The Ruined Kingdom

Chapter 5. Thunder and Ice

     "Holy shit! I have a sister?!" Sulphyr yells as a lady gives them some tea. "You'd be surprised." A woman replies named Cere Cora. "So, let me get this straight. I was sent to the nation of thunder so I could be safe and away from Lucille?" Sulphyr asks. "Yes, but now that she knows you and your friends are there. You're at risk of dying." She explains. "But I already died." Sulphyr tells her.

     "WHAT!?" Cere yells shocked. "YOU FUCKING WHAT!?" She yells. "HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?!" She yells once more. "Life crystals, restores vitality blah blah blah. I even have the scar." They reply pulling up their shirt to show the scar from Lucilles spear. "That's no doubt, it's her spear." Juno tells Cere. "No kidding." She responds. "Where's Kuichi?" Sulphyr asks.."Oh that guy? He's out running some errands for us." Juno responds. "What happened while I was out?" Sulphyr asks. "Well for starters you were out for 4 yea-" Cere replies before being cut off. "4 FUCKING YEARS?!" Sulphyr yells

     "I've got to get back!" Sulphyr yells. "You're still recovering." Juno responds. "You're not going anywhere." He tells them, Kuichi walks into the room. "What'd I miss? Oh hey Sulphyr, you're up." Kuichi tells them. "We got to get back Kuichi!" Sulphyr tells him. "Sulphyr, I know it's been 4 years, I woke up a year before you, but come on. I tried getting back to the main land but... well I can't see out my left eye anymore." He responds. "There must be a way though!" They reply, worried for their friends. "Well, while you were out we got a letter. From an Esper." Cere tells them. "Esper..? Where's the lettter?" They ask. "Right here." Juno replies handing the letter to them.

     "Only you could open it, we tried." Juno tells them, Sulphyr opens the letter, he begins to read it out loud. "2 years after your disappearance Alex Myr was killed in a duel, Lucille has sent hunters to find and kill you, Alex's last wish was to give you this." The note read with a small case inside of it, it was Alex's magic capsule. But only Fire was seen. "There's more writing on the back." Cere tells them, the note read. "Alex had two magic capsules, one was given to you, the other was given to me. Sulphyr Cora, wherever you are. You can return to the nation of storms, we successfully took it back from Lucilles hands. From Esper."

     "We gotta go back." Sulphyr tells them putting the note down, holding the fire magic capsule. "Sulphyr, please listen.-" Cere tries telling them. "My friend is dead! There are hunters coming for me! You two aren't safe if I'm here!" They yell. "Very well, I'll open a portal for you. But promise me you won't die or get caught." Juno tells them. "Okay..." Sulphyr responds, Juno opens a portal to the nation of thunder, Kuichi and Sulphyr walk through the portal.

     "So this is the nation of thunder, huh?" Kuichi asks. "There's missing posters of me." Sulphyr responds. "Shouldn't we find your friends?" Kuichi asks. "We should-" Before Sulphyr could finish a giant explosion could be heard and the airship that came when Sulphyr was in the nation of tundra was in the sky. "You're fucking kidding me!" Sulphyr yells. "You reckon I could get us up using fire magic?" They ask. "Probably?" He responds, it did end up working, and now they're on the dock of the airship.

     "What the fuck." Someone asks walking out onto the dock, it was Lucille. "HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?!" She yells. "Why are you still attacking?" They ask, Lucille summons her scythe and Sulphyr summoned their sword. "You're not getting an answer out of me." Sulphyr tells her, the two engage in a fight. Sulphyr slashes at Lucille which was quickly blocked by her scythe. "When did you get a scythe?" They ask, the two's weapons clash together. "A year ago." She responds, using magic to swipe at Sulphyrs legs, dropping them to the ground giving her a chance. "How sloppy!" She yells as she goes to chop their head clean off.

     "No!" Kuichi yells, chains of dark magic keeps Lucilles Scythe from moving. "Thanks." Sulphyr yells as they un-arm Lucilles scythe. "Well shit." She responds, a giant wave of dark magic comes from her sending the two back, suddenly a familiar sickle comes flying towards Lucille. "A third one, seriously?" She asks. "Isn't that..." Kuichi asks. "Esper?" They ask him. "Holy shit, Sulphyr?!" Esper responds, before they can reach eachother Lucille uses dark magic to push them off the airship. "Go fuck yourself!" Sulphyr yells, the three make it on the ground safely with the help of Sulphyrs wind magic.