GL (GalaxyLight): I'm back! Time for some more chapters.
Elsword: Looks like we're finally in the past. 'shivers'
Elesis: What's wrong, Elsword? You look pale.
Elsword: N-Nothing! Everything is all right.
GL: Then let's get started.
Elrios (Past)
Ruben: El Forest
"Ugh, what happened? And why do I feel something heavy above me?" Elsword blinked a few times trying to wake up. When he finally regain his sight. He was shocked to see Elesis' face right on top of him. "Whoaaa!? What the-!? S-So close!" Elsword whispered blushing red.
He did not expect to see his sister lying on top of him unconscious. What frightens him most is that her face incredibly close to Elsword. He blushes deep red as he looks at her...especially when her chest is pressed onto him.
Elsword tries to get her off but moving her would wake her up instantly. If he spoke louder, she would wake up from that as well. All he could do was move his head around.
Elsword looked around the place by turning his head around. There were trees, rocks, flowers and various natures around the place making Elsword have a familiar feeling. 'Is this...Ruben?' He thought to himself. "It looks a lot like Ruben but somethings different about it. It looks more...fresh than I rememeber."
He didn't have the time to worry about that. Right now, he needs to get Elesis off of him. But all he could do is just look at her beautiful sleepy face. 'That face she has is somehow... cute. I sort off rarely see her sleeping face. She looks so calm and relaxed. So...beautiful and...Wait! What am I saying here!?' He shook his head from embarrassment.
"Hm? What?" Elesis groaned as she began blinking her eyes.
"Eep!" Elsword shrieked silently.
"Huh? Elsword?" Elesis began to clear her eyes as she sees her brother's face right in front of hers. "E-Elsword? Why am I-?" She began to blush crimson red. "EEEEK! S-S-Sorry!" She immediately got off of him. "W-Was I lying on top you like that? S-Sorry! I didn't realize!"
"I-It's alright! We both didn't know. We might have crashed to each other while we were unconscious." Elsword tried to explain while he was still embarrassed. "J-Just don't worry about it!"
'I did recall seeing my brother up close, but I've never seen him up THAT close before.' Elesis thought as her left hand was on her mouth still blushing with embarrassment.
After a while, the two siblings finally got rid of their embarrassment looked around to see where they are. "Isn't this Ruben?" Elesis asked Elsword.
"I thought of it at first, but it looks a little bit different than before. But it looks somewhat familiar." Elsword answered. "How in the world did we get here anyway?"
"I think it was the time machine that sent us here." Elesis said. "When it shot us, it might have taken us to the past."
"What!? So you mean we actually IN the past now?" Elsword shouted shocked.
"I'm not entirely sure, but I think we are."
Elsword could not believe it, neither could Elesis herself. 'So that's why the place looks so familiar. It's because we're in the past." Elsword thought to himself. "That's means Eve is here, the people we know are here, and..." Elsword paused for a second and started to think.
"And...?" Elesis said confused.
"If this is the past, then that means...Our younger selves are here as well!"
Then when two stopped talking and became silent. The word 'younger selves' were heard inside their minds. It was the only thing that kept them silent. The El-siblings began to imagine their younger selves in their heads, and after that they immediately started to panic.
"EYAAAAH! I entirely forgot about that!" Elesis screamed putting both of her hands on her head. "This might mean they're here, right now in Ruben!"
"WHAT!? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING!?" Elsword shouted loudly also putting his hands on his head. "I'm not ready to meet them yet!"
"L-Let's calm down. They haven't seen us yet, so we're safe for now. All for have to do is breath and relax and go the village. If we talk to the villagers without them knowing who we really are, things will work out somehow."
"I don't think 'working out somehow' quite works out that way." Elsword said miserably.
"Let's just go already." Elesis turned and walked to the village as Elsword followed.
As they were walking, they notice something odd. They saw numerous trees burnt and giant holes on the ground that look like they've been shot, there were also smoke coming from it meaning it hasn't been there for a while. Elsword and Elesis gulped and sweat-dropped as they walked through.
"Either something really big happened, or the villagers have terrible taste in decoration." Elsword said looking at the holes as he was walking past them.
"Something is definitely wrong here." Elesis speaks. "If this is the demons work, then they are in a really big trouble."
The siblings continued to walk through the forest. Just as soon as they were at the village, they spotted a wound Ruben villager lying on the ground. The siblings came to them shocked to see him.
"Hey! You're all right? What happened?" Elsword shouted to the villager.
The villager didn't move his head. "The...village...Dank...Two-Headed...Monsters..." is what he whispered.
Then they suddenly heard something from the sky, the siblings looked up shocked to see a huge number of metal saucers flying over them.
"What the-? What are those things?" Elsword cried.
"Wait a minute! Aren't they heading from the village?" Elesis cried seeing that the saucers are flying to the direction where Ruben Village is. "Come on, Elsword!" She then immediately took off.
"EH? But what about-" Before he could say anything else, he spotted three big flying saucers coming towards him.
"YEOW!" Elsword screamed as he ran after Elesis.
After Elsword left the villager. The saucers then went above him and left out a yellow light below him. The light began ascending him into the saucer like he's been abducted. After he was inside one of the saucers, the three of them flew away back into the sky.
The two siblings finally made out of the forest and shocked to see tons of flying saucers invading the village.
"I knew something was wrong here!" Elesis muttered. "Come on, Elsword! we have to save them!"
"Huh? But what about our younger selves?" Elsword asked.
"They are either somewhere else, or worse, they might be in there as well." Upon listening to that, Elsword immediately ran past Elesis causing her to spin around and headed to the village in super speed. Elesis regained her balance after being spun around and followed him.
Elrios (Past)
Ruben Village
By the time they got to the village, they realized they were already too late.
"No...way..." Elsword slowly says feared to what he saw.
"We're too late..." Elesis followed.
They saw the saucers destroying the buildings, abducting the villagers and blasting the ground into big holes. The siblings hid in the burnt buildings to prevent the ones flying the saucers to see them. After all of them were gone, they got out and searched for any surviving villagers.
They searched everywhere for anyone but they couldn't find a single one around the village since they have been abducted. They couldn't even find their younger selves either which makes the two really uncomfortable.
"Do you supposed they..." Elsword shivered.
"No. I don't want to believe that." Elesis answered who is shivering a bit. "I know they're around somewhere. We have to keep looking."
The only place that is left standing is a house which belongs to Hagus, the chief of Ruben village.
'Let's hope Hagus is in there...' Elesis thought to herself.
When they got inside, they spotted two legs above the big chimney hole. "Is...anybody there? Hello?" It was a man's voice. "What happened to those awful Twinser things? Are they gone?" Elsword and Elesis recognized the voice before. It was their old friend, Hagus.
"Excuse me? Are you Hagus?" Elesis asks pretending she doesn't know him.
"That voice...Elesis? Is that you?" Hagus says although he can't see her.
Elsword and Elesis froze with fear. Much to their amazement, he recognizes Elesis voice because her voice was a bit similar to her younger self, except a bit lower.
"Um...No, I believe you are mistaken. I'm not Elesis." She lies trying to avoid the truth. "Now, I'll ask again. Are you Hagus?"
"...Yes. I am the chief of this village. Nice to not see you!" Hagus answered making Elsword and Elesis snicker a bit. "I was trying to hide from those Twinser things and got stuck..."
"Twinsers?" She asked.
"You know, those two-headed monsters?"
'So that's what they're called?' Elsword and Elesis thought at the same time.
"Anyway, there must be a way out...that doesn't involve dieting." Hagus pleads as Elsword and Elesis snickers again.
"should I pull you down?" Elesis offers.
"Sure. But not too hard please."
The two siblings went underneath the chimney hole "Okay, Elsword. On count to three, we will grab each of the legs." Elesis whispers. Elsword nodded ready to go. "All right! One...Two...THREE!" The two jumped simultaneously reaching for Hagus's legs. The two pulled Hagus hard while trying to avoid hurting him. In no time at all, they finally manged to remove him from the chimney.
"Phew! Thank El someone was here to save me. I thought I'd be really stuck in there forever. HAHAHA" The man laughs. But that didn't last long until he saw Elsword and Elesis. His eyes widen when he saw them thinking that he has seen them somewhere before.
'Uh-Oh! Has he noticed who we really are?' Elsword thought to himself.
'This is bad! If he notices who we are, the present will-' Elesis thought to herself until she was interrupted by Hagus.
"NAW! I must be drinking too much. You guys must be the Red Knights from Velder, aren't you?" Hagus smiles.
The siblings' eyes widened when he thought they were the Red Knights. Most of that was true. They looked at each and nodded and played along.
"Yes. We're the Red Knights. We're here because we have heard of a village that is attacked by some unknown army." Elesis lies. "We apologise for not coming sooner." She bowed down as a symbol of apologizing. Elsword understood and did the same.
"It is all right. It's not your fault. Ruben is a far away place from Velder. You two must have had a difficult time getting here."
"Oh no. We were fine. You don't have to worry about us." Elsword says shaking both of his hands.
"Hm? That voice..." Elsword froze again. Like his sister, his voice was also similar to his younger self. he was about to freak out until Elesis covered his mouth on time.
"I-I think you're mistaking him for somebody else." Elesis implies while sweat were dropping on her face.
"Heh, you're right. I know that Elsword and Elesis can't be that old."
The siblings froze once more. 'Ack, he notices our figures. If he finds out more, things will get messy.' Elesis thought to herself. "W-Why don't you go out and leave the village? We'll scout for any remaining survivors."
"Are they gone, though?"
"Yes they are. We saw them leave."
"All right then. I'll leave it to you two." Hagus began packing his bags and left the house, while Elsword and Elesis were discussing about their identity.
"What should we do? Hagus almost knew about our identity." Elsword said. "If this keeps up, we'll-"
"Don't worry, Elsword. As long as we play along, we won't get exposed."" Elesis explains.
"That's what worries me. I'm worried about what would happen in the present. And we still don't know what happened to Eve yet. This village is destroyed which has never happened before from what I know." Tears then began coming outt of Elsword's eyes. "I don't want that to happen. I want the present to be the same."
Elsword was almost about to cry until Elesis hugged him. "Elsword...Have faith in your sister. I know you're worried about the future, but we must do what we can to bring the past back to the way it was. I trust that you can do it with me."
"Sis..."
"You're my only brother, Elsword. I don't want to lose you either. I know you have you have the courage to step up and face whatever that comes. So please, don't cry and listen what I have to say. Help me and we will save the past and bring it back to normal. No matter what we face, we can overcome it and win. Are you with me?"
Elesis lets go of Elsword as he wipes his tears away. "Yeah...I'm in. Thanks, sis."
Elesis smiled. "That's the way. Now let't get out there and-"
"HEEEEEELP!" Elsword and Elesis suddenly heard a voice from outside. It was Hagus's voice.
"Oh no...They found him." Elesis shivered.
They duo immediately ran out of the house and spotted Hagus surround by Twinsers and the flying saucers. They were shocked to see one of the saucers taking him inside it and after that, leave along with the other saucers.
"Come back here with Hagus!" Elsword shouted but they were already gone from their sight. "Darn it!" He tightened his fist knowing that he failed to protect Hagus. Elesis feels the same way.
The siblings turned to the Twinsers with anger in their faces. "WHO ARE YOU? AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH ALL THOSE VILLAGERS!?" Elsword shouted angrily.
There was one problem. The duo never heard of the Twinsers before, nor do they know where they come from. What's more, they spoke a language they never heard of as well. "#?$% " is all they could hear from them on their point of view.
"What did they just say?" Elsword asks his sister.
"Why are asking me!? I don't even know a thing about them, nor their language." Elesis answered slightly angry. Then she notices they were pointing their guns at them. "Watch out! Here they come!"
The Twinsers shoot with their laser guns at the El-siblings but it was quiet slow that they easily dodged them. Then they started their counterattack.
"Spiral Blast!" Due to a coincidence, Elsword and Elesis both shouted the skill angrily at the same time as they slammed the ground and created a wave of energy. Somehow when they both used Spiral Blast next to each other simultaneously, they both created a giant wave of energy 3x bigger and stronger than their own. This power annihilated almost all of the Twinsers.
After the attack, the two siblings were shocked to what they just did together. "W-What was that just now?" Elsword spoke surprised.
"It's like...we used Spiral Blast together to make a new attack." Elesis said also surprised. 'We must have combined Spiral Blast together to make a bigger and stronger one. Could this mean...that combining our powers together...would make new powers.' She thought to herself. She then saw that there were still some Twinsers left and kept her guard up.
One of the Twinsers took out a distress call from his pocket and spoke anonymous words to it. That's when a flying saucer came flying above Elsword and Elesis. The saucer opened a hole and took out a laser pointer bigger than the ones the Twinsers had. It then began charging a purple energy ball which was getting bigger intensively fast.
"Don't tell me it's-" Elsword cried knowing what it is going to do. Before they had any time to do something, the ball was already charged to it's maximum power and the saucer immediately fired it.
The ball was moving surprisingly fast, Elsword and Elesis hardly had any time to react. "What the-" Elsword shouted. The two siblings tried to run out of the way but they didn't have enough time because the energy ball was already close to them.
Elsword and Elesis watched as the ball was going straight for him not being able to react. Just as the ball touched the ground, a giant purple explosion was set in the village.
Huge smoke was flowing around after the explosion was gone. As soon as the smoke faded away, three Twinsers survive the explosion. As for Elsword and Elesis, both of them were lying on the ground heavily wounded with blood scratches. Some of their clothes were torn as well from the explosion.
Elesis was down after taking a direct hit on the energy ball. Elsword however was still conscious but could hardly move his body. "N-No...We can't...end it like this." He slowly groaned trying to struggle but he was too weak from taking a direct hit on the energy ball. "We've come so far...We can't...die here...We can't..." After saying those words, Elsword immediately collapsed.
The Twinsers laughed evily as the two siblings were defeated...for the first time ever.
GL: Wow! What a big turn of events! Seeing Elsword and Elesis defeated easily sure is something you don't see everyday. Don't worry, they're not dead, just unconscious. But now that two powerful knights are down, who will save them and protect Elrios and save the present? The next chapter will say it all.