Chapter 140: Sealing Fates
"Oh! My fame preceeds me!" Chuckled the priest, tipping his hat up and revealing the rest of his face, and Adrian saw he looked exactly like Freed Sellzen, save for the darker outfit, the hat, and a grey goatee on his face.
"No, not exactly," said Adrian, quickly understanding the situation, "but I have met one of your descendants. Tell me, which Sellzen am I dealing with?" The Priest chuckled,
"I am Fredrich P. Sellzen, at your service! So you much be the cow pie licking devil I have come to exorcise!" Adrian then summoned his Sacred Gear, his eye turning firey orange, and his voice turning demonic,
"You can try Sellzen, your descendant certainly did." Sellzen growled, then leapt with such agility that it took Dutchs' gang by surprise, but Adrian already saw it coming, raising his Gear arm up at Sellzen as the crazed priest withdrew a sword of light from inside his outfit, blocking the blade and hurling him into the snowy forest, bounding after him. James was about to go running after him, until Dutch grabbed him by the shoulder,
"And where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to help Adrian," said James defiantly, "because I believe him to be good of heart, even if he is a devil." Dutch then grabbed the boy by both of his shoulders,
"James, you're talking madness! Adrian is a devil! Any good you think is in him is nothing more than him being a trickster!"
"Then why do I feel more content with the devil than I do with that holy man?" Asked James. Dutch paused, and his concern turned into anger as he moved his hands from James shoulders and to the front of the young cowbys shirt, grabbing handfuls and hoisting him off the ground,
"Maybe the devil got to your head, and now we need to get him out!" Dutch then proceeded to haul James away from the camp, with most of the camp cheering him on, except for John, who looked at his twin with worry.
As Dutch proceeded to drag James away, Adrian was furiously fighting Fredrich Sellzen, images of Freed flashing before his eye as he continued to use his gear arm to block the priests blade of light. Adrian then held his gear arm up to block a overhead strike, then used his free hand to punch the priest in the abdomen, then in the face, knocking him back, and followed up with a powerful kick to the crazed priests' chest, knocking him flat on his back in the snow. The devil then knelt down in front of Sellzen, wrapping his normal hand around the priests collar, and used his gear arm to land punch after punch to the grey haired mans face, over and over and over, spraying blood, cracking bone, yet Sellzen kept laughing, as if the whole situation was just too funny for him. Before long, Adrian was no longer looking at Fredrich Sellzen, he was looking at Freed Sellzen, and spoke with his demonic voice between punches,
"You tried to kill me, that I can live with..."
WHUMP!
"But you tried to hurt Asia in the process..."
WHUMP!
"She was a nun, damn you!"
WHUMP!
"You sliced her outfit open, pinned her to the wall and thought about violating her!"
WHU-CRUNCH!
"Then you tried to stand in my way when I tried to save her from Raynare!"
SQUELCH
"Then you messed with Kiba and the Holy Swords
SQUELCH
"You harmed yet another member of the church, Irina!"
SQUELCH!
"Then finally...finally I was able to destroy you..." Before Adrian could land another punch, he felt a cold hand on his shoulder,
"Yes...you did destroy him." Adrian turned, seeing Slender standing by him, still impersonating the young devil. He then looked down, seeing Fredrich Sellzen was no longer breathing, and his entire head had been crushed, causing him to look down at his own hand, seeing his boneshell had returned, making him fall backwards and crawl away from Slender and Sellzens' body in alarm, realization hitting him at full force as the boneshell fell away from his flesh,
"What...have I done?" He asked, mostly towards himself, and thankfully in his own voice.
"You did exactly what I sent you here for," said Slender, "you went back in time and altered a bit of history, just as you were supposed to." Adrian looked at Slender in disbelief, "Now that history has taken its course, the son of Fredrich P. Sellzen will join the church, avenging his father with the same twisted madness they share, as will his son, the one you know as Freed Sellzen, all because the first was murdered by a raving stray devil." Adrian was already on his feet, grabbing Slender by the collar of his suit and pinning him to a tree,
"You...used me...to create FREED SELLZEN?! Are you fucking serious?!!" Adrian was then greeted by loud ringing in his ears, causing him to release Slender and cover his ears, and the creature went from impersonating Adrian to taking his true form; tall, faceless, and angry.
"DO NOT TRY TO VILLAINIZE ME, CHILD!" Bellowed the faceless one, "I DID YOU A FAVOR BY SPARING YOU! YOU DESTROYED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MY FOREST! MY HOME!" Slender paused, collecting himself before speaking in a more calm tone, ceasing the ringing in Adrians' ears, And so you must face a consequence for such an act. That being the you becoming the cement that solidifies the madman that is Freed Sellzen...then again, this is always destined to happen."
"Excuse me?" Said Adrian in confusion.
"This event, the death of Fredrich Sellzen, is a fixed point in time, along with the rise of Hitler, the death of JFK, the dropping of the atom bomb...the death of Calvin and your mother..." Adrian looked to the side, feeling those words steer straight through his heart, those horrible stories that were written about that Jeff idiot trying to fight me..." Adrian gave Slender a confused look as the faceless one subconsciously continued,
"Damon? When did you get here?" Adrian asked sarcastically, "I thought I was talking to a faceless fuck named 'Slender.'" The creature rolled his 'eyes' with a frustrated sigh,
"My point is, there are things we just can't change. This being one of them." Adrian scoffed, rising to his feet,
"Maybe so, but there is one thing I can do..." He then summoned a magic circle in behind himself, "...I can at least get my ancestors away from Dutch and his gang." He then walked through the magic circle before Slender could stop him, vanishing from sight.
"You can try Adrian...you can try..."Adrian then reappeared back at the camp, seeing that it was bare of any people, and instead he saw they were gathered in the distance, so he began to approach, slowly striding at first, the breaking into a run, and finally a sprint, seeing a nervous John standing by Dutch, who was aiming a gun at James, and the latter had his back towards the edge of a high cliff. Without even giving it a second thought, Adrian sprinted between James and Dutch, right as the bullet left the barrel, and Adrian shielded his uncle, taking the bullet into his back, and the two tumbled off the cliff, with John shouting and diving after them, sliding in his belly through the snow and stopping at the cliffs edge, unable to catch the devil and his brother. Dutch then grabbed John by his collar, hoisting him to his feet,
"Did you just try to save the devil boy?!" John held a hard glare at Dutch,
"No, I was trying to save my brother." Dutch gave John a look of uncertainty, and pulled and extra revolver out of a hiddem holster,
"You go down there, and you send those two to the firey pit of hell! I'll be listening..." Dutch then stomped off, the gang following suit, while John stood at the top of the cliff, the revolver in his hand...
James gasped for air, struggling to stand as he found himself wrapped in Adrians arm, and after a bit of wrestling and manuevering, he saw that Adrian had purposely broken his fall with himself, and the young devil leaned up, letting out a pained groan as he did so.
"H-h-ho...how...are you still alive after a fall like that?" Stuttered James. Adrian, unsure, pulled open his shirt, seeing that his boneshell had regrown just enough to cover his torso, also stopping Dutchs' bullet from truly entering his back.
"Huh...I guess being a stray has its perks..." Adrian coughed, helped to his feet by James, who was helping Adrian to stamd while staring at the boneshell in horrified wonder,
"Do all devils have that?"
"No...just me," said Adrian, "a result of abandoning my master."
CLICK!
Both Adrian and James looked up, seeing John aiming the revolver at the two,
"Sorry brother...but I can't let you help that devil scum more than what you have."
"Than I have? More like we have. You, me, Dutch, all of us helped Adrian back there, so you are just as much to blame as me, and besides, that priest you brought back looked more crooked than the one everyone is saying is a damn devil!" John took a deep breath,
"Dutch is waiting to hear the two shots that sent you two to hell...I won't disappoint him..." James took a sharp breath in, keeping himself standing strong as he and Adrian squeezed their eyes shut...
BANG! BANG!
A/N: I know this one may seem like a bit off for a mini arc (especially in a story like this), but it is significant. Next time: Friends reunite, truths are revealed, and oh yes...there will be blood. Until next time!
