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The Emperor sighed, he was content for now to let the pawns of Cosmos scurry about like panicked rats fleeing a derelict ship, it made no difference to him, they would all bow before him soon enough. His presence in the Order's Sanctuary would surely not go unnoticed for long, since it was the side of Cosmos's base of operation but as he glanced about there seemed to be no one, no Warrior of Light prattling on about his light never fading, no Firion whining about his dreams or his rose, it was quiet and the Emperor enjoyed the calm. Even that detestable Goddess was no where to be seen, it really seemed like he was being allowed a moments peace and why not he thought, 'I have done more planning than anyone else in this farce, accept perhaps Golbez' he frowned, Golbez would betray them, he knew this to be true, he would have to keep a close watch on him. His thoughts were distracted by the all too familiar sound of combat, he looked around and saw one of Cosmos's pawns locked in combat with a swarm of manikins. He raised an eyebrow, there was over 50 of the manikins all attacking the one being, a smirk formed on his face which slowly became a grimace, his plan would fail if all the warriors could not acquire they're crystals, how dare this one jeopardise is plan. He stalked over slowly still unable to see which of the pawns it was, whomever it was they were doing badly.
He got closer to the fight and saw that it was in fact the esperkin that Kefka was so obsessed with, and to be honest the emperor realised why that very second, Terra tranced into her esper form and began laying waste to the manikins she wiped out 40 in such a short length of time but then she collapsed and The Emperor got a good look at her face, he gasped 'such beauty…' he thought, 'this one should live, beauty to equal mine should at least be preserved'. He raised his staff above his head and began channelling Starfall. "Heavens!" he said loudly to get the manikin's attention, 'simple minded wretches' he thought as he continued to power Starfall, with a roar he released the power and the heaven's descended onto the manikins slaughtering all off the remaining monstrosities. The Emperor walked calmly over to the fallen cosmos warrior, he felt a smirk tug at his lips. "Something go awry?" he asked tauntingly to Terra
"Emperor… why did you help me?" Terra asked, The Emperor looked delighted at the sheer fear on her face, he knelt down and cupped her face, her eyes grew wide with shock.
"Simply preserving beauty" He said with a cruel smirk, she rose on to her elbow and smacked his hand away, her arm gave out and she fell, her eyes tight shut in anticipation of the impact of the ground, the pain never came however, she opened her eyes and the next thing she saw was The Emperor's eyes, the pale orbs didn't seem so cruel right now.
The Emperor's hand was smacked away as he thought it would be, the girl was predictable, what he didn't predict was her trying to stand by pushing herself up on her elbows, foolish girl. Instinctively he caught her, it wasn't really intention, there was no real meaning behind it, he just caught her, the ground may have been essentially water but that didn't stop it from hurting. Now she was staring intently into his eyes and he was staring back, her blue eyes were so gentle, despite the torment Kefka put her through. 'I wouldn't be surprised if she has never felt hatred' The Emperor thought.
"Please…" Terra's quiet voice shocked him out of his daydream "I think I can stand." A cruel smirk formed on his face, his mind racing, she thought he truly cared, how perfect. Somewhere however in the back of his mind, the small portion of him that still knew how to even recognise kindness protested at his thought of cruelty, he frowned at this 'since when do I care what befalls these pawns?' He stood up as she shakily did the same, she stumbled again and grabbed onto his arm for support. His temper flared at this 'I am to be support for her now?' he thought disdainfully 'why don't I mind her leaning on me…' he shook his head, this place… it was tempering the remaining morality he had, he didn't like it.
"Thank you…" Terra said timidly "I don't know why you saved me but…thank you." The Emperor shook her off.
"Your words are worthless to me" he said glancing at her from the corner of her eyes "however… you do have something I would like" A devilish smirk appearing on his face.
"w-what?" Terra asked truly terrified wishing for another warrior of cosmos now, or even cosmos herself, anything to get away from her rescuer turned tormentor. Again the look Terra gave caused the Emperor to stop in his tracks 'this is wrong…' a voice in the back of his mind said 'she doesn't deserve this…' he gripped his head as a shooting pain ran through his head.
"Agh! What… Is this?!" He yelled, the pain felt so unreal, it was almost like his very soul was being torn in two and with it, his mind, he threw his head back and yelled as the pain intensified. Then it stopped, he collapsed and blacked out, the last thing he heard was Terra's voice, it sounded panicked he mused a smile on his face as he fell into unconsciousness.
So, should i continue with this?