I honestly don't know what I wrote, hopefully something good because the number of words exceeded the value that I originally imagined. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
Current place - Velder Inn
For once Add wasn't holdup on his room, which surprised a few gang members, and was listening to the little redheaded Lord Knight and the Reckless Fist battle plan against the demons with the other members.
"Are we all in to this plan?" Elsword asked to them, they in turn were thinking if flanking the demons would be wise as they are trained to be the ones flanking them.
"(A surprise attack on them from behind with all of us? They must be desperate to not think they would attack the citizens and weak guards.)" Add thought to himself as there were too many flaws in the plan, they were basically making a gamble to get an area that the demons conquered.
"The success rate of this plan is of 53.291%, it would be wise to think of something that would increase this outcome." Announced the Empress to them, Raven was at turn grinding his teeth. They've been trying to come up with a better plan for an hour and everyone single one involved a gamble.
"Dammit! They got us good with that area!" He yelled as his nasod arm's rage device went over the edge, the Grand Archer went beside him and put her hand on his human shoulder.
"Don't worry, we'll think of something out." She said gently calming him slowly to where he regain his composure.
"Thanks... I needed that." He said with gratitude to her, she was the only one that could calm his rage.
"How are we going to do this on our favor?" Asked the Grand Master to herself while reviewing what they already knew. The demons got into a very favorable position where if they are attacked from behind they would attack the camp with the wounded soldiers and citizens, if they attacked from the front their shadow raid would take place while they were occupied with the front line.
"Ara, Chung, Aisha, Lu and Ciel were thinking as well quietly to this problem.
"Split up." The only words Add spoken to them, grabbing their attention.
"What did you said?" Asked Elsword towards the Esper, only Lu, Chung and Elesis were the only ones that tried to make him open up to the gang.
"I said split up, muscle brain." He repeated to them, they were still confused towards his words. Honestly he was the only one that stayed in his room not giving two shits on them or their plans.
"Oh I think I get it now!" Said the Iron Paladin towards the gang, looks like Add's idea reached his skull. "If we split up in half we can take care of the front line and the shadow raid at the same time!"
"Eve's hows the plan rate?" Elsword asked to her, her eyes glowed a bit before returning to normal.
"The plans successful rate is of 96.631%. This is the best course of action to take against the demons." She announced, Add was already leaving the gang as she was announcing it.
"Good job Chung!" Said Elsword towards his comrade, the Paladin however shook his head.
"I wasn't the one that came up with the idea, it was him." He said while pointing to the leaving Esper, Lu and Elesis also knew it was his idea as he never spoke his thoughts to the gang.
"Him?" Asked Ciel with annoyance towards where the Esper was before. "He only said two words that made no sense, you're the one that said the idea."
"Are you really that dumb Ciel?" Asked Lu with a deadpan expression, this made him look at her with a dumb folded expression. "Add basically said his idea, Chung just put the pieces together." She explained towards her butler, only now he understood what Add was trying to say.
Velder Inn - Add's room
Elesis and Lu entered his room to try and talk to him, but when they arrived he wasn't there anymore.
"Where did he go?" Asked Elesis as she was looking at his tidy room with nasod pieces on the table, some wires and components on a small box near the table.
"I think he went to the baker/coffee shop that he usually goes, I go there too to talk with him and try the cakes." Lu informed her, Elesis then looked at a small frame with a picture of a long white haired woman and a small boy with the same color of hair but shorter.
"You talk to him? When did that happen?" She asked as she putted the frame down, Lu looked to the sides to avoid eye contact.
"Well... I wanted to make him open more to us, but I think I grew to like him." She explained a little fidgeting in place.
"Ho... Would you even consider... Love him?" Pretty bluntly on Elesis part to Lu, but she would be lying if she didn't held some kind of deep feeling towards the Esper. He only said that he lost everything, the same with her case.
"I-I don't love him!" She yelled with a visible blush and rage on her face, Elesis is quick on these subjects.
"Really? Then you wouldn't mind me trying to get him right?" She asked, even though she teased she actually was the first to understand him and the first one to help, going as far as to try making him looking her way.
"Don't you take him away from me!" Lu Yelled again without thinking this time, when she realized what she said she quickly covered her mouth.
"So you do have feelings for him! Now I have a rival!" Said Elesis liking the challenge, Lu knew already that when Elesis wants something she goes to great lengths to get it.
"What are you two doing in Add's room?" Asked Chung curious with Eve and Elsword, their yelling could be heard from here to Elsword's room that was three doors away.
"N-nothing!" Said Lu as she ran away from the scene to avoid any more suspicion.
"What's up with her?" Asked Elsword confused towards the fleeing succubus, once she was out of sight he gave his attention to his sister.
"We were just talking brother! Where were you three going?" Her turn to ask to avoid anymore questions.
"We are going to train a bit, looks like Eve wants to record some data to be absolute sure we can succeed." He said towards the perfect nasod.
"I already have collected Raven's, Rena's, Ara's, yours, Chung's, Ciel's, Lu's and Elsword's data for some time now. A update is required to have certainty that we come out without arm." She informed towards the Grand Master, she on the other hand caught on something.
"What about Add's data?" She asked towards the queen, took her seconds to process that question.
"I have no use for such low life's data in my bank, the only information needed from him is his appearance and nothing more." She said with the actual cold coming from her words.
"You know if it wasn't for him, me and Lu would have been killed from your success rate of 98 something percent." She returned back with some fire to melt the coldness.
"That was just a odd miscalculation, it should of been flawless the plan and the data that I had recorded." Eve said with some confusion on the attack. "Furthermore Add must of left his character behind for he, and I quote his words, 'doesn't give two shits about us'."
"What do you know about Add? You just said you only know of his looks." Elesis just found out something to bury Eve for the first time.
"That's because... You... Elsword, Chung. I'm going to power down for today." She told the two while walking a bit faster to her room, that was next to Add's believe it or not.
"You just shut Eve up! That's a first!" Said Chung towards Elesis that stood with a pride.
Meanwhile with Add
After he left the Inn he went slower towards his usual spot to see the destruction around the town, to him this is exactly what he wanted, destruction... or was it? He didn't know anymore, after his insanity went to a higher level he doesn't know what he truly wants that well.
A couple of feet away from the shop he noticed a small squad of demons behind an alleyway, he used his dynamos to hear their plot this time.
"Alright... Lets go through the plan again. We are going to that place the Diabolic Esper goes often, we are going to kill and destroy the place and run before anyone notices. That should make out stand against that lunatic." Said a glitter commander to his troops.
After hearing the small plan, Add came into sight of the them. They looked at him with slight fear, but with some spark to their cold yellow eyes to take that feeling away.
"You're doing what now, little shit?" He asked while a grin was slowly being plastered on his face, their will was going away very slowly at the grin.
"Steel your nerves and attack him!" Yelled the commander getting moral back up, they charged towards him with their spears ready.
"Reverse Circle!" He shouted disappearing through a portal and appearing behind them while throwing a pink sphere of gravity energy, upon contact they received a great portion on damage and then when the ball exploded they were unconscious.
"Trying to destroy the one spot I can be at peace, heh?" He said as he activated his nasod armor and slowly went towards the head of the squad, he put some effort while crushing the skull of the commander with his feet.
He then used space and time to dismember the rest of the squad, anyone that entered that alleyway could only see that someone brutally killed them. And they would be right.
After he cleaned out the trash Add resumed his way to the place that he didn't bothered remembering the name, once he arrived Lu was already there on the table they usually are, he wanted to go to another table, but they were all full. He sat on his usual spot with Lu.
"What took you so long?" She asked a bit annoyed, she actually arrived only a minute before Add. She just said that to make him believe that she was there longer than him.
"Why are you so annoyed about? It's not like we are on a date or anything." He said with a small sigh, he really wanted to be alone. His phrase though made Lu very faintly blush to the thought of going on a date with him.
As he was waiting with her for service Add took the time to look at the sign that reads 'Velder's peace', an odd name for a baker/coffee shop, but it actually brought some peace to him so it wasn't the sign wasn't a farce.
"H-hello miss Lu, mister A-add! Wh-what would you like for today?" Asked the tan waitress, the same one that is still afraid of them, but she conquered some of her fear to serve them.
"I want a slice of..." She looks at the menu before giving her answer. "pound layer cake." She ordered to the waitress before she redirected her attention to Add that was looking through the menu too.
"Is the oreo blizzard cake new?" He asked to her and she seemed to be beaming for some odd reason to him.
"Yes! That cake is the newest addition to Velder's peace! It's both delicious and has some meaning to it!" She informed him with some excitement, looks like she asked the head to make it.
"What's the meaning behind it?" He asked wanting to know, she seemed to try and remember before she remembered.
"It means 'You can be black and white, but inside you're just like a mirror that can shatter'."
"That's like an enigma, I'll take a slice of it then." He said while putting the menu down.
"Certainly! I-I'll bring your orders right away!" She informed before walking towards the counter.
"Hmm... I wonder what it means..." Thought Lu aloud trying to solve the enigma.
"It means emotions." He told her, her train of thought was ceased thanks to him.
"What does emotions have to do the cake?"
"It's its meaning." He repeated his idea again to her, she seemed still confused. "Basically the meaning goes like this, from the outside you can only see the person black and white, but in the inside his emotions are full of colors. A shattered mirror symbolizes the many emotions a person or demon can have."
"Wow... You solved it that fast?" Asked the maid to him, now that she was somewhat close to him he could see her name tag. Her name was...
"Chloe!?" He yelled as she was startled by him, he could barely recognize her. Instead of her trademark ponytail, her hair was untied and free covering her long ears. She put their orders down and put a finger on her lips.
"Shhhhh! Keep it quiet! If anyone figures it out it's me I'll be the laughing stock around the invasion!" She said almost begging to him.
"Why are you working here?" He asked in a lowered tone to her, she looked to the sides before whispering to his ear.
"Master Ran cut my funds, so I took this job while concealing my ears to avoid suspicion. I had no other choice and the head of the place doesn't mind me working here as long as I don't cause trouble or get caught."
"So you weren't the one that told those demons some ways back that I usually come here?" He asked to her dismay, she didn't know that a squad of demons were coming to way.
"No! Where are they now!?" She asked in a panic state, her reputation would go downhill.
"I killed them, they said they would destroy this one place that I have peace." He informed her before taking a fork of his cake. "This IS good!"
"Told you it was! And thanks for disposing them." She said with some relief, she then left them to go back to work.
"And she was..." Asked Lu eyeing the waitress.
"An old enemy." He instantly replied as he took another fork.
"Hmm..." She said while taking a fork of her own slice, it was pretty good for her.
As time passed Lu and Add kept eating their cake, they didn't spoke nor minded the silence. Until she broke it.
"You feel at peace here?" She asked confused at his words.
"It's the only place where no bickering or work gets in the way." He answered as he was looking to the side, he was just staring blankly towards the road.
"Add, why did you joined the gang?" She asked again, his attention was now fixated to her now.
"At first, it was because of Eve's codes. But those were useless as I managed my code on my own." He answered truthfully, the first of a long time to anyone.
"Than why are you still with us?" She asked with some hope that It was something that he wanted.
"It's because of a little something, the only thing that is tying me down to you guys. If that something gives up on me, then you guys won't see me again."
Lu couldn't believe what she heard, if there was something OR someone that is keeping him with them, then if it gives up on him she'll never see him again.
"Who is tying you down?" She asked to him, she needed to know who was it.
"Why don't you try and find out? Once she says the magic words you'll know." He said almost jokingly to her, but deep down he was serious.
She almost sulked to his response, she wants to prevent that at all costs if she could. By the time she stopped sulking they had finished their meals, Add called Chloe and payed her as he always does, the money for the meal and the tip for her.
"Don't bother taking your ED out, I paid your meal." He informed Lu, she was surprised that he paid her meal. "I'm going back to that hellhole, you coming?"
She only responded with a nod and both of them left together, this was the first time she was actually asked if she wanted to leave by him. Looks like her gestures are coming to fruit, but she is still far away to make him notice her the way she wants to.
Finally this chapter is done, now I can focus on my FNAF story before diving in my Pokemon one. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, just don't expect me updating it anytime soon.