Vol. 13 - Chapter 1: Unmasked

Part 1 – A desert near Sin City

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Drops of water fall to a man who lies unconscious in a cave, his body is being covered by a blanket. He slowly opens his eyes; the man looks at the ceiling as a drop of water hits his face causing him to blink.

"Where am I?" The young man asks in a low tone, he tries to raise his body however, he feels pain in his body. He only raises his upper body, he leans in a rock next to him and ties to analyze the situation, he only sees darkness and a light approaching towards him.

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A woman who was carrying water drops it, she puts her hands on her mouth and tears begin to flow out of her eyes, she runs as fast as she can crying:

"Allan, you're awake!"

The woman hugs Allan tightly, Allan closes his eyes because of the pain, the woman continues to speak:

"I thought you died yesterday, please don't leave me, I don't know what would I do if I lose you too."

Allan chuckles as he replies; "Don't worry Heidi, I won��t die that easily but I must tell you that you are killing me right now."

Heidi notices she is hugging him with force and let's go apologizing, Allan looks around and asks:

"Where are we, what happened after I passed out?"

Heidi lowers her head and replies; "We were defeated by the masked men, they caused an earthquake causing the base to collapse, I thought we were going to die however…" Allan looks at Heidi crying and asks:

"What happened? Did you save me?'

"No it was actually…" As Heidi is about to reveal the name, an old man walks towards them saying:

"Oh Allan, I thank God that you are alive. You must rest now."

"It was actually Father Arturo who saved us from that incident, he used his powers and stopped the building from falling." Heidi says as he looks at Father Arturo; Father Arturo sits in a box and begins to explain:

"Well actually, this was the power of the "holy miracle" that allowed me to save you, after that, I transported you here to our secret hiding spot."

Allan begins to look around and says; "I see, but how come you had a secret hide out?"

"Well to be honest, I never trusted the SIA or Yggdrasil at first, so we created this base 30 years ago, I really wished that the day I had to use it would never come, however, my prayer did come true." Father Arturo replies to Allan, Allan sighs and makes another question:

"Where are the others? Are there any survivors besides us?"

Father Arturo lowers his head, and replies; "I'm sorry child, we are the only survivors here, I couldn't save anyone but you two."

Allan opens his eyes wider, he makes a fist and hits the ground mourning:

"Damn it, how can this be? I am such an idiot I should've done something to protect my men, it should've been me."

Allan begins to cry; Heidi hugs him saying; "Please don't say that, I already told you, that if you die, I die as well."

Heidi cries in his arms, Father Arturo smiles as he says; "It's a good thing that youth still believes in love, well then I must get going."

Both of them blush, Allan looks at the Father and asks; "Are you going back to Rome?"

"Indeed, I've spend 30 years in this country, I want to see Rome one las time before I departure from this world." Father Arturo replies with a smile, he begins to walk slowly to the exit, he suddenly stops and says:

"Well now, this is a surprise, I never imagined that you would come here, Yoshiro Inoue?"

Allan and Heidi stand look at a man wearing a white suit, he has white hair, his face is wrinkled and his eyes are closed, he walks with a cane. The man smiles and lifts his arm shaking it with Father Arturo replying:

"It's been a long time, Arturo, you gotten old."

Arturo laughs and replies; "I can say the same thing to you."

"Director Inoue, what are you doing here?" Allan asks as he and Heidi vow their heads, Director Inoue (age 70), smiles and replies:

"Lift your heads you two, I came to check on you on a vacation trip and I found the base destroyed, I used my right eye to follow your manna and it let me here."

Inoue vows his head to Arturo saying; "Thank you for saving my students lives, I am in your debt.�� Arturo smiles and walks away saying;

"Let's have a talk, sometime before one of us die, and I will bring a special wine made in Rome."

"Director, I'm so sorry, I failed you, my men have all died." Allan vows his head and begins to beg for forgiveness, the Director smiles and pats his head saying:

"Lift your head boy, no need to feel sorry, things happened, now then let's get going as well."

"Director where are we going?" Heidi asks with a clueless expression. The Director looks at her and replies:

"To the borderland, there is a certain young man I want to meet."

"A young man, and who is that?" Heidi once again asks, the Director smiles and replies:

"My granddaughter's boyfriend, the one people call "El Charro Negro."

Allan and Heidi look at Inoue with a shocking expression as they both scream:

"WWWWWWHHHHHAATTTTT?"

Part 2 – Borderland; El Dorado Mission

"ALEISTER!!!" Uriel swings his sword, causing a small explosion.-BBBBBOOOOOMMM- Alexandria, Marjorie and Johanna wait to see what happened as the smoke screen clears itself. The smoke vanishes revealing Uriel with his sword pointing at the girl who was standing between Aleister and him. Uriel´s hair returned to normal as he looks with sorrow:

"Angela, why are you El Muerto?"

"Because it is my mission to protect Master Aleister, I'm sorry teacher." Angela says with a sentimental expression, Uriel is paralyzed and looks down with disappointment, he looks up and asks:

"Angela, has Aleister brainwash you?"

Angela does not say anything, she stands with a serious expression, Aleister laughs; "I guess the cat is out of the bag, how about we show you who El Muerto really is."

Three portal open and the other three muertos appear, Aleister looks at Uriel and says; "Now then, get ready for this cliché moment teacher, here is El Muerto´s true face."

The three muertos begin to reveal their true faces, Uriel lets go of his sword as he is in a state of shock. Clouds begin to form in the sky; Uriel lowers his head and says:

"Raul, Victoria, Angela and Melissa, so you were El Muerto this whole time?" Uriel begins to remember all of the encounters he had with them and falls into his knees.

"THAT´S RIGHT TEACHER, ALLOW ME TO PRESENT YOU THE "SWORD OF THE KING", THIS IS WONDERFUL!" Aleister laughs as a mild rain begins to fall leaving Uriel with his eyes full of tears. Uriel looks Marjorie who looks away as he begins to ask:

"WHY?"

"Because we have always been with Aleister, you we always knew that you were El Charro Negro." Raul says as he completely takes off the mask, Uriel looks with sorrow and says:

"Raul."

"Don't blame yourself teacher, the fact that we hid it from you means that we care for you, but now it's better this way." Angela says to Uriel, -TCH- Uriel lowers his head and says:

"Angela"

"HAHAHA, I love how the teacher looks so depressed, it makes me feel so horny." Victoria laughs as Uriel looks at the ground with regret and sorrow; Victoria then puts a serious expression and comments:

"But seriously teacher, you are an idiot, but you are lucky to be this handsome."

"Victoria" Uriel says as he feels pain in his chest. Melissa looks at Uriel and walks toward Uriel, she puts into her knees and comments:

"Don't feel so depressed Uriel, it was never our intension to make you feel bad. Our lord has forgiven you, and you must see the light and join us."

Melissa hugs Uriel, Uriel lowers his sight, and Melissa continues to speak:

"If you join us, Aleister will give you Marjorie back."

Melissa stands up, she begins to walk to her place, Aleister smiles, the moment he is about to speak however, he is interrupted by a phone call.

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"What is it father? We are busy here." Aleister answers to Darius, Darius begins to speak:

"We are moving to phase two, the army is heading our way, mobilize your group."

"Alright, I will send them immediately." Aleister replies, he looks at the four members and moves his head. The four members stand behind Aleister, they slowly begin to sink into the portal.

"Bye bye Teacher, I hope we could see you again." Victoria waves with a happy face.

"Just stop being pathetic and join us." Raul says without any expression.

"Teacher, you need to make the right choice. Aleister is the key." Angela says with an honest expression.

"Uriel, our arms are always open for you." Melissa says with a holy expression. The four disappear leaving Aleister, Marjorie and Alexandria.

Part 3 - Various Locations in the Borderland.

The portals open in the tallest building of Sun City, the International Bank. Darius stands and says:

"Welcome, I was expecting you."

"Tell us your orders, Master Darius" Raul says as the four kneel in one knee. Darius begins to walk towards them and asks:

"So then, Uriel found huh, am I right?"

"Yes sir, Master Aleister said that we no longer needed to remain masked." Angela replies to Darius, Darius begins to laugh:

"I can just imagine the expression he had. Very well from this day forth; El Muerto has now disappeared, today the "SabiaRegueli" is now officially debuting."

"Understood sir." The four reply at the same time. Darius opens up three monitor; and continues to speak:

"It looks like the army is heading our way, from both countries." They see the images of the armies heading towards the cities, surrounding the cities. Darius smiles:

"Very well, Watson did inform me. Raul, Angela and Victoria; you three head to the northern end of the city, and take down the American army, show no mercy."

"Yes sir, we will head there now." The three of them respond at the same time, a portal opens and the three of them disappear. Darius looks at Melissa, she begins to speak:

"I suppose you want me to go to the south?"

"No, I already have someone waiting at the south side. I want you to go to somewhere else." Darius replies to Melissa, Melissa with a clueless expression asks:

"Where am I going?"

Darius opens a portal and makes here disappear, the portal opens and Melissa lands in a building near the ministry.

"FUFUFU, so this is where you want me to play huh, I must thank you Master."Melissa makes a lustful smile and licks her lips thinking:

"I am going to enjoy this reunion."

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In the middle of the river, the ferocious battle continues. People in general keep fighting with all kinds of weapons, the river slowly begins taint itself with blood.

"DIE, DIE" The civilians scream as they are under the influence of Juan's spell.

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Soldiers and police officers exchange firing power with great force. In the ceiling of a building next to the river, two figures observe from the shadows.

"HAHAHA, NOW THIS IS FUN!" Raions screams with a sinister smile, he looks at Ginkuma who is calling at the phone:

"Rizu, have you…umm..I forgot"

"YES I ARRIVED TO THE LOCATION YOU IDIOT, DON'T FORGET THAT."Rizu replies on the other side of the phone. Ginkuma scratches his head and asks:

"Who are you again?"

"YOU ALREADY FORGOT YOU IDIOT!" Rizu once again screams at the phone, this causes Raions to laugh and grabs the phone:

"Hey Rizu, it's me Raions, just help that maggot from getting killed, Old Man Inoue wants him alive so help him as much as you can. Also when you are finished, come to the city, things are going to be livelier here."

"Raions-senpai, yes sir I will do my best" Rizu replies to Raions, Raions hangs and smiles:

"Let's wait until things settle down there, and I will personally kill Darius Lucifugus."

Rizu who is blushing begins to sing; ♫OH RAIONS MY LOVE, PLEASE MARRY ME AT ONCE♫

She approaches the Mission where Uriel is located, she stops the car she is travelling to, suddenly a pebble hits the car, Rizu notices and gets out at high speed.

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The car explodes, Rizu begins to smile:

"Well, well, I guess the party is already started, I hope Uriel isn't having too much fun over there."