Vox Machina Book One: Nobodies to Heroes

Chapter 30: Just the Beginning

Everyone was in shock, but Cassandra quickly ran to her brother, unknown to them a small silver of black smoke seep back into the gun.

Kneeling by his side. "Percy? Say something. Is it you?" she calls out, unwrapping an arm wrap as she quickly tends to his wounds.

She ties it off and held his bleeding hand. Percy just groans as he flutters his eyes. The others were gathered in close. "I'm afraid so. Well, most of me anyway," he answers, looking over at his sister as Vex steps to his side.

"You shot me!" Grog shouts at him, as Cassandra and Vex help Percy to his feet. "Yes, well thank you for not dying," he said to him.

Grog just rubs the back of his head, "Yeah, you're welcome." he said with a smile. "So, that actually happened," Kyria spoke up, Vex nods at her. "That was the most-fucked up thing I've ever seen... and I hang out with Scanlan," she spoke.

Jason just chuckles, "Well, I'm down for a pint, because it's been a very long night." he states, Kyria huffs a smile. "Agreed," she answers.

But a peal of laughter drew their attention, they all looked and saw Delilah was Laughing as she sat on the steps. "How fitting. Even in your moment of triumph, you still managed to fall short," she shouts.

Cassandra pulls away from Percy, "What?" she questions. "You had the chance to kill me and you failed miserably," she said and huffs as she looks down at the royal siblings. "It shouldn't surprise me, though. You're as spinless as your parents," she spoke.

Cassandra growls as she steps forward, but Percy places his hand on her shoulder, stopping her. "Sylas is gone. I know that suffering. Losing one's family is a wound that cannot be mended." he tells her.

Cassandra just grins at her, "At least he saw the sunlight one last time." she said, making Delilah frown at her. "I knew we saved the wrong de Rolo," she growls.

Then slowly rose to her feet. "But it matters not. You may have stopped me today. The Whispered One will finish what we began." she grins down at them like a mad woman with her arm hidden behind her back "And when he returns, cities will fall, titans will rise."

Her necklace began to glow as her magic sparks behind her back. "Rivers will flow with the blood of..." she rants, going to attack, but she was cut off, both in speech and attack as Cassandra pieced her sword right through her neck.

Delilah gasps as the smile falls to the horrified realization that the young de Rolo shoves her sword further through. The necromancer just chokes and gurgles on her own blood as she grips the sword and looks at the young de Rolo.

Who just glares at her. She raises her hand towards the young girl, smearing blood onto the side of her face as all she could see was the rage she planted in the young girl.

With a swift flick of her arm, she rips over the side of Delilah's throat, the blood splatters to the ground as Delilah falls over and slowly dies as horror was the last expression on her face.

Cassandra turns away as Vox Machina was in horror at the side, the young Princess flicks her sword, cleaning the blood from it as she walks back and stops next to her brother.

"I'm glad you forgive her, brother. But I cannot," she informs him. He said nothing as she walks away and sheaths her sword.

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With a grunt, Grog chucks Delilah's corpse into the acid pool as her body slowly melted away. They watched the buddies boiling at the surface as it eats away at Delilah.

Vex looks over at the others, "Everyone ready?" she calls out as her brother just looks at her "What? You mean we have to leave this delightful place?" he questions.