Book 3: Chapter 9: Fracture at the Station Part I


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    After finishing off thest demon, I turn around to find ze standing at the entrance of the building with his eyes alit with mes. And its only now that I realize the mes have small flickers of ck in them.


    Interesting. Guess thats what sets his mes apart from regr mes in terms of appearance.


    Anyways, I turn around to check on the ss I Guardian, only to find him sitting on his rear with his arms on the ground behind him.


    Whats he doing on the ground? Actually, doesnt matter.


    He looks fine. And so do the others.


    Kind of surprised no one was hurt, but now I should bring them to a bunker.


    Hey, do any of you know where the closest bunker is? I ask the civilians, and the ss I Guardian. And fortunately, one of them quickly answers me, pointing in the direction of the hallway that was on the other side of the room from them as the demons. Which brings my attention to a bunker that I really shouldve seen before asking that.


    Guess they were rather close to making it.


    Unfortunate for them that they were cut off by those demons.


    What are you all waiting for then? I hear zes voice from the door, bringing my attention to the man to find him frowning at the civilians. And without any more hesitation, the civilians all rush over to the bunker with the ss I Guardian, who gives the typical hand sign to let them in.


    The Guardian hesitates for a moment at the door before calling out to us, Thank you! and going inside, the bunker door closing behind him.


    A moment of silence passes after that, and right when ze looks like hes about to say something, the red tint in the air vanishes, marking the end of the Fracture. Meanwhile the corpses of the demons around us all vanish in a faint red light, going back to Tartarus.


    I blink in surprise at that timing, only to feel my terminal buzz. So I open it to find a message. One from Sage that makes my face turn grim.


    <strong>[ording to our sources, including the young miss Belle, your friend Arthur is currently trapped in a ss II Fracture. Im telling you this now that your own Fracture has ended. If you would like to help him, respond to this message promptly.]</strong>


    Without a moment of hesitation, I reply, following which Sage sends me the exact location hes at. So I immediately start running towards the door, only taking a brief moment to shout at ze, Theres an emergency! Gotta go! when I pass by the man, leaving him startled into silence.


    But that doesnt matter to me. What matters is that once again, one of my best friends is in danger.


    <strong>Inside of the Outer Station</strong>


    Arthur deeply regrets havinge to the capital today. It was supposed to be a great day where he could finallye back to the capital again and see his girlfriend, along with the closest person to being his sister that hes ever known. But now? Now hes wondering if hell ever see them again in his life as he runs straight down the train station, briefly wondering why the hell these Fractures keep happening whenever he goes to the train station.


    Screams continue echoing out from every corner of the ss II Fracture as he runs, asionally ducking under the spells sent flying at him by the two demon acolytes chasing both him and the few dozen other people running away. And his fear only increases every single time he hears someone cry out in pain, apanied by the sounds of tearing flesh from fomorians swords cutting apart the people whovegged behind.


    <em>Shit, shit, shit, shit, why today!!!</em>


    Arthurs eyes immediately lock onto one of the trains entrances right when the thing opens, and he continues running straight towards it while still dodging the asional spell. But since hes just a human, the fomorians continue to slowly catch up to him, only being slowed down a bit by the other humans theyre tearing apart in their wake, along with the bright shing lights shining from the ceiling that Arthur has to block out from his sight with his hand. Lights that are specifically meant for ss II Fractures to give the humans a chance to escape from the light sensitive fomorians.


    Unfortunately for him, none of the bunkers will even consider opening the doors when arge group of demons is chasing them. Leaving them all to run for their lives in the hopes of either losing the demons somehow despite their vastly superior physical prowess, or that theyll be able to avoid them long enough that a Guardian might save them.


    Without an ounce of hesitation, as the closest person to the train itself, Arthur jumps into the train when he reaches the door, right when it begins to close again. Only for him to find himself climbing back to his feet to see a fomorian entering the very car next to the intermediary car hed boarded.


    <em>Shit.</em>


    He slowly walks backwards into the other car, taking advantage of how the fomorian is looking out the window and not at him to slowly make his escape. All while asionally ncing at the door to make sure any other humans or fomorians didnt make it inside the train.


    <em>Why did the train door open and shut anyways? Is it broken?</em>


    Arthur puts that thought to the back of his mind though when he passes through the door of the car and it closes in front of him, immediately catching the attention of the fomorian in the process. But with the door shut, Arthur begins to run through the car towards the other end of it, only hearing the door behind him getting mmed into after hes already at the other side of the car.


    But the door on the other end does not open when he tries.


    <em>Are you kidding me?! </em>Now<em> my luck runs out!?</em>


    Arthur ms on the door a few times, but no matter what he does, it doesnt budge. So he turns around to find the door on the other end slowly beginning to dent from the fomorians attacks.


    <em>This isnt good if only Belle or Scarlet were here.</em>


    The mans face morphs into a grimace.


    <em>Damnit, I hate being weak!</em>


    Greetings, human, a voice suddenly echoes in his head before a miniature wolf appears floating in the air in front of him, making him blink for a moment. Would you like to-


    Yes! Arthur shouts, understanding immediately what it is and not giving it the time to finish asking.