Before the Grand Adventure

Chapter 12: A promise to Uphold

The sun slowly raised from the horizon, Glauca groans in pain as he pulls himself to his feet and looks over at Ava as she pulls herself back up onto her feet as well, both were using their sword to stay standing on their feet.

He then pulls the dagger out and drops it onto the ground, "For the honor of my home. I fought and killed under a king I loathed. And still he betrayed me. He betrayed us all." he states and Ava groans in pain and falls to her knees, but didn't release her grip on her sword as she pants. "Betrayed you? Betrayed us all?" Ava questions him, then looks up at him. "It was you that betrayed him. We all fought for the same thing. All of us." she said and stood on her shaking legs. "But you're been looking back into the past for so long, you blinded yourself to a possible future of light." she states then charges right at him and strikes at him, but he swipes her blade away and grips her throat yet again and lifts her up as Incurs continues his fight with the daemon.

Drautos scuffs at her, "Predicable." he states and she glares down at him, "Unlike you, I've learn from history." he tells her, and she grips his arm with one hand. "But you let yourself be bound and shackled to the past." she tells him, "A man's past is his pride." he tells her and grips tighter. And she gags, but shook her head. "No, a man's pride is in shaping the future, making sure the generations live in peace and harmony." she states and her whole body started to glow. Making Drautos blind. "The future that Niflheim offers, that death and chaos, there is no room in my future for them!" she snaps and vanishes from his grip. Then he turns around, but gags as he felt her dagger plunge his chest. He looks at her and saw her panting.

Incurs then plunge his fist in the daemon's core and it cries out in horror and pain. He then pulls his fist out as Ava lets go of the dagger. Drautos stagger back as he grips the dagger. The deamon falls to his knees and collapse back onto the ground. Incurs pants then lets out a mighty war, claiming his victory.

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Luna looks out her window and saw the exit, "We're almost there." she informs them, "Almost." Libertis agrees with her, then they heard a mighty roar that would shake the very core of the earth, "What the hell was that?" Nyx questions they look around and Luna looks back at the scenery behind them, "That was Ava, she must of won." she states.

Nyx looks at her in surprise then turns back at the scenery behind them and looks for Ava. -Come on, Babe. Where are you?- he questions. As they pass the sign, telling them that the exit was near.

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Ava pants as she sat down on the rumble, Drautos just pants of exhaustion and defeat, she then looks down at him, "Regis did everything he did in the past for the future and because of what he did, there is still hope for your home and all the other homes lock in Niflheim's grasp." she tells him and Drautos looks at her, "Hope." he mutters. She then pants and crawls her way to him, then grips the dagger and jerk it out of his chest.

Drautos coughs weakly as she then drops it and places her hand over the wound then started to heal it, he then looks up at her, "Why, after everything I have done to you." he states and she looks at him, "I meant what I said, I won't stop until my parents killer is dead at my feet and the Emperor killed my parents, you were just the blade they welded, giving you empty promises of the freedom of your home, they have no honor or remorse in them." she tells him as the wound closes up. "Then why save me at all?" he asks her. She stops and pulls her hand away then looks back at him as Incurs stood next to them, revert back to his original form, "Redemption." she answers then stood up, he smirks, "You are one strange, girl. Has anyone ever told you that?" he asks then closes his eyes and was fast asleep.

Ava smiles down at him and wipes the dirt off his cheek, "All the time." she answers him as Incurs stood behind her, bends down and places his hand on her shoulder. She sighs and places her hand over his and leans her cheek against it.