I might have to change the rating to M later, I'm trying to keep it not so bad or gorey, but it looks like it's starting to get there. What do ya think, should I change the rating??.
Chapter 4- Power Struggle
It was past midnight, in a small city about 100 km outside of Randgriz Capital City. Citizens roamed the streets on the beautiful, warm night. The stars were out, the moon was shining, illuminating the streets and all seemed peaceful as a crowd of people were outside of a tavern, drinking, laughing and talking loudly.
But suddenly, from down the street came a young woman, screaming at the top of her lungs, seemingly scared to death.
"HELP~!!, HELP ME!!." she screamed as she ran for her life down the street. People began to look on at this terrified woman, and two men from the tavern approached her.
"What's wrong??." one asked, holding onto her hands, trying to calm her down.
"You've got to help me!!." she cried, her face wet with cold sweat, her eyes as wide as saucers, "She's chasing me, she won't let me go!!."
"Who's chasing you, what's going on??." asked the other.
"That woman, that strange red eyed woman!!." cried the young woman, pointing down the street. Everyone looked but no one was there, a horse was calmly pulling a carriage down the road and 2 other men were singing loudly, stumbling in the street, drunk out of their minds.
"Oh deary, Ye be imagining things." said the one man, pulling her close. "Now come inside and we shall buy ye a drink to calm those nerves."
But as the young woman looked back down the street, she saw the strange woman chasing her, her piercing red eyes glowing in the dark street.
"There she is again, someone help me!!." cried the young woman, breaking away from the men's grip and running down the street, screaming wildly.
The two men were confused, what could be so scary that it would frighten someone that badly. But the answer they were looking for was right above them, leaping from rooftop to rooftop gracefully with the aid of her Valkyria Powers. Her eyes keeping track of the woman she was stalking from the rooftops, who had now darted down a dark alley.
The young woman ran and ran, tripping over wooden crates, hay and other objects that littered the dark alley. But soon she came to a dead end and began screaming, pounding the dead end wall infront of her with her fists. The sound of someone landing not far behind her from a great height made her stop screaming and turn around quickly.
And staring at her, an evil grin on her face was Sabella, the evil Valkyria woman who was after a new target. And slowly she began to walk towards the young woman, her blue flame of the Valkyrur making the walls of the dark alley glow blue from her flame, her red, glowing eyes glued on her target.
The young woman dropped to her knees and placed her hands together, begging. "Please, Don't do this!. what did I ever do to you!!." she cried, tears flowing steadily from her eyes.
"Fool!, this is no way a Sister of the Valkyrur should be acting. We Valkyria are brave, strong and proud warriors, and should not be acting like sniffling little cowards like yourself!!." said Sabella angrily, slowly taking ragnite crystal sword from it's sheath, the blade emitting a bright blue glow.
"What are you talking about, I'm no Valkyria!!." cried the young woman, crawling backwards in fear, "You've got the wrong girl, I'm just an ordinary woman!!."
"No, I sense the power inside of you. You are indeed Valkyria...but not for much longer." said Sabella, raising her sword high, "This world has no need for more then 1 Valkyria, and most definitely not weak ones such as yourself. The weak shall perish and only the strongest will survive!!."
The young woman raised her hands up, "No please NNOO~!!" she cried in terror.
"There can be only one!!." screamed Sabella, bringing her blade down and stabbing the young woman through the heart with her ragnite crystal sword.
The young woman cried out in pain, but her voice began to leave her as she began to die. And near death, a blue flame began to emit from her all over her body, her long, flowing hair turing silver in color. Her eyes turning a bright, glowing red as she looked up at Sabella for afew minutes before her eyes finally closed and her head fell forward. Sabella then removed the blade and wrapped both hands around the handle of her sword and held it high, moving her head back and closing her eyes, bracing herself for what was to come next.
Next the flame around the young woman's body began to burn even brighter, more intense as her body began to levitate afew feet from the ground. The flame around her body began to circle around her dead body even faster and faster, flashing brightly like a strobe light, lighting the dark alley up bright as day.
Not long after, the flame then began to leave the young woman's body and merge with Sabella's own blue Valkyrian flame, causing her own blue flame to burn brighter and brighter each second, Sabella threw her head back and began yelling loudly as the young woman's Valkyrian power added to her own, making her stronger then before. It was a painful experience as Sabella continued absorbing the poor girls power.
Meanwhile, out in the streets, residents began to gather around the entrance to the back alley, but were afraid to get any closer as they looked at the flashing blue lights emerging from the small alley, not sure was was going on.
Finally, all the power the young woman had was gone, her natural hair and eye color were back. The blue flame from her body was gone, her body now as normal as an other humans was. Sabella had killed yet another Sister Valkyrur, taken her power and added it to her own. And as she felt the new power surge through her she looked up at the starry sky and began to cackle loudly, holding her hands to the sky.
"Soon...not even the Mother Valkyrur herself will be able to stop me. Soon, I shall be even more powerful then she...then there will be ONLY ONE!!.", and with that Sabella lept upwards, onto a nearby rooftop and began to jump from rooftop to rooftop, away from the young former Valkyrian woman's body.
Police officers had now reached the entrace to the back alley, and began to enter it themselves. Their guns drawn, aiming down the alley as they slowly made their way forward. Soon they had reached the unfortunate young woman's body. And from behind the two officers someone spoke.
"Oh no...it's that poor woman from earlier...and we did nothing to help." said the man from the tavern.
"What happened?." asked the officer, and the two men began to explain what they had witnessed just moments ago outside of the tavern.
Afew days later, back at the Valkyrur's sanctuary in the Barious desert, Alexis and Isara were training together once again in the courtyard, when suddenly two other Valkyrian woman had returned through the front ragnite crystal gates. One was carrying a badly wounded Sister Valkyria on her shoulder. Once Alexis saw this she left Isara and ran towards them.
"Oh no...Sandra!!. What has happened??." asked Alexis, helping carry the badly wounded Valkyrian girl, named Sandra.
"It was Sabella, she's grown much stronger now. The two of us together barely drove her away this time." said the other Valkyrian girl, "I'm sorry Alexis, she's getting much too strong for us to handle alone."
"This is very unfortunate, let's take her to the Mother Valkyrur." said Alexis and they headed for the said location, Isara and other Sister Valkyria girls and women following behind them.
and once they had reached the chamber, the young wounded Valkyria girl, Sandra, was laid out infront of the Mother Valkyrur's throne.
"It saddens my heart to see you like this my young child." said the mother Valkyrur, her expression turning to one of great sadness.
"I am not long for this world, Mother Valkyrur. But I wish to give what power I can to you." said the wounded Valkyria.
Everyone in the room nodded, all except Isara. Not sure what she ment by that said wish.
"It that thy wish my child??." asked the Mother Valkyrur, standing up from her throne and taking a step forward.
"Yes Mother Valkyrur, that is my last wish." said the wounded Valkyria.
The mother Valkyrur nodded and looked to one of her guards, who nodded also, and removed a blue ragnite crystal dagger from her belt and began to descend the steps to the ground floor below. The guard then handed the blade to the wounded Valkyria woman who was now in a sitting position with the help of two other Valkyrian guards. The wounded Valkyrian girl took the blade and turned it around, facing herself.
"My life, my blood and my powers, I give to you, Mother Valkyrur." she said, before plunging the blade into her chest. At that moment everyone lowered their heads, except for Isara who was looking on wide eyed at what had just happened.
Just then the injured Valkyrian girls body began to emit the blue flame of the Valkyrur, her body beginning to levitate afew feet off of the ground. The flame then began to burn brighter, circle her body faster, lighting up the throne halls even more. It was something Isara had witnessed after her mother was killed by Sabella in Bruhl. And just like before the flame from the dying girls body began to leave her body and merge with the Mother Valkyrurs flame which was now burning intensely itself, once the two flames were near fully merged, the room filled with a blinding light, causing Isara to look away. And then everything was quiet again. The deceased Valkyrian girls body back on the floor, her eyes closed.
The Mother Valkyrur took a deep breath before opening her eyes again, "Let us remember Sandra, who so bravely sacrificed her own life, so that our order may survive against those who would try to destroy it." said the Mother Valkyrur, and everyone closed their eyes, lowered their heads and prayed silently.
Everyone then began to leave the throne chambers, while valkyrian guards were taking Sandra's body away. The mood was now heavy as no one said anything more. Isara was still scared after what she had seen.
And once they were outside, Alexis stopped, bent down and looked Isara in the eyes.
"I know your probably frightened about what you had just witnessed, but it was much better this way. She had many wounds from a ragnite weapon and could not be saved. Instead she chose to give her life and power to the Mother Valkyrur, which is the greatest honor one can achieve." explained Alexis, "It's late, and you must be tired. So go straight to bed, we'll talk more about this tomorrow, I go now to mourn Sandra. She and I were long time friends."
"Alright, I trust you. And I'm sorry about your friend." said Isara, heading back to her bedroom. She then climbed into bed and pulled the covers up to her face, her heart still beating hard in her chest. She then began to cry hard, for the sight of Sandra giving her powers to the Mother Valkyrur reminded her of seeing her mother, Alicia's powers being stolen from her by the cruel, evil Sabella. That night Isara's sleep was uneasy and sorrowful as she slept in her bed.
Hey Readers, just thought I'd remind you, this story is not based on any actual facts from the Valkyria Chronicles Anime, Manga or video game. It's just my vivid imagination at work. Trying to make it like Highlander and Valkyria Chronicles mixed into 1. But I hope your enjoying it so far, it's fun to write. Leave a comment or Review if you'd like, let me know what ya think so far :).