Spirit Force: Chapter 4 [Creation]

Tara sighed. Perhaps Joker could do good after all. She gently helped Shina up and put Jaden down.
"I'll bet that you enjoyed that." Lira said. Tara once again ignored her and turned to Echo and Adrein.
"I suppose they'll be alright now." After Joker had helped, she didn't quite want to sell him out.

Ivris giggled. "Oh, that's so sweet of you, but I'm not really looking to become a servant. It's much too bland of a job, don't you think?"

Melissandra stops in shock for a moment before the smile returned to her face. She leaned down, resting her chin on AA's head as she wrapped her arms around her, hugging AA close to Melissandra's body.

"Yes... Melissandra loves Last Order."

Echo grimaced at Shina's figure. Although she was stable, Echo could tell her heart had suffered severe damage earlier.

"What happened?"

The lord smirked at Ivris, "No, I think a servant would be a perfect job for you, and with that charming voice of yours I'm sure you wouldnt be bored, not with all the poor lonely soldiers around."

"adrein looked at echo and back down at shina and said "that what i want to know"

Melissandra chuckled a little under her breath, purrs running through her body. The soft vibrations were comforting to AA, and they were evident when Melissandra spoke.

"Melissandra likes your talking, Last Order. It is like telling a story."

Gajeel rolled his eyes and nodded. He walked away, pulling Rex behind. Ray shrugged and went to explore. "Coming Max?" Gajeel turned to him for a brief second.

Melissandra held onto AA. She wasn't sure what she had done. A compliment, laced with love, and now she had a small crying girl in her hands. She couldn't comprehend it, couldn't understand. Her hands raised, stroking AA's hair to try and calm her, stop the tears from flowing. It wasn't until a moment later that she realized they were of joy by the tight hugs, the love showed by her notions. Melissandra's hear fluttered, that this little girl could do so much just to make her happy.

"Last Order, do not cry. You are prettier when you're smiling." She pulled AA away, leaning down to touch her head to AA's.

"Melissandra loves everything about Last Order. Okay?" She caressed AA's cheek with her hand, wiping the tears from her face.

"Everything."

"I guess so." Max shrugged and followed them.

Harmony and Lilac eventually got back to the manor, rings in possession.

(I gotta go, I've assigned a Bunny Chart:
Dazo: Harmony
Eric: Tara
Volk: Max
NO ONE bunny Ivris please. Thanks!)

Melissandra's eyes closed as she kissed back, melting into it. Sure, she had kissed before. Some good, some bad, one recently literally begin paradise incarnate. Yet this one was through love, and Melissandra savored it. The sweet, sacred love that was being shared through that one motion.

Last Order holds the kiss, thinking about when she had ever truely loved someone. It was like some of the kisses she would give her mother. She never kissed Lilac this passionately, Lilac wouldn't let her. Last Order loved Melisanda, the kiss felt sweet to her.

While Lilac goes to find Last Order, Harmony goes inside the manor, wondering the halls.

"You like beef eh? You're gonna end up having some heath problems with that much grease in you."

"Pffft, have you seem how much I eat? I exercise way to much anyways."

Melissandra eventually pulled away, panting lightly as she stared into AA's eyes. Suddenly she pulled AA up into a hug, holding her tighter than before. This time it was Melissandra's turn to cry, and tears began to roll down her cheeks as she whispered quietly to AA.

"Melissandra loves Last Order... So much..." Her voice shook as she spoke, joy evident.

Tara took Shina to the med bay, hooking her up onto machines like Jaden had taught her and made sure her heart was functioning properly. Once she saw it was she took a sigh of relief and sat down, taking a few moments to relax before setting up another bed for Jaden when he returned.

adrein was in the room wiht tara as she was doing the stuff. after it was done he said "so, im guessing that means shes ok?" adrein had gone silent for a moment and asked tara "so what happend?"

Tara nodded with a sigh looking st are in "Yes she is okay....Jaden saved her" she thought for a moment before looking at him "I'm not sure, I arrived when Jaden was healing her"

"hu... well i know her beter than anyone if she died of a heart attack she would haunt my ass for letting it happen" adrein said chuckling a bit trying to lighten the mood

Tara giggled "Jaden wouldn't have let her die, he used all his energy to restore her heart to best like it's supposed too"

Melissandra wipes away her own tears, pulling back to stare at AA again. She smiles, her cheeks rosy from crying and happiness.

"Melissandra thinks we should wait here for the others. Melissandra likes the company."

"Okay' says Alanna Alanna, agreeing with Melisandra.' She says.

Lilac continues to look for Last Order around the garden area.

Asuya stayed aboard the ship the entire time, her mind locked in a subconscious state as flashback after flashback hit her. She was unaware of anything going on both on the ship and outside of it, as her headphones continued to blast loud music, preventing her from hearing anyone or anything. Halfway through the song "Butterfly Effect" by Chemistry Room, the headphones began to crackle and static was heard before the music cut out, jolting her back to reality. Within the headphones, she heard a voice speaking to her.

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and ghouls...step right up...Remember that, dear Asuya?" Asuya stood up and threw her headphones to the ground before looking around. She was panicked, unable to do anything because she could not see where the voice was coming from. From the darkness, Willow stepped out from the Void, her arms behind her back. She wore a sick smile that reminded Asuya of that fateful night all those years ago.

-----------------FLASHBACKS ROUND 2----------------

Asuya woke up in the middle of the night. She yawned and stretched and got out of bed to go get a small medical blood bag from the fridge so she could go back to sleep. While she walked down the hall, she noticed her parents' bedroom open, which was odd because usually they kept it closed. But Asuya paid no mind and went to the kitchen anyway. After she downed the small blood bag she walked back to her room and turned on the light so she could find her way back to the bed, then she would have one of her bats turn it off for her. But when she turned on the light, she looked over and saw her older sister, Dawn, asleep, but her oldest sister Marideth was gone. Then she remembered her parents' room and went to check it out. At first, she thought Marideth just had a bad dream like she usually complained about and went to sleep in their parents' bed with them. But when she looked inside, she found only her parents, wriggling and squirming in their sleep, clutching their heads as something burned away at their very minds. Looking at the open window, she saw Marideth in the distance, running away toward the carnival that was in town...And that was the last she saw of her sister.

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"M....Marideth...?" Asuya stared at the black, lifeless eyes of her sister; the eyes of a killer, a psychopath who was no longer human. This was not her sister anymore.

"Marideth...what happened...What have you become?!" Asuya stepped back and tripped, falling down in front of her sister. She was horrified at what Marideth had become: A hollow puppet. A monster.

"Marideth huh...That's what this team of yours constantly calls me. But I guess it's fine, considering they're too brain-dead to figure out that Marideth is long dead. Just like you fail to realize, baby sister. Marideth is GONE, just like her pathetic parents. Just like YOUR pathetic parents...I'm not Marideth, I am Willow, get it? I told you I wanted to use that name when we were kids, but I see you've forgotten. Willow. Not Marideth. Not Mary. Willow." As she spoke, Willow stepped closer and closer to her sister, then knelt down when she was at arm's reach of her.

"But I'm not here to hurt anyone. In fact, I just wanted to send a message to the team. But seeing how they're not on the ship right now, perhaps you can give it to them for me..." Willow grabbed ahold of Asuya's shirt collar and brought her up until Willow could whisper in her ear.

"Tell them...When the good can no longer save this world...Are the bad really bad? Or can they save the world in good?" Dropping Asuya, Willow chuckled and stood up, creating another shroud to walk into.

"I'll see you soon....sis..." And in an instant, Willow vanished into the shroud, leaving Asuya frozen on the ground in shock and horror at what she had just seen.