Dawn's Destiny

Principles of Lies ~ Chapter 69

Magnus looked back at Chrom as he pressed harder on his back. "WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!!? ARE YOU SOME TYPE OF PSYCHOPATH!?" Chrom didn't seem to want to answer that question. He was becoming sick and tired of Magnus and was getting ready to kill him.

"You're a hypocrite... You have killed my own allies, you have no such right to speak under these circumstances..." Chrom replied as he looked down at Magnus. He kept his foot on Magnus' back. Magnus groaned in pain as he looked toward the ground. Claude got up and took a few deep breaths.

Claude grunted, "I don't know how he noticed me... but he did. I feel so guilty for letting him get to me..."

"Don't you worry about it, Claude. I would rather have Magnus deal with this issue on his own..." Magnus glared up at Chrom as the red bloody moon appeared behind him. The rain had stopped but there was still the eerie sky.

Magnus laughed, "Hah, you little fool, do you have what it takes? Do you really?" Chrom's face became infuriated and slammed his foot harder on Magnus. "YOU- YOU MONSTER!! ARGHHH!!"

Chrom mocked, "Monster is what you call me then I suppose you're the whole ungodly creature." Magnus looked at Chrom as Chrom stared down at him. The two were furious with one another. Claude slowly got up and grabbed out his bow and arrow. "YOU PATHETIC BEING! PREYING ON THE HEROES?! PREYING ON THE CITIZENS!? CAUSING HAVOC AROUND DAWN!?"

Magnus laughed, "It's only part of the job..." Chrom's eyes widened in shock, he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"'Only part of the job!? WHAT THE LIVING HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN!?" Chrom thought. Magnus chuckled for a bit as Chrom kept staring down at him.

Magnus laughed, "You're shocked aren't you, it's what I do best." Chrom stood there staring at him as the last part of his previous sentence kept running through his thoughts.

"PART OF THE JOB?!" Chrom had stabbed Magnus' arm and he was doing all he could to avoid the painful agony in his arm. However, he wasn't letting Chrom get to him so easily. Chrom gritted his teeth in anger as he pulled his sword out from his arm.

Magnus laughed, "Yep... that's exactly what I feel about this entire situation. Take it or leave it Lowell. I enjoy seeing the citizens in pain, it's one of my favorite things..." Chrom's eyes went raged and he stabbed Magnus in the stomach. "Why... You..." Then he slowly passed out.

Claude asked, "Chrom?" Chrom looked over to Claude as he walked away from Magnus' body.

"It's fine Claude, I'm alright," Chrom replied as he cleaned the blood off his sword. The two looked at one another and smiled. Chrom looked back at Magnus to check if there was anything strange about him but thankfully there wasn't. The two smiled at one another.

Claude sighed, "You got me worried there, I know how hard it is for you to deal with this." Chrom nodded as the two held hands with one another. Chrom felt himself wanting to kiss Claude, to make sure that everything was going to be alright. All of sudden Chrom had this agonizing pain in his head.

"ARAGH! WHAT IS- WHAT IS GOING ON!?!" Chrom screamed as he grabbed onto his head. Claude looked at Chrom in fear as he grabbed him to see what to do to help him. Chrom couldn't control the strange pain in his head. He kept on grabbing his head tighter and tighter, like the immense pain wouldn't go away.

"Hang on! I'll find a way to get you some help!" Claude yelled. He looked around for anything as Chrom continued feeling the pain. Chrom looked down at his palms as they continued flashing back and forth from normal to bloody.

Chrom asked, "What's... going on with me!? Am... Am I dying!?" Chrom looked down at himself in fear as the images became more and more gruesome. He felt himself panicking more and more.

"You're not dying! Hang on!" Then Claude casted a spell on Chrom. There was no change, Claude began to panic more and more. Just as it started... it stopped... Chrom was back to normal again but completely stunned from everything that had happened.

Chrom muttered, "It stopped all of a sudden. Thank gods..." Claude smiled at Chrom as the two shared hugs with one another. "I don't know how it stopped but I'm so grateful it did... you have no idea how stressed out I have been as of late..."

Claude sighed, "Don't you worry about a thing." Then within the corner of Claude's eye he noticed something was... off-putting. Magnus... was missing. "Chrom, Magnus is missing." Chrom looked over as fast as he could and realized, indeed he was.

Chrom asked, "MISSING?! THAT SLY DOG! I WANT HIM DEAD ALREADY!!" Chrom took out his sword and stood in front of Claude. The two examined the area around them. Ready to strike at any point. "You stay next to my side alright?"

"Will do..." The two had their weapons up high as the two looked around the area. They were anxious and didn't know what else to do. Chrom kept his sword up high, making sure the one part of the area wasn't skipped over. They rotated before they paused and still closely behind each other's back.

Chrom asked, "Anything?"

"No..."

"Damn it..." The two got closer and closer together. Then within a flash...

"WATCH OUT!!!!"