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Chapter 14 - Trapped!

Jan and his unit was on their way to the south where the Rebel leader, Girardot was waiting. As they were walking, Jan noticed something.

"Jan? Is ome thing wrong?" asked Abelia.

"Hmm. No, but I can't shake the feeling that we are being watched." said Jan.

Meanwhile in the Grandall castle, Emperor Strife was looking at the moon until someone came in.

"Have the soldiers found Jan yet?" asked Strife.

"They have." said the man, "They have been fully surrounded."

"Good. Very good, Chester."

"Jan may be strong but I faced him before and I know how to deal with him."

"Give me the reports after the soldiers kill Jan."

"At once."

"And by the way..."

"Hmm?"

"I dislike you."

"Stern as ever I see."

Meanwhile, back with Jan and his unit, they heard a rustle.

"What is it?" asked Tina.

"It's the enemy!" said Jan.

"What?!" gasped Yuliin.

A huge amount of soldiers then came out of the bushes and surrounded Jan and the others.

"What the?!" Abelia said, "More rebel soldiers?"

"Step aside." said one of the soldiers.

"Huh?"

"Step Aside. All we want is Jan. We are ordered to kill him."

"Huh?!"

"So Girardot knows!?" said Tina.

"And he only wants to kill Jan?" said Luca.

"If you want to kill Jan, you'll have to go through us!" Abelia exclaimed.

"Fine. If that is how you want it."

"Careful Jan! There after you!"

"I think we can handle it." Jan said with a smirk, "Hey everyone! Use your long range attacks!"

"What?!"

"Just do it!"

Abelia then charged her sword, Yuilin charged her fan, Luca grabbed the lion headed bomb and Jan's sword lit on fire.

"Get Ready! GO!" yelled Jan, "SOUL OF FIRE!"

"LIGHTINING OF JUSTICE!"

"WIND OF FIRE!"

"KING BOMB!"

The four huge attacks flew off in different directions and caused a huge explosion. All the soldiers dodged the explosion and waited for the smoke to clear.

"I thought the great Jan would actually come up with something better!" laughed one soldier.

"I did!" yelled Jan.

Jan then came out of the smoke and knocked the laughing soldier out. Jan then sliced four soldiers in front of him when they were distracted. Abelia came charging from another direction and tackled five soldiers in a row. Yuilin then came from another direction and hit one soldier on the head hit her steel fan and then kick a soldier behind the first. Luca and Tina came from another direction and tag teamed on two soldiers. Luca hit low by attacking the legs then Tina hit both soldiers with her daggers. Even with the effort that they did, they still got surrounded. Jan andthe rest of the crew were forced back to where they started.

"H-how many soldiers are there?!" said a shocked Abelia.

"I can't hold any longer, commander Abelia." said Tina, struggling.

"Me too." said Yuilin.

"Just hang in there!" said Jan.

Jan then confronted one side of the soldiers and strted to pose.

"What the-?! A pose?!" yelled Abelia.

Jan then sliced three soldiers and made another pose then slashed again. He continued posing and slashing three soldiers until he got hit with a kick.

"AGH!"

Jan then fell on the ground and saw who hit him. The man was wearing Grieve Edges.

"So this is the great Jan?" said the man, "I thought he was much more of challenge."

"Who are you?" asked Abelia.

"I am Ignis!" he proclaimed while doing a fancy pose.

"This guy is odd mannered as Jan." Abelia thought.

"Don't think cause you kicked me doesn't mean I lost." said Jan, getting up.

"Heh, I'll be waiting for your demise but unless you can beat 100 soldiers, you can't face me."

"Only 100? Cake."

Ignis then disappeared into the north.

"Damn, how are we gonna get through them?" said Luca.

Abelia then got angry and her sword tehnflashed fire.

"Wah!" yelled Tina.

Abelia then threw the fire at Jan. He then saw the fire and swung the SoulCalibur to hit the flames and bounce towards a wall of soldiers behind Abelia and the others. An explosion hit the soldiers leaving a huge gap between the surrounding soldiers.

"Cover the gap!" yelled one soldier who was then hit by Jan's sword.

"Everyone split up! The numbers have weakened!" yelled Jan.

"Right!"

Abelia then head to the left where the closing gap was and used her sword to crash through two soldiers. The other soldiers that were next to Abelia was about to attack but clashe with her sword and sheild. Tina and Luca split in different directions and clashed with the soldiers. Yuilin was defending herself against charging soldiers that were trying to attack.

"Geez, you guys are annoying!" yelled Yuilin while fighting.

Yuilin then swifted her fan with huge strentgh which brought three soldiers up and she then kicked down to the ground hitting another three sodiers. Yuilin then used the sharp edges of the fan to slice the remaining charging soldiers that were surrounding her.

Luca threw bombs around and caught the soldiers off guard. He then used his dagger and sliced them one by one. Tina jumped on high and stomped on each soldiers helmets causing them to be confused. Tina then grabbed one soldier from behind and back suplexed him into another soldier. Tina then kicked the rest of the soldiers on the kness then kicked the back off their heads knocking them out.

After the attacks, there was only ten soldiers left. The once mighty force started to tremble and shake in their knees.

"I guess they aren't so tough when seperated." said Tina, "Kinda makes you feel sorry for them."

"Out of the way!" yelled Jan.

Jan then sliced two soldiers and then hit the next two side by side. He then slammed his sword into another soldier which then hit another soldier. Jan's SoulCalibur then bursted to flames again.

"SOUL OF FIREWIND!"

The fire then bursted into a huge ray of flames which then took out the remaining soldiers.

"Let's hurry!" yelled Jan.

"Right!"

The unit then ran to the tent where Ignis was in.

"IGNIS!" yelled Jan.

"Hmm?"

Ignis then gasped in disbelief.

"H-h-how did you-?!"

"I guess the odds weren't in your favor." said Tina, and then sticked her tounge out.

"Damn you!"

"It's over!" said Jan.

"No! I still have a chance against you!"

"No you don't!" yelled Abelia as she was about to strike.

"Geh!"

Ignis then blocked the attack and Abelia then charged towards him. Ignis then jumped kicked but was blocked by Abelia's shelid. Ignis then continued kicking unitl he made a fast barrage of kicks and managed to slow Abelia down.

"Is that all you've got?" laughed Ignis.

Abelia got angry.

"Don't you make fun of me, you bastard!" she yelled.

Abelia then charged in but got kicked right in the right side of her face and felled down on the ground. Ignis then laughed for his victory.

"You couldn't have beaten me! You're too weak!" he laughed, "Now where is Jan?"

"Over here!" Jan yelled.

Jan then stabbed Ignis from behind and the sword's blade went through him until Jan pulled it back.

"Ah..ack. You cheap...idiot..."

Ignis then fell down. Jan headed towards Abelia who was still on the ground. Jan picked her head up and tried to wake her up.

"Abelia! Can you hear me?" yelled Jan.

"Uh...Jan?"

"Abelia, you're okay!"

"AAAHHHH!! JAN! STOP PUTTING ME ON YOUR ARMS LIKE I'M SOME DAMSEL IN DISTRESS!!" yelled Abelia, while throwing small punches at him. Abelia's afce then blushed.

"H-hey, Abelia. You face is red." said Tina.

"Hey, you're right!" said Yuilin.

"Stop it, you guys." said Jan, "It's probably from the hit in the face."

"Yeah." said Abelia, "I guess you're right."

"I did it again! Why me?!" she thought in an embarrased manner.

"Speaking of which, is your face okay?"

"I-I'm fine."

"Don't be silly. Your cheeck is swollen."

"I said I'm fine!"

"Hey, wait a second!" said Luca.

"Huh?"

"Look at the armor of this guy."

"Hmm. I knew it."

"Knew what?" asked Tina.

"This armor is from Grandall."

"What?! Grandall soldiers that want to kill Jan?!"

"Or maybe they are rebels in disguse." said Yuilin.

"Then why would they surround us? They would have tricked us and killed us while off guard."

"It's a mystery. A very sad mystery." said Abelia.

"I would say sad." said Jan.

"Can It!"

Jan then stood silent as Abelia continued to head south. Eventually, Jan and the others caught up to her.

Meanwhile, back in the Grandall castle, Strife was waiting for the results of the ambush. A soldier then came in and was walking slowly.

"Do you have the news?" asked Strife.

"Y-yes sir." said the soldier.

"Well?"

"It-it appears that..."

"That?"

"Uh..."

"Well?!"

"It-it appears that the soldiers have all been defeated by Jan and his unit sir!"

"What?!"

Strife got angry and threw an dagger at the soldiers chest thus killing him.

"Chester! You said Jan would lose!"

"I'm sorry. I didn't know Jan could possess such power." said Chester.

"Well don't screw up next time!"

"I won't sir."

Meanwhile in the desert fields. Jan and his unit had arrived in the area where Girardot was hiding.

"Looks like we found the rebel's headquarters." said Yuilin.

"This place..." Jan said, "It seems familiar."

Girardot then found that Jan's unit made to the headquarters.

"So you've come, Jan." Girardot said, "Prepare yourself."

That's the end of that chapter. This level was hard, in both story and game. Be sure to look out forthe next chapter: Jan Vs. Girardot.

- R2J