BLACKOUT
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
The Dreaded Number
"You mean the Moon?" Asha whispered, "They want to kill everyone, just to kill a single Dragon God? Sammael wants to kill everyone?"
"He's being controlled, just like all the other's. The Sun wants to destroy the Moon."
"You would think it would be the other way around!" Asha stated, and at Kyle questioning gaze said, "The Sun is loved by everyone, he is basically Apollo. People live and thrive in his midst. But the Moon doesn't get that reverence, people shun the night and the beauty of the stars."
Kyle blinked, then nodded in understanding, "Yes, I do find it odd."
"Where can we find the Sun?" Asha asked.
"We can't fight them." Kyle stated, "And we can't leave Troy for awhile."
"I wasn't asking you to come with me. You need to stay with Sophia."
He shook his head, "You can't deal with them alone Asha. You don't even have weapons anymore."
"Oh yeah, that reminds me." Asha unslung her backpack, gazing into it she found all of the stuff she originally had, and a new necklace, she picked it up.
The necklace resembled a sword, with strange letter's engraved on it, it was a bright silver. She moved her finger over the letter's murmuring what they looked like.
Then the charm glowed, it shone like the moon and expanded until Asha's arms hurt from holding it up. The sword had morphed into several swords fitted together, like the buster sword Cloud had in Advent Children.
On closer examination she found that it was indeed the buster sword. She tested pulling it apart and placing it back together. Then slung it on her shoulder, "I have a weapon it seems."
Kyle was staring at it and her, like she was an alien, "That was raw magic. The Moon's magic no less."
"It' s a Buster Sword." Asha stated happily, then her grin fell off her face, "But how the hell am I supposed to carry it around with me all of the time?"
"Try murmuring the engravings again." Kyle suggested.
Asha did and the sword glowed the same colour and reverted itself to the charm, "Nifty."
Someone cleared their throat and Asha spun around, finding Hector smiling.
"Sophia is looking for you Kyle." He stated.
"Have you seen Andromache yet?" Kyle asked, his shoulder's stiffening when he realised that Hector had watched the magic.
"Your sister arrived safely with Odysseus, at the same time King Diomede's arrived, we have put him in our," Hector paused eyes sparkling with humour, "Less accommodating rooms."
Asha grinned, "Maybe you should have thrown him from a cliff?"
Hector laughed, "Maybe. But then my father wouldn't have liked that."
"Why is Diomede's here anyway?" Asha asked.
"My wedding." Hector answered.
"Wedding?" Asha blinked, knowing she looked like an idiot, then she remembered that Hector had been married to a woman called Andromache in the movie, "Princess Andromache? She's a lucky woman."
Hector smiled slightly, the smile not reaching his eyes, "What about you? Have you been married? You don't seem to have aged a single day."
"As I have said before. I don't think I will ever get married." Asha said, she was curious that she hadn't aged.
"Not even to Sammael?" Kyle asked.
Asha blushed scarlet, "He's an enemy you twit."
"Who's Sammael?" Hector asked, hand twitching near his sword.
"I am." A deep voice said from behind them.
They all turned to find Sammael's grey eyes glued to Asha, "You were gone for two years, and when I sensed your presence I... I have to come."
Hector growled, moving in front of them and drawing his sword, "I know you. Not by name, but by acts. You've decimated towns."
"Have I now." He stated casually, eyes still glued to Asha, who straightened her shoulders and walked up to Hector, placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder she felt him relax.
Grabbing her charm she whispered the words of magic and her Buster Sword appeared which she levelled intimidatingly at Sammael, "You plan to destroy the world."
"The Sun plans that, yes."
"And you serve the Sun?"
"Of course."
"Then go away. And I hope for you that you never see me again." Asha growled.
Pain passed through Sammael's eyes and he nodded, turning around and walking off.
Asha sighed painfully, making the sword a charm again and tying it around her neck. Kyle and Hector watched her with uncertainty.
"What?" She snapped, eyes closed.
"Ash-" Kyle started.
"Don't. I have something cool to show you guys. Come on." She didn't wait for their responses, just headed back to the front of the palace, where her motorbike was. It was still there, with the guard staring at it and passer-bye's whispering and pointing.
"Taa daa." She said, gesturing to it, "It's called a motorbike."
"Motorbike?" Hector asked, "What does it do?"
"You can ride it, it's faster then any horse and never tires..." She broke off, going over to the bike and glancing at the fuel gauge, it hadn't moved off of full. Curious. She didn't know how to explain it.
"Really?" Hector said, "How do you make them?"
"Er... I don't know. It was a gift from my half sister." She replied, scratching her head.
"You have a sister?" Hector asked, surprised, "Is she as amazingly different as you are?"
"More so. Her name is Kimorei. I have three sister's. All weirder then me." Asha explained, "But the point is I don't know how to make one. And I doubt anyone in this land would know."
"You mean it's from your time?" Hector asked.
Asha froze, "How-"
"Kyle told me," the Prince gestured to her offending friend, "I am on the Moon's side. Afterall, all out war has been decreed. Some cities are taking sides with the Sun. Namely Greeks."
"War?" Asha swallowed a lump in her throat.
"Yes. We are fighting for what is right."
"Like a holy war." Asha whispered to herself, "Well, it's good to have you on our side Prince Hector."
"You knew who I was when you first met me." He suddenly said, "How?"
"Your famous." She shrugged, "Extremely famous. I'm not Greek, or Trojan. I'm from a land far far away called Australia, where there are no princes, only a democracy. But I have still heard of you."
"What did I do?"
"I can't tell you..." She trailed off, remembering the horrid act, "But I will try and help you."
"It sounds like it's not the greatest thing."
"No." Asha shook her head, "But you are a hero. And by my word I will help you. So you can see your children grow old."
Hector blinked, "Will my first born be a boy?"
Asha laughed, "Not telling." Then she bowed to them and jumped onto the motorbike, "Grab a horse and let's race."
The two Prince's laughed and called for horses, Asha suggested that they head to the beach, so she jumped off to walk beside them, lugging the bike with her.
"It's kind of like a chariot." Kyle said.
"Hmmm. No not really. It's more like a horse with two legs. You need a lot of balance to ride it. Now Kyle, tell me all about your son." Asha said.
People in the street stopped and stared at them as they passed by, she noticed a lot of strange soldier's.
They walked on, ignoring the glances and Kyle explained how he found that he was in love with Sophia from the moment they found her fighting, but it had taken a long time to get her to feel the same.
"She is very stubborn." Asha said smartly.
"Reminds me of someone." Kyle stated and Hector laughed.
"Yea well I'm not going to get married any-time soon. Or ever. Let alone have children."
"You don't like children?" Hector asked.
"No." Asha stated, grumbling under her breath about how they weren't cute at all.
"I think your trying to convince yourself of that." Kyle stated, "When you meet Zach, you will change your mind."
"Will not!" Asha said.
"I bet you will get all soft and goey, like all women. You are a woman right Ash?" Kyle asked.
Asha punched him in the shoulder and walked faster, "Enough about my gender! Let's race."
She didn't hear Kyle whisper to Hector, "10 Drachma's she gets all goey when she sees Zach."
"I'm not sure she will..." Hector whispered, "She doesn't strike me as the type."
"You haven't seen her around animals. She gets goey about them." Kyle stated.
Hector blinked, gazing at the proud and confident woman, who was truly beautiful, "Really?"
"I bet behind all of that stubbornness is the warmest and goeyest woman you will ever meet. She would make a great mother." Kyle said and nodded to himself, "So, 10 Drachma's?"
"Deal." Hector murmured, still watching Asha, noting how she walked, her strong arms holding the motorbike up. And her sudden stop.
The Prince's almost slammed into her back. They looked over her shoulder and found Prince Diomede's there, conversing with Prince Achilles.
Diomede's looked up, and grinned, "Asha, good to see you again."
But she ignored him, her eyes wide and staring at Achilles who narrowed his eyes at her, "Who is she?"
"Just an annoying girl that needs punis-"
"Your Prince Achilles." Asha stated, walking forwards in a dream-like state, "I have some advice, stay out of the wars."
Prince Achilles blinked, "What?"
"You heard me." With that she walked back to where she had left her motorbike and continued on her way, with Hector and Kyle close on her heels.
"What was that about?" Kyle asked.
"He does something horrible." Asha replied, "That's all I will tell you." They had reached the gates and Asha mounted her motorbike, "Ready to get thrashed?"
They mounted their horses and Asha sped off on the motorbike, speeding as fast as she could, to try and get away from all of her worries.
Sophia looked happy, her skin glowed naturally and she looked beautiful, her once short hair now reaching her shoulders. In her arms was her child, Zach.
For some reason Hector had wanted to accompany them, and Kyle had accepted.
"Asha. I knew you would come back." Sophia said softly.
"Gosh, your just so," Asha blinked a couple of times, "Nice. What happened to the smart arse?"
Sophia waved a hand dismissaly, "Love happened."
Asha stared at her as she laughed, jiggling Zach a bit, which drew her eyes to the child.
Hector watched Asha curiously, as did Kyle. She seemed extremely confused by Sophia, and when she looked at the child her shoulder's stiffened slightly.
"He's... He's..." She stammered and everyone stared at her as she started to shake, "GOREGOUS!" She exclaimed, smiling like a fool and making faces at Zach and noises. Everyone stared at her in fascination as Sophia handed Zach over, who giggled instantly.
"Whoz thez cutest! Who who who? You are! Yes you are." Asha made goey noises, and was so preoccupied that she didn't notice Hector hand over 10 drachma's to Kyle. Zach was instantly in love with Asha and tugged on her hair and laughed constantly.
"Who would have guessed?" Hector murmured to Kyle as the two women started talking about Zach's behaviour and how cute he was. He had Kyle's blonde hair and beautiful green eyes.
"Trust me, I'm the most surprised." Sophia murmured, after she let Asha play with Zach. They frolicked around, laughing with each other.
But the mood was shattered when a solider walked in and stood to attention in front of Hector, Asha looked up, the grin falling off her face at the look of horror on Hector's face. She picked Zack up and gave him back to his mother.
"What happened?" She asked.
"They have sighted a golden dragon." Hector stated, "And many of the Sun are there."
"What does that mean?" Asha asked, clenching her hands together.
"It means your staying here." Hetcor stated.
Asha laughed, "No. I have my motorbike, they won't be expecting that. Just tell me where I need to go."
"Your not going alone." Hector commanded.
"Fine. Then someone can come with me on my bike. You chose who." She squared her shoulders.
"I'll come with you." The Prince stated, "Afterall, I know the area better then anyone else."
Asha nodded, already heading to where she kept her motorbike.
Hector hanged onto her for his life, she almost laughed when he yelped in surprise, "This thing is extremely fast."
"It's not that fastest thing in my world." Asha shrugged, taking a hand off of the handlebars.
"Really? Whats the fastest thing?" Hector asked, his voice laced with fear and his eyes on the hand that had let go, "Is it safe to ride one handed?"
"Easily. The fastest thing would be a rocket or a jet plane." Asha explained, "A rocket is something we use to fly into space, you know where the stars are. And a jet plane is for flying across countries in the air, like a dragon, but much much faster."
"Oooohk." Hector said, then he pointed to a hill, "Just over there is where they sighted the dragon."
"Get your sword out. I'm going to do a drive by." Asha commanded, then she gunned the gas and accelerated. They flew over the hill and into an empty clearing.
She stopped the bike, "Where are they?" Looking at the ground she found massive footprints, and some smaller, human ones.
Hector gestured to the sky, "There."
And above them to the east was a huge golden dragon, flying away towards the mountains.
"We can catch them." Asha stated, accelerating again, she sped up a hill, the bikes engine groaning from the effort, but it was a good quality one and trekked through the ground expertly.
Some of the Sun on the dragons back looked down at the ground and their eyes widened at the sight they beheld.
Asha overtook the dragon, heading to a tall cleft and skidding to a stop, dirt flying everywhere. Hector had brought a bow and she strung it, arming it with an arrow and taking aim.
The dragons golden eyes met her, and she saw such intelligence there that her arm faltered.
So your the Chosen One. A voice said in her head, it was sharp and intense and she felt like her entire being was being examined, she felt a presence probe into her mind.
Closing her eyes she concentrated on pushing it out, then she snapped them open again and loosed the arrow. It's aim was true and flew towards the dragons eyes, only to disintegrate in a flaming barrier.
"Asha." Hector suddenly said, "We need to get out of here."
Is horrible fascination she watched the dragon start to descend, towards them. She jumped onto the motorbike, "What dragon is that?!" Asha exclaimed.
"Goldem." Hector answered, "He's the Sun."
End.
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