Avilien: Tutorial islands

Brit vs Luke

Aware that something wasn't right as he looked Brit over. Luke kept his defence up. Tears strolled down her cheeks as she attacked like a wild beast. Over and over her sword met with Luke's, Luke not budging from the spot. He didn't know what to do, what to say, what to think. What should he do? Emotions he had never felt before surfaced. He didn't expect to find Brit in a place like this and now she was attacking him for no apparent reason.

"I trusted you, Duke! I thought we were friends?" Brit struck Luke again and he blocked it again. Swords once more grinding together. Thunder and ice mixing with the fiery heat.

"Brit. I don't understand what you mean. Can you stop attacking me, please? We can talk," suggested Luke as he had to duck and then block several more frantic sword swipes. The attacks felt off but they were getting faster.

"No, we cannot talk. I have to beat you all to save Squeeks. And you lied to me!" Brit fuelled with anger Phase Rushed and tried to strike Luke from behind. He had to duck again, this aggravating Brit and fueling her Berserker bar along with her swords flames.

"How have I lied to you? And you don't have to fight us. What's all this about Squeeks?" Brit had revved up her assault and now Luke had to roll, dodge, parry, and scrape by the skin of his teeth whilst asking questions he had little time to think about. Brit was scary fast and a great gamer.

"You're him? You are, aren't you? My husband!" Brit pulled back and waited for an answer. An entire battlefield in confusion.

Cissy facepalmed as Nagori wished for a bag of popcorn. Luke on the other hand gulped and pulled at his shirt collar. He had never said or claimed to be Awesome Biscuit to Brit, but even if he had she wouldn't have believed him. She was too much of an airhead.

"Oh for crying out loud! It's obvious Luke is Awesome Biscuit. No one has crazy reflexes like that!" screamed Cissy.

Red players now looked at one another as the name Awesome Biscuit was announced.

"It doesn't matter about any of that. We are here to save Nebs and the other guides. Help us," asked Luke as he lowered his guard. He tried to plead with Brit who ground her teeth together and snarled.

"No. You're not Awesome Biscuit. Awesome Biscuit doesn't need help from anyone. My husband doesn't group with others and he wouldn't have lost to Broccoli. I'm sorry Duke. I'm sorry little sisters. But no one can beat Broccoli other than my husband. He's too strong for you Duke. I'm too strong for you. I have to beat you all to save Squeeks and that is what I will do." Brit continued with her Phase Rush assault as she sped up, her attacks beginning to become hard to predict and even harder to see.

"Cissy deal with these other players. I've got to calm her down somehow and make her see sense. This isn't like her. It's like she's broken." Luke recalled his time with Brit, never was she sad. She was always happy and bubbly. A daydreaming idiot that liked to look at clouds.

Parrying, dodging and running around the streets in an attempt to dodge more attacks was all Luke could do. With how wild and furious her attacks were he had no choice but to ditch the street and leapt to the house roofs. He couldn't drag Cissy and Nagori into the battle. Brit being level three meant she had two abilities and Luke had yet to see her second. He also didn't want to strike her back. Springing from roof to roof as Brit tore through slates and chimneys like a hurricane Luke kept on blocking her every attack.

From his duels with Alianna, Luke could say one thing for sure. Brit at level twenty was not something he would enjoy fighting. Brit at level ten and above would be something he wouldn't want to fight. She wasn't scary, she was downright terrifying.

"Stop blocking me Duke!" raged Brit as her sword found more roof tiles and sent them flying.

"I won't fight you Brit. You're my best friend, human friend." Luke remembered Nebs and Quinn as he parried another fiery blow.

Half crying as snot ran down her face and half angry as she continued to grind her teeth Brit got into Luke's face.

"Then don't fight back! I'll delete you!"

"What happened to you Brit?" asked Luke as he rolled backwards and down the slanted roof. He managed to spring up and then leap across the street onto another roof.

"You want to know?" said Brit. "One of Broccolis friends beat me and took Squeeks away from me. I've begged, pleaded, and even kissed the man's boots but he won't give him back. Unless I become a red player or beat you he will never give me Squeeks. Because of me, I lost Squeeks and Gummy. If I had listened to Squeeks I would have been fine. Because I thought I was strong and good for being a Beta class user I let it get to my head. I'm not strong and I'm not good. I'm pathetic, worthless, and weak." Brit sobbed as she continued her chase and the attacks.

Luke couldn't imagine the pain she had been through. A prisoner to Damocles who dangled Squeeks like a carrot before her. Brit wasn't weak, pathetic, or worthless. Damocles had broken her spirit and Brit likely lost due to the mimicry trinket or lack of knowledge. Either way, she wasn't going to stop attacking and Luke didn't know what to do. He had to save Nebs and stop the very man that treated Brit and turned her into this. But he also needed to save her.