Chapter 9: Black Knight
Aile kept finding places to hide where ever she is at. Vern find her a challenge since she did not stay in one place like the others.
"Here human. You are very feisty and willing to leave the best spot ever. I am going to have fun with you," said Vern.
"Not in your life you would," said Aile as she kept firing and twice hit his head as Vern smiled as the blood run down from the plasma shot. Aile kept running for her dear life until she hit a sphere that is black. Inside the sphere she can see a man in his early 20's inside. From what she can see he is a reploid of some sort. She paid more attention to his features as his eyes were closed. Long braided red hair, tan complex skin, black armor covering head to toe. The armor looked like a knights armor without the helmet as the helmet looked like a Greek helmet. Aile had mixed feelings feeling sorry for the reploid and try to outrun Vern.
"There you are. Sorry but hide and seek is over," said Vern. Aile held out her gun and was ready to shoot him.
"Stay back or I will not miss," said Aile. Vern smiled as he walked towards Aile. Aile fired several rounds as she hits him and he walked towards her with blood dripping. As soon as Vern grabbed Aile's arm. He felt power immensed off of her body. Aile had some kind of data as Vern looked at the orb that has the dark armor guy in. The dark Armor guy had transfer something to Aile as the transformation completed. Aile looked like a female version of the guy that is inside the orb. Only difference is that she has her same features and pigment before the transformation. Her blonde hair was not loose but in a braid.
"What is this. You can transform as well. I now think you are more hot in that armor. However, being hot in an armor is not the same as being feisty like my girl," said Vern. Aile did a swoop and knocked him down. Vern got up and smiled.
"Wow. First your sister with her wind element armor now you with this knight armor. I should keep you two along with my girl for the sake I can," said Vern.
"Hehehe! You will not even going to do that when I get through of you," said the voice who took over Aile. Vern looked as he saw bunch of attacks aiming for him as he smiled.
"Black Knight. Aw… Boo-ho. You are stuck and can't really-" said Vern as the voice interrupted him.
"True I am stuck but that does not mean I cannot use a vessel to get my vengeance. As long as I have a vessel to do so. I will keep my word and kill you," said Black Knight.
"You know you can actually be free by having a female love you and you love her in return. However, you are being so stubborn that you kept succumb into getting more power and ruling everything that you do not even care for the slightest thing. Isn't that nice. Well I am going to leave and have bunch of virus running loose so I," said Vern as Aile got up to him with her sword up his throat.
"You are not going anywhere. We have an unfinished business with you," said Black Knight. Vern started his attack as Aile dodge it and counter his moves. Then at the point were Vern saw his death coming he warped out before a huge wave of fire would chew him up.
"You can run Vern but you cannot hide," said Black Knight as he changed Aile's eye color to bright red eye color. Meanwhile… Priestess looked at her database of all the married Athena including Athena Halsberg. She took the dead Athena and there was down to five married Athena and their partners. All the computer shows is the partners as Vern showed up. Priestess got her gun out as she pointed at him. Vern tried to hide his wounds that Black Knight gave him as he dodges the bullet that Priestess tried to add.
"Well, well, well floral beauty. It seems you are making my quest very easy. So these chumps maybe ended up with my girl," said Vern.
"If she is married then she is never really belong to you. So you can forget that notion," said Priestess. Vern frowned as he looked at four guys then looked at Fefnir. He smiled as how feisty he looked.
"Wow, that red guy thinks he have the hots for my girl. Well he will be the first one to go," said Vern as he left. Priestess looked at the picture of Fefnir and then called Alouette.
"What is it?" asked Alouette. Athena looked as Priestess and Alouette had a meeting.
"I may have an idea who the person may be. However, Vern still have your sister. We have to figured out where he kept her if we protect one person. I hope my hunch is wrong. Though all I know he is going after Fefnir first. If so, we know he can take care of himself if it is one to one. Though I hate to use him to get to Aile but that is the only clue we had so far," said Priestess.
"Then I will help out. If it is something you both showed me is to keep searching. Maybe, I may find my long lost sister," said Athena.
"Athena. We are worried. He may just went from killing Fefnir to mistaken you for an Athena. If anything, you may be the Athena he is looking for," said Priestess.
"I can take care of myself," said Athena as Priestess looked at her as she then looked at Alouette.
"Athena, let us tell you what he did to us. It makes Coretha's occupation before she had met us look like a saint," said Priestess. Alouette and Priestess explained the horrors that Vern did to them from having them fighting him to excite him in bed in full detailed. Athena looked as her jaw dropped.
"Even the strongest willed woman broke down," said Alouette as she thought of herself as one.
"You saw Terra and her behavior still," said Priestess. Athena still looked at Priestess.
"I have, I am surprised you two bounced right off of it like it was nothing happened," said Athena.
"I would like to believe that, but through all this time I kept thinking of Vent who I waited to be with. Though I do felt horrible when I found out it wasn't Vent but someone else that starts with a V," said Alouette as she started to be in tears.
"I kept thinking every scriptures and hoping for redemption after what he did," said Priestess.
"Priestess you are one strong person. You still kept your faith after that while Alouette you kept your hope with the person you want to see. Terra didn't have none of that when I have few sessions with her," said Athena.
"Attention, All personnel. Adromeda Space Colony is being under attacked. Sent out team Arcadia," said Alia as Priestess took off running. Alouette and Athena followed. They trying to find Fefnir and keep him out of the planet. They saw Leviathan, Harpuia, and X. The three barely saw Fefnir warped out.
"Priestess, Athena, what is going on?" asked Leviathan. X and Harpuia looked at Priestess as she is about to hyperventilate. Athena tried to go in but Alouette held her back.
"We found out that there is an assassin trying to kill Fefnir. We tried to warn him before he left but I know that the assassin will appear and will send him to the scrap yard if he is not careful," said Alouette. X, Leviathan, and Harpuia looked at each other then the group.
"Do you know more about the assassin that may come any information?" asked Harpuia.
"Very little detail but I just found out by a messenger. I know for a fact that he can be hot headed and someone can take advantage of that and his weakness to electricity to kill him," said Priestess.
"That won't be a problem. If I find the assassin with electricity. I will iced him unless Athena is going," said Leviathan.
"Actually, I am staying here. I better see him alive. Priestess will be leaving again to help Alouette out finding more clues about the assassin," said Athena.
"I am going to find out what I can where he is and if he knows anything about my sister's location," said Alouette.
"Ok then we, will be on contact then," said Leviathan. Alouette and Priestess nodded. Athena looked at the three that teleported out then looked at Alouette and Priestess.
"Vern will not kill Fefnir if he is the wrong guy," said Athena. Priestess and Alouette sighed.
"I think it does not matter. He will kill him if he looked aggressive enough for the part," said Alouette.
"Then what are we doing here," said Athena as she is in her dark Goddess Mode. Priestess sighed as she summoned her bionic armor. Alouette had done the same with her elemental armor.
"We are going too," said Iris and Alia as they are in their dark Goddess Mode. Priestess and the others left. Meanwhile… Vern appeared and started to multiple attack on Fefnir as Leviathan tried to stopped Vern but he kept hurting the group as they all got knocked down. Fefnir tried to attack back and defend himself with the help of Zero as Vern knocked all of them down held Fefnir by the neck as he destroyed his buster gun.
"You are feisty and annoying with that fire buster. Do not worry I will end your life with ease," said Vern as Alia shot Vern with her concentrated buster. Vern dropped Fefnir and turned to Alia.
"Was that supposed to hurt. Then again, for someone who liked a guy with an arm canon, you sure are feisty little girl," said Vern. Alia fired again but this time Vern knocked her down next to X as she reverts back to Alia.
"ALIA!!" shouted X as she is out conscious. X saw Alia hurt as he tried to get to her. Iris used her canon as Vern looked at Iris.
"Wow, two dark goddess tried to kill me. Well then I guess I knocked you both to get to him then," said Vern as he got hit but the damage went back to Iris as she fell down next to Zero.
"IRIS!!!" shouted Zero as Iris reverts back to her form before the dark goddess. Zero looked at Iris as she was out cold. He went up to Fefnir as Priestess shot him. He turned around to see Priestess.
"You again. I should thank you for helping me then again, it would be better to get my girl before I killed this fool and have two more others to kill," said Vern.
"Not if I am going to stop you," said Priestess as Vern smiled sadistically. He and Priestess fought until she was unconscious. Alouette then wind blast Vern as he looked at Alouette.
"Again with you. Can't you be nice for a change and let me killed this fool," said Vern.
"I will not let a maverick like you do something like this. As long as I am still alive. I will make sure that mavericks like you will die," said Alouette. Vern smiled.
"A maverick? You are labeling me as a 'maverick.' I can see why disciples of Model W want to change this world. All of you are mavericks. And this world needs the reset to become pure," said Vern. Everyone else heard that of his ego as Alouette kept her gun up.
"When you mess with me, I saw what you want to do. Everything I am against you willing to go forth. Well I am not going to let you. I do think others will rise like me and take you down," said Alouette. Fefnir got up and called his other buster as Vern smiled and have knocked Alouette to Fefnir.
"Now I will have my fun and killed you both," said Vern as he was ready to attack until a cyclone hits him with every elemental. Athena was now in front of Vern. Vern smiled sadistically.
"Well it is nice to see you again. My pet," said Vern to Athena. Alouette looked at Athena as she should not be there.
"I am not your pet. You touch my husband again," said Athena as Vern cut her off as he kept walking close to her.
"He is not even worthy that title. I made you to be mine and mine alone," said Vern. Alouette gathered her winds and hit Vern to keep him away from Athena. Vern flew back as Alouette got up.
"You are in my last nerve Gale rider," said Vern as he knocked Alouette as she fell out cold.
"ALOUETTE!" shouted Athena. Vern kept coming closer and closer as two fire shots hit him. Vern turned around and saw a female version of Axl with a purple suit.
"My my suga, it looks like you need some help," said the person with the guns. Vern turned to her evilly.
"Alana! I thought you have been destroyed by the sands of time," said Vern. Alana smiled.
"Suga, that will never happened, however suga, I do have some timing to intervene. Like now," said Alana. Vern went on attack at Alana as she did pierce through shots and Vern has a huge bullet shot in his shoulders. Everyone else tried to get up as they saw the damage. Vern then attacked and knocked Alana to a wall where there is an imprint of her. A glaive came down as he looked at the pink reploid that stands near Athena.
"You have lost this time. You know it would be a matter of time I will find her," said Vern.
"You did say that but you do know that we are bound still. And for that you cannot touch her at all," said the pink reploid.
"Hah! Songstress, you know you have tricked me but this time your tricks have ended. Like that fool over there you will lose your life and I will end the misery of you around and that fool with my Athena," said Vern. Athena looked at the pink reploid with a glaive.
"You know I can stop you," said the pink reploid as she grabbed her ring and Vern stopped. Vern looked at the pink reploid as he forget about the ring she had and knocked her back. When he got near Athena, Athena's data started to show as he touched her and smiled.
"There I will keep you forever and you will be mine forever," said Vern as he got hit with a huge shockwave. He turned around to see Aile with a huge sword.
"You are late Black Knight," said Vern. Alana and the pink reploid looked at the knight like female. Aile managed to knocked him off of Athena as he went on a rampage trying to kill Aile but failed as Aile fired back. The two was in a deadlock. Alana and the pink reploid took Priestess, Fefnir, and Athena with them and ported out. Aile started to awaken as Black Knight lost power and hit Aile to a wall. Alouette used a wind as she took Aile with her to a safe spot. Vern left Aile and Alouette alone as he could not see Fefnir or Athena anymore.
"NO!!! CURSE YOU BLACK KNIGHT! I WILL GET YOU FOR THIS!!" shouted Vern as he left. Leviathan and the others tried to recuperate as they had damages to count.