Fallen Angel Alicia
By: Orika
Studio: (Empty raining outside. Suddenly door opens someone wearing a black cloak with the hood on came in.) (Wow… Roxas is that you?)
Hooded Person: Where is everyone? The place looks deserted… Oh well, they'll come back. (Approaching the table and placed a package covered by a plastic down. Then heads to the writer's room)
Then the door opened and the whole Crew including Riou came in.
Riou: (Notices that the door was unlocked). Hey, guys did you left the door unlocked?
Rufus: No, I locked it…. The door was lock when we left.
Alicia: That's right and I checked it myself.
Crew: (Notices the wet footprints on the floor)
Silmeria: Someone's here…
Riou: (Noticed the package covered with plastic on the table. Approaches the table and picks the package up. Opens the package and saw the manuscript and reads it) Hey this is Orika's hand writing. It's the script.
Leone: Maybe Orika's here already…
Crew & Riou: (Sees a person coming out of Orika's room but it was too dark to see who it was)
Arngrim: Orika is that you?
Then lightning strikes revealing a person wearing a black cloak and a hood covering the face
Crew & Riou: Aaaah!!!
Silmeria: It's the Grim Reaper!!!
Crew & Riou: (Scatters throughout the studio) Run for your lives!!!
Hooded Person: (Confused). What's their problem???
Riou, Rufus, Alicia & Silmeria: (Hiding in the closet) (How in the world did they fit there?)
Rufus: What's the Grim Reaper doing here? (Looking at Silmeria)
Silmeria: Why are you asking me?
Alicia: Because your one of the Goddesses of Fate Silmeria…
Silmeria: I don't know! And he's not a subordinate of mine so don't ask me. What are we gonna do now?
Riou: Okay, shut up… First we give the Readers the story then we can worry about the Grim Reaper later. Ahem Sorry if I'm gonna speed this up. We're in the brink of meeting death here. So here it is. (Reads the manuscript). In the Guessing Preview no one could still identify the mysterious people. Writer's note: Don't try guessing it because you really don't know who this people are. Let's have a recap. In the previous chapter, Alicia met two new allies, Leone and Arngrim. Now they are on their way to the Water Temple. And that's it.
Alicia, Rufus & Silmeria: (Grabs hold of any weapon they can find in the closet: broom, mop and a bucket?) I guess they forgot their Weapons.
Silmeria: Let's go and hunt this Grim Reaper and send him back to the Netherworld. (Holding the mop)
Alicia and Rufus: (Nods…)
Riou: Be careful guys…
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from VPS or any characters from any other game; they are owned by Square Enix, Tri Ace and other game co.
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Chapter 5: The Half – Elf
Alicia and the others made it to the Water Temple. The temple was in complete ruins and water was flowing everywhere.
"We should start looking around." Dylan said.
And they went exploring the ruins. Unlike the Mountain Ruins there were no traps or dead end, except at the far end because water was falling from the top.
"We can't go any further…" Alicia said.
"Looks like we have to go up there and stop the water from falling in." Lezard said.
And so they went up trying to reach the top. There were some paths that were too narrow for a whole group to walk to at the same time. So they crossed it one by one. A few monsters appeared and they have to fight it. They were careful of their movements because, there was falling debris.
"This is so difficult…" Rufus said, aiming his arrow at the monster.
Alicia tries so hard on striking the monsters. She stepped on a floor that was about to fall off. The floor opened and she was to fall.
"Aaaah!!!" Alicia screamed, she closed her eyes and was ready to feel the pain of the ground or worse death. But then she felt a hand grab hers, and felt like she wasn't falling anymore. She opened her eyes and saw Rufus holding her and his other hand was holding at the edge of a debris floor. "Rufus…" she called.
"You should be more careful next time." Rufus said.
"Let go, you're arm's going to break." Alicia said.
"Don't be silly, listen. I'm going to toss you to that floor, try to grab hold if you can… No, you have to grab hold and reach it." Rufus said.
"Okay…" Alicia said.
Rufus swayed Alicia trying to get the right force. He then let go of Alicia. Alicia managed to step at the edge of the ground but she lost her balance and was about to fall when a gust of wind pushed her in. Alicia fell to her knees; she then looked back at Rufus. Rufus swayed his self and let go.
"Made it…" Rufus said as he landed on the floor.
Alicia then looked below. She was looking for something or someone. She felt the gust of wind but it wasn't so windy. Rufus noticed Alicia looking below.
"You wouldn't survive if you have hit the ground." Rufus said.
"Yes, thank you for saving me…" Alicia said looking at Rufus. "I'll be more careful next time." she added.
"That gust of wind…" Silmeria said.
"Is something wrong Silmeria?" Alicia asked.
"No, it's nothing…" Silmeria said.
"What's wrong?" Rufus asked.
Alicia shook her head. "It's nothing…" she said.
"Alicia!!! Rufus!!! Are you two alright!!!?" Arngrim asked yelling.
"We are fine!!!" Rufus shouted.
"We're coming down!!!" Leone shouted.
"No, we're okay, you should be heading up! We'll catch up with you!" Alicia shouted.
"Alicia's right! Don't worry about us and go on ahead of us!" Rufus shouted in agreement.
"Alright, but call us if you're in trouble!!!" Leone said.
And there was silence.
"Well, we should be getting our way up…" Rufus said.
And they both walked on. They were silence as they we're walking on. There were some monsters blocking there path that they have to fight, but they manage to purify them. Then they continued on walking in silence, and then Alicia broke the silence.
"I'm sorry; we're having trouble because of me…" Alicia said.
"Will you stop blaming yourself?" Rufus said looking at Alicia with arched brows. "Sorry… It's just that, you blaming yourself are getting a negative effect on me. Besides it isn't your fault." he added looking away.
Alicia looked down. Rufus looked at her and felt guilty…
"So, uh, how did you and Silmeria ended up in one body?" Rufus asked changing the subject.
"Well, Silmeria told me that and Odin had a conflict and Odin punished her by reincarnating her as me. But something went wrong and so it ended up that this body has two souls." Alicia said.
"Reincarnated as human is that possible for a God?" Rufus wondered.
"So Rufus, why were you going to Castalle?" Alicia asked curious.
"Why suddenly asked?" Rufus said as he pulled his self up on the wrecked stairs.
"Nothing in particular, it just that… You got yourself involve in my problems." Alicia said.
"Don't worry about it." Rufus said as he helped Alicia up on the wrecked stairs.
And they caught up with the others who were pushing a boulder at where the water was coming out. They helped and the water was sealed.
"Well we should head back down, now that the problem is fixed." Lezard said.
And they went back to the path that was once blocked by the falling water. At the far end they found the dais, but they encountered yet another Guardian. They prepared to fight it but because the ground was filled with water they couldn't go near it and Rufus' arrows isn't enough to bring it down.
"Alicia, open the water gate so the water would leave the ground enough for us to walk in it." Silmeria said.
Alicia then ran to area were the gate was controlled and cut the rope with her sword. The water gate was opened and then came the water out. And then they attacked the guardian all together. It took them awhile and they defeated the guardian. They went near it to check if it was gone. The guardian made one last move that startled everyone and disappeared. Rufus backed away and didn't notice that he was closing in the dais. The dais had a barrier. When Rufus touched the dais by accident it shocked him in which sent the ring he wore on his middle finger on the ground. Then something strange began to happen.
Rufus threw his self on the ground and began to yell in pain as if something was sucking his life out.
"What's wrong Rufus!?" Alicia asked worried.
Silmeria then took over. "Hurry, return the ring on his finger." she said.
Dylan took the ring from the ground then quickly inserted it on his finger. Alicia then took over and helped Rufus sit up.
"Are you okay Rufus? What happened?" Alicia asked.
"That ring so I see, you're a half-elf." Lezard said.
"A half-elf?" Alicia wondered.
"Half-elves are said to be the vessels of Odin if ever his body is to wither." Leone said.
"You knew it all along didn't you…?" Rufus said looking at Alicia.
"Knew what? I didn't know anything?" Alicia said.
Silmeria then took over. "I did. That's why I asked you to accompany us." she said. "You had a purpose for going to Castalle because you thought you could change your fate. So you went along with us because you want to make sure that we get the Dragon Orb." she added.
Silmeria then stood up and walked to the dais and read its memories. Everyone was silent.
"The Orb has been taken to the Volcano Cavern." Silmeria said and walked on.
The others followed her. Rufus stood up, clenched his fist and followed them.
End of Chapter 5
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Riou: Okay and that's the end of chapter 5. Okay Guessing Preview. Rufus was wearing a ring that keeps him alive, what is the name of that ring and on which hand does he wear it? Whew I can't do my job right, thinking about that Grim Reaper… I hope Orika comes back soon… (Remembers something) Ahhh! Now I remember! (Opens the closet door and runs)
Crew: (Got the Hooded Person cornered).
Riou: (Running towards them) Hey, wait!!! No!!! Stop!!! Halt!!! Cease!!!!!!! (Trips and falls on the floor)
Crew: Be quiet Riou!
Rufus: You scared us…
Silmeria: Now it's time to teach you a lesson.
Alicia: Hey, I think we better check who it is first.
Crew: You just be quiet and stay out of this if you're not with us! (Looking at Alicia)
Alicia: Okay… (Drops the broom and backs away)
Crew: (Assaults the Hooded Person and a bright light flashes… To be continued) (Wow, the back stage of the story is getting dramatic. In addition to the Guessing Preview, who was the Hooded Person that entered the studio? Find out in the next chapter. Review please… No Review… No story… Poor me…)