Chapter Three: Showdown and Love
I
I couldn't believe the words that emitted from Collette's mouth. This definitely wasn't like her. Her mood, her personality, the look in her eyes –these are resembled a totally different person. I couldn't tell if she was in total control of herself or not.
She darted at Sheena at a speed that was so fast that I could barely see her. Sheena blocked her kick and delivered a punch of her own.
"Cut it out, Collette!" She yelled. "This is no time for us to be fighting."
Collette, stood up after hitting the ground, and burst into laughter. Maybe I should confirm this as maniacal laughter because it did creep me out. The purple aura that surrounded her intensified.
"Angel feathers," said Collette, coolly. The swarm of mana-based feathers shot at Sheena like bullets. All but one missed and that's when blood spilled. Luckily the cut was small but from the look on Sheena's face, it was painful.
"Collette, no more!" I yelled.
"Awe, are you angry that your lover got a boo-boo?" she mocked and then laughed.
Anger burst through my veins. "No. I'm just disappointed in you," my voice was calm. "I thought you were better than this. I've always watched you…and you've always had this radiant shine." Collette gasped. "You were never the type to hurt your friends, Collette."
She turned her back and began walking in the other direction.
"Collette, wait! Sheena called.
She stopped. "You make me sick. Someone like you, who can have anyone she wants, targets the one that I love. And then he defends you without a care in the world for my feelings."
"It's not like that," Sheena said.
"I don't believe you," Collette said coldly.
"Collette, please!"
Collette lurched into the air and took off. Her translucent glowing pink wings reminded me of the times we fought together and her struggles as she slowly transformed. I couldn't let Collette remain like this.
"Come on –let's get the Rheairds," I said to Sheena. "We're following her."
II
We tailed her at top speed. MAN SHE FLEW FAST! Collette was never able to obtain speeds that could leave the Rheairds behind in the dust. Where did she obtain this type of speed? Even training couldn't result in something as ridiculous as her new flight speed. I thought for a back bit.
"What a pity," she cited, "you know this is your fault right? Did you know I was born from the neglected aura of the chosen one?"
I gasped.
"That's right. You don't spend any time with her –and so… she felt alone. Dark sand came in contact with her Cruxis crystal and tada! I was born along with my sole purpose." She kneeled over and kissed my ear. "Let's not waste any time. Die!"
"I'm going to return to the chosen one. After all, I am her negative energy."
She vanished along with the light. Even I knew this fight was far from over.
How could I forget such an important fact… Now, this couldn't be verified at first since Collette seemed normal at first. But putting the experiences together: Collette's hostile behavior, power, and newfound speed, it was obvious that the angel from before dwelled within her emotions. She most likely fed off Collette like a parasite. That skyrocketed my anger –and I also generated a plan.
"Lloyd, are you okay?" Sheena asked in a soft voice.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I just thought of a way to save Collette, but I'm going to need you to really bear with me for a while, is that okay?"
"Sure."
III
Collette eventually landed, probably because tired of us trailing her. Perfect. We parked the Rheairds off to the side, so that only an open field stood between us and Collette. A dusty wind breezed as tensions rose –we all knew that it was time to settle everything.
"Collette, please –let's talk this thing through," Sheena pleaded.
"You know are very annoying. Why don't you just go somewhere else and stop bugging me!"
I walked closer to Collette and motioned for Sheena to remain still. She did.
"Stay back Lloyd!"
I continued until we were face to face.
"Why y –" I interrupted Collette's sentence with a kiss. Her eyes widened and closed. In fact, she wrapped her arms around me and kissed back! I was torn by the fact that she loved me this much and…that I liked Sheena. It's not that I didn't like Collette, I just didn't think of her this way. Just as I expected, a bright purple aura leaked from Collette.
"Lloyd, look out!" Two things here: Sheena was graceful enough to bear with my plan and didn't flip out which meant she knew I was doing this for the sake of Collette. Second, the angel appeared probably because she was being driven to the outside world.
I glanced at Collette and saw that she was unconscious. The aura that leaked from her glowed. I hurried to Sheena and handed her Collette.
"I'm going to settle this once and for all."
Sheena nodded. "Please be careful." And she did something I wouldn't have expected. She grabbed me, pulled forward, and kissed. In fact, we passionately locked lips for nearly a minute until a screech from the aura interrupted us. I headed toward the aura, unsheathed my swords, and swung toward my target. It quickly stabilized into the angel and a familiar red sword blocked them.
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"You're a lot smarter than you make yourself out to be," said the angel and then she dashed at me. I blocked her sword and then attempted counter. She jumped backward. "Let me show you some new tricks –super dancing flare!"
Like before, she unleashed an energy blast, but it was a lot bigger than before. This only meant I had to step up as well. I charged up energy and unleashed multiple strikes along with a lion-shaped blue energy blast. "Beast sword rain!" The energy blast disbursed her super dancing flare and knocked her onto the ground. Now was my chance! I hurried toward and prepared to finish her but the angel quickly leapt into the air. Her hovering annoyed me instantaneously.
"Let's finish this –I've had just about enough of you!"
"As do I!" I snarled. "You've messed with my friend's emotions enough."
The angel smirked. I bet you didn't see this coming. She aimed her sword at me. Lightning…covered its tip. "JUDGEMENT!"
CRAP! I didn't expect this one!
