… 'The Fountain' …
"Hm."
"Hey Bo!"
"Think you can handle things here?"
Jeremiah says facing the direction of the forming tornando
"AaahahhahaHA."
Bo laughs
"Ofcourse boss."
"Things just got much more interesting after all."
He says smiling anxiously
"You going over there?"
He asks
"Yes."
Jeremiah responds
" I think I found one of the 'prizes' Yasser's looking for."
He says
"Is that so."
Bo says smiling.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Am sorry gentlemen but I won't be allowing any of you to leave here."
Mark says cutting in.
"You see…"
He says beginning to walk towards them
"The children over there are--"
"'The White Death.'"
Jeremiah says cutting Mark off!!
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"What did you--"
"That idiot Yasser has far more 'foresight' than all of you combined."
Jeremiah admits begrudgingly, cutting Mark off once more!!!
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"You'll find her at the Northern Gate."
He continues
"Probably tied to a tree or something if they haven't killed her already."
He says starting toward Lucy and Xavier.
"…"
"Well that's if you can get passed Bo here."
Jeremiah says turning to face Mark before waving and continuing forward.
"Well you heard the man."
Bo says smiling
"C'mon old man lets wrap this up!!!"
He shouts!
… [Xavier and Lucy] …
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"LU-LUCY!!!"
Xavier shouts as Barry's gun goes off!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOoooOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The tornado…
Vanishes?!?!!!!
With it all the fierce winds too!
And Just as all the dust clears in one sitting.
Xavier catches a silhouette of Lucy mid-air!
Her foot lodged on Barry's forearm!!
"H-HE MISSED?!!"
Xavier thinks!
"…"
"Hm."
Lucy smirks smugly.
("BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!"")
"Arrghhhh!!!"
Barry is blown back as Lucy uses his arm as a launch pad to flip back!!!
"LUCY!!!"
Xavier shouts starting after her
"LUCY YOU OKAY?"
He shouts
"STOP!!!"
Lucy shouts gesturing to Xavier
"This isn't over yet."
She says sternly
"W-what do you--?"
"Am saying he's not going to let us go unless I stop him right here."
Lucy says cutting him off
"…"
"B-But Lucy."
Xavier begins
"This is our chance!!!"
He shouts
"So if we just--"
"No."
Xavier tries to reason with her but is cut off once more!
"We've tried that already."
Lucy says sternly
"…"
"Aarghh!!!"
"LUCY!"
She exclaims clutching her side as Xavier shouts trying to move to her aid
"I SAID STOP!"
("BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!"")
"Arrghhhh!!!"
She shouts powering up the pressure of the wind pushing Xavier back!!
(deep breaths) "He's just going to keep coming after us."
She says flinching in pain
"B-BUT LUCY--"
"THIS IS THE ONLY WAY XAVI!!!"
She shouts
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Aahk!!...
(deep breaths) "Hooo…hooo"
Lucy exclaims in pain gripping her side and coughing a little blood
"…"
"Lucy…"
Xavier thinks when he notices the constant flowing blood on her side
(sighs) "…"
"Good…"
Barry's voice
"Good!!"
He shouts
"At least one of you gets it."
Barry says looking at a 'watch' on his wrist.
"22% huh…"
He says starkly.
"Did she manage to regain control of her (souls)?"
He thinks
"Or was outburst of energy something else?"
He thinks
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"I never really bothered to check until now but…"
Barry says walking to her
"But after that initial burst of power--"
"I gotta admit I got a little curious."
He says
"Yeah??"
"And?"
Lucy responds smugly staying where she stands.
"You're nothing special."
Barry says stiffly stopping a couple paces back.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Tell me kid is that cowardly brat really worth losing your life over?--"
"Yes."
Her response is immediate!
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Lu-lucy?!?"
Xavier thinks looking at her with sombre eyes
"So I ain't going anywhere until I know he's safe!!"
She shouts smiling and starting to make for Barry closing the distance!
"Hmph."
("….....")
"Well said…" "Thanks..."
("...…")
"…"
-silence-
"…"
("!!!!!!!!")
"!!!BANG!!!" "!!!ONE!!!!"
Barry fires his gun as Lucy shouts!!!
!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
The air around them erupts as the distance between them is closed!!!!
"AAARGGHHH!!!"
Xavier is blown away by the immediate pressure!!
Barry pulls out his right gun in a single motion aiming at who Lucy jumps into the air spinning into a double flip!!
"!!!BANG!!!"
He misses again as Lucy lands flash on his arm!!!
Without wasting a single second she throws a kick straight to his face!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The sound of Lucy's attack reverberates throughout the area!!!!
But to Lucy's surprise as the dust clears…
Barry tanked the shot!!!!
"Shit!"
Lucy mutters to herself
Barry smirks.
Immediately grabbing hold of her foot and lifting her over his head with ease!!!
Before.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucy is slamming back first into the ground!!!!
"Ack!!"
She exclaims as a the air is forcibly taken out of her lungs!!!
"!!!BANG!!!"
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Barry immediately fires twice with the gun on his left as Lucy rolls backwards!!!
Rolling twice before launching into the air on the third roll!!!
Flipping to a perfect landing!!!!
"!BANG!"
"!!BANG!!!"
"!!!BANG!!!!"
The shots are fired in quick session not allowing Lucy anytime to catch her breath!!!
Lucy breaks into a sprint for her life though!
Diving into a building on the right just as the third shot is fired!!!
"Tch."
Barry exclaims
(sighs) "Hey what happened to that plan of beating me down here huh??"
"…"
He shouts
"…"
-silence-
"…"
(breaths out) "Fine…"
"I'll just kill the other kid then."
Barry says turning to the direction where Xavier was.
(".....")
"Huh…"
("!!!!!!")
"What the--"
Barry mutters to himself confused just as Lucy pops out from the roof flying all the way down with a kick that's side stepped by Barry to a thunderous explosion!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
"AARGH!!"
Barry exclaims shielding from the burst of pressure
"Heh…"
Lucy scoffs
"It's not just a plan anymore."
She says popping off the ground in a huge leap and throwing kicks at him
"Bam!!"
"BAM!!!"
"BAM!!!!!!"
Barry sidesteps them all!!!!
"Oh."
He exclaims
"Why are you doing this..."
He asks dodging her kicks
"All that talent is wasted in this dump."
He says
"You'd real big in The Beneath y'know…"
Barry says
"So do tell what's your motivation in all this??"
He asks slowly pacing back as he dodges!
"I don't…"
"Need one…"
Lucy says in between breaths
"So long as my friends are in trouble…"
"Hyaaaaa!!!"
!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She lands a kick on Barry to a thunderous explosion
"…"
"Heh."
She scoffs
"Then I'll keep fighting no matter what."
She says smirking
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Friends huh?"
Barry says as the dust clears.
He blocked the kick!!!
"Tch."
Lucy exclaims at the revelation
"…."
-silence-
"…"
(sighs) "How disappointing."
Barry says holding her foot and aiming his gun at her
"Well then…"
He begins as Lucy struggles to get free
"I guess this is goodbye…"
("CLICK!!!!")
"Kid."
He says locking the gun!
"Heh."
Lucy smirks to herself at the last moment
"NOW!!!"
"OUUURAAAAAA!!!!"
("!!!!!!!!!!TING!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
("!!!!!!!!!!TING!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
("!!!!!!!!!!TING!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
Lucy shouts followed a shrieking Xavier and the sound of…
METAL?!!?!!
"WH-WHAT THE?!!"
Barry shouts turning reflexively to the direction of the sound!
"Hm."
Lucy smirks
"You dope it's called a DISTRACTION!!!"
("PA!!!!!!!!!!") …
"!!!!!!!ONE!!!!!!!!!!"
She shouts clapping her hands together as the glow focusses only in her legs!!!!!!!
"Sh-SHIT?!?!"
Barry exclaims turning back to face her!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The sound echoes the area as wind and sand are dispersed upward altogether from the impact!!!!!!!!
("CRAAA--CK!!!!")
Barry's neck snaps as he is forced head first into the ground by the sheer power of a swinging kick from Lucy!!!!!
"ORA!!!!!!!"
Lucy shouts
"Aaaahh--ck!!!"
He exclaims as his eyes lose their colour in an instant!
("!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")
"…"
(panting) "Haaaa.."
"Haaaa…"
"Haaa...…."
Lucy exclaims exhausted falling back to the ground
"Looks like…"
"I win…"
She laughs falling back to the ground.
"LUCY!!!"
Xavier shouts after her rushing to her.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Yeah… yeah…"
Lucy says sitting up
"Am fine Xavi"
She says
"…"
"Is he?"
Xavier asks.
"…"
"Yeah."
She responds bluntly
"Nice timing on that distraction."
She smiles to him tiredly.
"That was really brave."
She says
"T-Thanks…"
Xavier says softly smiling.
"C'mon let's get outta here."
Lucy says struggling to her feet
"Ye-yeah"
Xavier responds helping her up
"…"
-silence-
"…"
(sighs) "Haaaa."
"I guess I survived that somehow…"
Lucy think
"I should probably make sure i never to go beyond 50 again…"
She thinks pausing to stare at the passed out Barry before continuing forward with Xavier
"Come to think of it I had one more question for papa that day."
She thinks
"What would happen if someone with a shorter lifespan to used over 50??"
She thinks
"Oh well. I'll just ask him the next time I see him--"
"Ah!!"
Lucy's thought is cut off by Xavier...
"Hmmm…"
"What is it Xavi…"
She asks drained
"Oh."
"I just remembered!"
He shouts
"Mylo he's buried under some stuff back there!!!"
He shouts….
"Xavi he's probably dead."
Lucy thinks
"Could you maybe wait here a bit while I dig him out…"
Xavier asks full of conviction
"AAahh--"
"Sure…"
Lucy stops herself from saying anything…
"Great!"
Xavier smiles
"It'll just be a second I'll be back…"
He says placing Lucy against a wall and jogging to where he last saw the husky.
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Idiot."
Lucy thinks to herself facing the sky.
"We're supposed to stick together in times like this…"
She thinks
"Well…"
"It's not like I'm in any state to help right now…"
She smiles to herself softly sliding to sit
-MEANWHILE-
… [Xavier] …
"Where are you??"
"Where are you???"
Xavier searches frantically.
"Mylo!!!"
"Mylo!!!!"
He shouts.
"Am sure you were here somewhere…"
He thinks to himself twisting and turning…
"C'mon please be fine."
He thinks
"Things are finally starting to look up..."
He thinks recalling the battle…
"Hmmm…"
He exclaims before spotting the white silhouette once more…
"AH MY--"
("thwock!!!)
"…."
"…."
Xavier is suddenly thrown off his feet
(".....")
Time slows as he is flies through the air…
… ("Oh it's just Lucy…") …
He thinks catching a silhouette of her distinctive red hair behind him…
(".....")
A cold chill runs down his spine…
(".....")
Suddenly the day gets darker….
(".....")
Something feels wrong…
("Hey what are you doing you could have got hurt??")
He shouts sharply as soon he lands
(".....")
Something feels wrong….
("Hey Lucy!")
He shouts flipping over…
("L-Lucy???")
He calls out to her….
("...….")
Something feels wrong…
("LUCY!!!!!!")
He shouts…
("!!!!!")
Something IS wrong.
("LUCY!!!!!!")
He shouts!
As earth beneath his feet starts to feel wider.
Xavier sinks….
("LUCY!!!!!!")
He sinks.
("LUCY!!!!!!")
Deeper.
("LUCY!!!!!!")
Deeper!
("ah.")
It dawns on him.
("L-Lucy…")
She lays before him.
("lu…")
In a pool of crimson red.
(".....")
She's dead Xavi.
(".....")
There's an axe lodged in her head.
(".....")
That red that decorates her body is her blood
("lucy?")
She's dead.
("LU--")
… "!!!!thud!!!!" …
("….....….")
Xavier is knocked down by something.
… ("she's dead.") …
"…"
"…"
0.
0..
0…
0 hours till the incident….
… 'The Incident' …
-To Be Continued-