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Chapter 12: Fading Dreams
Tev stopped running for a second to catch his breathe. He had lost track of the other soldiers that were with him and was all alone now. He headed in to a nearby courtyard, but stopped dead when he heard a rumbling. A massive Iron Giant fiend jumped down from the nearby rooftop landing with a thud. Raising its sword high above its head Tev began to run in the opposite direction.
The Giant leaped over Tev blocking off Tev's escape route. The Giant slammed its sword into the ground. Tev rolled out of the way then reached into his ingredient bag to see what he had left. He pulled out a metal box sealed off tightly, labeled: EMERGENCY ONLY!! Tev grumbled as he shoved the box back into his bag and dodged the next attack from the giant.
He pulled out a few more items then mad note that he only had enough to activate one last mode after this fight was over. He loaded up his arm and raised his fist high into the air as it began to glow.
"Mode 2: BIG PUNCH!!!!" he cried as he ducked under the giant's attack
Tev caught the beast off guard and slammed his fist into the creature's gut as hard as he could. The Giant stumbled back. Tev moved in for the follow up. This time the Giant blocked the punch with the broad side of his sword. Tev quickly pulled back his fist and hit him again forcing the beast to fall over knocking into the nearby building.
The giant began to force its self into a standing again. Tev moved in striking the giant at the knee knocking it back down. He unclipped an Al Bhed grenade from his belt and tossed it right at the beast's head. Tev dived out of the way as the grenade exploded it the Giant's face bringing him down. Tev's arm transformed back as he ran off through the courtyard.
Some distance away Shay and a group of soldiers were pinned down behind a pile of ruble. She quickly reloaded her weapon then popped out from behind her cover to shoot down one more fiend. Her group made quick work of the enemies in front of them, but as soon as Shay shot down the last of them another score of fiends appeared.
Shay was about to pop out from her cover again when she felt the earth rumble beneath her. She peaked out into the distance to see a massive Behemoth fiend approached. Shay grumbled as she aimed her weapon at the creature's head and signaled to her men.
"Aim for the head, bring it down fast or else!" she commanded as she opened fire
The Behemoth guarded its head by lifting up a huge piece of ruble in front of his face. The beast roared loudly as it tossed the mass at the soldiers. Shay rolled out of the way as the ruble came down squashing a few of the soldiers. Shay grabbed one of the Al Bhed grenades off her belt and tossed it at the Fiend. The Behemoth cried out in pain as the explosion tore in to its flesh.
Shay rallied the remainder of her troops to continue trying to shoot down the Behemoth. A group of smaller fiends bolted toward the troops as the fired on the Behemoth. One of the smaller fiends leapt up to attack Shay. She took a step back and nailed the creature right in the chest.
The Behemoth charged toward Shay and the remaining soldiers. Shay tried to put some distance between her and the monster, but it quickly scooped up one of the soldiers placing him in its mouth and chomping down. Shay fired again this time hitting the beast in the eye causing it to scream out in pain. Shay unclipped another grenade from her belt and tossed it at the creature. The explosion forced the behemoth to stumbled back.
Shay aimed carefully and managed to shoot the beast repeatedly in the throat. The creature fell to the ground dead. Shay took a moment to catch her breathe. There were only five soldiers remaining. She ordered them to continue on as she reloaded her gun. Shay continued forward, when she heard a mysterious sound. She spun around to aim her gun at a nearby wall only to see her husband climbing over it. Tev landed on his feet and dusted himself off.
"What are you doing over here?" asked Shay
"I ran into some…..complications." replied Tev
At that moment a giant Defender X crashed through the wall. Its massive arm swept down knocking into Tev sending him flying a few feet. Shay opened fire on the monster as she rushed over to Tev. The Defender grabbed a piece of ruble from the wall and threw it between Shay and Tev halting her progress.
Shay unclipped the last of her grenades and tossed it at the fiend. The explosion bought her enough time to reach Tev. He stirred slightly as she checked on him then made his way to his feet. Tev started to reach for his ingredients bag, but stopped.
"Can't be wasteful." He grumbled
"Then what do we do?" asked Shay
"Run?" replied Tev as he shrugged his shoulders
The pair bolted in the opposite direction of the giant fiend. It started to chase after them slamming into everything in its path. The couple turned the corner, but the Defender slammed through the building sending ruble everywhere. Tev rolled out of the way as the Fiend slammed its forearm into Shay sending her crashing into a pile of ruble. Shay screamed out in pain as she landed on sharp piece of metal, tearing in to her side.
Tev looked up to see a fallen soldier with a small bag of grenades. He scurried across the ground reaching for the bag as he caught the defender's attention. As the fiend approached Tev tossed out 2 grenades blowing the Defender X to pieces. Tev pocketed the last couple of grenades then ran over to shay. He tore the bag to pieces and used the cloth to help cover up Shay's wound.
How you doing?" asked Tev freighted to death
"It hurts like hell, but I'll be fine." She replied
"Forget it, I'll take you to the shelter, they'll be people there that can help you." Tev lifted her up
Wolf popped out from behind the pile of rumble. Tev nearly tumbled over as the fiend rushed at them. Shay lifted up her gun and shot the fiend down. She smiled Tev then kissed him on the lips.
"See, you still need me." She smiled
"Yeah, well, I'm still taking you to the shelter." Replied Tev
The two of them made their way through the village as the battle raged on. Tev remained careful, making sure to remain unnoticed. Finally they reached the secret shelter where the rest of the villagers were. They began climbing up the ladder to entrance hatch when they felt the ground rumble. They spun around to see an army of fiends of all sorts approach.
With great haste they made their way up the ladder. When they reached the top Tev ran for the hatch when one of the flying fiends knocked in to him. The fluttered around then made its way toward Shay. She managed to shoot it down in time, but more and more fiends began to appear. Tev gritted his teeth as he reached into his bag and pulled out the last of his ingredients. He loaded them in then took one last look at the tin box in the bag as his arm transformed.
"BIG SHOT!!" exclaimed Tev as he shot down one of the fiends flying toward Shay
Tev quickly opened the hatch then motioned for Shay to come. Some of the ground fiends began crawling up the shelter's walls and up the ladder. Tev grabbed Shay's gun from her then motioned for her to head in to the shelter.
"What about you?" asked Shay
"If these guys learn about what's really down there, they'd tear the villagers to pieces. Hurry up before they gang up on us." Replied Shay
One of the shelter guards poked his head up inside the hatch.
"What the hell is going on here?" he asked
"She's injured take her in quickly." Shouted out Tev
"What? No, I……"
The guard grabbed Shay and pulled her into the Shelter then shut the hatch behind him. Tev closed his eyes and smiled as her heard the sound of the hatch lock. When he opened his eyes he found himself surrounded by fiends. He opened fire with both his arm and Shay's gun.
The fiends attack in ground. Tev did his best to fight back the hoards, but they began clawing at his body. As he ran out of ammo and his arm transformed back one of the wolfs tackled him the gut hard knocking him on his ass.
Tev groaned in pain as the fiend's surrounded him. He slowly reached in to his bag and pulled out the metal box marked emergency. He undid the seals and opened it to reveal secret ingredients. He loaded them into his arm as one of the fiend's chomped down on to it. Tev smiled as the arm began glowing more brightly than ever.
"That's right you sons of Btches. Time to see my limit break. This is what I've been saving for you! FINAL MODE: KABOOOM!!!!!!!!!" shouted Tev
The fiends began to retreat as Tev's alchemy arm suddenly exploded. The blast was massive, the flames began to engulf all of the fiends who had surrounded the shelter. They screamed out in pain as the blast reached far and high even reaching up into the sky and blowing away the fiends trying to fly away. Inside Shay heard the sound of the explosion as the entire shelter shook. She began to cry as she reached out toward the hatch.
"I've got to see if he's okay." She cried
"No, we don't know if they are still out there." Replied the Guard
The guard called in for help as they dragged Shay into the shelter away from the hatch. Shay finally broke down on the floor sobbing uncontrollably. The guards felt their hearts drop as they let go of her and ordered for a medic.
Meanwhile Cana and Vid hid opened up a nearby door taking refuge inside the house. The dragon roared as it passed overhead searching for them. Vid fell to the ground exhausted as Cana leaned on the door frame.
"Dis is unfair. The more we hit dat thin da stronger it gets." Stated Vid breathless
"Well we can't hide here forever." Replied Cana
Suddenly the heard the sound of a massive explosion. They turned their heads to look out the window to see a wall of fire spout up near the Shelter.
"What the heck was that?" asked Cana
"Nothin good." Replied Vid
They heard the roar of the dragon over head as his tail slammed into the building. Vid grabbed a hold of Cana pulling her under a table as the building fell around them. Cana shifted back to her Alchemist dress sphere and opened fire on the Dragon. Vid hit him with a few thundraga spells.
The dragon roared in pain as it shot another fireball at them. The pair ran off dodging the blast as the Dragon chased. Cana spun around, shifting to her Gun Mage dress sphere. Cana fired some blue bullets at the fiend knocking him back to the ground. The fiend's cries summoned forth a small group of fiend to come to his aid. Vid rushed in to kill one of the smaller fiends.
The fiends growled in anger as they all attacked at once. Vid spun his ball on his finger and unleashed an Ultima spell on all of them. The Dragon shot out a stream of fire, Vid tried to counter with a wateraga spell. He did his best to fight back the flames but was overcome by the dragon's multi-head fire strike. Cana ran over to Vid pushing him out the way, saving him from the fire.
The fiend flapped its wings once more and took flight. Vid tossed his Blitzball at it trying to afflict it with a status aliment. The Dragon countered by smacking the ball back with its tail. The ball shot back hitting Vid in the gun knocking him to the ground. Vid tried to make it to his feet, but felt a sharp pain in his gut as everything began to spin.
"I'm poisoned!" he cried out
I'm coming!" Cana readied an antidote
As she ran over to Vid the fiend shot a massive fireball into the ground near Cana sending her flying. Cana hit the ground hard, breaking her arm. Vid forced himself up to reach Cana, she handed him the antidote just as the fiend began spitting out a furry of fireballs.
Cana and Vid ran past the blasts trying to reach each other. Cana fired back at the fiend hitting him a few times. The fiend Roared in pain then shot out a stream of fire at fallen Vid. Cana leapt in front shifting to her white mage Dress sphere. She blocked the fire with a protect spell. The fiend increased to power of his fire as Cana struggled to hold the barrier.
Vid's hand shook as he used the antidote on himself. He forced himself to a standing position. The barrier shattered causing an explosion knocking back the heroes. Vid checked over Cana, she was unconscious. He gripped his ball then tossed it in anger striking one of the fiend's heads.
"Come on, ya dealin wid da big leagues now. Let's finish dis. I bring ya down wid everythin I have den I'll kick ya ass wid even more!" exclaimed Vid
He ran full speed at the dragon dodging fire blast after fire blast. He tossed his ball slamming in to one of the fiend's heads. As it rebounded back jumped into the air hitting the ball with a back flip kick striking another head. Vid kept up his barrage of attacks until the dragon spun around quickly whipping his tail at Vid. Vid was sent flying back a few feet by the tail whip.
He coughed up some blood the forced himself back to his feet. The dragon shot out a fireball, Vid rolled out of the wall then started spinning his ball on his finger. As it spun the ball began to charge with energy as Vid smiled.
"Time for you to see my overdrive." He said as he spun his ball faster
Vid hit the fiend with a series of devastatingly powerful spells, sending it reeling in pain. Vid then tossed the ball of energy into the air as he jumped up to kick it as hard as he could.
"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Vid as he sent the ball flying at the dragon
The ball it the fiend in the chest causing an explosion of energy. The Fiend cried out in pain as it fell to the ground lifeless. Vid took a few seconds to catch his breathe. Cana began to stir, Vid ran up to her and helped her up.
"How ya doing?" asked Vid
But before she could answer they heard the sound of the dragon roaring. They looked back to see the beast stir, shedding off its skin, revealing its new six headed form. Vid moved in front of Cana, the fiend charged forward slamming its head right into Vid. Went crashing into a nearby wall falling to the ground unconscious. Cana braced herself as the fiend approached her.
Cana pointed her gun at the dragon and began firing. The dragon roared loudly as it shot out a stream of fire. Cana looked back at Vid as the fire approached. Her eyes turned white as she began to glow brilliantly. She transformed to her Floral Fallal dress sphere. Vid stirred, his eyes fluttering open. They became wide as he tilted his head up to see Cana standing there glowing white before the massive fiend.
The dragon spit out a stream of fire at Cana. She managed to block it with an energy field, then hit the fiend back with a Great whirl attack. All six of its heads channeled all the power it could and shot a massive blast of fire at her. Cana charged up an energy blast in her own hands the shot it out to counter the fire.
The two powers clashed as they struggled to take each other down. Finally Cana summoned all of her strength firing it at the dragon in a beam of white light. The dragon screamed in pain as its body became engulfed by the light. Vid shielded his eyes as the dragon exploded falling to the ground.
When the dust cleared Vid pushed himself up. He ran through the dust looking for Cana. When it settled he saw her lying on the ground passed out transformed back to normal. He began to walk over to her when he saw the fiend tremble. He grumbled as he pulled out a piece of jagged metal from a pile of ruble.
He climbed his way up the dragon as it groaned in pain. He found himself standing over its heart then raised the piece of metal over his head.
"Go to HELL!!" he exclaimed as he drove the piece of metal into the creature's heart
The Fiend cried out in pain, then slowly stopped moving as it died. Vid smiled, he faltered a bit before he fell over. He landed on the ground with a thud. He tried to fight back the pain he was feeling as scurried across the ground toward Cana.
After a while he reached her, grasping her hand in his. He grinned, his eyes fluttering, then finally his head fell to the ground. He slowly slipped into unconsciousness stroking Cana's hand as everything went black.
Over by the cave entrance Zialas continued his battle against Yul. Zialas jumped into the air, bouncing off a building gaining speed as he headed for Yul. Zialas thrusting his spear forward. Yul jumped out of the way as the Ronso crashed into the ground. Zialas quickly spun around whipping his spear at Yul.
Yul blocked with his sword then moved in close to swipe at Zialas. Zialas ducked his head under the blade. He charged forward hitting Yul with a shoulder tackle knocking him to the ground. Zialas stomped down his foot, but Yul jumped up and away to create distance.
Zialas rushed in with a series strikes from his spear. Yul blocked the strikes with his sword. He took a few steps back then launched some more energy blades at the Ronso. Zialas rolled out of the way, but one of the blades managed to clip his back. He winced then continued forward. Zialas used lancet again sapping some strength from Yul.
Yul sent out more energy blades as Zialas moved forward. When he was close enough Zialas unleashed a pillar of energy right at Yul. Yul stood firm and powered up his own aura creating a shield around himself. While Yul was distracted Zialas leaped forward, Yul managed to move away just in time, but was slashed across the am. Yul quickly spun around and blasted Zialas full on with an energy attack. Zialas hit the ground hard. Struggling he slowly made his way to his feet again.
"I really have no time for this you walking carpet." Growled Yul
"As long as Zialas stand, You shall not pass." Zialas shot back
"Fine have it your way." Answered Yul
Yul held his sword at his side as he began to charge it with energy. Zialas repaired by using lancet to power up his overdirve. Yul formed a mass of energy around his blade then pointed it at Zialas.
"So long fur ball." Shouted Yul as he charged at Zialas
"Ronso Rage: NOVA!!!!" cried Zialas as he charged forward
The two combatants leapt into the air, their energies crashing into each other causing a massive explosion. Smoke filled the streets as Zialas fell to the ground charred and exhausted. Groaning he struggled his way to his feet once more. He looked all around for any sign of Yul when he felt cold steel rip into his back, through his stomach.
Zialas looked down to see Yul's blade sticking out of his body. He turned his head to see Yul standing behind him smiling.
"Rest in Peace." Spat Yul as he slipped his sword out of Zialas
Yul hit Zialas in the head with the back of his hand. Zialas' body hit the ground with a thud. Yul used his aura to dispel the smoke surrounding the area. He took one look at Zialas then looked down the path right at the cavern entrance.
Rose shifted to her Berserker dress sphere and tackled through the falling wall. On the other side she made a mad dash through the village. She stopped when she saw a huge explosion over head. She shifted back to her warrior dress sphere and continued on. Smoke blocked her path as she headed into the center of the village.
As gust of wind blew through the street clearing the smoke. Rose's eyes widen as she soaked in the scene ahead of her. Zialas' body laid on the ground, bloodied and beaten. Yul stood over him staring at the cavern entrance. He transformed his sword back into a flute then made his way to his goal.
Rose gripped her sword tightly as trying to fight back the tears. She raced at Yul full throttle, he spun around aim his hand as her firing off an energy blast. The blast hit Rose like a cannonball to the gut. She fell to the ground gasping for air. Yul powered up a ball of energy as he walked over to Rose.
"You Bstard!" breathed Rose
"Yeah well that doesn't matter now." Replied Yul as held the ball over his head
A shot rang out, the bullet sliced through the ball dissipating the energy. Yul looked up to see Rekks standing in the street point his mother's Al Bhed gun at him. Rekks holstered the gun as Yul ran straight for the cavern entrance. Rekks moved to check on Rose.
"What are you doing, you have to stop him." She gasped
"Are you okay?" he asked
"Forget about me." She replied
"Take Zialas somewhere he can be safe and get patched up. Then I need you to defend the village. Leave Yul to me."
Rose nodded in agreement then stood up with Rekks' help. Rekks helped Rose lug Zialas on to her shoulders. Yul took one last look back at the heroes then proceeded down into the cavern. When she was ready Rose walked off carrying Zialas as Rekks turned to the cavern.
Yul proceeded down the dark depths. The walls shook slightly with the sounds of battle over head. He finally reached the main Cavern and looked upon his fellow fayth. His mouth twitched as he broken into terrible laughter. His body shook as he fell to his knees, tears pouring down from his eyes. His laughter continued to haunting echo through the cavern. Rekks approached slowly, watching Yul sob. Yul slammed his fist into the ground.
"They're all dead!!!!" cried Yul
"What?" asked Rekks
"All the Fayth here….they're all dead. I'm the only one who woke up. The others…..gone. The dream is dead." Replied Yul rising to his feet
"Yul it's over. Stop this now, there's no power here. Like you said they are all dead. You're the only one left don't go any further."
"We live, as we dream…..alone. My brethren may be dead, but their anger lives on."
"You don't have to do it."
"A cliché won't help now. It's too late, I've chosen my path. And now I want to see it through."
Rekks eyes began to glow, change color. They shone a brilliant shade of green as he drew his sword. Yul transformed his flute to a sword again. Yul moved first he sped down the path jumping over the chasm to the other side. Rekks cast Hasteaga on himself then raced after Yul. As Rekks jumped over the chasm, Yul shot a blast of energy at him.
Rekks managed to block it with his sword but the impact caused him to slow down and start falling. Rekks concentrated his powers, the Pyreflies began to surround him as he created a rock bridge between the two ends of the chasm. Rekks pushed himself up then made a mad dash at Yul. Yul leapt up to meet him and the two clashed swords in midair.
When they landed on the ground both of then quickly spun around, sprinting forward to clash swords again. Rekks pulled out one of his guns and fired at Yul. Yul dodged the gunfire as he shot some energy blades at Rekks. Rekks rolled out of the way and fired back. Yul made a misstep and tripped into the chasm. He grabbed onto the side of the gouge as he slid down, then pushed himself into the air.
Yul traveled high over Rekks' head then unleashed a pillar of energy straight down at Rekks. Rekks leapt out of the way into the chasm, He summoned his green aura again to create a small alcove in the side of the chasm. Rekks scaled his way up the wall past Yul's barrage of energy attacks. As Rekks reached the edge of the chasm he pushed himself directly at Yul. Rekks unleashed a series of lighting fast sword strikes.
Yul could barely keep up against the attack. Rekks managed to slash him on the arms, legs and across the chest. Yul flared up his aura forcing Rekks to jump back. Yul slashed his sword into the ground sending waves of energy at Rekks. Rekks panicked, he started running in the opposite direction then rolled out of the way as the energy passed by him.
Yul sent out another wave of energy, this time Rekks stuck his sword into the ground and used his powers to force up the ground around him into a shield. Yul's blast hit the shield with an explosion send rocks flying everywhere. Rekks was knocked back a bit, but remained mostly unharmed by the blast.
Rekks looked up to see Yul racing toward him at top speed.
"God Dammit!!!" cried Rekks
Yul was too close and moving too fast for Rekks to dodge. He gripped his sword tighter and tried with all his might to focus his energy. Rekks slashed his sword at Yul sending out his own blast of energy. Yul's eyes widened as the blast hit him head on, sending him crashing to the ground.
Rekks stumbled backwards surprised at his own power. Yul stood up and dusted himself off. He looked Rekks right in the eyes and smiled.
"I knew you were special. From the first moment I met you I knew something was different. Didn't quite know what it was, but I felt the need to snuff it out before I could learn what it was. Now I see why I should have killed you when I had the chance. Too bad your sister had to exhibit the power first or else we all would have known sooner, but I guess where's the fun in that." Smiled Yul
"This whole experience has been kind of fun. Despite all the lives lost and what you've done to my friends I thank you for showing me a side of myself I didn't know existed. You pushed me, you pushed me to look at myself and evaluate who I am, what I wanted and what I needed to do." Replied Rekks
The two of them dash forward and clashed swords again. As they pulled back Yul fired a blast of energy at Rekks as Rekks countered by casting Flare on Yul. Both of them screamed out in pain as they were blasted back into to the cavern walls.
"What would they say?" groaned Rekks as he pushed himself up
"Who?" asked Yul as he pulled himself up
"The people you left behind. Before you changed. Your sister, the others, all those friends, you showed me your past remember?"
"I would imagine that they would despise what I've become, what I'm doing."
"Then why, what are you fighting for? The other prototype Fayth are gone, the people you regret losing from your past wouldn't want you to do this, then what are you fighting for?" asked Rekks
"Myself I guess. I really have no better answer. The only reason I'm not dead like the others is because my hate survived. When sin was defeated the others saw their peace, so I believe they moved on. But when Sin died, for me, I saw only more of my anger."
"What good does anger do you? Why hurt all these people? I don't understand."
"I said we were alike. We both have something we'd die for. For you its your friends."
"And for you it's your anger?"
"After everything its all I have left. My dreams are filled with nothing but pain. And it needs to end, either way."
"Destroy or be destroyed."
"Now do you see?"
"Not really, but I've pretty much figured that trying to talk you out of this is impossible."
"Actions do speak louder than words."
Yul charged at Rekks again slashing him across the chest. Rekks gritted his teeth as Yul came back around for a follow up attack. With one hand Rekks used his sword to block Yul's slash. Rekks felt his arm start to crack under the pressure of Yul's strike. He clenched his other fist and slammed in into the side of Yul's face.
Yul stumbled back from the punch, placing a hand on his face. Rekks felt a sharp pain in his should and began rotating it trying work out the muscle.
"What kind of tactic was that?" smiled Yul
"A cheap shot." Rekks shot back
"A well deserved one at least."
Yul charged at Rekks once more. This time Rekks Back flipped out of the way. Yul growled angrily, he spun around to slash Rekks again. Rekks kicked up a rock in the air then nailed it with a blitz kick sending it crashing into Yul's chest. Yul growled angrily, shooting blades of energy at Rekks. Rekks jumped up, twisting in mid air, narrowly dodging the blades, landing with a thud right on the ground.
Yul took this moment to send a pillar of energy at Rekks. Rekks jumped to his feet and did a hand stand. He placed his sword on his feet and used it a board to ride over the shockwaves of Yul's attack. Rekks slide across the ground then scrambled to his feet. The two combatants pointed their swords as they circled around.
"I think is time to end this." Remarked Yul
"All or nothing?" smirked Rekks
Yul nodded, they both took a deep breathe. Each of them began to glow as they summoned power for their overdrives. They charged at each other one last time and unleashed a furry of sword strikes. Their swords blurred, sparks flew as metal clashed with metal. When the broke off they took a few steps back. Yul charged his energy around his sword as Rekks did the same. They surrounded themselves in aura and charged forward.
"No Fayth!!!" shouted Yul
"Blind Fayth!!!" exclaimed Rekks
At a single instant they locked eyes, then they both swung their swords. The light from the clashing energies blinded them for a few seconds. But when the light dissipated blood splattered everywhere. They both stood there, bloodied an exhausted. Rekks fell to his knees and clutched his stomach. Yul smiled as Rekks began to tremble.
Outside Rose led the remaining forces against the hoards of fiends. She charged forward slashing two fiends in her path. Another fiend came at her from behind, but she spun around slicing its head clean off. She looked off in to the desert and saw, to her horror, a massive wall of fiends approach the village.
Gripping her sword tightly, she called out to her troops and charged head first into the oncoming horde. Rose closed her eyes at she swung her sword at the fiends, but strangely enough she felt nothing. Her blade struck nothing. Her eyes opened to see the fiends ceased their attack. She watched mouth opened wide, the fiends crying out in unison. The soldiers stopped to watch as all the fiends left the village and headed back into the distance.
When they were out of sight, the soldiers joyfully dropped their weapons and shouted for joy. A smile broke across Rose's face, feeling the relief wash over her. Then she gasped, remembering Rekks. With haste she raced back toward the village heading for the cavern.
Back in the Cavern, Yul smiled as he fell to the ground and coughed up some blood. Rekks pulled himself on the ground over to Yul and helped him roll on to his back.
"You win." Stated Yul as he felt his life fade away
"So what." Retorted Rekks
"Enjoy it. Life ahead is a happy one for you. What awaits me is one last chance to sleep, to dream. Maybe this time my dreams….will….be…happy ones." Yul closed his eyes
"Sleep well." Replied Rekks
As Yul died Rekks used the last of his strength to drag his body to the edge of the chasm. Rekks took a hold of his flute and looked it over, with Yul dead it was just an ordinary flute one again. Rekks pushed the body over and watched it disappear into the abyss. Rekks laid on his back and placed the flute to his lips. As he began to lose consciousness he played the hymn of the Fayth one final time. Before he could finish his hands fell to his sides and everything went dark.
To be continued……………..
What an ending huh? Hope you all enjoyed this epic battle. The heroes went through alot, but it still remains tobe seen how things will exactally work out now that it is all over. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter so remeber to please send in all your reviews, thoughts, questions, suggestions, etc. I love getting feedback from my readers. Coming up, Chapter 13: Sleep Well. Keep an eye out!