Ryo: Okay guys. This is it, the final chapter of the London story arc. And after that, the heroes will finally leave London and…oh just read this chapter and find out for yourselves!

Chapter 15: Falcone's Last Stand

Meanwhile, in Falcone's yacht, Ricky stood in the center of a huge empty room. Ricky stood and looks around the room for a few minutes until a familiar man in a white suit enters the room. He was none other than Carmine Falcone himself.

"Well, I'm been wanting to meet you for a while now." Falcone said as he walks over to Ricky. "I'm Carmine Falcone. I hope you are not in too much pain to hear my words and understand them. I had a question for you. Are you really a templar?"

"Well, sort of. Because personally, I still think I'm just a teenage boy with a golden sword." Ricky said, scratching the back of his head.

"Ah, but to me, I think you really are one. Because if you were really a Templar, the bounty hunters I have fired to find you could not kill you anyway. If they could, then you are useless to me. Anyways, I have already wasted precious minutes in granting you this audience, and I do not wish to waste any more. I have gone to considerable expense and effort to bring you all the way here. It is because I have a job for you."

"And what is it? If it is about asking me to join your mob and become your bodyguard, forget it. I've already declined that offer." Ricky crossed his arms.

"Oh no, I'm not wanting you to join my mob, I just want the power of your sword." Faclone smirked.

"What? You go through all that trouble just to want the power of my Carsomyr?"

"Yes. I was amazed by the stories of how the Templars fought and the weapons they use. Your Carsomyr. It has the great power I need to make my droids more powerful."

"What? Droids?"

"Yes." Falcone said. Just then, two of Falcone's droids entered the room. Both droids are 7 feet tall and each has silver plating and a single red eye optic. One of their arms is a rifle-arm. The droids stand next to Falcone on each side. "Aren't they beautiful? With them and your power of your sword, I'm gonna use them to run London into the ground until the government officials and the Royal British Army surrender total control of the city to me."

"You know I can't let you do that." Ricky said sternly. Just then, a siren blared throughout the yacht.

"Well, it looks like your friends somehow manage to steal my ship codes, found my yacht and break in to rescue you. Unexpected. You will remain here in this room under guard. I must to see to the defense of my ship."

After arriving at Falcone's yacht with one of the Royal British Army's freighters, Will used her rocket launcher and shot a rocket onto the yacht's door, destroying it, allowing her and Allen to step inside the yacht.

"Nice." Allen said to Will, sort of impressed.

"Thanks." Will smirked. The two walked into the yacht. They walked through a hallway, which have three metal doors on each side. The hallway was dark, empty and quiet…too quiet.

When they reached the center of the hallway, the lights turned on by themselves, making both of them quickly draw out their weapons and get into their fighting stances.

"Get ready." Allen said to Will.

"Well duh." Will rolled her eyes. Just then, six of Falcone's droids came out of the doors and surround the two. Three of the droids start shooting at Allen. Allen quickly turned around, runs towards one of the droids and jumped over it's head and one of the lasers hit the droid's head.

Meanwhile, the other two droids shoot lasers at Will. Will quickly deflects the lasers with her rapiers and the lasers hit one of the droids down. The other droid was about to shoot again but Will quickly points her rocket launcher at it and shot a rocket at him.

Allen carries up one of the droids and throws it onto the other two droids, destroying all three of them. Will walks over to Allen and said, "You know, I could have finished them all by myself."

"What?" Allen snapped. "Oh, so you think you are-OW!" He yelps in pain when Will punches Allen's arm.

"I was just pulling your leg." Will chuckled. Allen groaned.

The two turned around and continue walking down the hallway. They continued walking until they arrived at two huge doors. Once again, Will destroys the doors with her rocket launcher. They both got into the huge room and found Ricky, hand cuffed and tied to a chair with ropes at the center of the huge room. He doesn't have his Carsomyr sword with him.

"Ricky!" Allen yelled as he and Will make their way towards him.

"No! Stay back! It's a trap!" Ricky shouted. Just then, a huge droid bursts into the room by crashing through the wall of the room, making Allen and Will stop at their tracks and turned to it. The droid is10-feet tall, obviously taller and bigger than the other droids. Next to the droid was Carmine Falcone, with Ricky's Carsomyr in one of his hands.

"That's right. And I have already powered up my droids with your friend's Carsomyr. And you two will be the first to experience my new deadly droids!" Falcone grinned evilly. The 10-foot tall droid then charges at Allen and Will.

"Go free Ricky, I'll deal with the droid." Allen said to Will. Will quickly runs over to Ricky while Allen charges at the droid with his Greatsword. The droid then brings it's rifle-arm down onto Allen. Allen quickly jumped in the air as the droid's rifle-arm collided onto the ground where Allen was before. Allen jumped over the droid , landed behind him and throws his Greatsword at the droid's back.

But when the Greatsword hits the droid's armor plating, the armor deflects the sword and the sword swings back to Allen who quickly grabs it. He gasps. His attack didn't make a scratch on the droid at all.

The droid swings around and hits Allen with his arm, sending him flying across the room. This made Falcone chuckled in satisfaction.

Meanwhile, Will was busy untying the ropes that are attaching Ricky to the chair. "So, you're now helping me, huh?" Ricky asked in a toneless voice.

"Hey, I'm sorry for what I did to you back at my house, okay?" Will said. "Now hold still, this shouldn't take-"

"Look out!" Ricky yelled. Will turned around and before she could react, the droid already hit her with his rifle-arm and Will got thrown against the wall as if she was nothing more than a rag doll. As Will lay crumpled onto the floor, the huge droid slowly walks over to her. Will had barely recovered and she quickly aims her rocket launcher at the droid. She shot a rocket at the droid but when the rocket hits the droid, it didn't do any damage to the droid at all. It was as if it was invincible.

When the droid came up to Will, he pulled up the girl with his other arm and wrapped his fingers around Will's body. Will cried in pain as the droid tightens his hold around her body.

'Darn!" Ricky though. He couldn't do anything since he is attached to the chair. If only he could do something to help his allies. "What?" He said in surprise when all of the sudden, his fists spread out its fingers by itself and tries to reach out for the Carsomyr.

"What the-" Falcone said as the Carsomyr in his right hand, suddenly removed itself from Falcone's grasp and heads over to Ricky's hand. Ricky grabs it and stares his weapon for a moment. Then a grin spread across his face and quickly cuts the ropes with his Carsomyr. He then stood up from his chair, breaks his handcuffs and charges over to the droid who is almost finished crushing Will's body.

"Hang on!" Ricky yelled. He jumped into the air and stabs his Carsomyr onto the droid's back. The droid yelps as he lets goes of Will, who fell to the ground, breathing heavily. Ricky removes his weapon from the droid and jumps off of it. The droid electrocutes and exploded.

"Darn it!" Falcone cursed and he quickly runs out of the room.

"Falcone's getting away!" Will yelled as Ricky kneeled over to her.

"No he's not!" Allen hissed as he quickly got up from the ground and chases after the mob leader.

Falcone was at the escape pod room of his yacht and frantically taps his fingers onto a console to activate one of the escape pods. Just then, he yelps when Allen breaks through the doorway with his Greatsword.

He glared at Falcone and said, "It's over Falcone. Give up!"

Falcone growls as he grits his teeth and draws out his pistol and shot at Allen. Allen simply deflects the shot with his Greatsword, charges over to Falcone and punches his stomach hard. Falcone then fell to the ground on his knees, passes out and collapses from the powerful blow Allen brought to his stomach.

Just then, Ricky enters the room, who is supporting Will. He looks at Falcone's unconscious body and said, "It's all over now."

An hour later, the three heroes landed Falcone's yacht at one of the landing pads at Heathrow Airport. Two soldiers were escorting Falcone, who now has handcuffs cuffed on his hands, out of the yacht. Falcone hung his head in defeat, knowing that his gang has officially fallen. Meanwhile, a few feet away from the yacht, Lenalee was cleaning Allen's bruise on his head, which was made by the droid, with a cloth.

"Good job, Allen. You did good." Lenalee said.

"I know. Thanks. But I couldn't have done it without Ricky and Will." Allen grinned. Meanwhile, Roy Mustang was talking with Ricky, Ben, Saber, Wall-E and Will.

"Thank you, all of you, for helping us take down the Falcone Mob and capture Carmine Falcone. Now all our problems with the Falcone Mob can finally come to an end." Roy smiled.

"It was no problem at all." Saber said. Roy turned to Will.

"Oh and Will, although you are a bounty hunter, since you helped my lieutenant, freed Ricky and help us catch Falcone, we have decided to drop all charges against you." Roy said. Will looked stunned. Did Roy just said that the army is going to let her go? She immediately spread out her arms and hugged Roy, making the colonel look stunned.

"Oh thank you! I promise I'll be a good girl from now on!" Will cried. Roy coughed, making the girl get back to her senses and let go of him. "Oh yeah, sorry." Will sweatdropped.

Roy turned back to ricky and ben and asked, "Also, are you two from Omaha, United States?"

"Yes. Why did you asked?" Ben asked.

"Because some of our troops recently went to Omaha after the faction's invasion of the city." Allen said, walking over to Ricky's group. "Our troops over there have recorded the names of the survivors, deceased and captured by the Faction."

"Really? Is my cousin Gwen and my grandfather Max alright?" Ben asked hopefully.

"Yes. Our troops reported that Gwen Tennyson and max Tennyson are some of the survivors of the invasion." Roy said.

Ben's eyes widen and tears of joy form in his eyes. He couldn't be any more happier. His family is alright and has survived the invasion. "Oh thank you!" Ben embraced Roy, who once again, looked stunned.

"What about my guardian? Robert Blade?" Ricky asked.

Roy sighed. "I'm afraid…he was captured by the Faction." Ricky widens his eyes in shock. He can't believe this. His guardian has been captured? Saber sees this and looks at him in concern.

"No…it can't be…" Ricky uttered. He hangs his head and tears start rolling down his cheeks. He couldn't believe this is happening to him. He has already lost his mother Yoruichi and now his guardian is captured.

"Ricky…" Saber said as she puts a hand on Ricky's back.

"Ricky…" Wall-E said sadly as he looks up at Ricky.

"I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do." Roy said in sadness.

Ricky lifts up his head and frowns deeply. "No. I can't let the faction do this. I must find where the Faction is hiding and get my guardian back. I already lost a parent and I' m not gonna lose another! Robert is like a father to me and I can't let him share the same fate as my mother!" He yelled. "I rescue him and take down the Faction once and for all."

Everybody stared at him for moment, until Saber spoke up sternly, "And I will help you. I lost a parent too. So I can't let you share the same sadness as me." Ricky turned to him and smiled.

"Count me in." Will said as she points her thumb to herself. "I will stand by side and help you take down the Faction because you're gonna need all the help you can get."

"Thanks Will." Ricky said.

"Me too!" Ben said in determination.

"Me too!" Wall-E raises up his head.

"Thank you guys, all of you. Let's go take down the Faction." Ricky said.

Meanwhile, back at the bottom of D-Lagoon Bar, Cedric still lays still on the ground at the middle of the arena room. Just then, a figure walked up to him and looked down at him.

He holds up a hand above Cedric's body and said, "Awaken."

A while later, Cedric slowly opens his eyes. He was groggy at first and groaning. He gets up from the hard floor and turned to the figure. To his surprise, it was Oswald Donovan, the high commander of the Faction.

"You! You're Oswald Donovan." Cedric said, shock and a little frightened to see the high commander of the Faction himself.

"Yes, you are right. It is me." Oswald said in a toneless voice. "And I have just saved your life. That makes it mine." He holds up his hand to Cedric again. Some sort of force energy immediately made Cedric kneels down on the ground on his knees.

"What did you just do to revive me? And why? Why are you doing this? Why didn't you let me die?" Cedric demanded.

"Because I want use of you. I heard you were a skilled swordsman and I need you to hunt down a certain Templar for me. When I first heard about this Templar, I immediately know I must take action. I must find this Templar and take him down. He's an obstacle that is standing in front of my conquest in making this planet a better and living world for all of us."

"I see…" Cedric breathed heavily. "But you still haven't answered my first question."

"I possess these great powers during my battle at DC. When I stormed into the White House, I was able to possess the Templar powers I needed to make myself more powerful, even more powerful than any other Templar or being who tries to defy me." Oswald explained. He kneeled down and looks at Cedric, who looks back at him with fear. "And now, Cedric. You will now serve me as my servant. And I promise you this. Unlike that red-haired brat, as long as you are loyal to me, I shall never show you mercy or pity. But most of all, I promise you, you will have another chance to hunt that girl, pursue her, and kill her." Cedric slowly nods his head.

Oswald grinned evilly. "Good." He stands up and turns around. "Now come along, Cedric. We have much to do."

The next day, at the pier, Lenalee stood in front of Ricky and his group. They are all in front of a staircase which leads them to a huge white cruise ship which is the size of three football fields.

"Well, this is it. The S.S. Soul. The cruise will bring you to Beijing where one of the Faction's headquarters is stationed at." Lenalee said.

"Right. And once we arrive that, we shall break into their quarters, interrogate one of their generals and make him tell us where their high commander Oswald is hiding." Saber said.

Lenalee bowed her head and said, "I wish you guys good luck. And go save our world."

"Thank you for everything, Lenalee. I'll never forget you." Ricky said as he shook Lenalee's hand.

"You're welcome." After shaking hands with Ricky, Lenalee embraced Ricky, making the boy blushed. A while later, she breaks her hug and let go of him. "And I'll never forget you too. You guys will always be welcome here at London."

"Good bye, Lenalee." Ricky smiled. He and his group turned around and walks up the stairs which will lead them to the ship.

"All aboard!" One of the ship officers yelled a few minutes later. The cruise blows out its engines and gets ready to leave the pier. Lenalee watches the ship leave for a while before turning around and walk away.

Later at the Royal British Army headquarters, Roy was sitting at his desk in his office until he heard a knock on his door. "Come in." Roy called. The door opens and Lenalee enters the office.

"Colonel, have you seen Lieutenant Walker?" Lenalee asked as she walks up to his desk.

"Lieutenant Allen Walker has left with the templar." Roy answered.

"What? And you didn't stop him?" Lenalee asked.

"No. He was the one who requested me to give him permission to follow the Templar. He says that he and the Templar both have something in common and he wishes to help him get his guardian back." Roy looked up at Lenalee and grinned. "I'm very proud with my lieutenant and I hope he will be able to help the Templar accomplish his mission."

Lenalee sighed. "Alright. Thank you, Colonel." As she turned around and makes her leave, she said to herself, "Good luck, Allen. And I'll miss you."

Meanwhile, at the SS Soul, Ben, Saber, Wall-E and Will all have amazed looks on their faces as they admired the beautiful view of the skies and the sea while standing behind the railing on the ship. A group of seagulls were flying through the skies and they were able to spot dolphins swimming at the bottom of the ship.

"Wow. This is so beautiful. I wish I could admire this view every day." Will said.

"Yeah, me too." Saber said. Just then, she noticed Ricky standing a few feet away from them while looking up at the sky sadly. "What's wrong with Ricky?"

"Oh right." Ben said.

"What?"

"When Ricky was young, his mother told him that after she finished saving our country at DC, she would bring him on a cruise. But of course, she died during the battle and she was never able to fulfill that promise. So yeah, I bet he's thinking about his mother again." Ben explained.

"Oh." Saber said.

"Poor guy." Will said, also feeling sorry for Ricky. "So guys, wanna go to the restaurant?"

"Alright, sure. I wonder what food they serve there." Saber said as she and the others leave. She knows that Ricky needs to be alone for a while.

As Ricky looked up at the sky sadly, he could still remember all the great and wonderful memories he had with his mother before her death during the battle of DC. A tear rolled down his cheek. He still misses his mother and he wished that she could still be here with him.

"Thinking about your mother again?" a voice spoke up. Ricky gasped and turned around. The voice came from Allen who is standing behind him.

"Allen? What are you doing here?" Ricky asked.

"What do you think? I'm coming with you to help you get your guardian back. Like what Saber said to you, I lost someone who I still missed a lot. And I'm not gonna let you suffer even more sadness if the Faction were to do anything to your guardian. And if I do remember, our first introduction didn't go well, so let's start all over." Allen smiled as he holds out his hand. "I'm Allen Walker."

Ricky smiled back, grabs Allen's hand and shakes it. "I'm Ricky Blade. And welcome to the group, Allen."

END OF CHAPTER

Ryo: And there you go. The heroes are now leaving London and making their way to Beijing. The next few chapters will be interesting because as the group relaxes on the cruise, they will get to know each other and tell each ohter more about themselves. So stay tune and read and review!