Requiem of the Fallen Dragon
Part 3: Tale of the Fallen Dragon
Chapter 80: Gamma Headquarter
The Next Morning
Without any hesitation, Rucas and his friends climbed the stair from the underground passage to the lowest floor of the Gamma Headquarter.
"Is anyone already here?" Rucas asked as Fenrir appeared from below. Now Rucas, Joshua, Ellisk, Magnus, Leonel, Iris, Hawkins, Anastasia and Baromyteus are already here.
"Hey… Why asking a question with you knowing the answer?" Garland climbed up the stair while holding Sharon with him as Sharon couldn't climb a stair.
"…Okay, I am sorry for asking that, Garland." Rucas spoke.
After Sharon and Garland successfully climbed the stair, Kamui appeared next, held Zira with him.
"It seemed like we had to wait for a bit…" Kamui caught his breath after he finally got into the Gamma Headquarter.
"Why?" Garland asked.
"You will see…" Kamui answered.
-One hour later
After waiting for a whole hour, two last Pokemon appeared. One of them seemed to be nearly fainted while the other kept complaining.
"Why did all of you so hasty? Don't you realize that I couldn't climb the stair? If my knight didn't carry me, what will you do? Leave me down there?!" Nyxier complained.
Everyone ignored Nyxier and looked at Tyrus, who fainted after carried Nyxier all the way up to this place. Zira and Iris quickly healed him, making Tyrus felt better.
"Thank guys… Nyxier… She is so heavy…" Tyrus mumbled with a very low voice so Nyxier couldn't hear him.
"Everyone, we wasted too much of our precious time. Let's go." Rucas spoke once everything finally settle.
Dungeon X: Gamma Headquarter
Gamma Headquarter is the biggest 'tree' of this 'steel forest'. That's true as Gamma Headquarter has 100 floors! (Not counting the underground floor.) Rucas and his friends agreed that they would find the seventh part of Requiem of the Fallen Dragon at the 100th floor, so they walked up stair. And since they didn't want to make and uproar by appearing to the crowd, they used the evacuating stair instead.
"Come on! Guy! We must walk up to the 100th floor!" Rucas spoke as he ran up the stair.
"Ummm… Rucas?" Fenrir called.
"What's wrong?" Rucas asked.
"…Look." Fenrir looked at their comrade.
For now, Rucas, Fenrir, Joshua and Ellisk has no problem running up the stair. Leonel, Garland, Iris and Hawkins flew up instead of running. (Garland carried Sharon on his back.) Anastasia seemed to have a bit of problem running up the stair while Baromyteus tried to help her. Zira also has no problem, but she always has to stop for letting Kamui to caught up with her. Magnus, Nyxier and Tyrus has a lot of problem running up the stair since Magnus, Kamui and Tyrus are chubby and Nyxier hated to use too much of her energy.
"…With this, it will take much longer to reach the 100th floor." Rucas mumbled.
-Several Hours later…
After a long running, everyone is at the 100th floor of the Gamma Headquarter. Tyrus, Kamui and Magnus are all fainted after a long 'exercise'. (Especially Tyrus who had to carry Nyxier on his back along the way.) For now, Zira, Iris and Nyxier are healing Kamui, Magnus and Tyrus respectively.
After resting, Rucas and everyone entered the interior zone of Gamma Headquarter. Strangely, no one is here…
"Why there is no one around here?" Kamui asked.
"Dunno. Maybe this is a forbidden area." Garland answered.
The path of 100th floor led Rucas and everyone to the terrace of the Gamma Headquarter, which is above the 100th floor.
"Kamui, can you sense something?" Rucas asked.
"Wait a minute…" Kamui closed his eyes. And then he started singing…
ZLKDCCTF JY LXF FUDTFZZ GNGTF WFVYZ YQLXJYC
TJKF LXF PDZN TJEF QE ZLFFT, YFAFK TVZL TQYC
INZL FYU FAFKNLXJYC, VYU TFVAF LXFW PFXJYU
MF MJTT UFAQDK NQDK ZQDT, EKFF NQD EKQW LXJZ LQKWFYL
"Finally! After all obstacles we had overcome, we finally got the seventh part of Requiem of the Fallen Dragon!" Tyrus spoke.
"Iris, what is the clue about the 8th part?" Rucas asked.
"Before asking that, let's get out of here… I could sense something ominous is coming…" Iris said.
However, when everyone was about to go back to the 100th floor, two Pokemon appeared from the staircase. They are two of three Order Generals, Sir Glade and Lady Garvoir!
The Order Generals
Sir Glade the Gallade and Lady Garvoir the Gardevoir
"Y…You!" Rucas said.
"I had never thought that all of you will come to this place." Sir Glade said.
"H…How could you know that we are here?!" Magnus asked.
"A CTV. Of course!" Lady Garvoir answered.
"And now. Several guards are waiting at the 100th floor, so you couldn't escape using that way. The rest escaping route you have is flying or falling from this place. However, I presume that you neither want to die nor wanting to abandon your friends…" Sir Glade said.
"Then, what path will you choose?" Lady Garvoir asked.
Before Rucas could answer the question, Hawkins spoke up.
"The third path, you will let us pass through here without any battle."
"P…Prince Hawkins?!" Sir Glade and Lady Garvoir said and kneeled down in front of the prince.
"I went astray once, but now, I will not walk on the same path again, and now, we are on the righteous path, a path that I will allow no one to stop us! Also, I want you to stop branding my friends as traitors, and you must stop that stupid number system!" Hawkins declared.
"…If that's your wish, then we shall follow." Sir Glade said.
Everyone smile, only their smile to disappear when Sir Glade continued speaking.
"But we couldn't let a werewolf who killed our mother to set free."
Everyone looked at Rucas, who had a pale face. Rucas then hid it and walked forward.
"If you want to punish me for killing your mom, do it now. I won't resist."
"W…What?!" Everyone (Especially Fenrir.) said.
"I killed the girl I loved, so I deserved the punishment, especially the execution." Rucas said.
"The girl you loved? Our mother told us that you approached her once, and she rejected your love, and yet you still love our mother?!" Lady Garvoir asked.
"…Yes. Although she did reject me, the next day she came to my lair and apologized me for her refusing, saying that she also loved me. With that, I lived with her until the day I massacre the whole village and killed Maria. You said that Maria left the village after I approached her, but in the truth, she stayed with me all the time, saying that she loved me." Rucas said.
"I…Insolence! How dare you say that our mother was in love with a beast like you?!" Lady Garvoir said.
"I will not forgive you… I WILL KILL YOU NOW!" Sir Glade roared and prepared his blade, then he ran up to Rucas and attacked him with the Psycho Cut! Rucas, however, didn't try to protect himself. He just stood still, waiting for his punishment…
The Psycho Cut didn't hit Rucas, instead, it hit a dark type Pokemon who stepped up to in front of Rucas, blocking the attack and absorbed it as Psycho Cut couldn't do any damage to her.
"F…Fenrir!?" Rucas said.
"…" Fenrir gazed at Sir Glade and Lady Garvoir.
"W…What?! Zoroark! What is the meaning of this?!" Sir Glade asked.
"…I will not allow you to lay an attack on Rucas." Fenrir answered.
"That Lucario killed our mother! And he also accused that our mother loved him!" Lady Garvoir said.
"…Yes. That Gardevoir has never loved Rucas." Fenrir said.
"B…But Fenrir…" Rucas spoke up, but Fenrir continued speaking.
"…It was my false…"
Fenrir's body started to change. She transformed from a Zoroark into Maria!
"W…What?!" Everyone said.
"…Rucas… The Maria who gave her love to you… is the same Maria that is standing in front of you now." Fenrir said.
"…Several years ago… While I was searching for my missing sibling, I passed through a Fairy Village and witnessed the incident that a Lucario with feral beast form got exiled from the village due to he tried to approach to the Fairy Maiden, Maria. Upon seeing that Lucario, my heart felt uneasy. It was a feeling I had never felt. Without thinking, I followed that Lucario and found out about him. I want to talk with him, but I was afraid that he may hate a dark type like me, so I transform into the Fairy Maiden and approached him. I was always with him until the day he massacred the village and ran away… I had never thought that I would have a chance to meet that Lucario again…" Fenrir said.
"…" Rucas's face became blank. Rucas slowly turned his attention to Fenrir.
"…Fenrir… Why? Why did you deceive me?" Rucas asked. His sound told everyone that Rucas is now like a calm before a storm.
"…Because I loved you, Rucas." Fenrir answered.
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: We reached the tenth dungeon and got the seventh part of Requiem of the Fallen Dragon. And we learned the truth behind Rucas and Maria's history….