Gathering Elementals

Xander looked down ashamed. He could tell this was hard for her. It pained him to watch her struggle with it. " i'm sorry...i didn't want to have to do this to you."

The emotion was over whelming. Anger at himself for being so pathetic and weak as to ask other people to help him fight a battle he decided to take on. Sad because of the hurt he was causing everyone. Shame for being so scared and stupid all the time. But most of all regret that there was no other options and that at the end of it all his existence would still mean nothing. He would just be the hybrid slave that lead everyone to their death in a hopeless fight againts the queens.

Grinding his teeth he punched a hole into the earth. He stood up with out even looking at her and said "forget it, i'll find a way."

Ambrosia opened her eyes. That kid seemed more and more like her by the second. Punching a hole in the rock. Lucky he didn't break every bone in his hand. The earth reformed, so there wasn't a hole anymore. Ambrosia sighed. "You're not going to get very far in life challenging them, you know. If you really want to take them down then join the rebel fortces and create an army. They can't withstand an army. That and if the Hybrids rebel with them, it'll be four nymphs against everyone in the kingdom. Just find someone who is capable of leading such an army, and other who can convince people to join."

What the girl said about an army made some sense but it didn't really make him feel any better. This wasn't about getting anywhere in life it was about setting things right. Helping to get rid of them was the only way he could make amends for all the harm he caused. The problem with her idea is that it was no different then asking individuals.......having a whole army of people fight and die because of him just seemed worse. Xander didn't respond and just stood there waiting to see if she would say anything else.

Ambrosia nodded at the silence. "You're not the cause of everything bad that happens, you know. People who join an army are volunteers, and are fighting for the same thing you are. You can't blame people's death on yourself. It's wrong. People who want to go against the queens would do it just because they want to, taking the risk for the benefit of the people." Perhaps war wasn't the best way to describe this little 'lesson'. Perhaps it could be explained with something else. But what?

"Think of gambling. The person bets their money to see if they will win more. In war it's similar to gambling; you risk your life to restore peace to the land." That may work. War was a gamble. It was hard to tell who would win most of the time. But four people wouldn't be that hard to take down, now that she thought of it. Especially if the Hybrids turned against the queens.

Xander an turned and looked at Ambosia with a mix of cunfusion and disbelief. Disbeilif because it seemed like she could read his mind. Confusion because he really had no idea what she was talking about. He had hard time understanding the concept that people would be willing to throw their lives away without someone forcing them to. Another problem with her idea is that no one would even listen to the likes of him. There were few people that had given him any sort of positive attention. And now there was less of those few because of what he did. The boy ran the thoughts in his head trying to make sense of it and see if there was anyway it would be right. He still had doupts but he didn't want to tell her that fearing she would get mad.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" Ambrosia went crosseyed, trying to see her nose. Deciding there was nothing there, she looked back at the boy. She figured that she had probably had confused the kid. That wouldn't be anything new. She hoped she didn't begin to get an idea. Normally when she got an idea nothing went very well. Her ideas were dangerous and had a slim chance of suceeding. Maybe it was time for an idea. But what would that idea bring with it? Who's side would it be on?

"Uh no..sorry." Xander hadn't realized he had been staring at her. Quickly he looked away.from her and back at the stars. This was getting him nowhere, he was just getting more and more confused. Perhaps he should just try and do it himself. It was crazy and would probably get him killed......but that was one of the things he had thought about anyway. He had to make up for everything mentally, emotionally, and physically. In death all of those things ceased to exist. Making up his mind he began to walk away. This should have been done a long time ago. He had to correct his wrongs by himself. The boy refused to have anyone die for his fight.

(( thread done..unless you have something to add. The next thread with Xander could be Xander finding Lucien in the castle. Since in the last thread he had been kidnapped. The the show down could happen after. No rush though, whenever. ^_^ In the mean time we could do one with Akuma and Lucien and have it take place before the kidnapping thing. Or whatever character match up you want.))