Bloodline

Final Front(3) - Finale

He tries to fight it but he cant move, he tries to yell but his mouth doesn't move, he tries to jump at the king, but he cant move. Zircon kneels in front of him, just enough to where he could get a killing strike but he cant seem to do anything against him, he can only follow his commands. "W-What...is t-this...?"he asks, seeing as his body rises, and holds his daggers towards Damian and the others. The king laughs, "My power is like no other, unlike the magic abilities that make my troops control things around them, I can control people. How else do I get the people to worship me?" He sits back at his throne as Zircon begins running at Damian, swinging his dagger at him as he desperately blocks his attacks with his shield. "Zircon, please fight his control! There has to be some way to break it!" Damian shouts as Lutol swings his axe, Zircon dodging it without any trouble. "I have to kill you all, for the sake and well being of the kingdom..." Zircon says, his face showing no signs of free will. "Face it Damian, he's not our Zircon anymore, but we have to free him somehow!" Lutol says, the others standing in defensive positions.

"What!? I said that!?" He thinks, watching as his own body begins to fight everyone else. He watches as the king sits smugly at his throne while his own friends start attacking him. "There must be some way! B-But maybe killing them is the only way...No! These arent my thoughts!" Zircon thinks, watching as he throws a few knives at Maralyne, some hit her while others are blocked by Damian as he holds his shield to block them. She falls in pain, and manages to shoot an arrow to the king, it hitting his leg. The king shouts in pain, but stays sitting as Zircon keeps attacking, but with much more ferocity. Rose begins to attack him with speedy swings and thrusts with her own daggers, but Zircon manages to dodge them with his skills and his ability to turn into smoke. He eventually overpowers her, and grabs one of her daggers, stabbing through her neck and killing her. "You all will die here, all so we may thrive!" He says as he pushes Rose's corpse aside.

"Keep attacking him! We gotta hold him down somehow! Maybe even knock him out!" Tesath says, the others nodding as they charge him. Maralyne begins shooting arrows at him while Zircon dodges the attacks of Damian and Lutol, while Tesath shines her light on them. Lutol eventually makes a wide swing, giving Zircon enough time to jump over the axe, it hitting Damian and sending him flying for a second before he lands, him losing his shield in the process. As Lutol stares at this, Zircon jumps at his back, and begins stabbing into him, the blade cutting into him like butter. Lutol falls as Maralyne manages to hit him in the arm, disabling that arm as Damian gets back up and charging at him with his sword. Zircon trips Damian and kicks him aside as he dodges more arrows, throwing a ball of smoke at Maralyne and some knives at Tesath. Maralyne begins to suffocate as she tries to exit the cloud, Tesath barely dodging the knives. Maralyne gets out and falls to the floor coughing just as Damian finally gets back to the fight. "N-No...! Dont hurt them...!" A familiar voice shouts as Zircon looks to it with cloudy vision. As he does this, Maralyne attempts to shoot an arrow at him, but misses. Before he could do anything, Zircon cuts through the armor Damian wore, and begins to connect swings again and again as he tries to block with the sword.

Tesath eventually shines her light at Maralyne, her getting up and holding her bow up. "Hit him in the leg, surely it will be enough to stop him!" She shouts as Maralyne begins to draw her bow back. Zircon manages to open his mouth, "J-Just...k-kill me...!" He says, causing Maralyne to hesitate, giving him enough time to connect one last strike on Damian, him falling to the floor. Zircon turns to look at Maralyne and Tesath, walking slowly to them with a dagger in his good arm. Tesath steps forward, "Zircon please! Listen to our words! This isnt you, and you know you want to break free! Please! Tell me you're in there!" She shouts, him only continuing to walk her, Maralyne reaching for an arrow in her quiver, but finding none. Zircon just keeps getting closer, his eyes empty. "Please Zircon! We're here for you! You can break his control!" "I-I can't...I-I can o-only...obey..." Zircon managing to get out, holding his dagger up.

Tesath eventually runs up and hugs him, Zircon stopping completely for some reason. "Remember back in the forest how you saved me from its magic? Please Zircon...come back to us..." She holds him tight as he stays there in shock, the king merely watching with his smug look despite the arrow in his leg. The dagger in his hands starts shaking, his arm slowly coming down towards her back, Maralyne trying to get to Tesath to get her off him, but the knives that struck her prevent her from moving too far. "Tess...g-get away...I'm t-too dangerous right now...!" He shouts, her holding him even tighter. "Please fight his control! Its gonna be okay...we're here for you...!" Through his fading conciousness, he hears her words echo in his head as he closes his eyes.

"Its going to be okay...but I cant fight it...please get away..." he thinks as the dagger gets closer and closer. "I'm trying as hard as possible...but it's not getting easier..." His head starts spinning, and he doesnt realize he fell just then, Tesath still holding him. He almost cant hear her as she starts crying, but hears as she says one last time...

It's going to be okay...

He starts thinking of the war, of the fighting, the sights, the people they saw, the crimes they witnessed, he evaluates them all. "It will be okay..." he says to himself, not realizing he said it aloud, and opens his eyes. He holds Tesath as she continues crying, and looks at the king as he gets up.

Maralyne and Tesath look at him as he rises, staring at the king dead into his eyes, and begins limping towards him. "If you have the ability to control people...then you must be dependent on it if that's all you've done..." He reaches into his pack, and pulls the other Valkyrie enhancer, injecting it into himself as he the king gets up off his throne and grabs a sword from an armor stand. "You wish to fight me in that state?" He says, putting the blade under Zircons throat once he gets close enough. "Either way...You tortured the people of this kingdom, forced them under your control while they didnt know what was influencing them." He steps back once as he readies his blade, looking at his injuries. "I probably cant use my smoke powers like this...too much blood lost, but I have just enough energy to kill you..." The king laughs once Zircon finishes, staring him as he holds his sword. "Then do it, if you can swing at me." The king taunts, and readies his sword for Zircon.

He stares at the king, waiting for a moment to strike, trying to see everything with his peripheral vision. Nothing around them can benefit his chances of killing the king, until he sees it. Maralyne's lucky arrow that hit his leg, he runs to the king with his blade, jumping and kicking the arrow even deeper as the king cuts into his stomach. He yells in pain as he holds the sword stuck in his gut, cutting his hand in the process, but proceeds to stab into the king multiple times as he tries to get away, Zircon only limping towards him. The king eventually falls onto his throne and looks back at Zircon, him getting closer as he throws a knife, it piercing through his hand into the wood of the armrest to the throne. The king tries to get his hand out but looks up to see Zircon standing in front of him, dagger in hand as he looks at him, his eyes empty. "If people gain powers through the Valkyries blood, then I will make sure none will be able to control such a power like yours..." he says, stabbing the king in the heart, leaving him as he slowly fades from life.

He walks up to Tesath and Maralyne, them staring at his damaged body. "Its finished...I killed...the king, is everyone else alright...?" He asks, the two shaking their heads as he looks at Rose and Lutol, the large blood pools, and Damian, him laying still on the ground. He walks up to Damian, and examines the multiple cuts he made through his armor, seeing every slash, cut, and the flow of blood coming out of the slots in his armor. "Hes still alive somehow...I can barely tell with his state, but he can definitely survive those injuries...with your help Tesath..." he looks to her as she nods, and helps Maralyne up as they try to wake Damian as soldiers come in.