Chapter 46: A ray of hope
Since he had become a zombie, Rock spent nights crying on his bed, although he tried not to do it.
He knew that if he fulfilled his revenge he would have to perish in the attempt. On the other side, if he forgot about it and managed to go back home, his people wouldn't accept him again, because he wasn't human anymore.
He would probably never see Bangoo again. His thirst for revenge had led him to the dramatic situation he was in.
The only thing he wanted was to destroy the sword as soon as possible and end both his and his enemy's lives.
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One night, one of Cervantes' crewmen heard Rock sobbing on his bed.
He approached him and asked:
- What's the matter, my friend?
- Not your business. – grumbled Rock, without looking at him.
- Come on…you can tell me. I won't say a word. Your secret will die with me… – said the pirate. – Err…if I…die again.
The pirate laughed. Rock smiled slightly, but the other man couldn't see it.
- Cheer up, man! – exclaimed the crewman, who didn't behave as a zombie is expected to. – Think of this: not everyone has a chance after death as you and me.
- A chance? – replied Rock. – Food tastes like ashes. Water doesn't refresh me. Wind burns my skin. And I spent all day scrubbing the deck and killing other men.
- Damn…I'm supposed to cheer you up, you're not supposed to get me down.
He patted Rock on his shoulder, friendly.
- I am Alan. – he introduced himself still smiling. – And I've been on this ship for the last seven years.
- Seven years? – asked a surprised Rock. – How do you deal with it?
Finally, Rock sat up and looked at Alan.
- Hope is the last thing to go, don't you know?
- Hope? We're trapped in here for the rest of our lives. The only way we can get out of here is killing Cervantes, and we would die too.
- That's not totally true. – replied Alan smiling and showing his yellowish dirty teeth. – Have you ever heard about Soul Calibur?
Rock shook his head.
- It's an antagonistic sword to Soul Edge. All the evil things Soul Edge does, Soul Calibur can repair.
- What do you mean?
- Maybe Soul Calibur can...turn us back into our human form.
- But…Soul Edge power resurrected us. If Soul Calibur undoes that, we will die. Am I wrong?
- It doesn't have to be that way. We both were killed by Cervantes, as well as the rest of the crew. Cervantes is the only one on this ship who died and Soul Edge had nothing to do with it. Maybe if we destroy Soul Edge using Soul Calibur…Cervantes would die and we would become human again.