Chapter 7: Evil's new face
This one should be good. Sorry it's a little shorter than normalThe battle against Oblivion
"Serene…" Leon commented looking in the direction of the grove of response.
"What Leon?" Serene asked confusedly.
"Something's wrong," Leon said running towards the base.
"What?" Serene asked running next to him.
"I don't know but it's around the base…" Leon replied. They arrived at the base in short order only to find that the doors had been ripped off their hinges.
"That can't be good…" Serene mumbled. Leon rushed in and saw the destroyed entryway with large claw marks in the walls and floor.
"Something bad left these," Leon muttered touching one of the claw marks, "Lets get moving…" Leon ran through the destroyed security checkpoints, the darkened hallways, and dusted and security drones. Leon reached the hallway to Kino's room which seemed fine. Seemed. The door hadn't been ripped off its hinges but it was unlocked. When Leon and Serene opened the door they saw that Kino was on the ground, face down, clutching his chest in a pool of blood.
"Kino!" Serene shouted rushing to him. Leon knelt down to the side and rolled Kino over.
"I'm… Fine… I think," Kino murmured looking at his blood soaked hands.
"What happened?" Leon asked pouring an elixir into Kino's wounds healing them.
"This thing, it had a mask and wings and these claws… It was horrible… Lilly!" Kino shouted, "Have you seen her? It said it was going after her next!" The three ran up the stairs and reached Lilly's room, the door to which was in embedded in the ceiling.
"That can't be good," Leon pointed out rushing into the room.
"Lilly!" Kino called.
"She isn't here…" Serene stated. The room was in shambles literally. There were claw marks everywhere and a large hole in the far wall.
"It probably took her through the hole," Leon pointed out the obvious.
"Is it gone?" Kazé's voice called from the hall.
"We don't know." Kino replied, "Did it get you too?"
"Yea… This sucks muchly," Kazé said entering the room clutching his head. Leon ran through the hole and came out on a balcony.
"There's a trail of blood…" Leon said pointing at the ground, "Let's go." Leon jumped off the balcony and landed on his feet, the rest followed. They followed the trail until they reached the Grove of Response were Lilly was lying unconscious on the ground.
"Be careful! She's bait," Kazé announced.
"Lilly!" Kino shouted as the group rushed towards her.
"She's alive… But barely," Leon said using an elixir on her.
"Where am I?" Lilly murmured.
"The grove of response, something dragged you here," Leon replied.
"Some thing? That hurts my feelings!" Oblivion shouted from behind the group.
"Who are you?" Leon shouted drawing his blade.
"Oblivion but you might know me better as Zero," Oblivion answered.
"Zero?" Lilly gasped.
"To be more accurate Zero's darkness freed by the Origin of evil!" Oblivion shouted.
"I will kill you!" Leon shouted.
"But killing me would kill Zero," Oblivion laughed.
"Zero's too strong to die with you!" Kazé shouted. Leon rushed Oblivion sword in hand and shouted, "Blade of fate! Kykider!" His blade started to glow and he disappeared and reappeared behind Oblivion skewering him through the back.
"Ha! Did you think that would hurt?" Oblivion laughed.
"A little," Leon muttered.
"Well sorry to disappoint," Oblivion laughed slashing Leon across the face with his claws.
"Leon!" Serene shouted.
"Die!" Kazé shouted drawing his blade.
"Oh really?" Oblivion said looking at Kazé only to be slashed across the chest.
"Do you people have a learning impediment?" Oblivion shouted firing a ball of darkness at Kazé sending him flying, "You couldn't beat me when I attacked the base. What makes you think you can stop me now?"
"Me!" Leon shouted, "Masamune! Howl!" Leon's Blade started to glow a bright white.
"What is that!?!" Oblivion yelled.
"A little move someone taught me when I was really young," Leon explained, "It unleashes my blade's full potential. Now you die!" Leon charged plunging his blade in Oblivion's chest.
"Gah! That! That light!" Oblivion shouted.
"Leon! His weakness is his mask! Hit him in the mask!" Kazé shouted.
"Right!" Leon nodded tightening his grip on the hilt only to stabbed in the back by Oblivion's wings.
"I'll suck you life force right out of your back!" Oblivion shouted.
"Freeze! Serene Nightmare!" Serene shouted sending a wave of ice towards Oblivion.
"You'll pay ouf" Oblivion murmured before being kicked hard in the head smashing the mask and the ice into little bits. Kazé pulled Leon away from the deathtrap of Oblivion's wings just in time.
"That was for Zero!" Lilly shouted
"HeH! YoU gOt Me ThIs TiMe BuT tHiS IsN't OvEr NoT bY a LoNg ShOt!" Oblivion shouted before the armor crumbled letting Zero regain control.
"Zero?" Lilly asked helping the warrior up.
"Thank's everyone," Zero murmured quietly.
"No problem," Leon smiled.
"It isn't over, I know Oblivion isn't gone," Zero explained.
"Don't worry we'll be able to beat him," Lilly encouraged
"We should get some sleep," Kazé stated.
"But Lilly's room is destroyed where will she sleep?" Kino asked.
"We can fix it," Zero smiled. Several minutes later Zero, Kazé, Lilly and Kino were standing in Lilly's room, "We can't fix it,"
"Hypocrite," Kino laughed.
"Why don't we give up and try again in the morning," Kazé suggested leaving the room though one of the holes in the wall.
"I'm game," Kino laughed exiting the destroyed room.
"Where are you going to sleep Lilly?" Zero asked.
"I have an idea," Lilly said leaning on Zero.
"I was wondering how long it would take you to suggest that," Zero laughed (its bad enough that he has a girlfriend but now he's laughing too!)
"So is that a yes?" Lilly asked.
"Sure why not," Zero sighed.
"Thanks," Lilly said walking to the next room with Zero.
"Well here's my room," Zero sighed, "Not very glamorous huh?" The room was simple, it contained a king sized bed with bed side tables, a couch and coffee table and a book shelf, a closet and a private bathroom.
"It's nice and cozy," Lilly commented.
"Do you want me to sleep on the couch?" Zero asked.
"Not really," Lilly blushed.
"You must be exhausted Lilly," Zero commented.
"A little," Lilly said lying on the bed.
"I'm sorry…" Zero apologized.
"For what?" Lilly asked.
"For everything," Zero explained lying on the couch.
"Why?" Lilly asked.
"I wasn't strong enough to stop him, From taking me over," Zero explained.
"You just need something to worry about," Lilly sighed drifting into sleep. Zero soon followed.
I apologize again for the shortness. Every thing is back to normal, finally. But Oblivion will return.
Next time: Chapter 8: Triangles aren't fun
Zero Lilly and Kino are in a really weird situation