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World Hidden Beneath
Catacombs, Paris-France
Zhalia was scratching her head as of now three of her member from her groups are down, the enemies are on their tail and their main objective the ring was curse.
"This is so not in my to do list for my summer vacation" she said as she continues inspecting the area till she notice the ground, one of the tile was out of place.
"Touchram" she yelled destroying the single titles that reveal a hidden tunnel.
"Make it any louder would you?" Lok said as he helps the other make their way to where Zhalia was.
"It not like they don't know we are here and beside you can't expect me to carry that huge piece of cement" Zhalia told him as she walk pass him.
"Wait what are you doing?" Lok asks clearly confused.
"What does it look like?" She asks raising her hand to the roof and immediately another green beam came out of her hand blasting at the roof making the pieces of rock fall down making a cave in.
"I just had to ask" Lok said face palm his face about his previous comment as Zhalia just smirks at him.
"Come on we better get moving, that cave in isn't going to buy us a lot of time" Dante said holding onto Sophie.
"What happen to her?" Zhalia ask noticing that Sophie was out cold.
"Seem like…that spell took out a lot on her, though I have to say for amateur Seeker she really packs a punch!" Cherit claims
"Wait…what?" Dante said noticing something in between the line as he nearly lost his balance while carrying Sophie as he too was exhausted.
"Hey you're pretty bad shape let me help" Lok said carrying him and nearly losing his balance as well.
"Speak for yourself" he said to him. As Zhalia rolls her eyes at both of them trying to stay strong since they were guys and they had better things to do than argue.
"Oh for pete sake!" Zhalia yell breaking the argument for a moment enough to grabs Sophie from Dante holding her in a bridal-maid style.
"First I'm only doing this is because both of you can't shut up on who should carry this damsel-in-distress, second you're forgetting we have people after us so the lesser time we argue the faster we get out of her and third right now I'm the only one who have the strength to be carrying Princess here till she wake up so let get a move on" Zhalia told them and they blankly stare at her.
"Wow…she sure outsmarted both of you" Cherit teases and the two of them ignore him.
"Ah! I forgot what about the Ring?!" Cherit claims just as they stop on their track.
"Well I don't suppose one of us could wear it?" Dante joked.
"Vale that thing can scramble your brain!" Lok lectures and Dante held a defensive pose.
"Why couldn't I have a normal Summer Vacation?" Zhalia whispers with a groan in her voice.
Catacombs, Paris-France
"Do you they really think this can stop me?" Defoe said to the pile of rock blocking an entrance.
"Sir should we start digging?"
"No you should just climb over it…of course you should start digging you idiots!" Defoe sarcastic said and growls at idiotic question ask. It made his men look like complete fool compare to the kids who were clever enough to cause a cave in to delay them.
"Sir we have finished digging!" another one of his operative said to him.
"What are you waiting for, find them!" he order as they went inside and he follow from behind.
Defoe begin observing his surrounding wondering if they have really found what they were seeking for, yet the thought of kids not one, not two but four kids outsmarting him was unspeakable. He was supposed to be one of the Top Agent of Organization yet being outsmarted but four kids not once but twice was enough. He did not need a third time, no this time he was going to outsmart them and find out who they were really are.
"Sir we found something that you might be interested in!"
"And pray tell what would that be?" he ask as he was lead to a broken glass display case that display only a pillow yet it look as if something had rested on it.
"Damn…I want you find them! Find them and bring them to me! I will not be outsmarted by a bunch of brats again! Now MOVE!" He yelled as his orders were being carry out yet all his mind could think about was how could they get the better of them when they were just kids.
Secret Room, Catacombs, Paris-France
"Guess I was wrong you can really hold your own weight" Dante said to Cherit who was exhausted as well leaving only Zhalia to be in stable state unlike the rest.
"I didn't think I could do that…" Cherit said weakly.
"Through you didn't had to be so rough on him Zhalia" Lok said to his childhood friend.
"Well it got us here unharmed didn't it?" Zhalia counter back.
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"Let just leave it" Zhalia suggested.
"What no!" Lok yelled.
"It a curse Ring Lok, what part of curse do you not understand?!"
"We come too far to let it slip from our hand!" he argues.
"Don't you know what it did to you?!"
"You don't know what it did to me!" He argues knowing fully well how it drain him out but what he saw…was something he could not explains yet he knew he could not let it go.
"He right Moon, there is a reason why the Organization want it and we know we can't let that happen" Dante told her.
"Since when was it our job to stop them? What about that other group the Foundation or something shouldn't they be here?"
"They are not but we are" Dante said
"We are just kids!" Zhalia admits just frustrated over the mess they are in.
"You're not you're Seeker" Cherit interrupts.
"And you!" Zhalia yelled.
"You knew that Ring was curse! And you still let Lok touch it!" She scolded.
"I didn't…"
"You said that some Ring were curse!"
"Yeah but…"
"I don't want to hear it! It your faults we are like this now so take responsibility! I don't see you pulling your own weight here which remind me you broke that deal!" Zhalia confronted Cherit while Lok and Dante were trying to figure out what to do.
"I won't lie about not knowing the Ring was curse but I won't go back on my promise!" Cherit claims as he flew toward the ring.
"Wait Cherit what are you…" Lok said
"Doing what I have to do" he said
"Wait Cherit don't! It dangerous! Cherit!" Lok yelled as he rushes toward the little Titans side only to be blinded by a bright light.
}
"Yet who knew you had that power inside of you" Zhalia commented to Cherit who just smiles.
"So what really is that Special Power of your Cherit?" Lok asks as Cherit was about to speak they knew a low groans and soon Sophie got up from the ground.
"What…happen?" She asked
"You pass out Princess" Zhalia answers
"What did I miss?" she asked ignoring the nickname Zhalia gave her.
"Not much…"Dante said but Sophie knew too well she miss a lot but choose not to press matter as she notices the ring…was…just a ring.
"Something wrong?" Lok asked
"No just…this ring…it isn't curse anymore?" she asked
"No it still curse just block" Dante answers
"For who know how long…" Zhalia continues.
"Wait, wait, wait how did you managed to…"
"I don't mean to interrupt but we do still have the Organization on our tail and a curse Ring which we don't know how long before it goes out of control again" Lok said cutting Sophie.
"We better get out of here fast and lucky I have something that might help us" Dante said taking out the holotome from his jacket.
"Hey! Didn't I leave it at the hotel?" Lok said as he begun to accuse Dante from taking it without him knowing.
"How do you even keep that thing in your jacket?" Zhalia asked and Dante smirks at the comment.
"It pretty light if you haven't notice" he said opening it up and soon reveal pathway toward the main entrance/exit.
"What the plan?" Lok asked.
"Divide and Conquer" Dante answers as everyone stares at him in disbelief.
"Dante, I don't mean to sound…rude but are you listening to yourself?!" Sophie yelled even if she was exhausted.
"She is right…you know…with our condition none of us are that capable of going in alone" Zhalia answers.
"Wait are you talking about us or yourself included?" Lok teases only to get whack in the head by Zhalia.
"We don't have to outrun them just outsmart" Dante back up his plan while the three of them plus Cherit were not convinces.
Catacombs, Paris-France
"Can't believe how small and simple this Ring is and yet it so dangerous" Lok said looking at the Ring of Arc.
As he continue walking through the Catacombs only to hit into a wall.
"Damn…it so hard to see…what was that spell again…oh yeah!" Lok said as he raises his hand into the sky.
"Boltfare" he casually said and allows the ball of light to float out of his hand only to scream when he saw a skeleton in front of him.
"LOK!"
"Zhalia?!"
"What…wait…why did you…oh" Zhalia said and pause when she notices the bunch of skeleton in front of them.
"What are you doing here? Didn't Vale said we should spilt up and meet at the meeting point?" Lok said only for Zhalia to laugh it off.
"Do you honestly think I would listen to him or that he would listen to himself?" Zhalia said walking ahead.
"What are you talking about?" Lok said confuses.
"Oh you know"
"Please speak English!" Lok cried as sometimes Zhalia never made any senses.
Catacombs, Paris-France
"Didn't you say we should spilt up?" Sophie questions her little stalker who just grins surrendering.
"Well…I just…got side-track and I…"
"Oh save it Dante, I know you have been following me" Sophie said folding her arm annoyed.
"Alright, alright you got me" he said blowing out only to get punch in the arm by Sophie.
"I wonder how long it took Zhalia to find Lok" Sophie blurs out and Dante blinks for once he was lost at her words. While it seem to amuse Sophie that Dante was at lost for once especially what she had just told him.
"Wait what?" he finally spoke out.
"Oh please it not that hard to figure out that Zhalia would go find Lok like you went to find me even if you did say to split up! You two are almost identical!" Sophie pointed out.
"No we are not! Beside how do you even know that she really went to find him?" Dante argues and Sophie just smirks.
"Really Dante? Even a kid would know how much alike you and Zhalia are, even Lok and I are almost alike as well" Sophie pointed out only to realize she did something that was not her.
"They are getting to you aren't they?" Dante teases.
"No! I just…come on since you already here no point splitting up and if they had really follows your order, don't expect me to save you from their wrath" Sophie claims moving off first.
"Come on Sophie it not really a big of deal!" Dante claims and Sophie turn around glaring into his eye.
"Yes it is" she said firmly toward him only for him to be saddened by that look.
"Sophie…you know things can change" Dante claims
"No it can't...I have already asked too much when you decide to be my best friend…you threw away so much…" Sophie said and Dante sighs.
"I told you before it was my choice you don't have to burden by that" Dante claims patting her head.
"Yeah…but it feels as if I curse you from being close to anyone else…" Sophie said and Dante sighs pulling her close.
"I told you before, it doesn't matter…I couldn't just leave you alone beside you and I know the world isn't as pretty as it seem" Dante said.
"You're an idiot Dante Vale" Sophie said to him.
"Aren't we both? But seriously Sophie…it been a while since someone gotten this close to us…maybe we…should you know try?" Dante said in serious tone.
"No" Sophie said firmly.
"Sophie…"
"Dante…you know what happen when people try to get close to me…your just…one of the lucky ones"
"Who to say, that they aren't as well?" Dante counter back but Sophie had ignore him and continues walking while holding tightly to herself as if she was afraid of something.
"Leave it to you to ignore the plan" Zhalia said following Lok.
"Look who talking! You're the one who disobey Dante by following me" Lok said chuckling
"You mean Vale, look I know I can be overprotective at time but…"
"Ah don't sweat it beside I like the company anyway…hey check this out!" Lok said bring his boltfare closer to the wall.
"Liberty Equality Brotherhood" Zhalia said
"Hey! That sounds familiar! I know it from the French Revolution!" Lok said with delight and Zhalia smirks.
"Well, well seem like your History Lesson are paying off" Zhalia said playfully jab Lok in the arm.
"Seem like these skeletons here are those people who wanted to hide from the Revolution" Lok commented.
"Not everyone wants to get their nose into other people business sometimes they just want nothing to do with it" Zhalia said
"Say…Zhalia"
"Mmm?" Zhalia ask as Lok sat down while Zhalia was folding her arm looking at him waiting for him to answer her.
"You remember the times when my Dad would bring back all sort of treasure from his adventure and we would try to imagine what it was like? We would even dream on going on adventure like this!"
"You mean you"
"Yet here we are now…living the dream" Lok said becoming a little more moody. Zhalia scratch her head knowing fully well Lok was still upset on his absent father, it still difficult for her to try get Lok's mind off on it.
"Well…since we are here…living the dream, we might as well make the best of it plus who know we might even find out what he been hiding" Zhalia said
"Yeah and maybe even find him!" Lok said as he hurries off like a little boy and Zhalia shook her head.
"I was right not to leave" Zhalia whispers
"Zha~lia" Lok call out.
"Coming" Zhalia said following his voice.
"Look at this!"
"Archaeology tools?" Zhalia states when she saw Lok holding onto tools.
"Seem like these skeleton aren't really the solider we think they are" Lok said and soon place them back where he found them till he notice a box with a lock.
"Hey this lock…" Lok said
"Doesn't seem old or rusty" Zhalia pointed out as well.
"You think?" Lok asked
"One way to find out" Zhalia said taking out her kit only for Lok to stop her with amulet in his hand.
"Why not we try out our new little friend here?"
"The one that try to kill us?"
"Oh come on Zhalia don't hurt the poor guy feeling…" Lok said only to get ignore in which he respond to that with a slight chuckle "…come on out Springer!" as he held the amulet a blue light came out from it taking a form of a small grey fox with two tail.
"Aww…ain't he cute Zhalia?" Lok teases while playing with his tails till Springer started his duties.
"It a fox Lok, of course it need to be cute to deceive the like of you. I mean do you really expect it to open this?" Zhalia pointed out as Springer seem to be having trouble opening the box and Lok just snorts.
"You think too much Zhalia, come on Springer do your magic!" Lok told his furry friend who was encourages by his words finally found a situation into opening the box.
"Well let see what in the box" Zhalia said just as Springer return back to his amulet.
"Books?!" Lok said with a slight disappointment hoping to find like treasure or a special artefact.
"Guess your right Lok on them not being the normal Solider we thought they were" Zhalia said as she begins digging through the box.
"What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing? It was lock for a reason" Zhalia pointed out.
"Yeah but…" Lok started till Zhalia show him the lock that was unlock.
"See this lock here…doesn't it at least bother you?"
"Why? Should it?"
"Really? Didn't we mention it doesn't seem old or rusty?" Zhalia said
"Yeah well…wait…" Lok said understanding the message she was telling him. "Someone must have been down here…recently and he or she didn't want anyone to find what inside here so they must have put the lock there!" he continues as he begins to put the pieces together.
"Finally, now would you help me to start looking?"
"But what are we looking for?" Lok asked
"Something that still intact"
"What that suppose…" Lok claims only to stop when he grab one of the book that immediately turns into ashes. "…oh…was that supposed to happen?"
"Well nothing can last forever…well seem like this one seem in good shape" Zhalia said taking out the scroll and opening it.
"Why do I get the feeling I seen that before?" Lok said.
"You have?"
"Yeah…but…I can't put my finger into…AH!" Lok yells as he begins to dig through his bag to pull out his father's journal.
"Wait, wait, wait it can't be that your…" Zhalia spoke only to stop when Lok reveals the page with the exact same drawing.
"He was here…my dad!" Lok said rejoicing.
"You have got to be kidding…it identical…" Zhalia said comparing the drawing.
"He was here! He must have been the one to put that lock on this box!" Lok exclaims.
"Don't get your hope up Lok! We don't even know if he really put the lock on this box!"
"Isn't the drawing enough evidence? "
"Look even if he did put the lock on this box, we don't know when he locked it! It could been months even years!"
"Still it does tell me that my dad is alive!" Lok proclaims and she knew better than to fight back especially since she knew the only reason he was still doing this Seeker business, was to find his father.
"Ah there is no arguing to you is there?" she said smiling just as they heard footsteps.
"There is light coming in this hallway!"
"Look like celebration is over" she claims as she toss the scroll back into the box where Lok lock it up and they started running off to the other room.
Dante and Sophie were staring out of their hiding place as they notices tons of Organization suits were surveying the area.
"What now?" Sophie asked.
"Give me a minute…" he said pausing of think about their possibility till he looks down at his hand and began to smiles.
"Dante?"
"I have an idea" he said.
"You do…wait what are you doing?" Sophie asked.
"As soon as I get their attention you got to run and meet up at the meeting point" he said as he dash out to make his presence notices.
"Hey! Over here!" Dante yelled.
"It one of those kids!" An Organization suit yelled pointing at Dante.
"Is it so hard to remember my name?" Dante asked as he dodges a Raypulse aim at him.
"Hold still wills you?!"
"Who wants to? Oh tell your boss Dante Vale has the ring!"
"What make you think we will believe you brat?" one of them questions only for Dante to laugh at him.
"Your choice, I wonder what your boss would say if he found out you let me slips pass your finger" Dante said as he started running.
"AFTER HIM!" the leader of that group yelled as they started their chase and when the path was clear Sophie reveals herself from her hideout.
"And you wanted to stick together…sighs…be careful Dante" she said running toward their meeting point.
Catacombs, Paris-France
"LOK YOU IDIOT!"
"I said I was sorry!" Lok proclaims as they were defending themselves against a bunch of suits.
"I can't believe I went along with the plan…" Zhalia groans as she jab and toss aside one of the suit.
"Hey come on at least we manages to take down some suits!" Lok said smiling.
"Yeah but in doing that we reveal our location…" Zhalia said while rubbing her forehead from the migraine she got from Lok's big idea that might be their downfall now.
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"What are you doing?" Zhalia questions when Lok was pulling a skeleton toward him.
"What does it look I'm doing?" Lok asked as he ties the rope onto the skeleton.
"Dress up" she pointed out as Lok was pulling a cloak onto the skeleton.
"Hey!" he said feeling a little insulted.
"No seriously what are you doing? You do know we have a plan to follow"
"Since when were you into following order?" he asked and Zhalia groans at him redirecting her answer from before.
"Fine but minds telling me what are you trying to do?"
"Like I said what does it look like I'm doing?" Lok asked as Zhalia continues to watch Lok do his works till she figures out.
"I still think we are wasting time doing this…when we could be at the meeting point waiting for Mr. Knight and Ms Princess" she grumbles just as Lok laughs at her. "What?" she asked glaring at him.
"Mr. Knight? Ms. Princess? Really Zha?" he asked and Zhalia just continues to glare at him.
"Just finish this up Lambert"
"Whoa, whoa no need to get so defensive now Zha"
"Lok"
"Got it"
}
"Get down!' Zhalia said grabbing hold of Lok as they crash onto the ground hard but she managed to pulls them behind a rock.
"Anytime now Zhalia" Lok said as always Zhalia had a solution out from his problem.
"Hush!" she said as she covers his mouth then pause when something shinning was glaring at her eyes. The Ring of Arc…
"Lok"
"Yeah?"
"Run as soon as you get the chance"
"What are you talking about…Zhalia!" Lok said and try to grab hold of Zhalia but fail to do so as she had gotten up and revealing herself to be defenceless against the suits.
"Hold your fire boys!" she yelled up holding up her hand in defeat.
"Giving up already?"
"You wish, but do you really want to harm me? After all I got what your looking for right?" Zhalia said show off her hand now that held the ring.
"That the ring!"
"Wait what?!" Lok said in surprise.
"That right boys, if you want this rings why not you take it from my hand…that if you can" she told him with a smirks and immediately ran from them.
"Come on don't let her escape!" one of the suits yelled and immediately a few ran ahead but one of the operative stop to look at the hiding spot.
"What about…"
"Forget the boy! She has the ring! There is no way that boy has it!" The leader of the group said knowing what he was referring too. They could not object to their leader orders and continues on their chase.
When Lok couldn't hear their footstep anymore, he had gotten up from his new hiding spot and glance at the exit they had taken.
"But I still have the ring…" Lok asked when he digs into his bag to reveals the Ring of Arc. He scratch his head for a moment trying to think why did Zhalia had replica of the Ring.
"So your telling me that they had spilt up and at two of them had the Ring of Arc?" Defoe questions or rather yelled at them at the end.
"Yes sir and it seem like the oldest of the group had them" one of the suit spoke up.
"So the younger one are useless then?" he asked
"Yes sir we didn't see any ring on them and the boy name Dante Vale said that he had the ring"
"He said it didn't he? Did you see it?!" Defoe yelled.
"A…no sir we…"
"You fool! He could been luring you away from the real person who had the ring!" he yelled.
"Sir the girl had the ring!"
"Which one?!" Defoe yells growing impatient of this game that the kids made him play just to get the Ring of Arc.
"The blue hair girl!"
"That must be it! She must have the ring!" Defoe said in triumph but pause for a moment. "No wait…second thought that Vale brat is too cocky to let anyone have the ring!"
"What should we do sir?" one of the operative questions and Defoe growls as he know how mischievous they could be and how they had play him to be a fool a few times.
"Argh! I shall not be play by a fool by a bunch of brats! I want those two brought to me! Once you capture every single one of them! Send words to Grier!" he orders as the thought in his mind was that he could not risk it. He could not be outsmarted by them the third time and right now he had the advantage so he better make use of it.
Sophie had no idea how one minute she was walking toward the meeting point and next she was hanging for her life from falling in a barren pit.
"If only I hadn't use Boltfare…I could use Hyperstride to get out of here…" she said and notices her grip was losing.
"Dante…where are you…Dante" Sophie spoke softly as she stares down at the pit.
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10 years ago…
Playground, Paris-France
A young girl name Sophie who was push onto the ground had started to cry but soon found herself staring at the two boys in front of her glaring at each other. One had brown-reddish hair and the other blond hair.
"You got lucky witch, come on guys" the blond hair said swinging his toy bat onto his shoulder as he left both of them alone.
"You shouldn't…be with me I only…" Sophie said but was stop when the brown-reddish hair boy pats her head.
"I told you before I don't care what they say…I'll be here when you need me so stop crying already" the brown-reddish hair boy said who soon turns out to be Dante said smiling but Sophie could not stop her tears from falling. As it appears that boy did swing his toy bat and Dante took the hit for her because of that, he was bleeding from his head.
}
"Maybe…I should really just…" Sophie whispers as she was letting loose her grips.
"Sophie?!"
"Lok?" Sophie said in surprises.
"What are you…"
"How did you find me?" she interrupted not expecting to be found in the first place.
"Well there was a bolt of light coming from here and…what am I saying?! We got to get you out of there!" Lok exclaims.
"I can't use my power!" she told him.
"Great I just had to use all of my rope for those traps wait…" Lok said digging into his pouch only to find no rope and he slaps himself for having to waste the precious rope.
"Lok, I don't think…I can…" Sophie said but before she could finish her sentence the piece of the ledge she was holding onto broke.
"Kipperin save her!" Lok yelled once he got hold of his amulet and a burst of green light came out of the amulet that quickly take shape of it Titan self. Kipperin immediately flew down and grabs hold of Sophie like it always did with Lok and flew them up to where Lok was.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Lok questions but Sophie was silent. "Good job Kipperin" he calls back his Titan and got up on his feet. "Look I don't know what you deal is…but I wouldn't want to end my life falling into that"
"Lok I…" Sophie said but pause when she heard Lok chuckles for a moment before scratching his head.
"Man…what am I doing?" he asked as he place his hand both at the hips and look away from Sophie who was clearly confused.
"What?"
"You don't have to explains yourself to me…but when your ready I will be waiting" Lok said smiling and Sophie soon found herself smiling as well.
"Thank you Lok"
"Wait did you just…" Lok ask and turns around to look at her to see that she was smiling this time around.
"Don't get too full of yourself Lambert" Sophie grins as she playfully jab him in the arm and Lok just pretend it hurt by rubbing his arm. Yet he was glad that she was smiling this time, somehow that look did not suit her.
"Lok is fine"
Who to say, that they aren't as well?
Sophie smiles as she recalled one of the talks she had with Dante…perhaps…they could be one of the few.
"Then it only fair if you call me Sophie then"
"Deal!"
"Though I have to say I'm surprise Zhalia isn't around with you" Sophie said and Lok just chuckles in response.
"Oh you be surprise" Lok said pretending to look away as if he was not guilty.
"Wait…ha! In your face Dante!" Sophie said in rejoice while Lok just blinks in confusion.
"Huh?" Lok asked
"Yeah…sorry about that Lok but I did tell him there is no way that she would listen to him" Sophie said and then Lok blinks.
Do you honestly think I would listen to him or that he would listen to himself?
"Oh so THAT what she meant!" he recalls back.
"Seriously?" Sophie said in surprises but she was not sure which she should be more surprise that how much she was on the dots that Zhalia and Dante were so much alike or that Lok only realize what his childhood/best friends meant.
Dante started to catch his breath as he been playing cat and mouse with the bunch of suits chasing after him.
"Well…seem like they ran out of juice" Dante said getting up making his way to the meeting point.
"Dante Vale"
Dante pause and turns to see Grier alone that made him surprise but yet he found himself smirking with delight.
"Wow, I'm honour that you remember my name unlike your crappy boss of your" he said insulting a bit.
"Enough of your cheap talks, I don't want to fight children like you so hand over the ring" Grier said and Dante just snorted.
"Sorry but I don't do well listening to an adult" Dante said taking a defensive position.
"If you insist doing this the hard way, you leave me no choice Breaker!" Grier yelled out with his amulet in his hand and out a blue light took form of a bear like creature.
"You sure know how not to hold back…Come on out Freelancer!" Dante commanded and out from the amulet appear the loyal Knight ready to fight and defend with his shield and javelin.
As Breaker charge toward Freelancer, Grier follows his Titan lead and gave Dante no chance to defend himself against his attack. Luckily for Dante, who was use to sneak attack managed to dodge his punch and attack him with a kick to his face.
"Maybe you shouldn't underestimate me like your boss" Dante taunted and Grier just wipe away the dirt on his face.
"I don't but your just a kid who know better than to get yourself involved with something beyond your control" Grier warns him but Dante ignore him by continuing his attack on Grier.
"Raypulse!"
"Amourband!"
"Like I said before I have no intention of fighting children so if you know what best for you Dante Vale, you and your friends should just leave while you still can because I'm afraid my supervisor wouldn't be so understanding" Grier warns him just as Dante growls and started releasing out any form of attack he knows.
"I'm sick of you people, I'm sick of you thinking that just because we are kids we don't know anything!" Dante yelled in frustration not realizing he left himself open to his opponent. Grier took advantage of it and immediately grabs hold of Dante pinning him down on the ground.
"You have to work on the anger of your…it might become your downfall" Grier told him while Dante seem to be struggling to free himself, his Freelancer soon became a little distracted with his Seeker in trouble tried to break away from battle from Breaker only to end up defeat and was force back into his amulet.
"Just an advise while it might be true that Metalgolem could be a disadvantage to my Titan Breaker but given the lack of space I understand why you choose to bring out Freelancer instead however…" Grier said as he glance at the amulet that fallen out of Dante's pocket. "…it lacks the power and skill needed to defeat Breaker unlike your Cailban here but the question is why you didn't choose to summon him?" he continues to questions yet Dante choose not to answers.
"Mmm…I see…" Grier said holding onto his Cailban's amulet but soon place it back into Dante's pocket. "I can see it feisty as his Seeker but…you lack the control that why you didn't choose to summon it"
"What the hell do you know about me?" Dante yelled once Grier free him from his grips and he back away.
"Enough to know you don't belong in this world, you barely know anything about this world yet you and your friends choose to walk forward not knowing what your getting yourself into"
"What we do is none of your business!" Dante argues again and Grier snorted.
"Yes it isn't any of my business but if we ever meet again Dante, you should know that if you want to defeat me you have to learn to control your Meso-Titan Cailban"
"Meso-Titan?"
"I was right you don't know anything…there are different types of Titans and sometimes that Type might help you out without you realizing it"
"Hold on why are you telling me this?" Dante question and Grier just smiles.
"You're my enemy but you're a newbie as well I have no interest in beating someone weaker than me…so till next time Dante Vale" Grier said as he call back his Titan and walk away from Dante.
"Damn…it…damn it…" Dante curse as he slams his fist onto the wall out of frustration, he hated losing and especially it was an adult who put him into his place.
"Finally!" Zhalia said happy to see an exit after having to run around the Catacombs. Suddenly a flash of orange light shot onto the stairs she was running down that cause her to trip down onto the ground.
"We got you now kid!"
Zhalia just growls as she got up slowly, she look around her surrounding to see that she was surrounded by three suits.
"Give up kid you can't win against this many!" one of them yelled at her but she ignores him and continues to survey the area.
"Perhaps…perhaps not though I been meaning to try out these skills and seem like I gotten myself some volunteer" Zhalia chuckles that seem to taunted her opponents.
"Raypulse!"
"Shadowspeed!" Zhalia yelled and managed to evade their attack and in attempt of escaping, she accidentally knocked out one of the suit. "Ok…didn't see that coming" she said as gotten back her balance and turns around.
"Attack her Red-" lady suit call but Zhalia knock her out before she could summon out her Titan to help her out.
"That was close…" she said just as she was shot with a Raypulse by the remaining suit.
"You don't know who you're messing with girl"
"Now you have my attention…and the name is Zhalia Moon not girl!" Zhalia growls as gotten up from the ground taking a defensive position.
"Your move" he taunted.
"Gladly! Augorfrost!"
"Touchram!"
Both spell clash together and in doing so cancelling out each other and producing smoke. The suit took advantage of the smoke and sneak up to Zhalia who was completely caught off guard by him and took a hit to face.
"Look I don't like hitting little girl so why don't you hand over the ring and I will let you go" he told her.
"Would you really do that?" she questions.
"You shouldn't really be asking questions kid"
"I know but even if I did give up the Ring there is no way you would let me go would you?"
"Just hand over the ring!"
"Thought so…Mindsight" Zhalia said focusing onto the suit and shot a blue aura toward him. At first he was on guard by her attack but soon dismiss it and when straight for another punch toward her face but she dodge it with ease.
"Hold still!" he said in frustration but somehow Zhalia found herself dodging very move of his that made her grins.
"This is amazing…" she said with delight but her mind was still focus on the fight and thought she should put himself out of his misery. So she returns the favour by kicking him in the face that causes his shades to fall off his face onto the ground.
"Those…power how…"
"Nighty, night Darksleep" Zhalia said waving a purple aura around him and he fallen down onto the ground as Zhalia gotten up staring at her hand.
"It can't be a coincidence cans it?" she questions herself but before she could think any further another flash of green light shoot pass her.
"Ashamed…you were so close weren't you little girl?" Defoe said snickering
"The name is Zhalia Moon" Zhalia told him off as she got ready to defend herself.
"Look I don't want to make it any harder for you so why not be a good little girl and hand over the Ring?" he demanded again.
"You want it? Come and get it that if…you're brave enough to" Zhalia mocked.
"Let her have it!"
"Jokoul!"
"Redcap!"
"Mindrone!"
"Look like this going to take a while…" Zhalia said sweating a little.
Lok and Sophie were still making their way toward the meeting point yet somehow they found themselves to be pretty lucky for not running into any suits.
"What are the odds of not seeing one in sight?" Lok asked
"Too…odd…" Sophie said
"You think Dante and Zhalia are holding off the suits while we escape?"
"Well it does sound like they would do right?" Sophie asked Lok who was familiar with Zhalia as she was to Dante.
"Yeah well…sh!" Lok said as he hide footstep coming toward them.
From their hiding spot they could see a bunch of suit getting together as if there was news yet to be told. Since they were underground, their form of communication which was their Bluetooth could not be uses.
"I just got word from Defoe that we are order to capture everyone alive!"
"Wait everyone? Shouldn't we be on a look out for blue hair girl and brown hair boy? They are the only one seen with the ring!"
"That might be true but Defoe doesn't want to take any risk especially with those two!"
"So…what should we do?"
"Argh…just capture every one of them but those two are top priority!"
They quickly clear out of the area as Lok and Sophie look at each other in distress.
"What now?"
"I say the faster we find them the faster we all can get out of here"
"But you heard them they want to capture us all! It doesn't matter who has the Ring!"
"That true but…if we can get to Zhalia and Dante we can use this as a bargaining chip right?" Lok explains while holding up the Ring of Arc.
"Fine…but you better know what you're doing" Sophie said as they race off to find the other two.
Zhalia was having trouble and by trouble meaning trying to shake off the Organization Suits who were attacking her on Defoe orders.
"Fight for your lady Kilthane!" Zhalia commands as out from the amulet appears her black knight with his shield and sword ready to defend his lady. As it charge toward the two Redcap to take them out while Zhalia
"And here I thought you might be someone to be afraid of but…guess I thought too highly of you Defoe. To think you need so many bunch of suit just to take down a little girl" Zhalia taunted hoping to catch him off guard.
"Touchram!" he yelled and soon the other suit follows but lucky for Zhalia, Kilthane had blocks the attack with his shield, though Zhalia was not out of trouble just yet as she found herself surrounded by Mindrone.
"Well…if that work maybe…you can too…" Zhalia spoke holding onto an amulet that soon begun to glow red and she felt a strange surge following through her. "Impale them Strix!" she raise up the amulet and red aura appear out taking form of a mosquito yet what surprise Zhalia was that not one not two but three Strix appears out from the amulet. Each Strix had aim it attack on one Mindrone each defeating them in the process while the third had flew it way toward Defoe.
"Assist me!" he yelled in fear and soon a Jokoul took his place and was defeat in process.
"Now I see why Dante like to make fun of him…" Zhalia asked
"That I like to what?"
"Huh?" Zhalia said just as she saw a bird flying through and attacking one of the Redcap that was giving Kilthane hard time.
"Nice to see you too Zhalia" Dante said winking.
"I didn't need your help" Zhalia said
"I know, I know but you don't mind if I join in on the fun right?" Dante asked.
"Haha you're a fool I have both of you right where I want you to be!" Defoe claims and Dante chuckles.
"You sure about that Defoe…because I'm afraid you just got played" Dante proclaims
"What are you talking about?" Defoe demanded as Soulwing returns back onto Dante's shoulder.
"Well you see…"
"Dante!"
"Zhalia!"
Both of them froze not expecting to hear the voice of their best friends especially when they tried their best to keep them out of harm.
"Didn't I tell you to run?!" Dante and Zhalia scolded Sophie and Lok who seem unaffected.
"And leave you behind no way!" Lok yelled back.
"I'm not leaving you behind either!" Sophie firmly said and the older one just groans.
"Excellent! The whole gang is all here! Now I just have to beat you all and find who really have the Ring of Arc!" Defoe said with delight.
"You really want this that badly?" Lok said showing off the ring.
"Lok what are you doing?!" Zhalia said in shock.
"Relax I know what I'm doing" Lok claims. "If I give you this will you let us go?" he asked
"What? Are you crazy Lambert? After…" Dante yell but got stop by Sophie.
"Mmm…tempting…as it sound why should I trust you?" Defoe asked
"That true but do you really want to leave here empty handed?" he asked.
"Fine, hand over the ring boy!" He demanded
"It Lok Lambert" he said throwing the ring at him. As Defoe rush to grab hold of it and started laughing.
"You're fool, I got what I want and what make you think I'm letting you go after what you did to me?!"
"I thought so…Freelancer!"
"Sabriel!"
Both of their trusties Titan appear out of hiding and soon taken down two of the suit that was standing beside Defoe.
"I won't let you have this ring…"
"Who said that was the real one?" Lok grins and it caught them by surprise.
"What?!"
"Lambert what are you talking about?" Dante demanded an answer.
"Well considering how Defoe was always focus on the four of us it never accrue to him that we had a fifth player" Sophie answers for Lok.
"Fifth player?" Zhalia said in confusion as well.
"Who else but the one who disarm the curse?" Lok hinted and it stuns both Dante and Zhalia who soon sighs in defeat.
"Damn it! If I can't have the ring then I will have you!" Defoe growls
"I think you need your eyesight check Defoe, your clearly outnumber while my original plan didn't go as what I plan…but my other intention did…" Dante told him.
"What do you mean?"
"While your forces are spread around the Catacombes, mine are right here" Dante said smirking just as Defoe's facial expression change into horror realizing he just fell for one of their trick again. Outsmarted by a bunch of kids again…
"So if you know what good for you Defoe, you better stay out of our way" Dante said smiling as the four of them immediately ran toward the exit leaving a defeat and furious Defoe alone and helpless.
"DAMN YOU! NEXT TIME I WILL GET YOU KIDS!"
Streets-Paris, France
"While it explains why Cherit didn't follow one of us as usually…it doesn't explain why you decide to let him have the Ring" Dante said to Lok.
"While it oblivious usually the better fighter would have possession to an item but you know that that why you decide to give it to me or Sophie" Lok said
"Wait how did you…"
"You know we can still hear you two while you were planning" Sophie said to both of them as the plan that came up by Dante and Zhalia who added a bit of her idea was that either Lok or Sophie would escape with the ring while they hold the Organization back.
"Fine but why did you decide to give it to Cherit?" Zhalia questions both of them.
"Well for the starter the guy is pretty good at convincing us that he was only one who could disarm the curse for a while in case it broke" Lok said
"Lok"
"And even if he is a Titan, they never did take him seriously right? Especially who would give something so important to a Titan to protect it when the odd of him being defeat he would go straight back to his amulet right?" Lok explains and two of them Dante and Zhalia were beginning to understand their logic.
"Now does it make sense?" Sophie asked
"Yeah seeing how he doesn't have Amulet" Zhalia said
"So where is Cherit?" Dante asked
"Oh I ask him to go back to the Hotel we decide to check in for the night just in case something goes wrong" Lok said
Hotel-Paris, France
It had taken them a while but they manage to reach back to their hotel even if they were tired and exhausted from their adventure.
"I'm beat! I can't wait to jump into bed!" Lok rejoices.
"Well it a good thing we decide to move hotel otherwise I don't think you can make it back" Zhalia stated.
"Still I can't believe you still have so much energy in you" Sophie said
"We can celebrate after we find Cherit" Dante said
"Relax he will be fine I'm sure he relaxing on my bed and enjoying TV…" Lok claims but pause when he saw something white on the ground and their room door open…
"What…" Zhalia spoke but Lok rush toward the entrance and bend down to see it was Cherit cover in injury
"Cherit? Hey Cherit are you…Cherit!" Lok yells while picking up the little Titan.
"Who could have…" Sophie said and pauses when she saw their room was in a mess.
"They were looking for something" Zhalia said
"Or not…"Dante said looking around the place.
"Hey buddy speaks up!" Lok plead and soon Cherit groans as he got up rubbing his head.
"You alright Cherit?" Sophie asked.
"What happen?" Lok asked.
"Ambush…the RING!" Cherit said and started touching his neck only to find the chain with the Ring of Arc was gone.
"Did you see who was?"
"No…I didn't I'm sorry" he said
"Whoever did this was in a hurry" Zhalia claims with their things all in a mess.
"Though it as if they were leaving a message" Dante said to them as he bends down to look at the ground clearer.
"But…they did say…something before I pass out…" Cherit said as they enter into Dante and Sophie room while closing the door behind them.
"Well?"
"Just that…it a warning…" Cherit said
"What warning?" Sophie said just as Dante enter into the bathroom.
"I think I found it"
"Found what?" Zhalia asked
"Take a look" Dante said revealing on the mirror 'DON'T GET INVOVLED ANY FURTHER THAN YOUR ALREADY ARE'
"Organization?" Lok asked
"I don't think so…" Dante said
"Could it be…you know the other group the Foundation?" Zhalia asked
"Possible…afterall we haven't gone up against them" Dante said
"But didn't Cherit say they use Titans for good?" Sophie said
"But like I said before who to say they are not like the Organization?" Zhalia reminded them.
"What now? They know where we are staying" Lok said to them.
"Find and pack whatever you can find don't leave anything personal behind" Dante said to them.
"So we are leaving now?" Sophie asked in surprise.
"They know where we are staying and possibility who we are now…we better get on the move if we want to avoid any trouble for now"
"Aw man…and I was looking forward to the bed!" Lok cried out as Zhalia and him got up to go back to their rooms.
"I'm sorry…I let you…down" Cherit said upset.
"Hey it not your fault now Cherit, we win and lose some" Sophie said just as Dante bit his lips looking away as he remember being defeat by Grier and if Grier was not that merciful he would have been dead or worst a prisoner to the Organization.
"Yeah we are not perfect as these two over here" Lok joked pointing to Dante and Zhalia who was taken by surprise a bit.
"But…"
"What done is done Cherit, you pull your own weight and no one would have suspect that someone was tailing you so it still a job well done" Dante said as Cherit nods. "Now don't we have to get packing?"
"Don't need to remind me…" Lok said
"Come on Lok we don't have all night" Zhalia said dragging him to their room.
Cherit smiles as he watch the teenager dig through the mess to find their stuffs but soon turns around to stare outside the window at the full moon.
"If only that…true…"
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Cathedral of Notre Dame-Paris, France
"I shouldn't be doing this…" Cherit said handing over the ring to a figure who place it inside a treasure chest.
"You and I both know they don't have this type of equipment to seal away this Curse Ring Cherit and they are just kids who are in over their head getting involved in this world"
"While that is true, they are pretty good at it! I seen them in action even without any guide maybe we should…"
"Cherit! We are not having this discussing here so do your job"
}
"Are you kidding me?! We were barely even in here!" Sophie yelled in frustration as her stuffs were scatter almost everywhere from top to bottom of the whole room.
"Oh this is going to take all night…" Dante sighs.
"I can help!" Cherit said
"That would be great Cherit" Sophie rejoice as Cherit started to help them out in retrieving their stuffs in the room. As much he wish it could last…he knew one day…his time would be up and so would their time spend in this world. After all they do not belong in the world of Seeker and Titans right?
Sorry for taking a long time to update again, though I hope you guys enjoy this =) Hopefully I would have the next one up soon…though there are something I might have issue with especially Montehue still figuring out what role I want him to play X)