BlueAnnihilator
|
*Time to rejoin Mads and Rachel as they awake the next morning and head back into the city streets, ready for departure*
Mads: *cheerfully* So Rach, you ready to go?
Rachel: Uhm, sure. But, why are you so chipper all of a sudden?
Mads: I released all of my sorrows.
Rachel: Released?
Mads: Yup.
Rachel: Hm...*thinks* ...Ew...
Mads: It's better if you don't think about.
Rachel: Too late...
*A voice calls out to them from the distance*
??: ILS sir!!!
Rachel: Hey, who's that?
Mads: Collin!?
*Collin runs in and screeches to a halt*
Collin: *panting* ILS sir! I'm so glad I found you!
Mads: Collin, what are you doing here?
Collin: After Blue's seige of the northern base, me and the rest of the novice hunters were relocated to the western base.
Mads: Okay, but that still doesn't explain why you're here by yourself.
Collin: Oh yeah. After you and ILJ were found out and branded as traitors, I was sent out on reconaissance duty and ordered to report back if I found you two or any of Blue's friends.
Rachel: Kyyah!!
*Rachel kicks Collin with enough force to send him spiraling into the side of a building*
Mads: Rach! What's the matter with you!?
Rachel: He's an enemy, isn't he?
Mads: No! Hang on, Collin! I'm coming!
*Mads runs after Collin to check up on him*
Rachel: *rubs head* Well he seemed pretty enemyish to me...
*Rachel runs after him. When they arrive, Collin manages to stand on his feet, but is wobbling in a daze*
Mads: Collin, are you okay?
Collin: *swirly eyes* Eeeee...uuuugh...
*Collin wobbles until he loses his balance and falls into Mads' arms unconscious*
Mads: Aw man. We should take him back to the inn until he comes to.
*Mads and Rachel carry Collin back to the inn, and lays him in bed to rest. A while later, he comes to, and the three sit at a table in the lobby to talk*
Rachel: Uhm, I'm sorry for attacking you like that, Collin. I hope it didn't hurt too bad.
Collin: Nah, it's okay. You were just being cautious afterall. I can't blame you for that.
Rachel: So you're really on our side?
Collin: Yeah, I don't really know what's going on, but I could never betray my hero, ILS. As his subordinate, I'll follow him always!
Mads: Heheh, Oh Collin...
Collin: So, where are you two headed, anyway?
Rachel: We're trying to find out where the IL Guild headquarters is.
Mads: Yeah, so we can confront the Official and put an end to all of this.
Rachel: You wouldn't happen to know where it's located, would you, Collin?
Collin: Oh, of course not. If you two don't know, there's no way that a grunt like me ever would. ...I'm sorry I couldn't help.
Mads: Don't worry about it. We'll just be on our way to the western base and find out for ourselves.
Collin: Wait, you're going to the western base!?
Rachel: Yeah, what's wrong with that?
Collin: It's dangerous!
Mads: Don't you think we know that? But we have to go anyway.
Collin: No no no! You don't understand!
Rachel: What don't we understand?
Collin: The researchers at the western base, the same ones who built the Dragonship, are developing a battle weapon to combat Blue.
Mads: A what!?
Collin: It's a machine designed specifically to apprehend and capture Blue, while being able to deal with his magic abilities. It's still in the prototype stages, but it's still a force to be reckoned with.
Rachel: Gee, the Official must be desperate if he would go to such heights just to get his hands on Blue.
Mads: Yeah, no kidding. Let's go, Rach.
Rachel: Right.
Collin: What!? You're still going after everything I just told you!?
Mads: Well yeah. If we don't we may never find out where headquarters is. We'll just have just have to fight this battle machine ourselves.
Collin: But...
Rachel: You said it's still in the prototype stage, right? Then that should mean we have a fair chance of taking it down.
Collin: Perhaps, but you don't know what you're up against!
Mads: We don't, but you do, Collin!
Collin: Well yes. Yes I do.
Mads: Then you can help us fight the battle machine.
Collin: W-wait! I don't know about this..I-I mean..I..
Mads: No buts! You're coming with us! Let's go, Rach!
Rachel: Yeah!
*Mads grabs Collin's arm and drags him along. The three leave Lahnzay City and set out for the western base*
|