Elise now sat in her room, few things present at this point. No extra books, no extra weapons lying out, no extra clothes, nothing but a backpack with twin water containers attached and her katana lying alongside it. With her back against the wall she looked forward to the other wall. For her it wasn’t long until there was a knock.
Her eyes drifted to see Britt stepping in. He turned to her and gave a nod. She stood slowly and approached, hands moving down to grab her things. Coat thrown on, katana attached to her side, and backpack placed on. At once both exited. Down the halls they moved, several individuals laughing and pointing though those were mostly younger individuals.
“Have to say I’m a little shocked to see you packed already,” Britt mumbled.
“Well what’s the point? I keep failing my missions and he said this was my last chance. Why should I bother coming back?”
“You’ve been on six that just bombed. I wouldn’t say you failed any of them despite the tankage.”
“Pft, tell that to the rest of Vulfax. Only you and Vulper think I did alright. I’m sure Zoey and the others would probably back me up but they’re out on that one mission for another couple weeks with the other elite.”
“It saddens me to see you like this.”
“Well it doesn’t sadden me. I’m so ready to be done with this crap.”
“Easy now-”
“The clan disapproves of me no matter what I do, they hate any failure and punish severely for it. Brett nearly died from his injuries due to failure.”
“Alright so you have me there. I still don’t want to see this happen to you.”
“I’ll be fine. I have friends like Alto. I just, I need to stretch my wings for now because I can’t keep doing this to myself. I’d rather be alone and cold on the streets of some big city than here any longer.”
Forward they walked still as the lights of another room became visible at the end, the same cavern they had gathered in many times before. Elise moved in with Britt to see a crowd gathered like many times before, and like those times Azala stood atop the group. Her eyes drifted up blandly with no emotion in them to stare at her angry father.
Azala glared down with his arms crossed, none of his elites with him this time other than Rusty. Seconds flew by that seemed like minutes before he finally said something, “My daughter, if I can even truly call you that.”
She glanced away, “Yeah yeah.”
“I have one final mission for you so listen well. Failure means banishment for good this time.”
“I’ve heard that one before,” she mumbled before looking back to him.
“Go to Lazlo Pass. Once there you are to meet with a representative from the Sundial Clan of Drachen from Novasgacia. You will receive a package. Bring it back to me. It is that simple. Even you can’t screw this one up.”
“As you wish, Father,” she said.
“If you are leaving us then you had best do this job first. Dismissed.”
At once she turned around walking away as Britt watched, Vulper beside him now. Elise exited as once more people began to laugh and joke.
“{To Hell with this place and the mission. Knowing him it’s just something else to get me killed. Well I’m not buying.}”
Down the tunnel she walked, step after step as the flames danced. The moonlight lay before her now as she stepped out back into the forest, moving on to the North. She glanced back one last time, Rusty visible with arms crossed at the entryway, a grin forming not but a moment after. With a scoff she continued and looked back ahead with her backpack held firm, “This is the last time I ever come back to this crap hole.”
Brushing by with her bag she moved down a tunnel swiftly, carrying on for a few minutes until there came the moonlight. Down the forest trail she moved, coat on with backpack pressed and a katana at her side. The trail stretched on as the moon continued to rise, lighting up the entire forest. Owls hooted, bats flapping along, Most other animals however were not present. A few deer trotted along on the side despite noticing Elise as she moved along.
She glanced to the left seeing a lone coyote on the move though peacefully rather than in a stalking movement. Forward she looked ahead again with a sigh, “{I can’t stand this. Father is setting me up to die, I swear. Something isn’t quite right. Whatever, I’m done and done.}”481Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCCUW8XPnu
