"Fate! Des! Come gather, orders from Grandice has arrived!" Romina hollered as she stomped into the hall, her long traveling cloak leaving a trail of dust on the creaking wooden floorboards.
From the rooms down the corridor, a pair of twins emerged, dressed in shining Schvarlier armors with the emblem of the Rescue Knights emblazoned across their breastplates.
"What orders? We just returned from the front!" Fate asked.
"Yea, and my Altair's still dripping ogre blood…" Destiny added cheekily.
"Enough of your grumbling! Our spies have identified Arsene and his circus troupe as mercenaries hired by our enemies. Information on our deployment have fallen into his hands. Tonight we raid his home and stop him before he sends this information on. Lets go!"
Having said that, the Captain walked over to a cupboard, opened it and took out the Dragon's Winged Blade, a rare blade that sports a red dragon entwined about its pommel. "Bring your Altair's. We are hunting humans this night!"
As twilight beckons, the trio traversed the Culverts of Reboldeux and came to the cellar door that leads to Arsene's Mansion. Fate deftly 'unlocked' the door and they stepped into the cellar. Turning to the right, they moved down a long corridor and entered a dark room. Suddenly, the room flashed with a blinding light and a high pitched voice resonated across the room "ooh what do we have here, a pack of rats looking for cheese?"
"Hurry!" Romina cried, and the trio quickly left the room and charged down the corridor, hoping to be able to still find and surprise Arsene and his cronies before the alarm was raised. Charging into the next room, they came upon Frost, a huge man dressed as a clown, wielding an even larger scythe. Snarling, he charged the knights, barreling into Fate and his scythe cutting into Destiny. Gripping her Altair with both hands, the blades scrapped across each other, the scythe slammed into her breastplate and left a deep crescent cut. Seeing the way open, Frost charged past the knights and fled into the corridor, screaming for the guards as he did.
A platoon of polemen appeared around the corridor, spotting the knights, they charged. "Leave them to us, " Fate smiled. "Yep, just six to one, no problem" Destiny added. Giving them a quick nod, Romina rushed up the stairs and onto the second floor. .. where a second platoon of polemen are gathered!
Blocking one spear thrust and sidestepping another, Romina ran past them and charged into the room at the end of the corridor and found another of Arsene's Lieutenants. Charging, Romina made a quick step off to the right, deftly ducking her blades and spun around, swinging her dragonblade in a merciless strike slashing deep into her back. She collapsed onto the floor. Wasting no time, the captain backed out of the room and fought off another duo of polemen and cut quickly into another corridor.
In the next room, another of Arsene's lieutenants pounced on her, wielding a pair of steel claws. Swinging wildly, the claws caught her blade and pushed her against the wall. Romina stepped back. As the lieutenant fell forward unexpectedly, Romina turned and pushed her blade backwards, right into the surprised lieutenant's gut.
Running through the corridor, now chased by an entire platoon of polemen, Romina reached into her pouch and pulled out a potion. Taking a quick gulp, she suddenly vanished! Making a quick turn, she entered a hall and encountered Mario, the largest and strongest of Arsene's lieutenants. Invisible, she easily left him groaning in pain, blindly throwing bombs all over the room as she opened a metal door and entered Arsene's room.
"Arsene! Come out and face me!" Romina challenged as she strode into a large room. "Kill her!" Arsene cried from the back of the room and four of his lieutenants charged.
Raising her sword, Romina uttered a quick prayer and holy light enveloped her as she charged. They met in a great clash and the lieutenants rained blows upon the knight, leaving great gashes on her armor. Her defence never faltered. Blocking blow after blow, she returned each strike with equal vigor, growing ever stronger. With a mighty leap into the air, she fell the last of the lieutenants in a mightly sweep of her blade.
"Face my wrath! Captain!" Arsene cried and he raised his staff.
Magical bolts assaulted the knight. Beads of magic threatening to tear her into shreds. Then a mysterious blue flare emanated from her neck where she wears a magical necklace of protection. The bolts dissipated.
"This is the end of your treachery Arsene! " with that, she thrusted her blade into the wizard, penetrating his magical shield. Grievously wounded, Arsene gave a desparate cry and vanished into the darkness…
