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Guest: You will see...
Guest: The rotten kind of parents...
Yubima-chan: At first yes but then they went back to the Underground Kingdom. Of course he is not... but somebody else is rotten to the core.
guest: Its not just Elsa, Lars had played a part in it too, though not as direct as Elsa. It was both familial and lovers love that brought Hans but Lars is no push over...
Dreamsandimaginations: Well the Shadow demons need a reminder of who the boss is every so often. lol
Any way I hope you all enjoy this chapter and please leave a review when done, opinions are most welcomed.
Smoke, it was the first thing that Hans and Elsa noticed and smelled when they followed Albert to town. All around people were either trying to control the flames or saving whatever belongings they could or rescuing others. The water seemed to have no effect as the flames raged on.
"Hurry hurry! Get the people out of here!" yelled Agathe as the Fateweavers tried to help rescue and control the situation as well as they could, but it was not enough.
Acting quick Hans tore off his gloves and tried to exert control over the flames to turn them off, but it was hard, almost difficult, the pain he felt was horrible, it was like he was being burned on the inside, yet he remained steadfast as he forced the flames simmer then die down.
Trembling Hans pressed his hand on his lower back which was where the worst pain was, noticing it Elsa asked "What's wrong?", before Hans could answer he froze and turned, starring at the smoke covered streets. His face was of pure shock and fear, Elsa could not understand why, starring she saw figures coming forth from the smoke which just seemed to part for them.
The closer they got the more spooked the Fateweavers seemed to get, there were 6 people, 5 of them Elsa did not know, 2 woman and 3 men, upon closer look her eyes widen as she recognized them.
They, they were Bak, Feinya, Aled, Mahendra and Svetlana, the phoenix of the past! but at the same time they were not, their skins were ashen, their bodies so distorted in a way that you knew they were not alive. Before a word was spoke the group went on the attack, one of the group, Feinya attacked Agathe, slamming them both against a wall, reacting Merlin ran but he was thrown against the ground yelling in pain as Mahendra and Aled burned his back.
"Merlin!" yelled Hans before he was almost attacked by Bak, but the blow never came. Looking Hans saw Bak had chains wrapped around his body, immobilizing him, turning Hans sighted when he saw Lars was there,
"Are you alright brother?" asked Lars with concern,
"Yes, thank you" said Hans getting up from the ground, nodding Lars glared at the group before saying "You and the rest get as many out",
"But Lars" began Hans,
"Now, this is my job to do this, not yours" said Lars, nodding Hans back away, the rest did the same leaving Lars alone to face the group.
Leading the group to a safehouse Hans cursed as he walked back and forth,
"What was that!?" yelled Clara shocked at what happened,
"I though that nothing could be brought back to life" said Elsa confused,
"No, I mean, its possible, but its forbidden" said Agathe before she explained "If a person is brought back they come back corrupted, a shell of their former selves, their souls suffer in pain as they are trapped in a body", Elsa looked at Hans who nodded, confirming what was said. It was at that moment she realized why Lars said he would take care of it. Hans did not have it in him to kill his own, even if they were half dead and was the right thing to do.
Turning they group watched, hoping this would all be over. But it was not, it was just the beginning of what would be a nightmare when they heard screaming.
Holding unto the sickle Lars looked as Bak, Feinya, Aled, Mahendra and Svetlana surrounded him, despite the panic Lars felt inside he remained calm and cool. The first one who attacked was Aled, turning Lars slammed the blunt end of the sickle unto Aleds chest sending him against the ground. While that happened Mahendra attacked him by the side, knocking the sickle off of Lars hands.
Acting quick Lars ran and got the sickle just in time before swinging it to the side, slashing Aled through his neck, the runes of the sickle glowed before Aled yelled and his body disintegrated to ashes.
As that happened both Bak and Feinya attacked him, but before they could reach him Lars summoned chains, making them wrap around the two, immobilizing them before turning his attention to Mahendra who threw fire at him, dodging Lars threw chains at him, slashing through Mahendra, once they did his body turned to ashes.
Turning his attention to Bak and Feinya Lars was caught off guards as the two escaped the chains, Bak held unto Lars while Feinya delivered blow after blow after blow, turning to smoke Lars escaped Baks grip and slashed Feinya who turned to ashes leaving only Bak, who was not happy. Running over he caught Lars by surprise by sweeping him off of his feet and pinning him down.
Being brought back, not really alive meant that you were not as strong as you were once, yet despite this Bak proved to be a force to recond with as the two wrestled on the ground, trying to gain the upper hand. Finally able to maneuver himself Lars slammed the sharp blade against Baks chest making him grow tense.
He froze before slowly moving away from Lars who just watched as his body turned to dust. Laying down on the group for a bit Lars caught his breath before picking up his discarded glasses and putting them on just as 5 lights appeared. For a moment the lights took the forms of Bak, Feinya, Aled, Mahendra and Svetlana, when it did Lars grew tense as he feared they would fight again. But they did not, instead they gave a bow to Lars and said "Thank you",
"No problem" said Lars relieved before they vanished, when they did Lars eyes widen as in his mind he saw images... memories... it was at that point he turned and ran away, hoping he would get to the others, especially Hans on time.
People ran away as the safe houses as wind picked up and lightning crashed, from inside the now destroyed safe houses was Rohan. This at first would have made everybody happy, they were all so worried after they saw him vanish without a trace, but it did not as they saw what he had been turned into.
"Rohan, not you" said Hans while the rest grew pale with the realization of the truth, Hans and Elsa were not the doomed or betrayed lovers, it had been Sylvia all along and at the same time they questioned how could Sylvia had done this to the man who loved her the most?
Moving his hand Rohan unleased lightning, which would have hit Albert had Elsa not opened up her umbrella weapon and used that to deflect it.
"Thank you" said Albert as he realized how close he had been to death,
"You can thank me by getting the people to safety" said Elsa then yelped as lightning grazed her hand making her let go of the umbrella,
"Elsa!" yelled Hans as he was block back against a wall, his bones rattled as Rohan turned to him and began to give him the worst beating possible. Marius watched before taking out a walking cane, closing his eyes he pointed it and let a sharp water shot out and slam Rohan away.
Turning his attention to Marius Rohan spoke, his voice echoed as if he was speaking from a far away place "Marius! You hit me!",
"I cannot let you do this!" shouted Marius, still not looking at Rohan, he feared if he did he would not be able to stop him,
"I though you were my friend! We are brothers since we joined the fateweavers!" snarled Rohan,
"The Rohan I knew would have never done this! The brother I knew rather he would get hurt himself than let others be hurt!" shouted Marius, he gripped his cane, reminding himself over and over that this was not Rohan, the Rohan he knew was dead, this... this was a stranger... a dangerous one. All the while Hans got up and helped the others escape to safety before he and the others stood back, this was Marius battle.
"I have to do this!" shouted Rohan,
"You have to or are you forced?" questioned Marius, Rohan did not answer, he seemed to hesitated before he threw his hand, sending lightning towards Marius, who dodged and summoned water against Rohan, it hit him like a tidal wave and slammed Rohan against the rubble of the building, recovering he lifted himself, looking at Marius shocked.
Gripping his cane it took everything Marius had not to break down before crying out "I am sorry" before summoning more water, making it seep into the ground turning it to mud, said mud dragged Rohan under, he screamed and yelled, desperately trying to claw his way out before he was buried under the mud, soon there was nothing.
Collapsing to his knees Marius cried out as he gripped the ground where Rohan had been sucked into "I am sorry... I am so sorry...please... forgive me, forgive me my dear brother".
Saying nothing in sadness and shock Hans, Elsa and the others walked over to try and comfort Marius, reaching Hans was the first to try and hug Marius, but before he could touch him Marius latched unto him, crying about how sorry he was.
"Its okay, you did what you had to do" said Hans softly as he held Marius "He is not hurting any more",
"Hans!" they heard, turning they saw a panicked Lars run to the area, starring at the group he held out his sickle and growled "Get away from him",
"I beg your pardon?" said Merlin confused,
"Don't play dumb! I know everything!" snarled Lars before turning to Elsa and Hans and shouting "We have to get away from these people! They are not innocent at all!",
"Lars what are you talking about!?" asked Clara confused,
"Why don't you ask them!? Tell Hans the truth!" growled Lars,
"What has gotten into you!?" asked Agathe clearly confused,
"Oh want to play the amnesia card? Alright! I will refresh your memories" growled Lars "There was never any curse Hans! Its their fault why the Phoenixes are dead Hans!",
"Outragious! We would never-",
"Then explain that mark! That rune on Hans back! His sickness! I bet you don't know anything about how it got there hu?" said Lars accusingly,
"Rune? Mark? What is he talking about!?" demanded Hans,
"Its a rune to drain you when you get to strong! To control you because their afraid of you! Am I not right?" growled Lars,
"Please, let us explain" began Merlin,
"Its true-", the voice sent chills down Hans spine as he turned and looked at Agathe who looked in sorrow and said "I am sorry", that was more than enough to let Hans know that Lars was telling the truth.
"How could you?" whispered Hans,
"We... we did not know it would be like this, if we knew-",
"They did not, but I did".
To be continued...
Authors note: It is very sad... we are soo close to the end...yet not quite... Up next the final battle will happen, what will be the end result? You have to wait and find out. Any way I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, please stay tuned for the next chapter and please leave a review to tell me what you think of this one.