Chapter 2 : Friends
The walk was definetely long. Saphyre could only carry one person, and unfortunetely, he had two people to be concerned about. First was violet. He would gladly carry her to increase speed, considering she was still injured and anything past walking hurt. But then there was azalea. She had no skill as a hunter at all. She could barely keep up with this pace of walking.
5 hours had passed, and they made it about 30 miles. But that wasn't even progress for saphyre, who could run through an entire country in an hour. If it was just the walking though, he could stand it. He liked to look at nature, but whenever he was near it, it meant either a job, or grimm. But it wasn't just walking...
"Can we stop now"? Azalea asked, for the 5th time in the last 20 minutes. "My feet are tired".
"From what, walking"? Saphyre responded. "Walking is not that hard, you should be able to walk for days before you grow tired".
Violet undertood what he meant. She was a huntress too, although not in the same class as saphyre. She was barely tired, and her leg was injured. But she also understood azalea. She was no hunter, and she was no fighter. She was probably exhausted hours ago, and just kept it to herself, scared of saphyre's reaction. He had done some pretty awful things the previous night.
"I'm tired aswell".
Saphyre did a 180, in pure shock. Facing violet, he could tell this was a lie.
"We're gonna take a break here saphyre", she went on, clearly ignoring his confused face. "We'll rest for an hour, then get back on the trail to the abandoned city".
The abandoned city. A town that was supposedly over run by grimm years ago. No one knows if it's 100% true, because alot of the hunters who go there don't come back. But saphyre had reassured her it was ok. "If anything attacks i'll be healed, so i can fight them". He had said. "Besides, it's our only way to leave this country for good without dealing with check-in stations".
Saphyre shook his head in dissapointment. By this rate they wont reach it tonight, and will have to camp out here. He hated sleeping on the ground, especially with his back sore like this.
"Fine"!
And with that, saphyre jumped up into the treeline, not to be seen.
Azalea and Violet sat down to rest their feet. They each grabbed a sandwhich from the cooler-bag they had brought, and began to eat.
"Violet, Thank you".
"No problem"
"Why is he such a jerk"?
"Comes with the job, i guess"
"What job would require him to be such an asshole"?
"Murdering people".
Azalea choked on her food. She had forgotten that he was a killer, although she hadn't seen any of the bodies or saw him do it. She knew he was a scary person though, she had witnessed him destroy everything that she loved, just for throwing a fit.
"I hate him".
"Why"?
"He broke all of my toys, and everything i held dear".
Violet did feel bad for her. She threw a small tantrum, not wanting to abandon her toys, but saphyre was not having it. He went into her room and broke it all, forcing her to only hear it through the door. Even if he hadn't done that, they all later burned down the house, for personal reasons.
"He is also mean and angry, and just a jerk in general".
"Yeah, trust me", violet laughed. "I saw him at his highest last night".
And his low, she thought to herself.
Tehy sat in silence until a splash was heard from a distance.
"Did you hear that"?
"The splash"?
Azalea stood up and began to run towards the direction she heard the noise. Violet followed. Soon they reached a clearing, and inside was a giant lake.
"Woah".
Azalea began to take off her shirt and skirt. Revealing her underwear. She made her way to the lake.
"Im just gonna jump in real..."
Saphyre came from the treeline and jumped right infront of her. It was so unexpected that she fell backwards. Saphyre stared at her for a moment.-
"You pervert"! Azalea stood up. "Go away".
Saphyre took a step forward. "We are not swimming here"!
"Why not"?
Saphyre picked her up and jumped to her clothes, setting her down right next to violet.
"We decided to take a break, this is a waste of time"!
Azalea turned to violet. Violet just shook her head. "Fine, we'll start walking again".
Azalea was heart broken. She was sweaty and hot. All she wanted to do was swim. After 5 hours of walking, that was all she wanted. She hated saphyre. He was an awful person.
"I hate you"!
She grabbed her clothes and ran back to their bags. She wanted to just jump in anyway, but she knew she would have never gotten past him.
"Well, you're making a wonderful impression on her you know"?
Saphyre chuckled in a sarcastic way. " I really could care less if she hates me. As long as she makes it to 16 and takes the company, im good with anything that happens".
"So what was wrong with a little swim, huh? You were already prepared to take a break for an hour. It hasn't even been 30 minutes".
"How did you find the lake"?
"We heard a splash"
"And how far away do you think it is from the break sight"?
"I don't know, we ran for a minute maybe"?
Saphyre approached the lakes edge, and took a big rock. After that, he chucked it into the center, making a tiny splash. A few moments later a giant grimm surfaced the water where the ripples were. Obviously hunting prey.
"You never got curious as to what had to make the splash that you heard, from that distance away"?
VIolet was in awe. If they had stepped into that lake, the grimm would have been right on them. KIlling them both in less than a second.
"But then why not tell Azalea"?
"Because then she would have asked me to kill it, and the answer would have been no". Saphyre began walking. "And this way, we get to end the break eary".
Violet was upset. He made azalea sad and upset, just so he could continue walking. Saphyre truly was a bad person.
Night was getting close, and saphyre knew there was no way to get to the city before then. The sun was almost set, and the moon was making it's way to the center of the sky. They stopped in the middle of the woods, a small clearing just big enough for them was near, so they chose that as the spot.
Saphyre carried a bag with a few blankets. He had hoped they would make it to the city before night, because he assumed they still had beds. But now they had to sleep on the ground. There were 3 blankets in all, one for each person.
Saphyre took his blanket, looked at the ground, and shook his head.
"I hate sleeping on the ground, this is pissing me off". What he reffered to was azalea. She had needed to stop so many times, and walked so slow, it cost them 3 hours in total. And she was also the one who was to tired to keep walking at night. He would have made her too, if Violet hadn't told him they were sleeping here. He was happy for the second chance at first, but now it was becoming a hassle.
"Well i don't mind". Violet said. She looked over at azalea who was laying down her cover to sleep on. "Azalea"?
Azalea turned around.
"Why dont we sleep on the same cover and use the same blanket. That way we have both"?
Azalea was ecstatict to hear that. She laid down on her cover, and waited for violet to bring the cover. They laid together under the cover, attempting to go to sleep.
"I wish i had a pillow"
"Yeah, me too".
Saphyre chucked his cover at there faces. "Use that".
Violet sat up to look at saphyre. He was walking to one of the trees.
"Won't you need this"?
"I can sleep without it. Hell, i might not even sleep at all".
Violet wanted to give it back, but azalea had already folded in into a pillow for the two of the.
"Well, you can come sleep with us if you want".
Azalea sat up. "No, he isn't allowed"!
Saphyre laughed. "It wouldn't change much anyway, i still don't like sleeping in the woods".
He turned to azalea. "and no one wants to sleep with you anyway"
"I bet 100 guys would sleep with me before you"!
"Yeah, i bet you would like that huh"?
Azalea almost cried. He had just called her a whore. But instead of crying, she decided to be the bigger person, and laid down to sleep.
Falling asleep was pretty easy, since she was straight up exhausted. Her entire body ached and she was sweating all day. However, staying asleep was something she couldn't do. Maybe two hours passed and she was awake again. She just couldn't fall back to sleep for some reason, and sat up. She wanted to see the woods at night, and make sure she didn't wake up as something was happening. All was good, except for saphyre. He was passed out, his head sideways, leaning up against a tree.
"I hope your uncomfortable".
She began to shiver, and realized it was getting really cold. She looked at her bag. Saphyre had packed it, but she hadn't opened it. She hadn't needed to anyway. Saphyre didn't let her swim, and she was just gonna sleep in her clothes tonight. She grabbed it.
She opened it hoping to find a long sleeved shirt or pants, since her dress sucked at keeping her warm. She dug around the bag, trying to find a familiar cloth, but everything she touched was short sleeved. She finally found her long sleeve shirt, and pulled it out fast. But 2 items came out. The shirt was one of them, but the other...
Azalea couldn't move. She was shocked, and could barely breathe. Sitting right on the ground from where it fell out, her favorite stuffed bear. Not only her favorite, but it was the only one her mom had bought her. Everything else her dad bought.
Tears came from her eyes, but no noise from her mouth. She thought saphyre had destroyed everything. She was so happy...but who? At first she thought violet snuck it in, saved it from the disaster, but she knew there was no way. So it had to be...had to be...
"Saphyre".
Saphyre jumped at his name, up onto his feet. Quickly, Azalea laid down under the covers, with her bear. Her clothes were still flung everywhere. She could hear him walking around, trying to see what made him awake. She fell asleep to the sound of his footsteps patrolling the camp. She whispered under her breath, quiet enough so he wouldn't hear.
"Thank you".
"Stupid ass grimm"!
Azalea awoke to these words. She was still under the covers, and the sun was barely out. Violet awoke with her, just as confused as azalea. That's when they saw it. 3 dead grimm on the ground in a pile, and several more around the camp. Maybe 7, 10 possibly. They were normal, bipedal wolf grimm.
"What's going on", violet asked.
"Go back to bed"!
3 grimm jumped at saphyre, attacking in unison. Saphyre jumped out of the way, and brought his sword down, slicing all 3 heads in a flash. Giving them each a small kick, their bodies flew into the pile.
"Do you think grimm could taste good if you cook it right"?
Saphyre was obviously missing the point. They had awoken in the midst of an attack, they needed answers, and all he could see was dinner...possibly.
"Saphyre, what's going on"?
"Did you go blind in your sleep"?
Violet shook her head. "No"!
"Well then use those eyes of yours..." 2 more grimm came up to saphyre and attacked. With quick slashes of his sword, he made them split in fourths. Giving each piece a toss to the pile.
"...and make an educated guess".
One of the grimm ran at azalea, who screamed in shock. Violet grabbed her scythe from next to her and slammed it into the grimm, sending it flying almost into the pile, but not quite. Her anger showed.
"Maybe work on your aim? I have a pile for a reason".
More grimm started adding to the last grimm. The number maybe in it's 50's now.
"Oh shut it. Im tired"!
"I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not". An obvious joke at yesterday's break incident.
She stood around azalea.
"We are going to need more than one pile anyway".
"Fine". Saphyre hit an oncoming grimm, and threw it directly across from violet's pile.
"I won't let you kill more than 10 grimm".
"Care to make that a bet"?
"What did you have in mind"?
"If i kill more than 10 grimm, we go swimming after this".
"Ha, well kiss that dream goodbye"!
And so the battle was waged. The poor grimm.
The last of the grimm was killed by Saphyre. He had a smile on his face as big as his pile of dead grimm. Violet knew she had lost. She counted every grimm she could get to. 8. And some of those were pity grimm from saphyre, she could tell. Saphyre counted out his pile.
"52 on my end".
Violet looked at her pile, but it had merged with saphyre's old one. She knew he had counted though.
"I only killed 8", she said dissapointed. Azalea would have to go without swimming.
Saphyre shook his head.
"Sad really". Saphyre took off his robe and his shirt."Man i'm sweaty.." He looked the two girls in the eyes. " I could really go for a swim right now".
Finding the lake was easy with saphyre looking for it. Being faster than sound, he found it in less than a minute. Then it was only a matter of getting there. And it was relatively easy. Saphyre carried azalea, who for some reason wasn't against it. She probably wanted to swim as soon as possible. Violet could handle herself, since her leg was almost fixed. Her aura was doing a great job at that. Although saphyre's was way faster. He was in perfect fighting shape in a day.
They had decided to leave their stuff at the clearing. Saphyre had said it himself that even walking slowly, it'll take 4 hours to get to the city, and then they should be safe.
"It's 8:30 right now", he had said. "So we can swim for a few hours".
Now they were hear, in a gourgeous lake, with almost nothing in it, save for a few fish.
"Violet, come swim with me", azalea screamed from the lake. She was the first in. Violet nodded.
"let me change my bandage to a waterproof one"!
Saphyre was in the lake aswell, although he was deeper in. He looked like a fish on his own, his black hair wet and his body glistening in the sunlight. Violet rushed to the lake to join them. It was something that she would never say, especially not to saphyre, who was literally planning to kill her 2 nights ago, but she was happy. She hadn't seen her family in a year, and most people she met left within a few days, so making friends wasn't a thing. But with azalea it was like having a little sister, even though she was only 4 1/2 years younger. And with saphyre...well...it was great. He was powerful, funny-ish, and had a calm manner to him. He was also handsome. Violet blushed. She had that thought the moment she met him. He was beautiful and dangerous, a killer combo in this world.
Swimming was awesome. Azalea had fun cooling down, and violet was happy she was happy. Saphyre however, tasked himself with keeping it this way. He decided he was kind of being an ass when it came to azalea and violet, so he decided to let them swim most of today. It wasn't something he often thought, but he was trying to be nice today. Today was a very special day, today was his...
Something grabbed his leg and dragged him under. He shouldv'e been surprised, but actually, he was trying to bait it out since he got in. When they arrived at the lake, he could tell by the lack of animals and fish, that there was a huge grimm in here. He didn't bother telling them however. He could handle this. The grimm was a squid-like creature, with 6 tentacles and one big glowing eye. That was it's weakspot. He had snuck his sword into the water, careful to get in fast so they never noticed.
He cut off the tentacle that had a hold on him. Two more came grabbing for him, but he dodged it. Slicing at the other one, he grabbed the 3rd, as it was pulled back. Letting go, he was propelled towards it's face. He tried to stab at the eye, but it wasn't having it, and closed it's eye.
Saphyre was sent to the surface and beyond by another tentacle. He was now out of the water, and about 100 ft in the air. Four tentacles came out after him, hunting him down. He weaved his way through all 4 of them, and kicked off. Unfortunetely for the grimm, as soon as it surfaced, wide-eyed and ready to attack, saphyre had slammed his sword into the eye and through. His force sent him through the entire grimm, creating a gaping whole. The grimm was dead, and saphyre came out injury free. He resurfaced, calm as could be. He turned to start swimming to shore when he saw Violet and Azalea staring at him.
"Fuck"
The next hour went by quick. They all got out of the water to enjoy a snack, seeing as they had brought the cooler.
"So azalea", violet asked. "Do you think your gonna miss your friends"?
"I didn't have any friends".
"What, but what about school friends"?
"I never went to school, i was tutored since i was 5".
Violet shook her head in disappointment. "Shame, a real shame".
"Yeah", saphyre started. "You never got to experience the individuality ending, soul-destroying, hope sucking invention of school".
"School was not like that"!
"Well i beg to differ"!
Violet stood up and pointed at him. "I bet your just mad that you didn't have any friends".
"Yeah, maybe".
She didn't expect to hear that.
"Wait, do you not have any friends either".
Saphyre put two fingers up. "I have two friends...wait...do robots count"?
"No"!
"What if they're combat ready"?
"What does that mean"?
"I don't know, but she said it a lot".
"Well no, they don't count".
"well then only one"!
Azalea and violet locked eyes, then looked at Saphyre. There eyes narrow in a judgmental way.
"Who would be friends with you"? Azalea asked.
"Yeah, who would want to be friends with someone like you"?
Saphyre was appalled by the question. "Well fuck you too"!
"But seriously", azalea asked. "Who"?
"Well, i guess he'd be easiest to describe as just like me".
Azalea and violet locked eyes again, and turned back to saphyre.
"So there's someone else out there like you"?
"Yeah, i guess...why"?
Azalea turned to violet.
"Should we be scared"?
Saphyre stood up. "Oh fuck off".
They began to laugh. "Aww, is saphyre upset that we're making fun of him"?
Saphyre laughed. "Ha, ive had to kiss the boots of the most disgusting men in the world. I've killed at least 18 people, and you think your words hurt"?
"He's definetely upset". They both chuckled.
Saphyre got up and jumped into the lake. As he did, he shouted at the top of his lungs...
"Fuck you"!
The 2 girls laughed, and ran to the water to join him.
Noon came around, and so did the creatures of the forest. It wasn't obvious if it was due to natural instincs or what, but the creatures mustv'e realized the grimm was killed. They began to circle the lake, some even getting near the edge they were by.
"Wow", azalea gushed over the deer that was at the edge by them. "It's so pretty"!
"Well of course, nature is a beatiful...", violet was cut off by the deer turning around and lifting its leg. It took the longest piss in animal history. A slow, weak stream that lasted almost two minutes. The group remained silent as this occured. Finally, it stopped. The deer then turned away, and began walking.
...
"Im gonna kill it".
"Saphyre no.."
"I'll kill it's children too".
"Saphyre, calm down".
"If anything else does it i swear to..."
Another dear approached the same spot. It sniffed the area the previous dear was in, and turned around.
In the end saphyre ended up killing 5 dear, and a duck that was flying over head for...well...im sure you understand.
Saphyre wanted to keep the meat, but azalea and violet both disagreed. Saphyre wanted the veto, but it was obvious violet had the veto.
"But it's fresh meat".
"Yeah, too fresh, it smells like a dead animal".
"Well now don't all dead animals"?
"Exactly, so the answers no"!
"This is mutany"!
"There can't be a mutany because you have to listen to me until we are in the city, and safe from aquarius".
Saphyre looked at azalea.
"What's your vote"?
"Hell no". Saphyre threw the deer to the ground.
"This is bullshit"!
So the walk back was definetely uneventful. Saphyre refused to carry azalea to speed it up, saying he was "tired". Azalea and violet ended up walking at the same pace, and talking, while saphyre followed behind. Clearly upset that he had to leave 5 dear and a duck at a lake for the carnivorous creatures.
Getting back to the campsite was a huge shock. When they arrived, they found it completely destroyed. But the destruction couldn't have been by a normal creature.
"A grimm did this"!
Saphyre said this as he walked to the center. All the grimms bodies were gone, and the place was utterly unsalvageable. All but...
"My bag"!
Azalea ran towards her bag. It was the last thing in tact. Her stuffed bear however, wasnt in the bag. "Where...where is it"?
The answer was obvious. There, at the end of a small trail, laid the bear, in a puddle of mud. And not a foot away was the grimm that did all of this. A giant, bear-like grimm. It had two glowing red eyes, and huge claws.
"Why did it do this...and why take My bear over there"?
"It did it for revenge", saphyre began. "It set this all up, and that bear is a trap"!
"But how, aren't grimm thoughtless"? Violet looked at the grimm. It didn't move, but kept his eyes on locked with saphyre.
"The older they are the smarter and stronger they get". Saphyre took a step back. "this one is smart enough to set up a trap".
"What do we do"?
"We walk away".
Violet and azalea couldn't believe those words left his mouth. "Wha.."
"What about my bear"! Azalea knew she was being unreasonable, but that bear was all she had of her mother, and her previous life. She had thought she lost it, and was gifted with it again. Shw didn't want to lose it again.
"That grimm has it now".
"No...You can beat it right"?
"Im not sure".
Violet looked at saphyre. He killed so many grimm today already, along with other things. Could this grimm really be that much of a threat?
"It's smart enough to set up traps, and for revenge. Fighting this thing will be difficult. And..."
Saphyre looked azalea in the eye. "I can gauruntee the bear will be destroyed in the fight"!
The situation couldn't be real. It had to be made up! Violet thought as hard as she could. Why would he make this up. There was literally no benefit. He was the one who gave her the bear back, why do this? She realized. There was no set up, this was real! Saphyre really couldn't take this thing on.
"No...your fast, you can.."
Saphyre grabbed her and pulled her in close. His eyes colder than ever before. He looked at her with unemotional eyes. "The bear is gone, it isn't a big deal. It's a trap for me! If i fall for it it would be over, same for you"!
Azalea couldn't deal with it. she looked at the grimm, who nudged his nose near the toy, showing that if she left it he would destroy it. She looked at saphyre. She knew he had to be kidding. Nothing could beat him!
"Im not leaving it"!
"Then i'll drag your unconscious body out of here"!
"Saphyre, there has to be something...we have to try! It'll chase us down anyway! we can get the bear and kill it, i know it"!
"No! If we walk away it wins. If we fight and i manage to kill it, the bear gets shredded anyway. And I'm not fighting a potentially deadly battle for a stuffed toy"!
"It won't chase us"?
"Nope, by walking away we show it that we couldn't compare, and it wins. The moment i walk for him, he'll destroy the bear! If i dash for the bear, in the time it takes to pick it up he'll inflict me with damage! This isn't an ordinary grimm! Do you guys not understand"?
"Please, it's my last thing of mommy"!
"It's a god damn bear, i'm not injuring myself for it"!
"Saphyre..."
Saphyre looked at violet. "You're telling me my life isn't worth a bear? Well that may be to you guys, but i give a shit about my life"!
"Im not leaving it"!
"Violet, grab her, we are going"!
Violet attempted to take azalea's hand.
"i know you're lying! You're pretending you can't get it so i have to leave it behind! Well i'll go get it, then you'll show me that you were lying"!
She kicked violet in her wound, and ran for the bear.
"No you dumb..."!
Azalea was near her toy. She knew this was stupid, but she also knew saphyre was lying! He could beat this thing like the others. That was the last thing she had, and she wouldn't lose it!She was a near the toy now. Almost...
Chomp!*!
She didn't make it to the toy. She fell backwards, having been pushed by what she thought was the bear. When she looked up, she could tell what really happened.
Saphyre had dashed for the bear, and in turn getting in the way af the attack. Saphyre was bent in position, looking as if he had been stopped in the middle of picking it up.
"I knew you would be as fast as me". Saphyre grunted. The grimms jaws were sunken into his left shoulder. Saphyre picked up the toy, and threw it behind him. It landed on Azalea's lap.
Violet could see what was going on. The grimm hadn't done anything else, because it already accomplished its goal. Dealing damage to saphyre! Now it would wait for azalea to clear the area. They would be the prize, if it won, it would hunt them and eat them. Saphyre wasn't lying. This was an ancient grimm! And saphyre was about to battle it injured. Saphyre only had his sword, but he had his batteries. His arm trembling, he drew his sword. The grimm did not move.
"Azalea...leave...now..."!
"B...Bu...but.."
"Get the fuck out of here you dumb bitch"!
Azalea wanted to be angry...but she couldn't be. She did this to him. She put him in this situation, and now his chance of surviving was dwindling.
She stood up, and walked back to violet, who took her and ran even farther away.
"I want you to know something grimm"! Saphyre looked at his shoulder, to see the grimms face. "I am the angriest i have been in a long time...so this won't be a fair fight"!
Saphyre went to cut the grimm's head off with his sword, but the grimm was to fast. He took his massive paw-like hand, and slammed it into saphyre, sending him flying. The grimm got into position, and followed. Saphyre was sent in the direction of the lake. He hadn't made it though, Due to multiple trees breaking his fall and some bones. Saphyre used the time he was flying to place the battery in his sword.
"60 seconds...im not sure i can survive that".
The grimm was on him in a second, it's speed almost matching his own. He tried to jump back and dodge, but the bear slammed it's paw into his gut. Saphyre would have been sent flying again if it wasn't for the grimm slamming it's hand on his head at the exact moment. Saphyre was sent towards the ground, skidding into an opening, where dear had been grazing. Blood spilled from his mouth and shoulder. Surviving this fight would take everything he had. And he didn't have that.
The bear charged into the clearing. Saphyre waited for it to strike, then jumped onto it's back. Swinging his sword at it's back like crazy, he was able to do some damage before being kicked off like a bull rider. Saphyre was mid-air again, a position that really screwed him. The grimm waited for him to fall just above the ground, and slammed a paw into him again. This one knocking the breathe out of him and sending him towards the lake.
Saphyre barely breached the clearing of the lake, he hit the ground and stopped just before the lake itself. He looked and saw the grimm coming. Saphyre had an idea, but he had to survive 25 seconds more.
The grimm slammed into him like a train, sending both towards the center of the lake. Saphyre tried to stay above the water, with his breath gone he couldn't afford to stay under too long. The grimm however, didn't let him. It dragged him to the depths with it. Saphyre cut at it's paw, trying to break free. He just needed a little more time. The bear slammed its paw into his face. This basically knocked saphyre to almost unconsciousness. He needed just a few more seconds...
5...the bear-grimm slammed it's paw into his stomach.
4...The bear grimm bit his left shoulder again, doubling the pain.
3...saphyre was at his breaking point. He breathed out all the air he had left.
2...his sword began to glow
1...he was at his end. This would need to do it!
The entire lake was flooded with electricity, including the grimm. It was forced to let go. Saphyre began to surface, but he kept the sword discharging. He reached the surface, and his sword was out of power. His left arm was almost useless. He had no choice but to paddle to the shore.
He reached it just as the bear was resurfacing. Climbing desperately onto solid gorund, the bear made its way to him. Saphyre angled his sword on his body, and using his only good arm, changed the batteries. The bear was halway when saphyre put his sword into the water.
"Discharge"!
All the volts left his blade, and into the entirety of the lake again. The bear was again, afflicted, and fell below the surface. He kept the current up. It took almost a minute for this battery to run out, since he hadn't had to warm up his sword with this one. Saphyre began changing his battery again. The bear had resurfaced by time he changed it, and he placed it into the water. The bear was injured now, the electricity was doing it's damage. This would have to be the last one. Mainly because it WAS his last battery, since he had the others in his gloves.
"Discharge"!
He released it again. The bear dropped immediately, falling into the waters depths again.
"Die"!
"DIE"!
"DIE"!
"DIE!"
Saphyre pumped the lake full of electricity. The bear couldn't have survived that. Saphyre hobbled backwards. Looking at the lake. Nothing. Had he done it? Had he defeated the bear-grimm? No. It had resurfaced shortly after that, damaged of course, but otherwise alive. Saphyre could see with disappontment that the electricity barely did any internal damage. The bear began swimming for the shore. Saphyre knew what he had to do.
His belt acted as a battery aswell, but not like the other ones. It's power couldn't be used for anything but one attack. By turning it on, it sent all its power him and wahtever he was touching. It would only last a few seconds, and it would burn all his aura out in those seconds. The power it can generate could even kill him if he did it with zero aura. But to use it successfuly on the bear, he would have to pull another drastin come. He couldn't use it until the was sure it would do internal damage, and sadly, he had a plan.
The bear touched the shore, as saphyre had finished turning on the battery-belt. All he had to say was discharge, and the power would be unleashed. Last chance at winning, if he failed here, the bear would definetely kill him.
The bear knew saphyre had a plan, but attacked anyway. Paws first, its movements were now slow enough for saphyre to dodge, barely ofcourse. The attacks and dodges continued for a solid moment. Saphyre knew they were both exhausted, or whatever grimm get anyway. This could have went on if saphyre hadn't tripped over his own robe, a piece falling off of it anyway. He hadn't noticed, but now his favorite robe/jacket was destroyed. A giant hole where he had been bitten. It mustv'e finally given out. Saphyre couldn't react, as the battle was more important. but if he could, he may have cried, or at least killed something.
The bear saw this chance and landed a bite on saphyre's left shoulder for a third time. This was saphyre's plan. He hadn't fucked up on purpose, rather waiting to fuck up on his own so the bear would be gaurunteed to attack. Using his good arm, he kept the bears jaws clamped into him. The bear was trying to get out, but saphyre wouldn't let him. It dealt a few blows to his stomach, but saphyre wasn't having it.
"Let it happen..." Saphyre pushed harder, digging it into his bones. "...AND FUCKING DIE"!
"DISCHARGE"!
The current surged through them both, letting them up like the sun. Even saphyre could feel the electricity. In 3 seconds it was cut, and they were both done. Saphyre stood, barely but still, looking at the bear as it fell. It had to be over. Cooked from the inside out, the bear couldn't move. But saphyre would not take any chances. Using his sword, he proceeded to cut at the grimm furiously.
"DIE"! "DIE"! "DIE!"
Soon the grimm lay on the ground, small pieces of what it once was. A mighty beast, brought down by a slightly mightier beast. Saphyre took a step back, looking at the bear mashed on the ground, and collapsed.
He lay on the ground, staring at the sky. The battle lasted maybe 5 minutes. But it was one of the most intense moments of his life...and all for a fucking stuffed toy! Saphyre saved her, and this was his reward. Tears began streaming down his face. He hated that he was crying, but anyone would in his position. His favorite jacket, one that was irreplaceable, was destroyed. His entire body was in hell, stinging from the fight and the current of volts. He was soaked in water, and he could barely breathe without it hurting. He wanted today to be a great day. He thought he would have it that way, but sadly...this was his day.
"Hehehehe", he laughed and cried out. "Happy birthday to me".
Today wasn't saphyre's actual birthday of course, but the day he and his best friend had decided to make their's from now on. His best friend was the only person he completely trusted. If at any moment a mission went wrong, or he needed a few days to cool down, he could always return to the town. His friend would welcome him with open arms, no matter how bloody he was, or who was after him. It's because they were the same. Their attitudes were drastically different of course. He was always level headed aswell, but never acted mean towards anyone who didn't deserve it. He was just as strong as him, with less speed but more brute strength. Ember Blazewing. His best friend. He knew that after this mission he would need to talk to him.
Saphyre stood up slowly, his body trampled and broken. He slowly started walking off to the forest, towards camp.
They sat in the clearing after the battle had commenced. They waited for saphyre, patiently. 20 minutes had passed since the battle had occured, and neither had returned."What if they killed eachother"? Violet whispered to herslef. She looked at azalea, who was staring at the ground. She wanted to yell at her, to take the bear and destroy it. This was her fault after all. They could have walked away. But she could tell that nothing she said would be news, nor would it change the situation. Azalea had not talked once the entire time they waited, but she had words repeating in her head on constant loop.
"Dumb bitch".
There wasn't a moment where she could escape these words. They were true to her now. She was just dumb, and now saphyre was risking his life, fighting this beast. If she had just forgotten about the toy. She thought it was gone already. Saphyre probably blamed himself aswell, he was the one who packed it. Just for her. She wouldn't let herself cry. She wasn't allowed to cry when it was saphyre out there fighting. If she would have only forgotten the bear...
They both looked up when they heard the footsteps. Looking off into the distance, they could see saphyre. At first they were ecstatict. He looked okay. But as he walked closer, they realized he was anything but. His jacket was torn, as he clenched the fabric that fell away. The amount of blood that dripped from his arm made it look like he was half red. His face was bruised and bleeding. Every step was a limp, because his legs had taken damage. And his eyes...
They were glossed over. Grayish in color, it was unreal. Saphyre was unconscious while walking!
"saphyre" violet whispered. "SAPHYRE"!
She ran to him and tried to hold him. But he continued walking into her, similar to characters in video games, whether it be an npc or someone else walking into a wall. He continued until she moved out of the way. HE made it to the center of the camp, and collapsed. His instinct had taken over and it delivered him to where he needed to be.
Violet rushed to him and began medical work. She took off the jacket and t-shirt. She also removed the cloth from his hand. Taking some of the clothes from capm at actra clothes to saok up blood, and taking the medical bag, she went to work.
It took a total of 3 hours for him to be completely stitched, bandaged, and fixed up. He looked like a war victim, and it wasn't too far off. His arm was bandaged and wrapped in a sling again, and his stomach area held the rest of the bandages. Cloth covered his face, keeping any bugs from trying to get to the blood.
Violet took her scythe and stood gaurd over the entire camp. She wanted to make a fire to keep them all warm, but knew that it was too risky. Anything beyond a normal grimm could be trouble. Surviving the night was important. Azalea sat next to, unable to fall asleep. The situation was horrible. No one could have predicted saphyre would be beaten this bad...except for him.
A couple of hours passed before azalea passed out. Violet was soon after. Azalea woke up before anyone else though. She arose as soon as the sun did, and started packing her things. She waited for everyone else to wake up, but then she heard a vibration come from saphyre's bag. She knew she shouldn't, but decided to anyway.
Saphyre's scroll was buzzing from a call. Saphyre was asleep, so she wanted to hang up, but touching the scroll, she accidently hit accept call.
"Hey Saphyre"
"Ummm...this isn't saphyre".
"Oh? Well may i ask where saphyre is"?
"He is asleep".
"Well wake his ass up, we have a discussion to have".
"Umm...he is kind of injured".
"Oh really? May i ask how".
Azalea didn't know who the person on the other line was, but he was so polite. Could it be another official calling him for a job?
"He fought a grimm"
"Wow! mustv'e been a powerful grimm".
"Yeah...it was...".
"Well can i just leave a message? This is gonna be the last time i can call for awhile, i have some things i have to tend to".
"Sure"
"Tell him happy late birthday"!
And with that the call was ended.
"You should have woken me up"
Azalea turned around to see saphyre, trying to stand. She walked over to him and handed him the scroll.
"If you call back now he will probably answer".
He shook his head. Grabbing the scroll, he put it in his pocket.
"Knowing him the moment he hung up he turned it off".
Saphyre stood tall, flexing his body. He stretched his right arm, and walked around the camp.
"Well it doesn't matter, what did he say"?
Azalea looked down at the groud. "He said he wouldn't be able to call for awhile".
"Well, i know that...what else did he say?"
"...Happy late birthday".
"Oh? Well, guess he shouldv'e called earlier".
"When was your birthday"? She thought it may have been a few days, or even a week.
"Yesterday"
Her heart sank. How many things could happen to him in one day. She felt really bad now. He was still injured, and she was that got him injured, plus it was on his birthday.
"Get ready".
Saphyre began to walk to violet. Nudging her with his foot , she awoke.
"What...Saphyre"?
"We are leaving in 10 minutes".
Saphyre's tone was cold, and so were his eyes. It was as if he had no emotion at the moment. Violet couldn't help but get scared. She had grown somewhat used to him being...well...a killer. But he was always normal, not agressive, like a human. This reminded her of when they first talked. His cold eyes, his beautiful voice. This was scary.
"Umm...sure".
Saphyre looked at azalea, who had started packing. His eyes still cold as ever, voice that could scare a hardened criminal.
"There will be no stopping, no breaks, and no complaining".
They both knew not to question him, and began packing. If only they knew the nightmares he had suffered that night. His coldness would be justified.
The dreams were from his time in the MYST project. The dream took place during his "Sparring"match with Magenta. Magenta was an old "Friend" of his. They were both part of MYST, a group of assassins meant to work for some big school, acting as protectors. Magenta was her code name, but they all only used code names. Saphyre was also a code name, but it had been so long since he used his real name he had forgotten.
Magenta was sadistic. She hated Saphyre, and at any chance to hurt him, she would take it. He was also often the one to fight her, since Yellow was always busy with Topaz. So he and magenta were always sparring. 200 of his bones he had broken. It was his nightmare to ever see her again.
His dream however, was in fact meeting her, while weak like this. He had dreamt of her coming, and beating him to a pulp again. She was his nightmare. She was the reason he was like this, and she was the one who made him a killer.
They weren't supposed to kill anyone but enemies of the school, however, when the project fell out, they all went seperate ways. Saphyre killed Yellow in a fight after they all left, and now Magenta and Topaz hate him even more. He had chosen to hide in a small town, and that was where he met ember.
They arrived in the city just as he planned, at 10 am. It was just as the government said, abandoned. This was going to be where they would stay until they could decide on where to go once outside aquarius's range. They had finally done it. They were safe from aquarius.
(If you liked it please review and tell me what you liked. If you don't, please tell me why aswell. Im thinking of doing one on ember, and would like to know if you guys would want that. Or if another saphyre story would be prefered.)
