Lily Rayflower Chronicles Pt:5 (4th Umbral Era)

4th Umbral Era

Around this Time is Was a State of Advancement In Technology Including the More Advance Magi-tech And The Golden Age of The Allagan Empire, Lily Rayflower Was The Leader of a Rebel Group That Wanted to End The Allagan Empire And Loosen Their Control Over Eorzea. The Rebel Groups Name Was The Waking Strikers, They Believed That The Tech That They Were Cooking Up In The City Was far Ahead Of Our time And It Needed to Stop Production, They Lead Small Raids That Only Take Out One Factory But The Next Day There's 3 More In Its Place. Some of The Rebels Gave Up And Others Didn't. But They Decide That They Needed a Plan To Take OutThe Core of Production, Syrcus Tower. It Was The Core of the Empire Along With The Crystal Tower But Syrcus Tower is What Powered Everything, The Crystal Tower From What Lily's Recon Scouted Out and The Rumors and What She Heard of From Ear to Ear Is That The Crystal Tower Acts a A Connection From a Solar Station Is Space That Contains The Elder Primal Bahamut, And That The Energy They Use Is Powered By Bahamut And He Intakes The Solar Energy Form The Sun and Then The Station Will Divert His Power into Energy Which Is Then Sent Down to The Crystal Tower Witch is Then Used to Power Syrcus Tower Which Powers The Construction of There Advancements In Technology. So They Conceived a Plan "Ray? What's Our Next Move? We Have Lost Around 38% Of Our Men Since our Last Attack?" Lily Got Frustrated and Sat Down In Her Chair Look Up At The Man "Churro, I Have No Idea What We're Gonna Do..." Churro Then Began to Look Around The Table "Anyone Else Willing to Give Any Ideas....Anyone?" The Cold and Still Silence Filled The Room Which Gave The Mood of The Place a More Solemn Feeling. Lily Stood Up And Pointed to The Roof "I'm Heading to My Room, If You Need me, Knock" Everyone Nodded and Spoke in Unison "Rest Well Madam Ray" She Then Responds with a Warm "Thanks Guys, As to you the same" Once she Closed the Meeting Room Door Behind her She Then Slumped Into a Slow Shambling Movement And Thought to Herself 'Why The Hell am i Even a Leader if i Can't even Form a Plan' She Punched The Wall Leaving a Small Dent, The Long and Dimly Lit Hallways Set The Mood of How She Felt. Like There Was Light at The End of a Long and Dark Tunnel but She Doesn't Have The Energy to Reach That Light, Soon Enough She Reached Her Door and Swung it Open. "EEEK!" A Tiny Shriek Made Lily Wake up a Bit "Violet, What in The Hell Are You all of a Sudden Skittish About?" The Little Girl Gripped a Book in Her Hands and Pressed it Against Her Chest and Said "M-mommy i was Looking Through Your S-stuff...To See Some Old Pictures of Dad" Lily Smiled and Sat Down on Her Bed "It's ok Sweet-heart. Come here and sit with me, we can look at the photos together" Lily Then Went on to Give Violet a Warm Smile And Patted The Space Next to Her, Signaling Violet to Sit There. And So She Did "Hey Mommy! Was That You When You Were a Baby?" The Photo Was of Lily With a Tiny fish She Caught from The Lake in Her Mouth When She Was 4 Years Old and Her Parents took Her to The Sun Festival "Yup That was Me, Did You Know i Caught The Biggest Fish For Any Kid My Age That Day" Violet Looked up at Lily and Questioned in Awe "Really?!" Lily Then Puffed Up and Her Chest and Began to Boast "Indeed i Did Hehe~" Violet and Lily Shared a Moment of Laughter But It was Swiftly Ended By a Knock on The Door, Lily Let Out a Sigh and Handed Violet the Book "Come in" A Tall and Slender Man Then Entered The Room and Placed His Hand Across His Chest To Pay Respect to Lily "Madam Ray, I Got Reports of an Opening on The Two Allagan Super Structures That Being The Crystal Tower and The Hall of The Void" Lily Then Stopped Him Before Further Contents were Spilt "Hall of The Void? Never Heard of it" The Man Then Lets out sigh and Looks at Violet "Your Child Should Leave Before Hearing this" Lily looks at Violet and Nods Her Head and Violet Tip-toes around the Man and Out of the Room And Shuts The Door Behind her "Now, You Were Saying" The Man Then Cleared His Throat "Yes, The Hall of The Void is What The Empire Thinks is There Greatest Discovery, They Say Demons and Other dark Creatures Came Through The Void and Honestly It Could Hold Power So Unspeakable It Would Put The Empire to Shame" Lily Then began to Rub her Chin "Doesn't That Seem Like Something for a Warrior of Light to Deal with?" He Shakes His Head No "The Warriors are Sided With The Empire" Lily Then Sat On Her Bed and Looked at The Ceiling "Give me 15 Mins to Think This Over...I'm Beat" The Man Nods and Lets Violet Back into The Room, he Leaves with The Door Closed Behind Him, Violet Then Slowly Bopped Her Way Over to The Bed and Played With Lily's Feline-Like Ears "You Have Soft Kitty Ears Mommy!" Lily Then Rolled to Her Side to Look at Violet and Gave Her a Big Smile "You Really think so? Your Father Used to Think The same thing ya know" Violet Shook Her Head Up and Down and Continued to Play with her Ears. Lily Then Pulled Out Three Photos From The Book And Spoke To Violet With Her Eyes Locked On The Photos "Do You Still Have The Scrapbook I Gave You On Your Birthday?" Violet Then Replies "Yeah Mommy, Let me Grab it" She Sprints To Her Room And Comes Back With a Pink Book In Hand "Open it Up and Close your eyes" Violet Follows her Instruction and Remains Quite, Lily then Quickly Applied all Three of The Photos In With Some Starmoot Glue "And Were.....Done! Check it Out Sweetie" Violet Then Gazed Upon Her Three New Photos of Her Father And Lily Together ''Thank you Mommy!" She Jumps Up and Down With Joy as Her Tail Swung Around Like a Crazy Swords Woman Handling Combat For the First Time "Hey! Easy There Kiddo Your Gonna Brake Som-" Before She Could Finish a Breaking Glass Sound Filled The Room "I'm Sorry Mommy....'' Lily Then Stood Up and Walked to Violet "I Aint Mad, But Take this as a Lesson to Control Yourself a Lil More ok?" She Rubs Her Head and Sends her off to Her Room, Lily Then Heads Out to The Hall to Grab a Broom and a Dustpot And Began to Sweep the Glass Into The Dustpot, She Picked Up The Object That Hit The Ground, When She Picked it Up and Flipped it Over She Saw it Was a Photo of Lily And Her Husband's Wedding Photo "Oh Paul..." She Then Pulled The Remaining Glass Bits Out Around the Frame and Disposed of Them. She Took Out The Photo Once more and Looked At it, Her Fingers Slid Across The Edge of The Photo, Its Sharp Edges Stung Her Finger But It Didn't Stop Her as She Smiled At it, Her Husband Paul Was The Original Rebel Leader and Always Told Lily if He Were to Be Missing in Action Then She Was Gonna Take The Role As Leader, She Brushed it Off and Never Took it into Consideration, They Met When They Were Teens And Grew Up to Become Good Friends But Once Lily Found Out he Was a Rebel. They Talked About The Empire Which Only Swayed Lily to Help Him More in His favor, they were Corrupt and Needed to be Stopped But Lily Never Expected The Day He Dropped On One Knee and Proposed, She Said Yes and They Were Married, After 1 Year They Had a Child Together and Her Names was Violet, But 7 Months After Violet Was Born Paul Was Presumed Dead After Being Shot Down By a Firing Squad For Killing The Empires 3rd General, X'iling Moo'uro. Lily Then Adopted The Habit of Alcoholism and Suffered From Chronic Depression, being a Single Mother and Leading a Rebel Group was Tough on her. But She's Been Doing it For 10 Years Now and She's Been Keeping it Headstrong. Lily Then Placed The Photo Down On Her Nightstand and Smiled One Last time Before Drifting Off Into Sleep. She Woke Up As The Sun Broke The Skyline, She Made A Cup Of Coffee And Sat Down In The Grub Hall, She Looked Out The Window and Was Disgusted Seeing The Crystal Tower Looming Off In The Distance ''What an Awful Sight to See..." The Crystal Towers Tip had a Heavenly Glow as If The Sun Aligned With it to Make a Breathtaking Sight, But for The Rebels It Wasn't Appealing, Lily Took Another Sip of Her Morning Coffee And Drank a Hi-Potion To Max out Her Magic Cabibilty In Case Any Issues Were to Arise. Two Men Came Out of The Sleeping Quarters and 3 Women Set Next to Them. They Began to Have a Rather Pleasant Conversation About The 'Good O'l Days' Lily, Now Eavesdropping Listened in and Noticed That They were Talking About a Possible New Member Willing to Rebel. Lily Stood Up and Walked Over to The Group and Sat Down Next to One of The Women. The Group Placed Their Hands Upon Their Hearts and Said in Unison ''Madam Lily!" Lily Gave a Wry Smile and Look Around The Group ''How is Everyone Doing This Morning?" The Group looked Confused and One of The Men Started to Speak "We Are Having a Lovely Morning Madam Lily'' Lily Began to Nod and She Cleared Her Voice "Names?" They Stood In Attention, Then The Man Spoke Again "Larry!" Then The Other man Spoke, With a Confident Tone "Kev" Then The Woman Began to Speak Starting With one "Summer!"Then The Other One Stated Their Name "Crystal" Then The Last One Whimpered Her Name Silently "Ruby..." They All Sat Down and Lily Began to Tap Her Mug With Her Finger, "Rumor has it That a New Member Is Joining Our Ranks?" Larry Then Grabbed His Knapsack And Pulled Out a Note "look Here ma'am" Lily Leaned In and Squinted at The Fine Print 'My Name Is Razor, I Will Join Your Ranks And There Will Be NO Exceptions' Scoffing at The Note Lily Sits Back Down and Folds her Arm "Who Does this Guy Think He is?" Ruby Then Begins to Squeak Out a Sentence "He's-...Um One of The Strongest Soldiers A-Available...We Knew Razor Back When We Were Kids...He Didn't Talk Much B-But He Was an Amazing Fighter..." Lily Exasperated and Began to Eyeball The Note With a Few Glances ''When will his Arrival be Happening?" Hard and Heavy footsteps made their Presence Known When a Low and Smooth Sounding Voice Broke The Minor Silence... "He's Here Now..." Assuming From The Grand Entrance Lily Stood Up and Walked Over to The Main Entrance Where He Stood And Looked Up At Him "Your Razor?" The Man Was Covered From Head to Toe With Attire Very Different From Anyone Here, It was as Smooth as Silk And Covered In Silver Plating, Razor Then Gave a Nod, Lily Squinted Trying to Get a Better Look at Him and He Made a Comment "Gonna Keep Staring At Me, Woman?" Lily's Ears Stood Up Sharp As Blades and She Furrowed her Brows In an Angry Manor "What? I'm Trying to Get a Better Understanding of a Random Guy Showing Up Here In a Full Suit of Covered Attire" He Shakes his head and Walks Past Lily, This Angered Her Further "Meet Me at The Combat Court...I'll Be Waiting..." Before Leaving Lily Then Turns Back and Looks at The Group "Crystal, Kev, Ruby, Larry, And Summer. Show This 'Razor' Person Around..." Then Stood Up and Bowed and They Began to Show Him Around. Lily Stood In The Combat Court and Looked Down at The Dirt, The Warm Sun Filled Lily With The Energy She needed to Perform at Her Max Performance, Lily Knew He would Be a Tough opponent, But Judging From How He Acted She Grew Concerned, But All of Her Worries Were Washed Away By The Sight of Violet Walking By "Hey Sweetie! I'm Over Here!" Violet's tail began to Express Her Happiness As She Ran Into Lily's Arms "Mommy!" She Then Tightened her Grip On Lily as She Lifted her Up and Spun Her Around "Weeee!" Both of Them Now Laughing Lily Stood Her On Her Feet and Looked at Her "Did You Get Some Good Rest My Little Flower?" She Nodded her Head And Began To Pull On Her Dress "Mommy, Why is Everyone Talking About Razors? Even The Girls Are, Only Boys Use Razors, Right Mum?" Lily Let Out a Light Chuckle and Took a Knee In Front Of Violet "No Darling, Even Girls use Razors But There Talking About a New Member, His Name is Razor" Violet Then Began to Bat Her head with her Own Fist Balled Up "Aww Man, Im so Dumb" Lily Then Quickly Retorked, "Thats So False Violet, Your Only Ten Years Old You Wont Always Understand Everything" Violet Then Began Tap Her Toe's Together As She Moves to The Corner to Play With Her Stuffed Animals "I Wanna be Smart Like You Mommy, In Fact i Wanna be Just Like You!" Hearing that Made Lily Feel Super Good, She Smiled and Spoke Aloud "Well Violet, Don't be Like me, Be Better Than Your Old Mom, You're Unique and Special And Those Values Make You Who You Are!" Violet Then Smiles Warmly at Lily "Your so Wise Mum, And Who's That Guy Over There?" Lily Turned Around to See Razor Lurking In The Corner Opposite of Violet "Your a Good Mother, I'll Give you That, But as a Leader...That's a Different Story" He Then Walks Slowly To The Middle of The Court and Un-stealths His Weapon "I Know...I Didn't Need to Hear it from Your Mouth'' Lily Then Lifted Her Fist Up And Glanced at Her Sword Strapped to Her Side, Razor Then Barked "Oh yeah? Is That So? What Makes Me The Exception Then? Perhaps You Figured Out My Strength and You Were Offset By It..." Lily Lets Down a Gulp And Recoils.... "Press on With The Fight...Violet...Leave Sweetie"While She Tiptoed Out of The Arena, The Rest of The Men and Women of the Rebel Group Showed Up To Watch, "Getting Nervous Madam Lily..." She Confidently Stands Up "Of Course Not...But you Wanna Know Something 'Razor'" He Looks At Her Questioningly And Replies "Sure" She Then Lays Her Hands Over her Head and Relaxes In The Open Court "You Never Wanna pay Attention to The Mouth..." He Then Flinched As he Felt The Blade Sink Into His Leg And Then get Driven Into The Ground "But You Might Wanna Watch The Hands'' The Rebels Then Began to Celebrate with an a Uproar of Cheering, Razor Then Screamed as He Couldn't Move His Leg "YOU WENCH! YOU CHEATED" Lily Then Ripped The Blade out of His Leg and Kicked Him Onto the Ground "Everyone here has Suffered Defeat By My Hand What Makes You Different?" He Looked Up At Lily Behind his Mask and Balled His Fist "Your Cheap... If You Fought me head on you would Have Lost" Lily Then Began to Chuckle "I'm More than What You Could Ever Handle...Why Do You Think I Run This Group...Did You Come Here Expecting an Easy Victory? NO Your a Dog Now Under My Command, And For The Rest of You in That Crowd, let's Show This DOG How We Run Things Around Here, If You Want The Empire Dead Razor, then Take your Sorry ass To The Grub Hall, Your Clothing Awaits" The Crowd Cheered as They Swarmed The Court "Another Victory For Madam Lily!" Then Another Woman Shouted "Yeah!! Lily's Gonna lead Us to Victory! Down With the Empire!" The Crowd Now Enthralled By Her Victory began to Chant "Down With The Empire, Down With The Empire!" Lily Now Smiling Let Them Have There Time of Joy, She Then Spotted Violet and Had a Conversation With her, As The Crowd began to Die Down a Bit Lily Put Violet on Her Shoulders and Began to Walk to The Meeting Room.Churro Then Greeted Lily and Violet "Madam Ray, Congratulations On Another Flawless Victory In The Ring, And Its Always Pleasure Seeing You Again Violet" Violet then Began to Play With Lily's Hair and Looked At Churro "Um, Mr.Churro. Can I Please Stay on Mommy's Shoulders The Whole time?" Churro Then Looked at Lily and She Nodded her Head "Sure Thing, Little Rayflower" Violet Let Out a Squeal Of Happiness And Began to Braid Lily's Hair. "Shall We Attend to Bussines Men?" Everyone In The Room Nodded In Agreement and Lily Took Her Seat In The Chair in The Front of The Room, With a Still Silence They Await For Lily's Words "Yesterday It Was Brought to My Attention That There Was Two Opening We Could Access Two Major Structures In The Empire, Those Being The Crystal Tower and The Hall of The Void, And I've Came Up With a Plan To Make a Major Move on The Empire, It's Time We Strike Hard and Fast" The Men Sitting Around The Table Pulled Out There Scribe Book Along With Their Feathers and Quills. Churro Then Spoke "Madam Ray? Are You Sure About this? After Weeks Of The Last Raid You Wanna Pull off This Stunt?" Violet Then Cuts Lily Off Before She Could Speak "I Might Be a Little Kid But Like What My Mommy Says, Its Better we Strike While The Iron's Hot." The Men Seated Around The Table Then Took Notes Based off What Violet Said and Lily Smirked "i Couldn't Have Said it Any Better Myself" Churro Then Seated Himself and Proceed To Listen "I Will Breach The Void Hall With Group A, These Groups Will be Formed During Selection. And We Will Find a Way to Close The Breach Between The Void and The Link to Our Star. Team B Will Be Led By A Selected General Their Objective Is to Cut Connections to Bahamut's Solar Station. And Team C Will Set Explosives Around The Surrounding Area and Make Both Structures Collapse Before They Even Knew What Happened" The Men Looked Frantic and Looked Around, And one Spoke up "Your Serious Right? This Will Destroy All Production meaning We Will Get Killed On the Spot if We are ever Caught? And This Could Affect Violet's Future?" Lily Stands and Violet Begins to Pout. "I've Already Had This Talk With Violet, She Told Me That Even Knowing The Consequences She Wants To Go Through With This, These Men are The Same ones who Took Her Father away, and The Ones That Took My Husband From My Life." Violet nods and Continues to Braid Lily's hair, The Man Sits Back Down in Silence and Gets Ready to Write Once Again. The Meeting Continued As Normal And A Lot of Information About The Mapping and Layout of The Buildings Were Discussed, Violet Feel Asleep On Lily's Head and She Told Churro To Put Her in Her Bed, The A, B, And C Teams Were Created and The Plans Were Discussed More, and Soon The Siege Of The Empire was Going to Become a Reality. Lily Then Dismissed The Men and Began to Walk Outside And Look Up Into The Cool and Calm Starry Sky, The Crystal Tower Glowed A Light Teal Color and It Made a Haze In The Sky Blocking The View of Some Star's But Not all of Them, Lily Then Let Out a Sigh And Closed Her Eyes ''How Can a World Corrupted By a Blinded Evil, look So Lovely..." Without a Sound to Be Heard A Man Spoke Up Behind Lily ''That's a Question for the 12 to Answer..." Lily Quickly Spun Around to See Who Was Speaking to Her "State You Name?" Without Answering Her, He Continued to Look Up Into The Sky, Lily Then Began to Observe Him and Take Mental Notes on What He Looked Like, He Was Tall and Slender With Black Hair, But Red Tatinted the Ends of Each Strand of Hair, He Too Was a Mito 'qe Just Like Lily. "There's Not Much of Our Kind Out Here....I'm Assuming Your One of The Outside Scout Rebels?" He Made a Shoulder Shrug Notion Pointing to The Fact That He's Clueless on What He's Doing "Honestly I've Just Be Wandering Around and Taking Notes on Stuff, I Went Into Their Cities Undercover and Just Wrote what i Found Interesting" Lily Looked Confused Due to The Fact That There Was No Undercover Regiment. Lily Then Pressed Him With Questions "So? Is There anyone else who follows that Order" He Then Laughs "Order? I Follow no Orders, But i Do My Part" He Presses The Book Against Lily's Chest And Begins to Walk Away Leaving His Hard Work in Her Possession "Wait-" Lily Calls Out, The Man Turns Around And Stares at Lily Blankly. She Flips Through The Pages Seeing More Information Then She Could Handle, Taking a Short and Choppy Breath She Closed The Book With a Hard Thud and Sat On The Ground, Looking at Him She Patted The Ground Next to Her and He Then redirected His Focus from Lily, to The Spot She Patted. His Light Footsteps Came Closer as if When He Walked There Was No Sound, The Crickets and The Sound of Rushing Water Filled Our Ears And Soothed The Mind, Lily Then Looked at Him and Folded Her Legs "Can You Please Tell me Your Name?" The Man Then Laid On His Back and Looked at The Stars Once More "Well You Said Please So I Suppose i Should Be Kind and Comply...Its Perseus" Lily Then Looked at Him And Gave Him a Stern Look "Ya Know, If Your Tired You Should Rest Inside" He Shook His Head No "I'd Prefer to Sleep Outside" Lily Then Looked Confused "Like a Starmoot You Sleep Out Here?" He Then Began to Nod His Head "Yup, It's Better Then Sleeping Indoors. You Should Try it" Rolling Her Eyes She Then Began to Lay Down, The Cool Grass Made Her Back Feel As if It Was Laying Down on a Bed of Chocobo Feathers, The Cool Air Surrounding Her Kept Her at The Perfect Temperature and Perseus Was Right, sleeping outside was Better "Wow This is...Um" He Then Finished her Sentence "Something You didn't Expect, Same here the First time i Did it" They Both Then Looked Up Into The Sky And Lily Pointed Out Something "Do You See Those Three Stars Over There?" Perseus Then Nods His Head "They Say That in The time of The 12 There was a Hero Who Fought All The WarMonger Tribes and Grew a Strong Bonds With The 12, Some Even Say She Became Immortal When The First Umbral Calamity Happened, And Other Say She Joined The Gods, But In My Opinion I Think She Had Much Bigger Plans. Her Name was Ray And Nothing More" Perseus Then Began to Point at a Black Spot in The Sky "Do You See That Lily?" Lily Then states "Yeah i Do But There's Nothing There?" Perseus Then Begins to Speak "My Family Always Told Me That Right There was The BirthPlace and The Tomb of Ray The Hero, They Said Her Power Was So Great That It Forced All The Stars To Move When She Was Born, And When She Went To Die. The Stars Made A Space for Ray to Rest for Eternity" They Began to Look at Eachother and Smile. Lily Then Began to Break The Silence "It was Nice Getting to talk to You About Thing...regardless How Creepy You Showed Up, You Still Made Good Company" Perseus Then Rubbed His Neck and Began to Apologize "yeah...sorry about that i was Kinda Already Sitting There and Was Gonna Go in to Talk to You But The Stars Were Just too Good to Pass Up on" But Before Anymore Words Were Shared, Pursues Then Stopped A Throwing Star From Hitting Lily's Face. She Screamed and Jumped Back Some Only to Fall Once More "Don't Worry Lily, You'll Be Ok" Footsteps Moving Faster and Faster Began to Spin Around Perseus And Lily, Until Perseus Heard a Shift In Movement and Moved His hands In The Way of an Incoming Blow, The Attacker Recoiled and Scoffed. Then a Smooth Voice Broke Out "Damn It..." Lily's Ears Then Jumped Up "Razor, You Son of a Bitch" Without a Return Comment He Rushed Directly Towards Lily, She Was Too Exhausted From The Meeting That She Had Little Strength to Perform But Luckily For Her, Persues Was Incredibly Agile and Quick to Reactions ''Gah- Let me Kill That Damn Cat and I'll Consider Letting You Live Boy..." Persues Shook His Head No And Began to Dash Towards Razor With Only His Fist, Razor Threw 3 Knifes Only For Perseus to Dodge All of Them With Elegance and Speed, But Before Razor had Anymore Time to Think Perseus Connected a Blow Of His Fist to razor's Face, Sending Him back a Few Feet. In Rage Razor took off His Mask And Rushed At Lily and Grabbed Her By The Neck "LOOK AT ME!" In Fear Lily Looked Around to See Persues Recovering From Hitting His Silver Plating With Bear Fist, But Lily Took a Look at Razor's Face and Her Blood Ran Cold "...P-Paul..." Her Presumed to be Dead Husband Stood Before Her Grabbing Her By Her Neck, Paul Squeezed Tighter On Lily's WindPipe Having Her Gasp for Air "You Don't Know How Long I Wanted to Do This For...." Lily Began to Tear Up as She Slowly Felt Her Life-force Begin to be Taken Away "W-w-why..." Lily Choked On Her Own Tears Along With The Lack of Air "God...You Think i wanted to Stick Around and Raise a Child?...After i Murdered The emperor I Formed a Deal, They Promised me Fortune and POWER As Long as I Kept out of There Plan, But i didn't Want a bad Image Before I left, So I Had a Mage Cast An Illusion Spell of Me Onto a Golem and Have it Get Gunned Down So it Seemed Like i Died" After Hearing That Lily Was Crushed From The Inside Her Heart broke Into a Billion Bits And Everything She Told Violet and Everything She Told Herself was a Lie, There Was No Good In Paul, "And Now I'm here to Finish What I Started...And That Being This Rebel Group" Lily Then Began to Slip Into an Unconscious State As Life and Death Were On a Fine Border "hehe~..." But Before Paul Could Finish off Lily, Persues Kicked Paul In The Knee Snapping His Leg In Two And The Awful Bone-Snapping Sound Then Made its Presence Know to Paul as He Dropped Lily Who Was Now Limp, "GAHHHH-" Before Paul Could Stand With His Other Leg, Pursues Then Drove Paul's Own Blade Into His Leg Keeping Him Pinned on The Ground. The Sleek Silver Plating Then Began to Pour out a Scarlet Red "AKK- UGH! AHH" Paul, Who is Now Coughing Up Blood Stares Up a Persues Who Seems Pissed "Your Sick...You Know That Right..." Paul Then Began to Grin as Blood Poured Out of The Corner Of His Lip "Yeah...But They Promised Me What I Wanted...I Feel No Shame..." Perseus Grew More Disgusted By The Vile Monster Before Him "You Know.... I Spared Your Life Right Now For Lily...But You Made it Abundantly Clear That She Means Nothing to You" Paul Lowered His Head and Began to Laugh "You Think That Submissive Little Wench Was Something I Wanted to Keep Around?" He Laughs Manically "LILY MEANS NOTHING TO ME HAHAHA-..." Perseus Was Sick And Tired of Listening To His Banter So He Ripped The Blade Out of His Leg and Cut His Head Clean Off, The Stubble of His Neck Then Poured Blood Like a Fountain Witch Stained Pauls Clothing Red, Watching The Evil Grin On Paul's Face Stay There Even After Being Decapitated Gave Persuas A Burning Hate For His Very Existence, so he Began to Stomp on His Rolling Head Till It Was No Longer Able to Be Determined Who He Was, He Then Kicked Paul's Knelt Body Onto The Ground to Rot "Power Huh...Didn't Really Show Much of it" Perseus Then Turned to Lily Who Hasn't Moved an inch Since Paul Dropped her to The ground After being Choked, He Picked Up Her Small and Frail Body and Walked Inside, Traversing The Halls Felt Strange to Persues as He Hasn't Been Inside Here Since Recruitment, But he Finally Made it To Her Room. When He Swung Open The Door He Closed it Behind Him and Laid On The Bed With Lily In His Arms. Perseus Ears The Shot Up As He Heard A Fumble On The Door Knob, But Before He Could Move Lily A Little Girl Walked Into The Room, It Was Violet. She Slowly Closed The Door behind her and Began to Speak "Why is My Mommy Sleeping Like That..." Violet's Voice Then Began to Tremble "And...Why are you here holding her..." Perseus Then Looked Down at Lily to See That Her Eyes Were Puffy and Red From Crying And There were Hand Marks On her Neck from how Hard He Grabbed Her, Dirt Covered Her Clothing Along With Her Knees Being sore from hitting the ground, Violet then begins to tear up a Bit and Persues Speaks "Calm Down Little Girl...your mother is alright, she just got into a bit of a Pickle...that's all, infact could you be a dear and go fetch me a Healing Tonic?" Violet Nods her Head and Runs Out The Door. Perseus Once Again Looks Down on Lily and Moves Her Hair out of Her face "Poor Girl..." Perseus then Begins to think 'how will she tell her kid that her Dad was Trying to Kill Her?' But Before he Could Think Any Further, He Felt a Tug On His Tunic Lily's Gaze Was Directed Upon Him As Her Eyes Once Again Welled Up With Tears "I-i-i-it W-was P-p-paul..." She Then Wrapped Her Arms Around Persues And Dug Her Face Into His Chest and began to Cry Uncontrollably ''T-thank you...so so so much..." She Then Began to Cry Harder and Didn't Remove her Face from His Chest, Perseus Didn't Stop Her, He Then Began to Hold her Closer and Whispered "Your Welcome..." he Was Foringe To Helping Woman Calm Down But He Remembered When He Was a Kid His Mom Would Calm Him Down By Rubbing His Head, So He Placed His Hand On Her Head, She Flinched a Little and Grabbed Him Tighter Allowing Him to Calm Her Down, He Gently brushed His Hand Atop Her Head As She Began to Softly Whimper and Cry, While Helping Persueas Then Noticed Violet In The DoorWay, She Saw Him Helping Her and Was Smiling, She Tip-Toed As Silent as She Could And Places The Healing Tonic on The Nightstand And She Left The Room As Quickly As She Came In. Now Alone Perseus Didn't Know What To Say, He Kept Rubbing Her Head And It Seemed to be Working "You Need to Drink This Tonic Lily..." She Still Wouldn't Remove Her Face and Shook Her Head No, She Grabbed Him Even Tighter And Perseus Then Placed Down The Tonic. "Perhaps In The Morning You'll Take It?" She Didn't Move But Her breathing became Softer and Heavier, Perseus Knew he Was Doing Well Because Eventually Lily Was Fast Asleep In His Arm, He Then Embraced Her keeping Her Warm Since The Blankets Were too Far Away and He Didn't Wanna Wake Her Up, He Was Used to Being Cold But Lily Always Slept Inside and He Knew She Wasn't Adapted to The Harsh Environment, So a Little Chill IndoorsWould Bother Her Rest. Eventually He Began to Feel His Eyelids Grow Heavy and He Couldn't Handle The Problems That Would Come Tomorrow, A Dead Body, an Injured Leader and a Low-Life Grunt Aiding Her. But He Felt a Sense of Comfort Being With Lily and All of These Issues Did Not Bother Him as He Slow Drifted off Into Sleep. Lily Woke Up And Began to Look Around, Alot of Last Night was a Blur But one Thing Stood Out, Perseus Was Comforting Her. She Looked Back to See Perseus Still Asleep Holding Her In His Arms, She Didn't Dislike The Feeling, It Felt Almost...Normal, Instead She Fixed Herself Into a More Comfortable Spot In His Arms and Gave a Small Smile, She Felt Safe In His Arms and was Glad That Perseus Was There to Save Her From Paul And If it Wasn't For Him Being There She Would Be Dead Along With A Lot of The Others Including Her Daughter, Lily Then Began to Think 'I Think Perseus Killed Paul...For Good This Time' But The Thoughts of Paul Saying He Didn't Want Lily or Violet In His Life Was Burned Into Her Mind, She Almost began to Tear Up as She Then Toughened Herself Up. She Then Began to Tug on Perseus Shirt Once More Attempting to Gently Wake Him Up, He Gave Out a Low Groan and Held Lily a Little Closer "Hm- Whats Up?" Lily Gave Him a Tiny Smile and Began to Mess With Him "Do you See Something Wrong With This Picture?" He Gave Her a Glance And Looked at Both Himself and Lily "No...Is There Something Im Doing Wrong?" Lily Then Began to Giggle as She Then Slumped Back Into His Arms "Ohh Nothing...Dont Stress It Presues" He Gave a Small Smile As The Door Knob Then Began to Turn and Open "Mommy!!!" Violet Then Jumped Up Onto The Bed and Hugged Lily Tightly "Sir Could You Make Some Room For me too?" Perseus Then Looked at Lily And She Gave a Nod And His Arm Then Swung Up And Allowed Violet to Have a Seat, With Perseus Having to The two In His Arms Violet Makes a Statement The Makes the Room Go Silent "Mommy, Is This my New Dad?" They Both Look At each other and Both of Their Faces Burn Hot Red, Lily Then Turns Away From Persues Embarrassed and Persues Speaks Up in a Confident Tone "Well Little Lady, That's a Choice For Your Mother To Make when she is Good and Ready, but I Wouldn't Mind Being You Guy's Personal Guard on Duty" Lily Then Only Proceeded to Get More Embarrassed "T-that Sounds Like a L-Lovely Idea...And My Daughters Name is Violet...Violet Meet Perseus, Perseus meet Violet" Violet and Persues Smile At Each Other And Then Turn Their Attention onto Lily "And if Your Wondering About The Dad Idea Violet, I Don't think Persues Wants to Be a Father Figure Like That Anyways" She's Quickly Cut off By Persues "Of Course I Would Wanna Be a Father Figure" Lily Is Almost At The Breaking Point of Embarrassment As Violet Then Begins to Bounce "Mommy! Mommy! Can He Be My Daddy Pleaseeeee?" Perseus Chuckles And Looks At Lily "Let's Discuss This In The Hall Lily" He Then Slips Out From Under The Two and Holds His Hand Out to Help Lily off The Bed, Her Knees Are Still Sore, She Takes His Hand And Pulls Herself Up. Perseus Then Mental takes A Note on How Soft Lily's Hands Were and Opens The Door Into The Hallway, She Makes It to The hallway and Looks Back At The Bed to See Violet Giving a Thumbs Up To Lily, Perseus Then Closes The Door and Walks A Little Bit Away From it and Turns His Direction To Lily "Well, What's Your Thoughts? I Mean I Did Ya Know...Kill Her Real Last Night, He Had The Chance to Go Back to You Guys But he chose to Leave You, Like You were a Waste of Time. I Tried Lily...I tried to Keep him Alive But The Second He Said That You And Your Kid Were Nothing to Him i Cut Ties With His Spirit And Sent Him to Rot With Ifrit" Lily Placed Her Finger Over His Lips And Spoke In Silence "I Understand Pursues...But I Met You Last Night...And You Wanna Take Responsibility For My Child" Perseus Then Begins to Laugh "Yup, Indeed i do...I Feel As if I'm Responsible To Protect You And Your Kid'' Lily Then Looked Up at Him and Gave a Stern Look "Your Still a Grunt Ya Know. I'm Completely Capable Of Handling Issues Myself, And i can Handle My Child Too" He Takes Ahold of Her hand And Holds it Lightly In His Palm "Your Hands Are Soft Lily...Just Like Your Heart, It Can Be Shattered Very Easily and i'm Not Saying Seeing Your Presumed Dead Husband Was an Easy thing, But After That It Would Be Quite Easy to Hurt You, And I'm Not Gonna Let That Happen, And You Seem Kinda Drained Of Energy, So I Wanna Take some Weight off You Shoulder By Being Your Child's New Father" Lily Then Began to Blush And He Ears Then Began to Heed Down As She Locked Eyes With Him and Said "Your and Idiot...." He Then Began to Smile "I Know" Lily Then Let Out a Big Smile and Said "She's a Handful...Don't Get too Overwhelmed" He Then Chukels "I Won't..." He Then Stumbles Back And Looks Down to See Lily Wrapping Her Arms Tightly Around His Waist. He Thinks to Himself 'She Probably Has Not Met Someone Who Wanted to Care for Her Kid...Strange, She's Super Kind And so is Violet?' He Then Holds The Thought As Lily Then Opens The Door To See Lily Bouncing On The Bed, Lily Then Barks At Violet "HEY, Quit Roughing Around On The Bed! If You Wanna Act Like a Fool Ask Your Dad if He Will Play With You Outside!" Violets Face Blew Up With Joy And Excitement "Mommy!! He's My Daddy!!!" Lily Then Gives Her a Nod With a Massive Smile "But before you Play We Need to Have a Talk...Together" Perseus Then Sat Down Along With Lily and Violet "Sweetie? Could You Get Your Scrapbook and The Family Book for Me? I Know You Have Em Both'' She Nods and Runs to Get em, Perseus Then Speaks "Your Telling her'' Lily Nods Staring at The Wedding Photo "She Deserves to Know..." He Nods in Agreement As Violet Then Runs into The room "Here You Go Mommy and Daddy" Lily Then Begins to Violently Pull Out all The Photos Of Paul And Holds Them All In Her Hand "Sweetheart, What I'm Going to tell You is Going to Break You Just Like it Did me...But You Deserve to Know" An Hour Long Conversation of How Paul Wasn't Dead and How His Drive was For Power and Money and that Lily and Violet were a Mere Annoyance to Him and Wanted them Both Dead, But Persues Saved Her and How He Tried to Spare Him But He Showed No Signs on The Paul She Once Knew, And Sadly Needed to End His Life For good "So...My Daddy wasn't a Good Man...." Lily Shakes Her Head No In a Sollem Motion, Violet Being The Bundle of Positive Energy That She is Than Began to State a Claim with a Positive tone "Well He Wasn't a Good Man, He Isn't My Real Dad. My Real Dad Would Stay By My Mommy and Me And Protect us And He Didn't Do That, But Pursues Did So He's My Real Dad. And There's Nothing You can do to Change My Mind Mum" Lily and perseus Were Both Taken Aback By What She Said As Pursues Then Felt a Fire Well Up Inside of Him As If He Was Truly Welcomed By Violet And His Drive to Protect Both Lily and Violet Was 10x Stronger Than before, Lily Then Began to Smile and She Hugged Violet, Perseus Then Stood Up and Began to Speak "Violet...Are You Sure You Really Want me to Be Your Dad?" Violet Then Began to Giggle As She Looked Up At Him, Almost Exactly Like What Lily Dose "No, I Don't Want You to Be My Dad, I Want you to be My REAL Dad" Perseus Then Got On one Knee and Looked Her In The Eye's "Your Adorable Violet...But It Will Take Me Time to Get Well Adjusted as Apart of This Family, So Forgive me If i Suck at Being The Dad You Wanted" Violet Then Patted The Top Of perseus Head and Looked at Him "I Never Had a Dad In My Life so i Don't Know What a Dad Would Act Like, But You Be a Great dad, I Know It" In That Moment, Time for The Rayflowers Seemed to Stop, Lily, Violet and Persues All came Together for The First Family Hug.