Hi everybody! Man, I'm in such a good mood today for three reasons. 1: Cloud was just released in smash yesterday. 2: Winter break is approaching. 3: CORRIN FROM FATES IN SMASH 4! YEEEEEEEEEEEEES! I apologize if I don't sound too enthusiastic over Bayonetta but I haven't played that game. But enough of all that. When we last left off: Henry and his team saved the queen and Robin brought an unconscious Lucina to them before passing out. Now everyone is safe aboard the Liberty. What will happen to them? Let's find out!
Chapter 6: Foreseers
Back on the Liberty Milton thanked the team again for saving him while the president was trying to convince the queen to come back to America with them. Naturally she was reluctant to leave her country but the president knew she was vital to rebuild England.
Robin and Lucina were placed in a room with two beds. They were given proper medical aid but were still unconscious. Marth and Ike were waiting in the room hoping to ask them questions with Milton who wanted to properly thank them.
"She really does look a lot like you Marth. I wonder why." Ike said looking at Lucina.
Marth was about to respond when he noticed Lucina's face twitch.
Marth got up from his chair and walked to her side gently shaking her shoulder.
"Can you hear me?"
"Father?" She asked not fully awake.
"Are you okay? Pull yourself together." Marth said.
Lucina slowly opened her eyes and was shocked when she saw who was watching her.
"You're….!"
"Your name is Lucina, right?" Marth asked.
"How did-"
"Milton here told us." Ike said pointing to the man next to him.
"Are you alight?" Marth asked.
"I…I think so. Thank you, King Marth."
"You know me?"
Lucina froze and mentally kicked herself. Now they might catch on to the fact that she and Robin were-
Lucina gasped remembering.
"ROBIN!"
She sat up and looked around franticly in horror but Marth placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Calm down. He's right over there." Marth said pointing to the other side of the room.
Lucina turned to her side and saw Robin resting in a bed. She got out of bed to rush to his side only to fall to her knees and gasp in pain.
Marth ran to her side.
"Don't get up! You still need to recover!"
"But Robin…." Lucina said weakly desperately reaching an arm out to him.
Marth placed her arm around his shoulders and helped her up.
"Milton, can you pull up a chair?"
"Yes, of course!" the man responded.
Ike got to Lucina's other side and helped Marth carry her to Robin.
Milton moved a chair next to the bed and Marth and Ike gently placed her in it.
Lucina held Robin's hand in hers.
"He carried you to us and passed out." Ike said. "But don't worry he'll be okay."
Tears began to fill Lucina's eyes.
"Oh Robin…."
She thought back to some of her happiest memories with the man she fell in love with.
"I will never stop fighting for you, Chrom, and all the people of the world."
"…That is what I wanted to hear. Thank you, Robin."
"Perhaps I can never truly understand where you come from and the world you lived in. But I do know that we can help you."
"Th-thankyou, Robin. Your words give me strength."
"Perhaps. Just… Will you promise me to take better care of yourself?"
"For you…yes."
"Ah…a relief to hear."
"And a relief for me that you care, Robin. Thank you."
"No matter what happened or is yet to come my feelings cannot change! I love you Lucina. With all my heart."
"I… I'm so glad you told me all this. …Because you are in my heart as well."
"Truly? Oh, those must be the sweetest words I've ever heard! Lucina, I promise you, no matter what: I will be here for you and Chrom. Whatever road you chose to follow, I shall follow it at your side."
"And we won't rest until we reach the end! Together!" I love you. And no matter what the future holds, I'm going to cherish every moment."
"Please…don't leave me…"
Feeling weak and tired the princess placed her head on the side of the bed and began to cry until she fell asleep.
After a minute of silence Ike finally spoke up.
"Do you think he'll be alright?"
"They both received the best care we could offer." Milton said. "Though Robin's injury was worse than Lucina's"
Marth then noticed Robins face was suddenly twisted in pain.
"What's wrong?" Marth asked waking next to where Lucina was resting her head.
"Dear me. Is he having some form of dream?" Milton asked.
Validar blocked Chrom's sword with his magic.
"Now!"
At Robin's signal Chrom moved out of the way to dodge a thunder ball that hit Validar right in the face.
"Your end has come!" Chrom said.
Robin drew his Levin sword and they stabbed the sorcerer.
Validar stumbled backwards and fell to the floor.
Chrom and Robin turned to each other and smiled.
"This isn't over…"
Robin looked at Validar who got to his knees
"Damn you BOTH!"
Validar fired a massive sphere of dark magic at Chrom.
"Watch out!"
Robin pushed Chrom out of the way and took the hit and was sent flying to the ground.
Before hitting the ground, Robin shoot another thunder spell at Validar. After that everything went black.
The next thing Robin saw was Chrom running to him.
"Are you all right?" Chrom asked as he helped his friend up. "That's the end of him." he said as they looked at the purple smoke that Validar disappeared into.
"Thanks to you we carried the day. We can rest easy now. At long last."
Suddenly Robin suffered a massive headache. Then his vision went red and he saw an image of the Fire Emblem. Chrom turned to him.
"What's wrong!? Hey! Hang on! Ugh!"
Robin looked in horror as he saw a bolt of lightning stabbed into his best friend then he saw lightning crackle from his hand.
"What have I….?!" he began to ask.
"This is not your…Your fault." His friend said weakly. "Promise me you'll escape from this place…go."
And with his last words Chrom feel to the floor. Robin could hear Validar laughing.
"No…how could I…Chrom I'm so sorry I...I…"
Suddenly Robin heard another voice and felt someone grab his shoulder.
"Can you hear me!? Wake up!"
"AHHHHHHH!" Robin yelled shooting up into a sitting position on the bed panting heavily.
"Are you alright?" The voice asked.
Robin turned to his side to see Marth next to him holding his shoulder.
Suddenly the door opened and Henry, John, and Lion all rushed into the room.
"Is everyone alright!?" Henry asked. "We heard yelling!"
"Yes. It would seem that our friend here just had a bad dream." Marth said turning to Henry.
"You think?" Ike asked sarcastically. "The man woke up screaming."
"It is good to see you're alright Robin." A familiar voice said.
"Milton?" Robin asked looking past Marth.
"Indeed. I wanted to properly thank you and Lucina for-"
That's when it hit Robin.
"Lucina! Where is she!?"
"Look down." Ike said with a grin.
Robin looked to see Lucina resting her head on the side of the bed.
"She was very worried about you." Marth said.
"Lucina…" Robin sighed gently stroking the back of her head with his hand.
Suddenly Lucina woke up with a start and looked up at him.
"Robin!"
She hugged him and began to cry on his chest.
"Lucina." Robin said returning the embrace. "I'm so glad you're okay."
"I thought I lost you!" the princess cried.
The others looked at the couple feeling happy for them. Until Marth broke the silence.
"My apologies but I must ask. Where are you from and how do you know my name?"
"I think the questions can wait Marth." Henry said putting a hand on his shoulder. "For now, let's give them some time alone. Come see us in the briefing room when you two are ready and we'll fill you in on what's going on."
And with that everyone left the two alone in the room.
Lucina continued resting her head, on Robin's chest as he resumed stroking her hair.
"Are you okay?" Robin asked after a minute of silence.
"Yes." Lucina said after she got a hold of herself as they parted. "I'm sorry. Somehow his name just slipped out when I talked to him."
"It's alright." Robin said looking at her. "I'm the one who should apologize for lowering my guard and letting you to get hurt."
"I'm just glad that you're safe. But what should we do now?"
Robin thought for a moment then sighed.
"I think we should come clean with them."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, but we won't tell them about your bloodline."
"Alright." Lucina said as they got up and left to find the others.
Soon they went to the briefing room where everyone was waiting.
"Oh, hey there. You two feeling better?" Henry asked.
"Yes. Thank you. All of you." Robin said.
"No worries." Henry smiled. "My name is Henry these are John, Lion, Marth, Ike, Kathrine, the president and I believe you met Milton already."
"Wait…are you a Taguel!?" Robin asked looking at Lion.
"A what?" Lion asked.
"Er…never mind."
"I would like to thank both of you for saving me." Milton smiled.
"It was nothing." Lucina said.
"It's a pleasure everyone." Robin smiled. "But where are we?"
"On a flying vessel called the Lady Liberty." Marth answered.
"What?" Robin and Lucina asked in surprise.
"He's not kidding." Ike chuckled. "Look outside."
Robin and Lucina looked out a window and were surprised to see they were far off the ground.
"Should I explain what happened to them Mr. President?" Milton asked.
"President?" Robin asked remembering something. "You're the one who wrote that letter we found in the palace?"
"Oh, you must mean the one I wrote to the queen." The president said.
"Sorry. We probably should have left it."
"No worries." The president smiled. "It's actually rather convenient. If you read everything in that letter I suppose you already know what is going on."
"We know that this is another world." Robin replied. "But what were those monsters?"
"Aliens." Lion growled. "Invaders from outer space."
"What are they after?" Lucina asked.
"Wish we knew." John answered.
"Is it alright if we ask you where you're from?" Marth asked.
"We are from Ylisse." Robin answered.
"Ylisse? I've never heard of such a land." Marth said.
"Me neither." Ike added.
"I think I know why. You two are from the distant future of Marth and Ike's world, aren't you?" Milton asked.
"H-how did you…?" Robin began in surprise.
"I was told the machine could reach different points of time in your world. It also explains how you would know Marth's name. I would imagine someone like him would go down in history."
Lucina stared nervously at Robin as he spoke.
"Yes, it's true. Many legends have been passed down in our world. Such as the Hero King Marth and the Radiant Hero Ike."
"Hero King?" Marth asked.
"Radiant Hero?" Ike asked.
"Well they look and fight like legendary heroes I'll tell you that much." Henry grinned.
"And this time they are you are the real ones." Robin said.
"Real? What do you mean?" Marth asked.
"Uh, nothing." Robin said realizing that they probably didn't need to know about the einherjar.
"In any case I apologize for dragging you two into this world." The president said. "As I explained to Marth and Ike I would offer to send you two home but the machine that created the portals is broken and I don't want the aliens to find out about your world and find a way into it."
"We understand." Robin told him.
"So, you two come from the same time?" Kathrine asked.
"Well technically no." Lucina responded.
Everyone turned their attention to her.
"The truth is I come from a few years into Robin's future. I went back in time to save the world from the fell dragon Grima."
"Grima?" Marth asked.
"Lucina told me and Chrom that in her future he was killed and the Fell Dragon brought chaos and ruin to the world."
"Who's Chrom?" Henry asked.
"My father." Lucina said.
"He is also the exalt of Ylisse." Robin added. "And my best friend."
"I see." Henry smiled.
"So, what's going to happen now?" Robin asked.
"With the queen aboard, we'll be leaving Britain." The president announced to everyone.
Henry turned to him "We're near Steamgate Bridge. Were there any survivors?"
"Yes. We've had confirmation on the wireless."
John turned to the president with a surprised look.
"Sir, I hate asking but…we can't stop and help the folks down there?"
"I'm sorry…but the Queen's safety is Paramount."
"But…"Marth interjected.
WHOOM
Marth was interrupted with a sudden rumble that caused Lion to fall to the floor with a thud and Lucina on top of Robin making both of them blush as they stared at each other.
"Helmsmen report!" the president called to the man in front of the wheel.
"Incoming artillery fire!"
BOOM
A large chunk of ice smashed against the Liberty.
"Where's it coming from?" Henry asked the helmsmen.
"One of the buildings below—can't quite tell which!"
"Damnation…" the president growled
"Mr. President, we can get down there and stop them! Just say the word!" Henry said.
After they snapped out of their trance and got up Robin and Lucina looked at each other and nodded.
"We're going to!" Robin said.
"But you two just got out of bed!" Milton said.
"He's right. Besides I can't put you all in the fire yet." The president added.
"With respect, sir, I'd say we're already feeling the heat." Henry responded. "We won't last much longer…"
"I agree, but I think you two should stay here." Marth said looking at Robin and Lucina.
"We're fine now sire! Besides we can't just watch while you all put yourselves in danger!" Lucina replied to Marth.
"She's right! Besides if they aren't stopped soon everyone onboard will die anyway!" Robin added.
"Don't worry Marth. I can help them if they get into trouble." Ike said.
"The gear is ready and the boilers are steaming!" roared Lion.
"Don't worry, sir." John said with a smile "We're just stepping out for a minute."
"Very well." The president said.
"Full S.T.E.A.M. ahead!"
"Sir, yes, sir!" Henry, John, and Lion said saluting.
Will Robin and Lucina adjust to working with such a futuristic team? Will our friends save the Liberty from the aliens? Who is the next dlc character for smash 4 coming in 2016? Find out all this (CORRIN FROM FATES! YEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Oh, yeah and Bayonetta.) And more next time!
