back, "just leave me alone already what do yiu want from me? I'm the bad guy we dont do 'sorrys' you should know that." He thought to himself.
"I think now you owe me an apology!" She says while getting in his face challengingly.
"Better idea! why don't you leave me alone and go be stupid some place else!" He responded sarcastically before he turned around and proceeded to walk away. Jeez no one else made this big of a commotion before he always just got a dirty look and that was that. This girl however was being oddly persistent and aggressive about them leaving on good terms. Speaking of which he felt something sharp press against his back moments later he knew was this lunatics sword.
"I didn't hear you Apologize!" She shouted in anger as he turned his head and started to growl angrily while gritting his teeth. Just what the hell did this woman want from him? Was she expecting them to shake hands and smile like morons. Or did she expect him to get in his knees and kiss her feet, yeah he noticed that tiara on her one, she's another stuck up princess no doubt. Well maybe he ought to show her that now that she's no longer at home she can't boss everyone around like she pleases. He dashed behind her and shoved her against the wall twisting her arm and making her drop her sword. He put her arms behind her back and held them firmly in place with one hand while he used his other to put her head against the wall. She was so caught off by his sudden movement that she didn't get time to properly react. "Let go of me!" She demanded while struggling in his hold but he added more pressure to his hold to make her sit still.
"Listen here noob, I know you arrived today so it seems you have a lot to learn. You don't know how rules work here. You may have been tough in your world perhaps though I seriously doubt it. But it's a whole other story here, no here you're just plain stuuupid!" He insulted her by whispering in her ear and then raising his voice at the end. He managed to touch a nerve after that just as he hoped he would and she began to struggle again. Knowing she was new he knew for a fact that she didn't know about the magic barrier so he could have some fun and scare her a little. He takes out one of his blades and it makes her stop cold, he grinned to himself knowing he was indeed correct she didn't know. "Oh now you're calm that you have a cold hard blade against your throat huh?"He thought to himself mentally rather enjoying himself.
"Let her go Pittoo!" Came the nail on the chalkboard screeching of that insufferable goddess. Gods' he really hated that name! Pit-too in other words Pit 2. Being called a clone really set him off he wasn't a clone of anyone, he had nothing in common with Pit. He was whatever the hell he fells like being no one tells him what he is. He starts to growl in frustration letting the blunette go and turning towards the goddess.
"I'M NOT CALLED PITTO!" he shouted angrily. He locks eyes with the bluenette again as they were uncomfortably close to the other and her expression softens once more. She saw the pain in his eyes, the pain he thought he hid well. He was tired of being treated unfairly and being outcasted, and she saw right through him. Before she could say anything however he softly pushed her aside and stormed off into another hall. She actually seemed visibly concerned when she got to get a good look at him.
The look she gave him was if she said "I'm sorry to have bothered you I didn't know you were troubled by something else." She was the first person to not give him a dirty look upon seeing him for the first time, non of that "ugh, another villain! like we need more!" Remarks. She actually gave him the time of day and respected him as an equal, despite him throwing her generosity back in her face.
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"Hey can I ask you something?" Dark Pit asked.
"Of course, what's up?" Lucina replied. They sat in the middle of an empty white room around a small round table.
"I don't know I'm just wondering why you actually took my side? I mean me and you we don't really mix. You're the hero and I'm the villain my kind and your kind are meant to be on same sides." He says with an unsure shrug. She just scoffed at him however.
"Under normal circumstances that might be true. However I have to be honest you're not a villain, nor are you exactly evil for that matter. I have seen true evil, I have faced true evil, and you are not it. I don't care if noone else believes me when I say it, because I know deep down in my heart that you're a good person. I have seen it myself, though you may deny it so you are a kind and caring person." She says while giving him a warm smile. "Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, I'm glad to have met you and have you as my friend." She adds while placing her hand on his.
"She thinks of me as a friend?" He thought to himself, he felt weird at that moment. A warm feeling came over him for once instead of feeling so cold, he finally felt what affection is like.
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Tears weld up in his eyes and began to flow down his battered and bruised face. He didn't care for the tough act anymore, the one person who ever showed him any remorse and kindness, he may never see her again. The first person ever outside of his world who called him friend, who shared his joys and laughter and even at times his misery. He never realized just how much he took her for granted until now, if he could see her he would let her know how much he appreciated her friendship. He begins to regret ever having hurt her or all the countless time he let her down because of his ego. He felt a tight pain in his chest that stung him to his very core, it hurt more than any wound he ever received ever would.
Lucina, the princess of Yilsse, his friend, was forever gone…
*sniff* anyone else have something in their eye? Just me? Ok…
Uhh I guess this is where I end the year I don't know about you guys but I still have like 4 hours give or take until new years. And I wanted to end it with a real banger of a chapter, I hoped you enjoyed and stay tuned for the return of among giants in 2022. I promise not to keep you guys waiting too long for the next installment. Questions, concerns, suggestions? there is this lovely little box just below here where you can leave all that. Heck if you wanna rant and yell go right ahead too I'll take it, I know for a fact one of you is.
Until 2022 you wonderful beings, Toodles!
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