Savior
Year : 2155
The story begins with a Dream sequence
The images of two boys laughing. Followed by the same two boys,
the smaller one holding the older brothers arm, as they watch a
building explode from the sky. Another scene shows them seeing
news of murder, and mayhem surrounding the world. The older one
looks to the younger one and mutters unhearable words.
The scene changes, and now we see an image of That Man, laying on
the ground helpess, and injured. He reaches out to someone,
allowing you to see his clear crystal blue eyes.
“Brother…what happened to our dream?”, he painfully asks.
The flashback follows with another scene, showing a red-haired
man in armor, the Gear symbol in the middle of his chest, and
the look of hate in his eyes. He holds the Outrage in his left
hand.
“YOU!!!”, the red-haired man screams.
The dream ends in silence. The red haired man wakes up in a cold
sweat, breathing heavily, obviously shaken by the dream he just
had. He puts a hand to his face, trying to regain his thoughts.
“That damn dream again”, the red haired man said.
“Sir!”
A young knight taps on his tent, then enters. The red haired man
looks at the young knight with curiousity.
“Sir, the supreme general wishes to see you!”, the young knight
shouted.
“Great”, the red haired man sighed. “Alright, tell him I’ll be
there in a few minutes.”
“Yes sir!”
The young knight bows and salutes, then excuses himself from the
room. The red-haired man sits there on his bed, not thinking
about what the young knight wanted, but rather about his dream
again.
“Sigh The mystery of my life”, the red-haired man muttered. “I
guess I better go see what Kliff wants.”
The red-haired man got out of bed and began to dress in his Holy
Knights uniform. His uniform was much different compared to the
others. On his shoulders were numerous Gear symbols, each
representing a Gear he has killed. On his back is a red-colored
dragon, but why such a thing is there he has never answered to
anyone. His costume is mixed with various different colors of
red, from bright, to dark, to average. He picks up a sword
bearing similar design to Sol and Ky’s Jinki. The sword is called
Shinnken, a weapon that derives it’s power from Ki, not magic
flame or thunder like Sol & Ky’s do.
After he finishes dressing, he walks outside his tent and heads
toward Kliff’s, which is conveniently next to his. The
surrounding area is dark, as a matter of fact, it is still dark.
It is 3 A.M. on a cool crisp night. The Sacred Order of Holy
Knights is fighting the Gear Army, lead by their genocidal
master, a Gear known only as Justice. They are currently
occupying the most eastern point of Asia, guarding China from the
upcoming Gear assault.
The red-haired man enters Kliff’s tent and approaches him. Inside
the room are two other officers of high rank, along with Ky
Kiske, and Sol Badguy.
“What’s this all about Kliff? I was sleeping.”
“We’re on the move Rammstein. I thought you could take the child
to a nearby Japanese Colony not far from here. You know we cannot
keep a child with us.”
“And this couldn’t wait until morning why?”
“You think a child would be safe if we were attacked?”
“…Look Kliff, the child’s been through a lot, let her sleep
until early this dawn alright?”
Kliff strokes his beard, and then nods in approval. The
red-haired man walks out of the tent and returns to his. He
undresses and goes back to sleep. As he lays down, he feels a
small arm tightly holding on to his, and then a soft tiny head
laying against his shoulder. The red-haired man stroked the
young girl’s head, as she slept peacefully.
“You poor child”, the red-haired knight thought. “Too lose not
only your home…but your parents, and right your left eye and
right arm. I hope this new home of yours will make you happy.”
The red-haired man closed his eyes and fell asleep. The next
morning, Kliff stands outside the tents with the red-haired man
and the little mounting on horseback.
“You sure you know how to ride one of those?” Kliff teased.
“I may not look like it but you know I’m older than you”, the
red-haired man responded.
“Very true”, Kliff chuckled. “Be careful on your way back. There
have been rumors of several Gear attacks.”
“I’ll be careful. YAH!!”
The red-haired man whipped his horse, and they took off. As they
rode to the last Japanese Colony, the red-haired man began to
remember how he met this young girl.
Flashback
A city is in flames. Dead bodies litter the entire village.
Houses are either burning, or are burned down. Trees, are burned
to nothing more than charred sticks. Statues, idols, temples,
all places of worship are set ablaze. Gears parade the village
with bloodlust in their eyes. They came to destroy the Japanese,
and they would not fail. Suddenly one Gear approaches a house
and kicks down the front door. Inside is a family, a man, woman,
and a young girl. The man grabs his sword and tells his wife to
flee. The woman with her child in her arms runs outside, only to
hear the bone chilling screams of her husband. She frantically
searches for a place to hide, only to be discovered by three
Gears. The Gears each change their arms into long blades, and
attack the woman. She does her best to shield her daughter, but
even the little girl is falls victim to the rabid Gears’attacks.
The mother drops to the ground, scratches and holes in every
part of her body. The little girl has lost her left eye and her
right arm. She cries for her fallen mother, for not even her
lost body parts can replace the fact that her mother and father
are dead. The Gears ready themselves to make one final blow. The
little girl closes her remaining eye , waiting for death. But
instead, all she hears is a loud thrust, like a cape flapping in
the wind. But the sound is louder, and she hears the sound of
flesh being cut. She opens her eye to see him, the red-haired
man. He turns around, and she is caught into the intense gaze of
his green eyes. But his eyes are not human, they look much more
like a cat’s eye. The red-haired man, with a tear in his eye,
extends his hand outward to her, and she nervously accepts. The
red-haired man takes the girl in his arms and speeds her over to
the nearest hospital. She was fortunate to have survived from
losing so much blood.
Flashback ends
“We’re here”, the red-haired knight said.
The Japanese Colony was right below the cliff where they stood
over. The red-haired man rode down the hill until they reached
the town. The town was quiet, and there was a bit of a buzz
coming from the far from the town, as if there was a public
gathering or something. Either way, he could not just walk up
to people and ask to take her. He would have to hope that some
people did not go. They searched from house to house, finding
no one home. Losing hope, the red-haired man finally stopped
at the last house. Luckily for them, someone was home! A largely
built and tall gruff-looking Japanese man answered. The young
girl nervously hid behind the red-haired knight’s legs.
“Can I help you knight?”
“Please sir, I have not found a single soul in this village
accept for you. Please here me out.”
The large man looked at the knight, unimpressed with him. But
upon looking deeper into his eyes, he saw something.
Something…different. He wasn’t like the other knights. He
wasn’t even like the legendary Kliff Anderson. These eyes
compelled him to listen to what he had to say, instead of
turning him away.
“Very well then, since everyone else is in the town square, what
do you want?”
“This young girl here, she is a survivor from the Eastern colony
that was decimated by the Gears. I managed to treat her wounds,
but I cannot take care of her. I thought it would be best if
someone of the same race would help raise her. Please sir, you
are the last person I can turn to.”
The tall man looked at the young girl. He noticed her lost body
parts, and thought to himself.
“Alright, I’ll take her in.”
“You will?! Oh thank you!”
The red-haired knight took the young girl aside and knelt beside
her.
“Little chibi, this man is going to take care of you now
alright? Sir…is it just you?”
“No, no, my wife Suki will enjoy raising her, since we have no
children of our own.”
“Very well. I leave this one’s fate in your hands. Little chibi,
I am going now. We may never meet again, but I hope you become a
strong woman. In the mean time, I’m going…going to avenge
your family…and you.”
The knight stood up turned, but stopped as the young girl
grabbed his hand. He knelt down again, and the young girl
hugged him as tight as she could. He returned her embrace,
and whispered into her ear. He finally let her go, got up,
and left. Once he was gone from sight, the tall man and the
young girl looked at one another.
“Well, first things first. Do you have a name?”
The young girl shyly nodded. Annoyed, the man yelled, “OUT WITH
IT!”
“B…B…Bai…ken…”, the shy girl said.
“Baiken?”
“Mhmm…”
“Alright then. Listen up Baiken! I know you’ve been through a
very traumatic experience, but I will not have a spineless
daughter! You’ll get no special treatment here! I’m going to
make you strong, so that even though you’re handicapped, you’ll
be as capable as a person with two arms! In fact, we’ll start
your swordsmanship right away!”
And the young girl who was saved by this red-haired man would
eventually become the incredibly skilled and nasty-tempered woman
we know to be Baiken. But will this young girl ever meet the man
who saved her again? Maybe. But even now, the cold woman still
remembers the eyes of her savior, the only eyes to ever cry for
her. As for what he whispered to her?
“If you ever want to know…my name…is Rammstein.”
END OF PART 1