Interlude 4- Pendragon Family

A/N: i wrote this chapter as of I was watching a mortal Kombat fatality

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"father... He's always been a complex character, unpredictable if you would. A man who was the kind and caring to his friends and family but cruel to no compare towards his enemies."spoke Rex with a nostalgic tone.

Even though he was one of the people closest to him, he still found it hard to understand his father.

"Really?, are we talking about the same guy, the very person who slipped on a bar of soap and fell face first on the floor?" Asuna had a hard time believing Rex's words. To them Meliodas was nothing but a goofy but reliable caring father. Yes he had his secrets but they never thought that he could be described by his own son as 'cruel to no compare'

"Yeah I kinda find it hard to believe to, to me he's the same old goofy father" said Violet with a unbelieving tone.

"Yea I don't believe it to, can you tell us what made you describe him like that" Mitsuri also couldn't believe that the man that took them in was a cruel man.

Rex sighed as he could understand why they didn't believe them. And as Meliodas kept them in the dark this whole time, Rex wouldn't be surprised if they got a heart attack from the surprises they would soon uncover.

Looking at his ring, Rex concentrated his will on it making the ring glow. As the ring glowed a weird looking device came out of it.

The girls had their eyes wide open in surprise but kept quiet as they waited to see what he would do next.

Rex then placed the device on the table facing the fall. With a click of a button the machine activated and emmited a light on the wall. Little by little it quickly adjusted itself until it showed an image of Meliodas and a woman on the screen.

"Woah! What is that thing, it's like Dad's phone" exclaimed Mitsuri with surprise

Rex only smiled but it turned into a. Frown quickly "Have any of you... Killed before"

Hearing his question the room whent quiet as this was a heavy topic.

"Yes"(Violet)

"Yup"(Mitsuri)

"I have, dad taught us how to defend ourselves before. That also means that he taught us how to take a life, he had us ambush bandit camps before to" answered Violet, they were kidnapped and abused before so they know very well that the world isn't all rainbows and cotton candy. In that sense they have no qualms with killing as long as the other party have obvious intent to kill.

"Good because the next thing will be hard to watch, this was also recorded by Aunt Topaz from afar"

'Aunt Topaz?' taught all the girls in confusion.

Rex ignored their confused faces and pressed a button on the device making the video begin.

The whole scene was scorched and in flames, Meliodas startedto walking slowly towards the woman who was feeling on the ground. She looked extremely pitiful, burns, bruises, and blood covered her body.

He started to slowly walk towards her as she started to crawl away. Meliodas who was about to reach her, looked to the side and set his eyes on a young looking woman who was charging at him with a sword.

Meliodas stretched out his hand and a dark curved sword appeared. With no mercy or hesitation, he swung his sword sending out a dark slash that severed her arm.

The woman kneeled and wailed in pain while the other one that was being chased by Meliodas grited her teeth and started to crawl slowly towards her.

Meliodas looked at her and a smile,no, it shouldn't even be called a smile.

An evil smirk that sent chills down their spine appeared on his face.

Meliodas flicked his finger up making to spikes of rock pierce the crawling woman's hand making her unable to move.

She cried and started screaming unintelligent words, she shaked around violently as if her life depnded on setting herself free causing her hands to become even more bloodied.

Meliodas with a huge green walked towards the wailing woman with a missing arm. She noticed him and stood up despite losing lots of blood by the second.

With a battle cry she ran towards him and raised her hand, a blue right emmited out of it shaping itself into some sort of ethereal claws.

Meliodas weavd with no difficulty and kneed her on the stomach making her recoil from the hit, But Meliodas didn't stop there.

Before she could fall backwards he quickly grab d her by the hair and started drawing her towards the woman who had her hands pierced.

He dragged her untill they were in front of her.

The video was taken from far away so it was hard to listen to what they were saying but two words managed to be recorded clearly "For them" and he cut the woman's other arm making her lay on the floor screaming as blood gushed out of her.

The woman who was seeing all this started to violently shake and cry, all sounded muffled untill "please don't"

Meliodas only 'smiled' and stabbed his dark sword between the armless woman's legs. He quickly went behind her and picked up both her legs.

The pierced woman seems to notice what he intended to do and started to frantically scream, beging for him to stop but he didn't hear her pleads.

Slowly he started to drag the armless woman causing her to start getting cut in-half by the sword Meliodas had placed between her legs.

Little by little, cry by cry, scream by scream, the woman was cult in half alive and contained a face full of pain and anguish untill her very death.

Despair was the only thing that filled the woman's eyes, but even so she started to scream angrily at Meliodas

"I'l k-ll y-o" she screamed muffled words at him

But Meliodas only responded back with

"Nuh uh"

he quickly drew a futuristic looking gun from inside his coat and shot multiple part of her body making her body become filled with holes.

Meliodas left with a smile on his face as the woman with holes attempted to crawl towards the woman cut in half, but before she could reach her, she died from blood loss.

Meliodas who was tought to be gone already, came back as if he had forgotten to grab something.

He quickly walked towards the woman with holes and cut her head. The had in his hands quickly disapeared a long with him.

After that the video ended and the room was filled with a deafening silence

*Blerg*

Mitsuri who was quiet couldn't help but throw up behind her.

The other two who had scrunched up faces from disgust, quickly patted her back in hopes of helping Mitsuri feel better.

Looking at them, Rex could only sigh as he already knew that this was going to happen. But this was necessary for them to know since they are part of the family and this have a privilege to know more about their father.

Well... At least a little bit.

At least until he comes back things shall be fully explained to them.