Finally new chapter. Enjoy
CHAPTER 8: CONFRONTATION
"Is...is this an angel?" asked Al terrified
Pheristos nodded and pushed the two kids behind positioning himself between them and the angel.
The angel attempted to speak, but when he opened his mouth only, blood and not words came out. Pheristos lighened his grip on his varistei and rushed at the angel's side.
"Are you ok? What happened to you?" he asked.
The angel just said three words: "Where....is....girl?"
At that momment the rest of the company rushed out of the tent. Pheristos saw Winry's eyes widen when he noticed the injured angel. "RAQUEL" she shouted when she saw him. "What happened to you?"
Again the answer barely came out of the angel's mouth: "N...a...ki...r"
"THAT BASTARD" shouted Pheristos. "I knew he looked fishy from the beggining"
Raquel caught Winry's arm and whispered at her in low voice: "Kill...Nakir....or..he will ....d...". At that point more blood came out of his mouth and he fainted.
Sig: "WALTER GO FIND MS TONIA RIGHT NOW. TELL HER AND HER MEDIC TEAM TO ATTEND TO HIS WOUNDS"
Walter nodded and left running towards the camp.
Sig turned to Ed and Al: " You two go back to the camp and alert everyone about the situation."
Ed: "But Mister Sig we want to fight as well"
Sig looked furius: "Are you insane? The enemy we are about to fight almost killed another angel. What makes you think you can even lift your fingers against him?"
The two boys seemed sad and Al started crying. Pheristos approached Al and caught him by the shoulder. "Do not worry, Al. We will defeat that Angel so that your camp can live happily once again."
Al stopped crying and with his eyes still blurry he nodded. Ed caught him by the hand and they both started running towards the camp.
Pheristos: "So what's the plan Sig?"
"You two stay out of this. The route to Golfex City is on the opposite direction of Nakir's location so please take your leave. You don't have to get involved with this mess anymore"
When Pheristos couldn't answer to this Wes spoke:
"Mr Sig. Asuming we leave this place and head for Golfex City, you go and get killed by Nakir, then the next one to be targeted by him will be the two of us. He has seen our faces and knows we are together with you so either we stay here and fight him with you or we have him following us for the rest of our journey."
Sometimes Pheristos loved how simple, Wes told the facts.
Sig: "Ok whatever just don't die."
A few minutes later Ms Tonia and her medical squad took Raquel to the infirmary. Wes,Pheristos,Winry,Walter and Sig had gone to Sig's tent to speak about strategy.
Sig began talking.
"First of all, is any of you still injured from the previous conflicts" After everyone nodded negatively Sig resumed. "This will not be an easy fight and I do not force anyone to come with me. You are here of your free will. So anyone that wants to leave please do so now"
He paused for about 30 seconds and since noone made any movements he resumed speaking: "The plan is as follows....."
After explaining the plan Walter and Winry took their leave. Wes also waved goodnight and took his leave. When Pheristos was alone with Sig he asked. "Is there anything I can do to become stronger? All I ve done so far is get in the way. I want to fight, I want to be helpful"
Sig remained silent for a momment and then said in deep low voice. "You know Nakir said you would turn out to be a fine man. I may hate the bastard but I will agree with him on this one. If you want to become stronger it can't be done in one night. But if you want to gain a little something I suggest you go attend to a Varistei-related class that starts in ten minutes in the north side of the camp. Ed attends that class if I am not mistaken he will be able to help you a bit"
Pheristos smiled and thanked Sig. He exited the tent and after a while searching for the class he finally found it. They had already started so he silently entered and located the place were Ed was sitting. Luckily the sit next to him was empty. He went and sat there. Ed was surprised to see him there, something logical since the students in the class were at most 10 years old, but after hearing Pheristo's story Ed got serious and sterted helping him as much as he could...
The following morning, Pheristos woke up feeling well rested. After taking a short breakfast he said goodbye to Ed and Al and reached for the camp entrance were Winry,Wes,Walter and Sig were waiting for him.
"Ok now that everyone is here let us go" said Sig.
They were traveling at a standard pace, and a while after they saw the cave that Nakir inhabited. They looked at each other, activated their varistei's and entered. Upon entering they heard a noise behind them and the entrance was shut by some rocks.
"Great, we are trapped now" said Wes
"It's not like we would retreat anyways" replied Walter
"Let's just move, and remain cautius...especially you Pheristos"
Pheristos didn't like the lecture from Sig but he nodded and continued his way. They finally reached the place where they had previously encountered Nakir. Sig took a step forward and shouted: "NAKIR YOU DICKLESS BASTARD HURRY UP AND COME OUT"
There was no response, but suddenly hundreds of arrows appeared on the top of the cave and launched themselves towards the group. With a hasty move Winry caught a glestei and to Pheristos' surprise she launched it with her bow. She then wishpered something and a huge barrier appeared above them deflecting the arrows. Pheristos turned to ask Wes about it but he noticed that he was taking notes, meaning he didn't know what had happened.
As if the voice was heard through speakers Nakir spoke: "You insolent humen why are you here again? Didn't I tell you to never come back here?"
Sig took a step forward and spoke: "We learned what you did to Raquel and so we came to avenge him. Now show yourself coward"
Before finishing his sentence the angel was standing firm in front of them. "CHARGE" shouted Sig.
Sig, Walter and Pheristos charged at the angel with their varisteis in hand. "Come to my aid VICTORY" shouted Pheristos and his little dog appeared by his side.
"YAGAN, COME FORTH". On Sig's command the giant appeared in front of them bashing his club wildly in the air.
"SHOW YOURSELF, MADOSTA". It was the first time Pheristos' saw Walter's starstei. It was a black Scorpion, almost as big as him.
Sig: "Madosta,Winry and Wes cover us from behind. Yagan and Walter charge in front, me in the left and Pheristos with Victory in the right. NOW GO"
Τhey all took their positions. Pheristos was running with his dagger in his left hand. He had made some changes to his dagger. He had put a little poison to it's edge so that whatever he hit would instantly be poisoned. It was Ms Tonia's idea and Pheristos was grateful to her about that. Now he felt he could actually do something useful. He saw Walter reaching Nakir and trying to stab him with his silver spear but the angel was, despite his size, able to dodge easily. He heard him saying "Pathetic" before launching an attack against Walter.
Walter dodged but stumbled and Nakir found the chance and with a single tap he activate d his hammer. Just before he hit Walter, Yagan delivered a punch at the center of Nakir's stomach. Nakir didn't seem to notice and continued attacking Walter. Just before the hammer touched Walter, Sig rushed between them and blocked Nakir's hammer with his katana. With a thrust he pushed Nakir behind. Nakir reached for his belt and threw two starsteis at them. Τwo identical green looking creatures appeared. They charged at Pheristos. Pheristos heard Wes shouting. "They are gremlins Pheristos. Aim their necks".
Pheristos charged at them. He tried stabbing the first one but he missed and the creature caught his hand. Victory jumped and bite his hand forcing him to loosen his grip. Meanwhile the second Gremlin murmured something and a rock behind Pheristos moved out of the wall and straight at him. Victory charged at the rock taking the hit. "VICTORYYYYYY" shouted Pheristos. "Ya aint gotta time to look away pal" The first Gremlin caught him by the neck and tried to struggle him. We was almost out of air when he saw an arrow piercing the Gremlin's throat and killing it. He turned and saw Winry smiling at him. He didn't wast time and searched for the second gremlin. It was charging at Winry. He took a deep breath, ran a few steps and launched his dagger at it. When the dagger found the gremlin in the neck he sighed and went to see if Victory was ok. He recalled his creature and turned to see what had happened with Nakir.
Walter was covered in blood unconicious while Sig and Nakir were exchanging ferocius blows. Sig jumped and attempted to stab Nakir's right shoulder but Nakir was fast and with a dancing move he placed himself behind Sig. He tried to smash him with his hammer, but in the nick of time, Yagan placed himself between them blocking the axe his it's bare hands. He pushed behind the hammer, and Sig once again tried to stab Nakir's shoulder, this time suceeding. Nakir roared and touched his injured arm with his free one. "You' ll pay human".
He charged at Yagan first knocking him out with a single blow and then he headed for Sig. They clashed for several minutes when finally Nakir managed to hit Sig in the right leg almost breaking it. Sig fell down from the impact screaming from the pain. Nakir moved his arm in a weird way and suddenly chains appeared around every one of them. Nakir laughed maniacly
"WHAT NOW HUMEN??? NOW THAT YOU ARE ALL TIED UP. WHO WILL STOP ME NOW???"
For a moment there was silence and then from the way they had come they heard steps.
*Tsk*, *Tsk*,*Tsk*
And there from the dark corridor of the cave they could make up the figure of a man. The man looked Nakir straight in the eyes and said: "I will stop you...Angel"
To be continued...