I'm no trooper

Chapter 39: The Calm before the Storm

Esdeath's Perspective

Esdeath: "Do you want to get your head severed from your neck!"

I yelled towards Wave as we entered our base, far, far away form our new "Empress". The young man just glared at me in response and got out of Kurome and Run's arms.

Wave: "Me?! What the hell was that! Are we really just going to stand here as the Empire we fought for just falls between our fingers! We could have-

Run: "Just gotten ourselves killed."

Run said, cutting him off with a stern tone as he walked around to face Wave at my side.

Run: "Wave, we don't have the power we once did, Wild hunt we could have fought and maybe won on our own, but not with the Sister there, we would have done nothing."

Esdeath: "Agreed, and even if it was just her...

I muttered and looked down at F/N's weapon hanging on my waste, the tension in the room fading as the others eye's landed upon the silver hilt. No one speaking for a moment, only a soft tone came from Wave's lips as he spoke.

Wave: "Is he really dead? I mean, she could just taken his hand, maybe he escaped and-

Esdeath: "No, no he's...he's gone. If the Sister was able to disable his ability to defend himself, she would have killed him, that's the only reason she's here, the only reason she allowed us to leave that room alive."

Wave: "Because she thinks no one is strong enough to stop her?"

Esdeath: "Yes."

I said and leaned against a wall, pulling the hilt from my hip and looking over its tarnished surface. Kurome looking at me without much emotion in her eyes as she spoke a few moments after.

Kurome: "There's more to this then you've told us for a while now. You said he was taken, but its clear that was a lie, what happened when you first fought 'her'."

She said as my grip tightened a little before a sigh escaped my lips.

Esdeath: "For everything that is relevant, the late Minister ordered his death, so I took him out into the woods to try and either break him, or just end his life. It got out of hand, he nearly killed me in a fit of anger before snapping himself out of it. From there, the Sister made herself known, tried to persuade him to join her in taking over the Empire, he refused. From there we barely were able to drive her off."

Run: "So, even for you, she was to powerful."

Esdeath: "Yes, as I said before that's why she could care less about us now, but I'm more worried for Bols and poor Seryu."

Wave: "Bols and- wait no, Bols's mask was found when we returned, are you saying they took him prisoner?"

Esdeath: "No...maybe, it would have been up to Najenda, but he is alive."

I said as Run looked me dead in the eyes.

Run: "And I presume because of something between you and our ex-member?"

Esdeath: "Yes, the two of us came to an understanding, F/N wished to protect us and the member's of Night Raid, thus why I let him escape back to them."

Wave: "But, now that he's gone."

Kurome: "There's nothing stopping them from just killing the two and moving on with there plans."

She stated with a sigh before rubbing her head with a groan. Wave looking at her with concern before glancing back to me.

Wave: "Ma'am, may I-