Chapter8: True Power
Firedude: Ready for the next main chapter? Better be, or else!
FireemblemPRO: Just because they're heroes doesn't excuse multiple murders. Think about it. If George Washington went on a killing spree would he not go unpunished? Also I'm toning down on the OCs for now. For now I'll only toss in normal characters, but there will be two more OCs within the next bunch o' chapters. One is just Vren who has already been talked about. Another is a friend's character. Also by make another fic do you mean a Sequel or a whole new fic?
Wolf from The Hidden Flames: Yes it's true I attempted to pull a cliffe and it worked. Yes I also think Inomaru is cool too, I did the boar transformation thing for Inomaru because in Japanese Inomaru means well Boar boy. Yes it would be bad wouldn't it if Mystic was a dead man. The sisters know because of the dream, and I never did have the rest of them ask who Tyrana was… next question! Yes I thought Priscilla was spelled without an s, thank you for pointing that out.
Zeek72: Thank you for the character you sent in, and sorry for the E-mail screw up that happened. I'll try to space out my scene cuts more.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fire Emblem or its characters. I own Alderoffe, Quill, Adam, Shadow, Marco, and Vren (It's a long list isn't it!). Kota, Tyrana, and Mystic all belong to friends.
Firedude: On with the show!
"What do you mean we have to save the girls?" asked a puzzled Mark. "I interrogated Nightmare and found out the secret behind Alderoffe's power. Through study he was able to conduct a ritual that enhances the body's efficiency in exchange for his humanity. The ritual has eliminated all the flaws in the human body. His blood dried up eliminating the weakness of blood loss. His eyes have enhanced allowing him to zoom in on targets and he is able to see heated forms such as humans. Because of this we can't hide from him. His skin has evolved to a level where it has become armor like, and as hard as a rhino's." Kota then raised his hand. "Yes Kota?"
"What's a rhino?" Marco thought a bit. "You know, I'm not entirely sure. Any way the bones in his body have condensed because of a massive increase in calcium, because of this his teeth are able to bite through solid silver an-."
"Ok! We get it Marco! Alderoffe is super strong and can kick all our butts! But why do we have to save the girls?"
"I'm getting to that! As I was about to say and his mouth has developed venom. This venom infects the victim's blood stream causing them to become like him."
"So you mean if we don't hurry we're going to have to fight two more Alderoffes?" Questioned Mark. "Yes that's basically what I'm saying."
"Well thanks a lot for wasting our time yapping away!" Shouted Mark as he ran down the next hall. Everyone agreed with Mark and ran down the hall, leaving Marco standing in the room dumbfounded. He then slapped his head and then followed.
Lyn had both her swords out and ready to spring at Quill. "What's a matter coward? Do you not want to get die?"
"I'm ready to fight princess. I'm just looking you over before hand." Lyn stood there for a minute then quickly swung her arms over her chest. "You pervert!"
"I didn't mean it in a perverted way. Purely strategically reasons I assure you." He then stood up and got into a martial arts stance. "No weapon? Look I'm not in a good mood so take this seriously or not."
"Oh, I'm sorry I'll get it out now." Little silver studs poked through his skin. They stretched farther until they were spikes. The same things happened on his legs, torso, neck, and head. He then grabbed a spike on his arm and pulled it out. It formed into a silver club with spikes, and the spike he pulled out was immediately replaced. "Ok, now I'm ready to fight." He charged forward and swung at Lyn. She blocked it but was thrown off balance because of the weight of the club. He pulled the club over his head and proceeded to swing downward. Lyn pushed off the ground in time to escape the swing. She quickly got up as Quill yanked the club out. "You're not the same Tarmag that was on the battle field yesterday. Who are you?"
"Tarmag was a fool. He couldn't handle battle and thought he was the best. Then he discovered the potential he had within himself, and like Alderoffe, he lost all his humanity." Lyn charged forward and did an X slash with both her swords. Quill blocked it with the spikes on his arm, and smacked Lyn in the rib cage with the club. Lyn was sent flying into the nearby wall with a sickening crack. She struggle to sit up and couldn't move her right arm. "Another beautiful thing about power, being able to recognize your opponent's weakness after their first attack." Lyn glared at him while holding her limp right arm. We haven't even really started the fight and he broke a few of my ribs and my arm! She struggled up and took the Mani Katti in her left hand. "Look at you, you're falling apart. If you give up now I won't have you suffer…much!" He lunged forward and swung his club at her. It smashed into the wall as he slid under him. She impaled the Mani Katti into his gut. She pushed it in until she felt the hilt up against his stomach. She then ran out and pulled out the Sol Katti. "That was a lucky shot getting in between my spikes." He then pulled out another spike making another club. He gripped them both and jumped into the air. When he was at least ten feet over Lyn he swung vertically and smashed the clubs into the ground Lyn barely dodged it. She swung her sword as he blocked it with a spike. He tackled her and pushed her towards the wall. She slipped out at the last second making Quill hit the wall. Quill stumbled back and shook his head. Lyn slashed the sword at his neck allowing blood to spray out. Just then Mark and the others ran in. "Are you ok Lyn?" Asked a worried Mark. "I'm fine, but he broke a few of my bones."
"Marco patch her up quickly, we've got to go stop Alderoffe!"
Tyrana walked into the room and saw Alderoffe standing in front of his collection of statues. "So they finally sent someone to kill me." He turned around and saw Tyrana. "So they sent you. You're just a child. Go home and enjoy your life while you can."
"Shut up! I despise you! It's because of you that my life was ruined!"
"Now whatever are you talking about child?"
"Shut it! You brain washed Lyn who nearly killed my master! You use the seven weapons to amuse yourself and toy with people's lives! It was you who took away my best friend!" She shouted pointing to the statue of the man with the hand held scythes. "Worst of all… You said you wished for no power where as of now I see a power hungry mad man! It's because of you that my whole entire clan was destroyed! It's because of you that my parents are dead! It's because of you that my brother is dead! It's because of you that I've been too ashamed to talk about my family! Worst of all you told my brother at a young age that you were a hero and he believed it! He looked up to you and respected you! I think all that qualifies for you ruining my life! Isn't that right Uncle Alderoffe!" He remained silent for a minute before just simply laughing. "You actually think that I should feel bad for you? You are nothing but a weak little girl in my eyes!" Tyrana became enraged and charged forward towards him. He pulled out an axe and blocked her attack. He pushed on her sending her backwards. He pulled out his Silva tome and he opened it. "Silva!" The light shot from his hand and missed Tyrana. She attempted to slash at him again but he grabbed her by the neck and lifted her three feet off the ground. "You may be wielding Zantetzugen, but you'll never know how to truly use its power. For example-." Alderoffe pulled off his hood and revealed his inhuman body. Tyrana was horrified at the sight of what her uncle had become. "I unlocked my true potential and gave up my humanity. Therefore I became all powerful. Have you ever tasted power Tyrana? It's a wonderful thing. But once you taste a little you want it all." He tightened his grip on her neck and her eyes rolled in back of her head. He then put her neck up to his mouth and bit it hard. Blood dripped from his neck as his venom sunk in. The veins in her neck became black and bulged. Mark and co. ran in time to see him finish up. He smiled at the sight and tossed Tyrana to Their feet. Marco ran over to her and looked her over. "She's been poisoned by his venom!" Mark looked shocked then looked over at Alderoffe and scowled. He picked up Zantetzugen and walked forward. "I'm going to kill you for what you did to my apprentice!" He lunged forward before Alderoffe could cast Silva. He connected the sword with his neck, but it just left his neck with just a scratch. He continued assaulting Alderoffe with the sword until Mark suddenly stopped. He fell to his knees and vomited blood. Shadow quickly ran forward and dragged a thrashing Mark back. "Are you ok sir?"
"My lungs weren't fully healed yet I guess…" So we have one infected soldier, a completely useless tactician, a Sacaen blade lord that has broken ribs and a broken arm. Kota and Shadow are still injured from their fight with Adam and Lucifer. The only ones who are fully operational are Marco and Rath. But we're up against a mad man who has two of the seven weapons. We only have one, but not even Zantetzugen can pierce his skin! Is it possible for things to get any worse? The company then heard foot steps approaching them from behind. They turned and saw a fully healed Quill standing there grinning. "You're still alive?" shouted an angry Lyn. "Of course I didn't die. I was taking things easy on you!" They then heard the sound of wings pounding throughout the air. Adam landed next to Alderoffe as Quill also walked to his side. Shadow, Rath, and Kota all stepped forward. "We'll take care of this. You guys rest, it's a perfect three on three match." Alderoffe grinned at Rath's explanation. "Wrong it's two on three. You don't expect me to degrade myself to a level where I fight people as worthless as you? But here, let me even the odds for you a bit." Alderoffe took out the staff of life and tapped the butt of the staff on the ground three times. A blue light shot from the staff and an image appeared in front of them. The image became solid and no longer blue. He had summoned some one from the staff. "The staff not only lets me kill and revive, but it also allows me to temporarily revive someone to this spot. It's only for a short while, but it's long enough to kill all of you!" The figure removed its hood and revealed to be Leila. Her eyes were lifeless and she spoke with no emotion. "I am at your command master…"
"Kill these fools!" When Alderoffe finished his command Leila lunged forward towards the group. Marco picked up Tyrana and they all jumped out of the way. Lyn proceeded to charge towards Quill and begin to block each others blows. Adam took flight and flew towards Shadow and Kota. "I will avenge Lucifer's death!" He proceeded to fire multiple Luce spells at them. Leila saw Marco working on removing the poison from Tyrana and lunged at him. He defended himself with the Poleax he had, but it simply snapped in half. "No matter, I didn't like using it any way." He then pulled out scalpels which he placed neatly between his knuckles. He proceeded to blocking Leila's attacks. "Rath! Get her off my back! I need to tend to Tyrana!" Rath notched his bow and shot at Leila. She deflected it with one of her knives, and then jumped towards Rath. Rath quickly pulled out his killing edge and defended himself. Marco returned to helping Tyrana. Mark was the only one who wasn't fighting. He sat in the corner and sipped some whiskey while he tried to figure out how to fix this mess. He saw the statues in the corner and got an idea. If Alderoffe can create statues then he most certainly can return them to normal. Those are some of the best fighters that were in our army, and they're just stuck there. He threw Kota a look wanting him to look at the statues. He saw and understood. He gave shadow a look who just simply nodded. Shadow jumped into a shadow in the ground as Kota dodged Adam's blows. Shadow then propelled from the shadow and grabbed Adam's feet. The extra weight made him fall to the floor. Shadow went inside Adam's shadow, holding him in place as Kota beat the crap out of him. Alderoffe saw this and scowled. Looks like Adam needs help. Alderoffe took out his Silva tome and shot a blast at Kota. He pushed Adam in the way, turning him to silver instead. Alderoffe got frustrated and shouted. "Avlis!" The blast shot towards Adam. Kota then proceeded to kick the statue down, shattering when it hit the ground. The Avlis shot was still propelling until it hit the statue of Vren. The silver slid off him as he fell to his knees. Everyone watched as he struggled to stand. He looked around and saw Alderoffe and then looked towards the poisoned Tyrana on the ground. His fists tightened around the scythes and he raised them into a battle stance. "You took away five years of my life. I think it's fair if I end yours…" He disappeared without notice then reappeared next to Alderoffe. He grabbed hold of his wooden arm and ripped it clean off. Alderoffe tried to pull out his axe, but felt two scythes stab into the back of his neck. He stumbled forward and ran for the door. "I refuse to die here!" Vren charged right after him down the hall. Quill and Leila ran after him followed by everyone else. Marco threw Tyrana over his shoulders and ran with them. They ran until they were back at the first room where they found a dead Raul. Alderoffe stopped and pulled out the two scythes and threw them to the ground. Vren then grabbed Alderoffe's other arm. He leaned forward and whispered. "I'm going to make sure you never cast another spell in your whole life…" He gripped it firmly and ripped it clear off. Alderoffe shouted in pain as blood sprayed from his shoulder socket. "But how? I'm the most powerful being in Elibe!" Quill ran to his master's side and pulled out a stone he smashed it on the ground and a portal opened. "We'll be leaving now." Leila, Quill, and Alderoffe jumped through the portal and it began to close. Tyrana struggled to stand and ripped Zantetzugen from Mark's hand. She then jumped into the portal after them. Vren then attempted to go through also, but it was too late and the portal closed. He smashed his fist against the ground and stood up. "He takes away five years of my life and I can't even kill him when I have the chance!"
"So who are you, and how were you able to fight Alderoffe when we could barely hurt him?" Asked a puzzled Marco. "I'm Vren, top assassin in Sacae and friend to Tyrana. Alderoffe's powers are not always active. I caught him unaware and couldn't make his skin hard, and the same thing with his arms."
"This is bad…" Said a sad Mark.
"What do you mean?"
"Tyrana chased him through that portal, it could've led to anywhere in all of Elibe! Tyrana could be dead now for all we know! And she took the Zantetzugen with her, so now Alderoffe has three weapons!"
"Nope he still has two." Everyone looked at Vren with a puzzled look. He proceeded to pull the Silva tome from cloak and show it to everyone. "I stole it when he wasn't looking." He tossed it to Mark and he looked it over. "It's hard to say if whether if today was a victory or a loss. We have found Alderoffe's weakness, we have obtained the Silva tome, killed four of the five lieutenants, we will be able to revive Alderoffe's collection and recruit them, and we've gained a powerful ally. On the other hand our forces are a wreck, Tyrana jumped into the portal after Alderoffe with Zantetzugen and we don't even know where they went! And since that Tyrana was infected with the virus Alderoffe can mold her into what he wants her to be."
"You should still consider it a victory my friend." They looked to the main doors towards the voice. And there in the door way stood Pent.
Firedude: Ok, A short chapter with a like four day delay. Please don't hate me! I've relatives over and I can really only type good in the morning! I promise the next bunch o' chapters will be fast and good!