Chapter 4

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Niko (POV)
Diane- This power....
Meliodas- No doubt about it. Holy Knights.
Elizabeth- Gilthunder......Gilthunder is that really you? What are you up to? Why are you doing this?
Meliodas- You know his guy?
Elizabeth- Yeah ever since I was a little girl. As an aide to the king and son to the Holy Knights Grandmaster, he was always at the palace. I kinda grew up with him.
Meliodas- Son of the Grandmaster huh?
Niko- You serious Meliodas? It's Gil!
Meliodas-.....Ohhhhhh!! Little Gil! I gave him lessons occasionally when I found myself at the Royal Palace. Wow, you've really grown up. Then again, it has been ten years since I've seen you.
Drake- So Niko......it's ten years huh?
Niko- Yeah...
Drake- You know I have to kill you right?
Niko- Listen, I didn't kill her!
Drake- Bullshit! You killed her and you know it! Your weapon was lodged in her skull you damn bastard! By killing you, Cassandra will get justice and will finally be able to Rest In Peace!
Diane- Niko?
Niko-..........
Hawk- This lightning seems familiar.
Meliodas- I get what you mean. When a certain someone blocked the water in Vanya Village then tried to blow the village away, that was you two wasn't it?
Elizabeth- Sir Meliodas that can't be true! You're wrong! Gilthunder and Sir Drake would never......
Gilthunder narrows his eyes confirming the cold emotion in his soul whereas an evil dark red glow flashes from Drake's mask

Gilthunder narrows his eyes confirming the cold emotion in his soul whereas an evil dark red glow flashes from Drake's mask

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Elizabeth- No

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Elizabeth- No.....
Diane tries to break free of her bonds.
Diane- These can't hold me.
Gilthunder- That's useless.
Niko- It's fine Diane. Save your strength.
Diane- Niko...
Drake and Gilthunder draw their swords and place their blades against our Meliodas and my neck.
Gilthunder- Do you know why the Holy Knights are after the heads of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
Meliodas- Not really.
Drake- Like us, half of them are seeking revenge in total eradication of the rebels who plotted to overthrow the kingdom. The other half want to do glorious battle and vanquish the legendary warriors to prove their own strength. We fall on both sides of the coin. Actually, we want more. You already know why I want to kill you Niko. But Gilthunder, why don't you refresh Meliodas here on what he did to someone special to you.
Gilthunder- I want to avenge the death of my father Zarotros, the Holy Knights Grandmaster.
Meliodas- So you're saying that I killed your father?
Gilthunder- Are you saying you did not?
Meliodas- Don't know. To be honest, Niko and I talked and we don't really remember much of what happened back then. All we remember was us Sins and Horsemen going to the castle on the edge of town, walking in on Zaratras's body, getting surrounded by all the Holy Knights, then splitting up. Everything else is blank. Last thing I knew, I was waking up in a cellar. That's when I met Hawk and ran into Niko sometime after.
Niko- Same goes for me but I awoke in war torn swamp battleground covered in blood. And just like Meliodas said, we met up and that was that.
Elizabeth- I knew it! I knew you didn't kill the Grandmaster!
GD- That makes no difference to me.
Elizabeth- What are you saying?
Gilthunder- Rebels and traitors who plotted to overthrow kingdom. That's all you people are.
Drake- The scum of the earth that needs to be grinder underneath our boots.
Elizabeth- Stop! Didn't you hear what they just told you?! They aren't the ones who murdered your father, Gilthunder! Don't you understand?!
Gilthunder- Elizabeth, the kingdom wants you taken into protective custody but I haven't the slightest interest in that. Alive or dead, it's all the same.
Drake- You're no more than a grain of sand on a beaten down road.
Elizabeth's lightning bonds are broken.
Drake- Begone. Gil and I have unfinished business with the Sins and Niko of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Instead of running away, Elizabeth runs in front of Meliodas and I and guards us.
Elizabeth- I won't let you heart these people.
Drake- If that's the case....
Drake eyes hawk and delivers a punt kick that sends Hawk sailing into the fog.
Elizabeth- Hawk no!
Elizabeth runs after Hawk.
Gilthunder- Now that we've gotten rid of anymore interruptions.....
Drake- Quit playing around break free of those bonds.
Niko- Do you honestly want to do this? Last time we squared off, I beat. Matter of fact, you were never able to beat me Drake. And you know how far back we go. So that's a whole lot of ass whoopings you've took.
Drake- Always running your mouth. That was a long time ago Niko. I am now more powerful than any of you in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
We all break free of our bonds.
Drake- You're lucky I didn't just annihilate you all instantly.
Niko- I really doubt that.
Drake- I will enjoy killing you.
Niko- And I'm going to enjoy beating your ass again you prick. Hey Diane, don't interfere on this one.
Diane- Awh you get all the fun.
Drake and I get into each other's face and stare each other down. Gilthunder makes the first move signaling the start of the fight. Drake disappears into black mist in front of me only to reappear behind me in mid swing of his sword. I duck below his strike and rise up with a punch but as my hit connected, he dispersed into black mist again. The black mist then surrounds me. I scan my surrogate making sure I'm ready for whatever happens next.
Drake- Hell Cutter!
Spectral sword beams come at me from directions within the black mist.

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