The Fennith Incident
Chapter 3
"Where are you from!?" Mikoto asked Camus, who was standing in the middle of the townsquare surrounded by the denizens of Fennith,
"Where are Aden and Sonja!?" Joe growled,
Camus stood quiet.
"Boy!" Bacchus grumbled, "Tell us! Why are you here!?"
"Huh..." Camus sighed, "I am under the Crown of Norad as a Noradian Marine soldier..." he responded.
"A Noradian? All the way out here?" Beatrix said, "Why?"
"That is confidential." Camus responded,
"Boy! If you don't tell us!" Bacchus grabbed him by the neck and raised his fist,
"I am under oath!" Camus growled and quickly twisted the man's wrist.
"ARGH!"
"Hey!" Mikoto yelled and quickly sheathed her sword and placed it by his neck.
Camus quickly stopped his action, "I am under oath.." he responded once more.
"Camus?" a quiet voice asked, making the soldier turn,
"Tabatha?!" Camus said in shock as the elf came up to him.
"You know this man?" Gerard asked,
"Yes..." Tabatha responded, "We lived in the same town for a time. Camus... What are you doing here?"
"I was on a mission." Camus responded, more open to her than to the others,
"What happened?" Tabatha said, seeing the bandage around his kidney area, "Why?"
"Huh..." Camus sighed, "I joined the Force.. after... she... left." he gulped hard, "I had nothing to live for over there... so I decided to go to Norad to confuse my father... and this was a bullet wound."
"What are the Noradians doing here?" Tabatha asked,
"I can't tell you that..." Camus responded, "But I can say this... The Sechs have your Earthmates."
"Aden and Sonja?" Lily asked, "The Sechs?"
"How do you know this?" Tabatha asked, since she knew they would get more answers if she did so.
"The Sechs are the ones who killed my comrades." Camus mumbled, "By the armor... It was the Sechs Dragoon Force... I'm guessing we were outnumbered.. It's not easy taking down a Marine." he chuckled.
"So the Sechs have Aden and Sonja.." Bacchus grumbled, "But what do they need them for."
"The same reason the Marines need them for." Camus mumbled, then stood quiet.
000000000
"Ha!" Ethelberd said in glee as the Special Forces arrived with the two Earthmates both in bad condition- Aden from the blow to his head and Sonja from her captivity.
"The Dragoon Force has succeeded against all odds!" The Leader said with pride,
"Why is that?" Ethelberd asked,
"The Noradians had sent their own special force to try to acquire the weapons first." the Leader responded, "We encountered the Marines during our mission!"
"And what of them?"
"They were swiftly eliminated." the Leader added, "With no losses. We have one injured, but the Crucible Steel armor saved him from death."
"This is splendid news!" Ethelberd chuckled, "We showed the Noradians a lesson! And we have the two Earthmates."
"What do you want with us..." Aden grumbled, still reeling from the concussion,
"You will be part of the Sechs plan for glory!" Ethelberd laughed, "Dragoon Force! Take them to the Facility!"
"Aye sir!" the Leader saluted and walked off with his men.
000000000
"A mystery, sire..." the captain of the naval vessel that was supposed to pick up the Marines told the King, "The Marines never returned to reconnect with me."
"Someone must have gotten to them first..." the King grumbled, "If it as I think... Norad has much to fear."
"What is that, sir?" Commander Viscen asked,
"The Sechs must have intercepted them.." the King mumbled, "They have another Earthmate in their grasp... We have 1... They have two. Send a delegate to Fennith to explain this whole situation... We will contact the Sechs over this issue..."
"Aye sir." Viscen answered and dismissed himself.
000000000
"I'm not saying it was the Sechs... But it was the Sechs." a well suited man said from a podium,
"For the Council of Nations, that is just superstition!" another man said, "You are blackening our name, Representative of Norad! Grand Chairman, you cannot accept this!"
"Calm down, Sechs Representative." the Grand Chairman said, "You voice truth... Representative of Norad, you present no conclusive evidence on the support of your claim!"
"We have sent investigators!" the Representative of Norad retorted, "We will find the truth!"
"By changing evidence!" the Sechs Representative spat, "We will send investigators too!"
"Enough!" the Grand Chairman said, "The Council will send its own investigators! We do not want biased views to tamper this case!"
000000000
"You brought this panic on us!" Bacchus yelled as the a delegate from Norad inspected the casualties, "To hell with your kingdom!"
"Sir! Please!" the man said, "I came in peace!"
"Peace my butt!" Joe growled, "And take your stupid marine back with you!" he said and the villagers threw Camus from their midst.
"A Marine!?" the delegate said in shock as Camus dusted himself off, "This is great."
"You think so?" Camus grumbled, "Try taking a bullet to your gut."
"You can be a witness!" the delegate smiled, "The King will be glad to hear this!"
"I'm just glad someone is here to get me off this rock." Camus said, "Is there a ship here to take us?"
"Aye." the delegate said, then turned to the people, "Thank you for your time... And the Crown of Norad sends you their condolences."
"Hey! Wait!" a voice yelled, it was Mikoto,
"Huh?"
"You will take me with you!" Mikoto yelled, "Fennith is not through with your Nories yet!"
"I'm afraid that's not possible!" the delegate responded, "It takes paper work and royal permission to meet the K-"
"You take me... now." Mikoto placed her blade on the man's throat,
"O-O-o-o-K..." the delegate stammered, "Whatever you say... We owe you one anyways..."
"Glad to hear that.." Mikoto mumbled.
000000000
"Look." Iris smiled as she finished a painting, "Raguna.. it's the moon!"
"Oh..." Raguna said in awe as he inspected it, "It's really pretty... The flow of the paint on the environment... Great.."
"Thank you.." Iris blushed, "I made it for you."
"Oh..." Raguna smiled, "I love it.."
"I hope the baby loves it, too." Iris looked at her belly,
"I'm sure he will.." Raguna hugged her.
I Hope you enjoyed! Please Review guys! More chaps coming soon!