Do Not Give Up

Evelyn and Darla crawl out of the opening Tempest had created to the outside and Evelyn looked back down and yelled out, "Thank you Tempest! Can't wait to see you again when your Siren master awakens!"

 Tempest replies back in a roar and Evelyn smiles at Darla as she see's her cover her ears.

 "Nice guy. loud roar," Darla smiles.

 They look up at the orange sky and the pink and purple clouds and Evelyn says, "Shit. It's late and the sun is starting to go down."

 "Then should we go back to the ship?" Darla suggests.

 "Oh. No! I actually met another Siren in the town, and I invited her and her sister to join me on our crew. The one I'll make. Me, as Captain and you, my first mate," Evelyn said.

 Darla was about to speak and then closed her mouth and smiled at the idea. Then spoke up. "Then by all means. Let's go get them."

 Evelyn looks out in the direction of the town and her expression changes, "I see smoke."

 Darla notices it asks, "Is that-"

 "Yeah," Evelyn answers before she could finish. "That's near their place."

 Without even saying so, they began climbing down the mountain to make their way to the smoke.

Evelyn and Darla arrived at the district engulfed in smoke. All around them they saw buildings reduced to rubble, dead bodies, fire, and smoke.

 "Evelyn," Darla said. "are you sure they're still here? Or alive?"

 Looking around, Evelyn could only think, "What the hell happened here?" She focused on her senses to reduce the fire around them to snuff out. Once out, she was able to see clearly, and then she saw her. "THIA!" She cried out.

 Evelyn and Darla rushed over to a pinned girl to the was with a sword in her chest. "Thia! Oh my- What happened? Can you hear me? Please tell me you can hear me!"

 Thia slowly raised her head and seeing Evelyn she said weakly, "Hey there," she let out a cough with a little bit of blood trickling out of her mouth. "Fancy seeing you here. What brings you by? Me? Oh I'm just sitting around," she looks down at the sword in her chest and says, "And waiting to die."

 "You're not going to die," Darla said sternly.

 Thia looks over at Darla and says, "Oh, I'm not? And who might you be? You're really pretty."

 "I am not going to be flattered by someone on their death bed," Darla said quickly fighting through the blushing from the compliment.

 "Taco," Evelyn said quickly. "We can take her to Taco on the ship! He's our ships doctor! He can help her!"

 "She won't last that long!" Darla yelled. "She'll be long dead during the transportation!"

 "THEN WHAT THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO!?" Evelyn pleaded loudly.

 "Evelyn," Darla said calmly. "You didn't think Captain was my only role on my last ship?"

[Mission: Protect the Speed Siren]

[Details: The Speed Siren is nearing her death and the only hope she has is the Doctor (Darla Blume) Power. Protect the Speed Siren as the doctor repairs her. The Speed Siren's assassins are nearing the area and will attempt to finish the job.]

[Assassins killed – 0/25]

[Reward:]

[+50 exp per assassin killed with magic]

[+50 class exp per assassin killed with class weapon]

 "You can heal? You can heal her?" Evelyn asked softly with tears in her eyes.

 Smiling, Darla replied, "I was my ships doctor. And I will be yours as well. Now follow the system message, and I will do everything in my power to heal her and save her life."

 Hearing the sounds of people approaching, snarling, laughing, and the sounds of blades sheering, Evelyn stood up and said, "I will not let them interfere. Just keep her alive!"

 As soon as someone came into few, Evelyn used Flame step and took an assassin out in one punch.

[+50 class exp]

[Assassins killed – 1/25]

[24 Assassin's remaining]

"I'm not exactly against the benefit of the experience scaling but that's not my entire focus," Evelyn though peering back at Darla and Thia from the corner of her eye.

 Not paying attention was a mistake as Evelyn took a slice from a sword to her arm that she was just lucky to jump away from.

[-10 health points]

[Health is 290/300]

"Are you kidding me right now? I haven't taken damage in how long? And this asshole!?" Evelyn yelled out in her head from rage. "Fuck you!" She said aloud and cast out a fireball then seared his head from his shoulders.

[+50 exp]

[Assassins killed – 2/25]

[23 Assassins remaining]

Darla was focusing on taking care of Thia delicately. She had cast a essence on the wound in her chest and where the blade protruded out of her back to numb the feeling of the blade as she cast tiny vines into her to slowly pull the blade out. Her biggest obstacle was the fact that the sword was stabbed into her so forcefully that the blade had lodged itself stuck to the stone Thia was sloped up against,

 "It doesn't hurt much anymore. I think I'm okay now," Thia smiles.

 "Yeah, I'm going to need you to stop moving," Darla commanded. "I made it so to stop the pain because it would hurt like a mother fucker while I'm trying to pull the blade out."

 "A mother fucker?" Thia gives out a slight giggle then says, "Ow."

 "Yeah, don't move to much either. Through careful inspection the blade didn't pierce your heart but was dangerously close to it," Darla instructed.

 After letting her work her magic and watching Evelyn strike down assassin's flooding into the area, Thia asked, "She's really wonderful, isn't she?"

 "She is. And will be my captain," Darla smiles as she finally dislodges the blade from the stone.

 "Oh, you're part of the crew?" Thia asked. "She invited my sister and I. I told her I would give her an answer today."

 "I heard. So, am I fixing a young woman? Or am I fixing a dear crewmate?" Darla asks as the blade is now longer protruding out of her back.

 With a smile and gritting through the pain of the blade's movement, Thia says, "Let's just say your crewmate is in a lot of pain."

[+50 exp]

[+50 exp]

[+50 class exp]

[+50 class exp]

[Assassins killed – 12/25]

[13 Assassins remaining]

Evelyn keeps battling but also keeps making the mistake of looking over the check on Darla and Thia and getting nicked.

[-10 health points]

[-6 health points]

[-12 health points]

[-3 health points]

[Health is 259/300]

"Son of a bitch," she says out loud at an assassin who's using short blades did a quick number on her. "Eat fire you dickweed!" She yelled as she tackled him, put her hand over his mouth and forced fire down his throat.

[+50 exp]

[Assassins killed – 13/25]

[12 Assassins remaining]

Once Evelyn sat back up readying herself for her next opponent, she saw the new message that made her smile.

[Congratulations: You have gained a loyal comrade of your divinity: Volgma]

[Current loyal comrades: 2]

[Comrade List]

[Darla Blume: Active] – [Human] – [First Mate]

[Thia Riddick: Requires Permission to activate]

 Evelyn clothe-lines an assassin and then follows up with her momentum hitting another one onto the ground and then launches a fire ball along the ground like she's bowling and turns to Darla and Thia and screams, "NO FREAKING WAY! YOU'RE JOINING US!?"

[+ 50 exp]

[+ 50 exp]

[Assassins killed – 15/25]

[10 Assassins remaining]

"Ye-"

 "That's what she said!" Darla yelled back, "I still need you not to move." Darla whispered to her. "It's almost out."

 With excitement and fire boiling up inside her she used flame leap and from above analyzed every remaining Assassin and with a great charge of her power, threw fireballs at all of them until the message appeared.

[Assassins killed – 25/25]

[0 Assassins remaining]

[Mission: Protect the Speed Siren Completed.]

[Rewards:]

[+50 exp – 15 kills - +750 total exp]

[+50 class exp – 10 kills - +500 total class exp]

[Current exp: 750/1,300]

[Congratulations! Your class is now level 13]

[Class: Brawler – Level 13]

[Current exp: 175/425]

Evelyn looked around at the havoc she just made and thought, "A job well done if I say so myself." She then retreated back to Darla and Thia and asked, "How is she doing."

 Darla finally pulled the blade completely out of Thia and threw it away and as she was trying to use her vines to mend her from the inside said, "This thick of it is done. Now just need to reattach some arteries on the inside of her."

 "Do you think we can move her now, though?" Evelyn asked. "And by the way," Now addressing Thia, "Where's Rio?"

 "Rio?" Thia repeated. Then her eyes narrowed with anger, "Rio." And then wide again with despair as tears rolled down them, "R- R- Rio."

 "Oh shit, her emotions are making this difficult. The way her heart started pounding could kill her. We can't use a healing potion or something?" Darla quickly said.

 "They only work for people with a system. I can accept Thia but I don't know if she'll be able the handle what she'll see," Evelyn said quickly.

 "Comprehend what she'll see? Dammit Evelyn, I'm still trying to do that! But if that'll save her life, fucking do it!" Darla yelled.

[Comrade Available]

[Comrade List]

[Darla Blume: Active] – [Human] – [First Mate]

[Thia Riddick: Requires Permission to activate]

[Activate Thia Riddick now?]

[Yes] [No]

"YES!" Evelyn yelled out!