The Riddler (Completed)

RIDDLE XVII: HISTORY

Endless suffering, they're all worn out. Full of cuts, bruises and swollen skins. They can't feel their bodies anymore but one thing's for sure, they are still alive.

Left alone in this big old empty room, lying on the floor, bathing in their own blood.

"To-- by." Zelo mouthed. "You a'ight br-- bro?" He asked regardless of his state right now.

"Re-- serve your stre-- strength Z, we'll get out of this for-- for sure." He said as he looked at him.

"Wh-- why is sh-- she doing this to-- to us?" Court Louise's slowly crawling his way towards his friends direction. "Di-- did we do some-- thing bad to her?" He asked as tears started to run down his face.

"No C-- CL, we didn't do any-- anything to he-- her." None of them talked anymore. They're now resting their tortured bodies and also waiting for what's going to happen next.

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"It's still early Dane, are you going somewhere?" Kessler asked when he saw Scheheredane walking down the stairs up so early.

"No, I just feel waking up early today." She answered with a smile. "How 'bout you? Why are you up so early?" She asked him back.

"I'm going to check up on my friends back home." He said as he folded the newspaper he's reading. "I can't just sit here doing nothing." Dane sat on the couch in front of Kessler and breathe deeply.

"I'll go with you then." She said.

"No, I'll be going alone. Just stay here, okay? I won't take long. It'll be better if you'll stay here along with Ricciane."

"But--

"No buts Dane." He said and stood up. "If anything happens, let me know."

"Are you sure you wanna go alone?"

"Yeah." He answered with a smile.

"If that's what you want then." She handed out a car key. "Use the other car in the garage." Kessler nodded.

Kessler then started preparing everything before he leaves. He also talked to Ricciane so that she won't ask Dane questions anymore. He wanna make sure that everything's good, he doesn't want anything to happen to the girls that are important to him. After an hour of preparation, he then left and drove his way back.

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On the other hand, Ricciane's in the kitchen along with some maids teaching her how to cook. Guards are also posted not far from her. Meanwhile, Dane's in her father's office checking on some information regarding her abilities. She still has a lot to learn, also she wanted to know more about it.

"Where is that book? Hm." She's still searching the shelves in his father's office when she saw a notebook she've never seen before. "Hm? What's this?" On her hand, she held the notebook covered in blue leather with its title-- "History of Two Bloodlines."

She immeadiately sat on her father's chair and placed the notebook down on the table and took a deep breath before she opened it. She started reading what's inside afterwards.

'Santiago's Bloodline started when Ricardo Santiago, the founder of Santiago name and also a soldier started to have dreams. Not just dreams, he had dreams that soon turned into reality.'

This is what she wanted to read, the history. Not just about her abilities but she wanted to know all. She then continued reading what's written in the book.

'He started having strange dreams that turned into reality when he was twenty years old. He was still having his training in the military when he dreamed of an attack on their headquarters. He just ignored that dream but the day after, an attack sparked on their headquarters. Many of his comrades were killed without a fight, only few survived including him. He then talked to their supervisor about his dream but instead of believing him, they just ignored him and told him he's crazy.'

"Hmm, so it all started that day." Dane's still wondering where did her ancestor got his ability and so she continued reading.

'Everytime he fell asleep, he'll have dreams but to him its more like of a curse. He can see things that he never thought he'll see, good and bad things, but he always see deaths and tragic events that caused him to act on his own. He's still in the military and during that time, he continued on developing his ability and after years of doing it, he was able to take full control.'

"Full control? What does it mean?"

'He's not having dreams anymore but instead he can decide what he wanted to see and when he wanted to see it. He can see all the information that he needs, everything. He can also choose whose future he wanted to see and in that way he lived a more normal life. Before, he thought he was cursed but as time passes by he took it as a gift from above. With his ability, he was able to do his job in the military way better than anyone else. He also accomplished different kind of missions and they always win any kind of fights under his command and with that he ranked up so easily. At the age of thirty-five he became the youngest general in the military and during his time, not a single soldier died in the battlefield. He's the best tactician and strategist living during his era and no one can beat him. It may sound impossible but it's the truth. He continued reigning on the battlefield until one day, a war started and many of his men died.'

"Wait, what? What happened?" Dane whispered to herself.

'He can't use his ability well, it's like something's blocking or preventing it. He forced himself so much that it made him cried tears of blood and one image of a man appeared, a man dressed as a soldier like himself but this guy is one of his enemies. Who is this guy? He asked himself. He forced his way through what's blocking him and eventually he saw its name, his name is--

"Lieutenant Arch Alv." Dane's quiet surprised to see a familiar name. "Alv-- is there a connection between our bloodlines?" She was about to read more when she noticed that the next pages were torned. "What the?" She stood up and started searching the shelves again but she found nothing. "Oh God, I'm almost there, aish." She heaved out a big sigh as a sign of disappointment. "I'll deal with you later when Kessler's here, for now I gotta check how's Ricciane doing." She then walked out of the room and decided to go to the kitchen but was surprised when she saw blood all over the floor. The maids and also the guards are all covered in blood, full of cuts and stab wounds on their body. She started to panic, she's worried about Ricciane. " Ricciane! Where are you Ricciane?! Ricciane answer me! Ricciane! Ricc--

BLAG!

Someone hit her from behind and she landed on the floor, she's still conscious but she can't see clearly anymore.

"Ricciane.." She called as she crawled her way out, she heard footsteps coming from behind. "Ricciane.. Where-- where are you?"

TAK, TAK, TAK!

Its slowly getting near her.

"Yihihihi!"

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