Forgotten 3

[Ceri]

Hades' face contorted into something far more hideous and frightening than ever before, and the God of the Underworld let out a deep, deafening shriek that shook the land and sky as one. Orion was almost thrown off his feet but he held tightly to his sword hilt, stuck deep in Hades' torso; then, all of a sudden, the blade shattered, and Orion was flung to the ground. Hades rose above them, shaking and screaming, his whole body contorted in pain, and as he opened his mouth again a thick beam of blood red light shone out directly into Orion's eyes. He threw up a hand to shield his eyes but he could still see, through his fingers, the being of Hades shatter into a million pieces and the fragments dissipate into the very air, the howling shriek ringing and drifting in the still air.

Every single being in Athens froze at that moment, and all eyes of allies and enemies alike were staring at Orion. Then, as though a wave of power washed over the city, the enemies of Athens exploded in white light, until it seemed as though glittering stars were drifting down to the earth where they lay shining in the diminishing sunlight before fading completely.

A deafening cheer from the allies of Athens went completely unheard in Orion's ears. He struggled to sit up, tugging the arrow from his shoulder, and looked around for his friends. A beautiful, Godly figure crouched over Rondis, dark hair falling to her shoulders, beauty shining from her face, and it was some time before Orion's slow, exhausted mind realised that it was Laura. She looked different, older, stronger, even as she knelt cradling Rondis' head in her hands.
"Rondis...Rondis..." She gently brushed his hair from his face as Rondis' eyes opened. He blinked in what seemed like bright light, his eyes finally focusing on Laura's face.
"Laura--"
He pushed himself up and threw his arms around her. Laura laughed, holding Rondis tightly. Rondis felt as though he would never let her go. All the fear, the pain and sorrow washed away as he sat in Laura's arms, happier than he'd felt for so long.
Finally they broke apart, Laura laughing in her relief. Rondis smiled tiredly, conscious of looking a total mess in contrast to her beauty. Then anxiety clouded his face and he looked around.
"Where's Orion?"

[Spawn]

Laura's head turned and met Orion's gaze, she slowly walked over to him, his blood was flowing out off him.
"Hi, Orion." She said softly, he looked at up at her
"Hi, Laura." He replied, he coughed in pain. She looked at all of Orions wounds, she knew he would not live much longer.
"Do you want to be healed." Asked Laura, there was a slight sadness in her voice, as if she knew waht was coming.
"No, no I don't think I do. I think I want peace." Said Orion, his words were slow and calculated, as they always were. At this Rondis eyes widened with shock and horror.
"What! What do you mean, why don't you want to be healed?" He asked in disbeleif
"I've done everything I can in this world, there's been to much pain and to much misery in my life, I found Lucy but she was taken away from me, I just want to rest...thanks to you we made the underworld a place I can do that in." Said Orion, his voice was barely more then a whisper.
"But- but, your my best friend, I don't want you to leave." Said Rondis, tears began to fall from eyes, after all of this he couldn't believe he was about to lose the person who had saved him so many times.
"Its not your decision to make." The sun was started to set underneath the clouds, everything seemed golden, a flower had been left untrampled, the sun seemed to be shinning on it, it looked magnificent amongst all the carnage. Orion took Rondis's hand.
"You and Laura...taught...me more about...life...then...I could have imagined, I'm sure we'll meet again some day...I love you both...bye..." Orions voice trailed of and he shut his eyes, slowly the warmth left his hand and his body became ligher. With this Rondis burst into uncontrolable sobs.

[glow=red,2,300]Wah, I've depressed myself now[/glow]

[Ceri]

Rondis lowered his head, tears streaming from his eyes, shaking and sobbing. For what felt like hours he simply cried, barely feeling Laura's hand on his shoulder, feeling what felt like the weight of the entire span of their friendship crashing down upon him. Then, finally, his tears abated, and he looked up again. He glimpsed Lucy's body amongst the slain not far away. He glanced up at Laura and nodded to Lucy, and Laura hurried over to the girl. Now alone, Rondis looked back down at his friend. He'd never realised how alert and tense Orion had always looked until he saw him now, completely relaxed and finally at peace. Somehow the image brought a distant shadow of a smile to his eyes. Orion's bow had snapped in two in his battle with Hades, but Rondis took it and placed it in his hands, laying them on his chest. Bending over him he whispered words that he barely had to think about.
"You are a hunter of the skies, a warrior fit for the halls of the Gods, but more importantly, you are my friend." Fresh tears sparkled in his eyes as he whispered, "I'll never forget you, Orion."
Releasing his hand Rondis finally stood up, his eyes still on Orion's face. Laura had covered Lucy's still body and now returned to his side, slipping her hand into his. An image of a cheerful, red-headed man sitting in front of her on a train offering a tissue flashed into Laura's memory. Rondis closed his eyes, turning away from Orion, and embraced Laura. They were all that was left of an eternity of war, love, hatred and friendship; they were all that remained of a companionship that would make history, that would be told in tales for centuries to come, that would make their names famous long after they were gone. The remains of the armies had vanished, whether in reality or in their minds it was unclear, and Rondis and Laura were all that remained; together, alone, they stood in one anothers arms, never to be parted again.

[glow=red,2,300]I've just read over Forgotten 1 and 2, it's so sad...especially now with this[/glow]

[Spawn]

[glow=red,2,300]Thats seems like a pretty fitting ending, shall we just leave it like that?[/glow]

[Ceri]

[glow=red,2,300]Yeah, if you like Nice work I suppose that rules out a Forgotten 4...but it makes a nice trilogy.

We could always make a spinoff about Rondis!! lol[/glow]

[Spawn]

[glow=red,2,300]Hmm, well I'm proud of these roleplays, I thought they went considerably well, go us![/glow]

[Ceri]

[glow=red,2,300] ;D[/glow]

[Spawn]

[glow=red,2,300]Kinda sad there over though, I actually grew to like those characters [/glow]

[Ceri]

[glow=red,2,300]I love the characters! They developed so much over time and we used them for so long that we know them really well. It is sad that they are over...but at least we had a good run with them I hope we can set up another role-play that'll go this far, maybe in another category or something. For now though, we did well with Forgotten [/glow]

[Spawn]

[glow=red,2,300]Yay, well on that high note I'm going to bed[/glow]

[Phoenix]

[glow=red,2,300] wow good ending! well done guys I'm so proud of this roleplay ;D [/glow]

[Ceri]

;D