Hello all! here is the 10th chapter, enjoy and please reveiw, as they help me!
Blaze had taken the lead, with his glowing energy sword in his hand, while Emmet was supported by Lucy and Maria. Dragono was flying above the group, with Benny riding on his back. Batman and Anna were bringing up the rear.
This was only because Batman had offered to take this position so that he could find out more about Blaze. So far Batman hadn't been able to think of the right thing to ask Anna, especially because she seemed quite close to Blaze.
"There is something on your mind isn't there?" Anna said suddenly, "Something to do with Blaze?"
"How did you know?" Batman asked.
"Your thoughts are scattered all over the place," Anna stated simply, "is there something that you wanted to say or ask?"
"Yeah, I was just…" Batman said, trying to find the right words, "wondering why he hates Cre^dus so much?"
"I thought he made it clear before?" Anna asked Batman, "Or is there something under what he said that has you worried?"
Batman looked around grumpily, before stating, "I have this feeling that Blaze is hiding something. And it is a feeling that gets stronger the more I think about it."
"What would that be?" Anna asked, "for the most part, Blaze has been quite open about his past."
"He hasn't said anything about what exactly happened to him," Batman stated, 'You know, things that would cause him to hate Cre^dus so much."
Anna looked back, looking in the direction Maria and Blaze, before looking at the Dark Knight. Her eyes were filled with sorry, hurt and anger.
"It wasn't just things that he did to him," Anna explained, "But things that Cre^dus had done to me, and Blaze blames himself for those things. There is also the fact that Dragono is unable to retain his physical body whenever Blaze is not around, as Dragono now resides within an orb that Blaze carries on him."
"So that is why he is so easy to piss off?" Batman asked.
"You really don't get do you," Anna demanded.
The Dark Knight just shook his head.
"Blaze spent the first fifteen years in a facility that was designed to train Cre^dus and his brothers," Anna explained, "when he escaped, he helped end a war between two human forces. After that he was killed barely a week or two after.
"Before ending the war though, he feel in love with me, and I returned that love before I was taken by Cre^dus. Cre^dus then tortured me, and almost killed me in the process. If it hadn't been for Josh, my…former boyfriend, I'd be dead, and Blaze would have possibly destroyed everything to get his revenge.
"When he died, it was a huge loss to everyone that had every met him, even if it was only brief. He was a special kind of person to everyone, even those who hated him. His allies are said to do anything when he appears on a battlefield, and his enemies… well let's just say that even Cre^dus fears him."
"So he is both powerful and weak?" Batman asked, a confused frown covering his face.
"No, he is powerful, but not weak," Anna explained, "But he is young, and that is what makes him all the more dangerous."
Batman glanced at Blaze, before at Maria, before nodding to himself. He seemed to have a fight with himself for a moment though, but in the end he said, "Now I know why you trust him so."
Emmet at this point had decided to walk by himself, as he could see that Lucy and Maria were getting tired. He took a couple of steps before half collapsing. Blaze was there in a flash, and had his arm around Emmet's back, so that he could support him.
Lucy then dropped back, wanting to talk to Anna. When she was level with Anna and Batman she told the Dark Knight to go ahead, that she wanted to have a private word with Anna.
"Don't worry, I'll look after the kid," Batman said gruffly.
Lucy walked alongside Anna for a couple of seconds, before saying, "You like him don't you."
"Who, Batman?" Anna asked, startled, "Why would you think that?"
"Not the Batman," Lucy said, clearing her throat, "I meant Blaze. I haven't known you guys for long, but I know what love is when I see it, well most of the time."
"We used to go out, but then of course," Anna explained, "Well I fell for someone else."
"You still have feelings for Blaze though?" Lucy phrased the statement like a question.
"I don't know what my feelings for Blaze are," Anna said, sadness cloudy her eyes, "I know that I still love him, but I also wish he was dead because of his involvement in Josh's Death."
"What did he do?" Lucy asked, "What did Blaze do that ended up getting Josh killed?"
"Nothing, Blaze did nothing at all," Anna said, looking away.
"Then why are you upset with him?" Lucy asked, "If he did nothing then…"
"Don't you understand?" Anna asked, "It was because Blaze did nothing, that I lost Josh. If Blaze had done something else, something that could have saved Josh, and possibly also Erath…"
"Who's Erath?" Lucy asked, confused.
"Maria's former boyfriend," Anna explained, "They died trying to protect us and Blaze. If only Blaze had stayed behind, then maybe Josh would be here now."
"And if that happened, where would Blaze be?" Lucy asked, trying to help Anna, "Blaze might not be here now, would he?"
Anna shook her head in defeat. The pair lapsed into silence, and they walked behind the rest of the group, as they watched over the rear of the group. Anna started to mutter to herself, and Lucy started to get worried, until she caught the words Dark Delpha.
"Thank you Dark Delpha," Anna said, and the AI disappeared.
"What was he telling you?" Lucy asked.
"Just updating me on Blaze's emotions and thoughts," Anna explained, "It was something that Delpha, Dark Delpha, Maria and I decided to have done to make sure that Blaze wasn't thinking of doing something unexpected."
"And what did he say?" Lucy questioned.
"That other than a spike in thoughts about me, Blaze was as normal as he can be," Anna stated glumly.
"There was something else, wasn't there?" Lucy inquired, "Something that has you worried."
"Dark Delpha told me that Blaze has started to have second thoughts about bringing me here," the elf explained, "That he was worried about what would happen if Cre^dus killed me in this world."
"So, why does that have you worried?"
"It just means that my feelings for him have just been jumbled up even more," Anna stated, "And I really don't know what to think of Blaze anymore."
Lucy nodded, before stopping suddenly. The group had arrived at the outer limits of Bricksburg, and the damage looked even worse up close than what it had looked like back at the top of the hill.