Age 1990"So... So you killed the man!" Maudite said slowly.
"He was no longer a man..." Father Darvin muttered out as he shook his head. "The Corruption changed him... Turned him into a monster... Killing him would have been a blessing for him."
Maudite slowly inched away from the man.
Father Darvin continued his story. "After I killed my friend, putting him out of his misery I managed to wobble back home. Thankfully that orange liquid didn"t seem to have the properties of the crystal as it never transformed me. It also didn"t take me very long to get back... You see in the room with the crystal there was a side path. That side path led to the room where we are now. This is the second, and last entrance to the cave... When I got back to the village I collapsed nearly instantly. When I woke up I explained everything to my father, and the other villagers..."
"Did they believe you?"
"Not at first," Darvin said shaking his head. "But I took them to the cave, and showed them the crystal. I instructed them to not touch it, no matter, what, under any circ.u.mstances." He said slowly. "My father, who is your great grandfather, decided to contact the Enforcers on our findings. He was hoping that the crystal would be worth a lot of Bells... Enough to save the village. I was still recovering though, so I was made unaware that more Enforcers were coming down... And it just so happens..."
Age 1978
Darvin sat in bed as he stared up at the roof. His ears twitched when he heard a loud metallic clicking sound followed by yelling from outside the building.
The older man let out a groan as he stood up grabbing a crutch as he wobbled outside. "What the h.e.l.l is everyone screaming about... I"m trying to rest-"
He stopped when he saw a large metal bus like thing.
"What the h.e.l.l... Why is that here."
"Ahh, my son..." A voice said. Darvin turned finding an older man in a priest robe walking towards him. It was his father, and the village leader. The current Father Darvin...
"What is this Father?"
"Ahh... This is... The Enforcers..."
"Okay, but why are they parking their moveable base here?" Darvin hissed slightly. "We do not allow technology in our village."
"Relax my son... It is only temporary..." The Father said as he gave a weak smile. "They will relocate to the entrance of the cave soon."
"How many of them are there?"
"Not many... I think only four."
"Should you be out of bed father?" Darvin questioned.
The Father simply shrugged. "I do not know, and I do not care... Why don"t you go pay the Enforcers a visit?"
Darvin let out a slight grunt as he turned his body and began to walk to the large metal machine that was parking right next to their frail wooden gate. He let out a heavy sigh as his eye twitched. Finally, he stopped walking as he stood outside the door to the base.
After what seemed like forever, the door finally swung open. And out stepped a young woman in a lab coat.
"You..." Father Darvin said in a hiss, as he stared at the woman. "You"re the girl that stole my son... Turned him into an outcast!" He roared as he rocketed forward only to be stopped when a hand grabbed his arm.
"h.e.l.lo... Father..." Yusei said slowly as he stared into the eyes of his shocked dad. "It has been a while, hasn"t it. Ten years?"
"Yusei..."
"I go by doctor Darvin now."
"What is this..." Darvin asked stepping back.
"Well... After I left I joined up with the Enforcers. Maudite has been a real help, teaching me all the stuff about the outside world."
"Maudite?"
"That"s me!" The girl said waving her arm slightly as she smirked. "Your son is really smart Mr. Darvin. He has also taught me a lot. In no time at all, he easily reached the rank of Vice-Captain for squad nine. He has been a great help!" She said smiling slightly.
"You traitor..." Darvin said slowly as he stared at his son. "You left, to become an Enforcer?"
"Dad they needed me," Yusei said stepping away. "I"ve been doing great things, and solving so many problems-"
"You left! Abandoned us! Abandoned me!"
"What seems to be the problem?" Everyone stopped as they turned to see the Father walking up.
"Ahh, grandpa!" Yusei said when he was the old man.
"Yusei!" The father said smiling lightly. "It has been a while." He held his hand out shaking his grandson"s hand.
"Indeed it has," Yusei said nodding. "By the way. This is my girlfriend Maudite. We"re actually engaged now. We plan on having the wedding once we get back!"
"That"s great!" The Father said as Darvin held his tongue. He still couldn"t stop the sour look that came on his face as he stared at his son and his "fiance..."
"Anyways... Let"s get down to business shall we?" Maudite asked clapping her hands. "Where is this crystal located?" She questioned.
"Near a cave..." The Father said. "My son will take you guys there!"
"What!" Darvin said horrified as he stepped back. "You want me to go with them!"
"Yes..."
"No! Absolutely not-"
"Serotobi!" The Father said in a powerful voice. It didn"t last long though as seconds later he broke out into a coughing fit.
"Father!"
"Grandpa!"
"I am all right..." The Father said holding his hand up as he violently coughed. "Or at least I will be once I know my village is all right... Please Serotobi. Go with them. You"re the only person I can trust this job to?"
Darvin let out a heavy sigh. "Very well Father. I will do as you ask."
"That"s great! I"ll show you all my cool stuff dad!"
"No!" Darvin growled out to Yusei causing the excited man"s smile to quickly fade away, as he frowned. "Absolutely not."
"Alright..." Yusei sighed out. "Well, we should get going then. Come on..."
Darvin let out another growl as he turned to the metal base. However, a look from his Father shut him up as he walked into the moving base.
One Hour Later...
"Wow..." Yusei said letting out a quiet whistle. "That is a lot of Bestia Macht..."
The base had currently just made it to the entrance of the cave. They stopped however when they noticed just how man there were.
"Yes..." Darvin said slowly. "They recently have been coming out here to the cave for some reason?"
"It might have something to do with the crystal you told me about?" Maudite said slowly. "It sounds a whole lot like the Corruption..."
"What do you guys think?" One random Enforcer that was with the group asked. "Should I call it in?"
"Yeah," Maudite said nodding.
The Enforcer walked over to a device and waited a few seconds. He let out a quiet curse as he pulled away from the device. "No signal."
"What does that mean?" Darvin asked.
"It means we won"t have any way to contact the other Enforcers..." Yusei said. "Slight problem... We told them that this would just be a simple, but long mission at the time... They likely won"t even think to check on us for maybe a year at best? It also means we"ll have to keep all our findings down by note..." He said slowly. "Not too much of a problem though. I doubt we will find anything to dangerous out here. Besides. Maudite can handle it. She"s really good at fighting."
"That I am!" The girl said nodding her head.
"Speaking of fighting. Maudite can you get rid of the monsters?" Yusei asked innocently.
The girl nodded as everyone began to unload from the movable base. The Bestia Macht which were all just some basic Baron"s attacked the group instantly. Or at least they tried.
Maudite stepped forward as she waved her hand creating a large black scythe that she swung up decapitating several of the monsters in a single swing.
Darvin stared slightly in shock as he watched her go to town on the monsters easily slaying them with a single slash to each one.
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"Strong right!" Yusei said shrugging slightly. "Back at the Enforcers base, she gained the nickname black death... In fact, Squad One actually wants to place her in their Squad, but she refused. She prefers Squad Nine, much like me."
Darvin simply grunted. "I"ll admit... She is certainly powerful..."
In no time at all Maudite lowered the scythe as all the monster fell apart. "K! Killed them all!" She said smiling slightly. "So what now?"
"Now..." Darvin said. "I take you to the Crystal."
Ten minutes later...
"Be sure not to touch it..." Darvin said shrugging as he backed away from it.
All of the Enforcers walked around the Crystal as they stared at it with amazement. "This is definitely the Corruption... But what the h.e.l.l is it doing down here..." Yusei asked. "And how is it so big?"
"So I take it this isn"t normal?" Darvin asked.
"Maybe..." Yusei said shrugging. "Who knows. Humans know very little about this. No person has even been able to study it... Until now..."
"Yusei... You aren"t suggesting we do research on this right?" One of the Enforcers asked nervously.
"Of course I am!" Yusei said smirking slightly.
"Honey..." Maudite said slowly. "I don"t know about this?"
"Come on!" Yusei said throwing his arms out. "What"s the worst that could happen?" He asked.
Age 1990
"So... So I have my mother"s name?" Maudite said with wide eyes. "They named me after her?"
"No... I named you..." Father Darvin said. "Your parents never had the chance..."
"Oh..."
"From that day things only seemed to shift around wildly. Your parents began their research into the Corruption and found out several things within months."
"Like what..."
"Well... Most notably the fact in how it affected certain things differently." The Father said slowly. "For example. A human would obviously get infected by it and become a monster. However, a Bestia Macht was seemingly immune to it. But they seemed to dislike it? Going out of there way to destroy it... And finally. They also found out that it could affect plants, vegetables, and fruits. If a shard of the Corruption was near them they would grow no matter what. Even the freezing, cold, and lack of water wouldn"t affect them."
"But why did they study the Corruption at all?" Maudite questioned.
"To find a way to stop people from turning into monsters but keep the positives," Darvin said simply. "A way to make a new super soldier..."
"So they were just trying to make a new weapon..." Maudite said slightly b.u.mmed out about that fact.
"Indeed they were... But they failed..."