The End of the Universe
By Kaltmr
Disclaimer: i do not own xenosaga. ok?
Chapter One:
The end is near... is it?
((Shion))
We were all heading back to the Elsa, after a pit stop at a docking station to refuel and buy some much needed supplies. Everyone, save Hammer and Tony, was there, all hauling back supplies for the Elsa.
Captain Matthews laughed nervously, and struck up a conversation with Jr, "Sorry about that back there Little Master... I didn't think my credit with these guys would have run out already..."
"It's ok." Jr. answered "It's a good thing I had some spare cash on me, or they'd never let us out of that store! But don't worry about it Matthews..." Matthews sighed a breath of relief, but Jr wasn't done yet. "I'll just put it on your tab."
"What?" everyone laughed at his surprise.
"Looks like not even Jr. has mercy for you captain! Your debt just keeps on growing!" chaos joked.
"Aw, shut up! I'll pay it off eventually..."
"You'll never have the time!" someone came up to us from out of nowhere. He looked to be a beggar, with tattered clothes and an unpleasant smell. "We're all going to die! The end is near!"
I was very confused at this man's sudden outburst, "Excuse me...? The... end?"
"The Giant Growth! It's begun, and there's nothing we can do about it!" Out of the corner of my eye, I say chaos flinch at the words 'Giant Growth'. "The Gnosis will kill us all! It's the end for mankind as we know it!"
Jr looked pretty annoyed by this man, and I could tell he was trying to keep his cool. "Look old man... we don't want any trouble. So just bug off and bug someone else, cause we're not interested." he pushed past the man and entered the Elsa.
The man had a look of shock on his face, as if he couldn't believe that we wouldn't believe him. As if... what he said was true. I followed Jr., along with everyone else. I could hear Momo behind me apologize for Jr.'s rashness.
With everything all back in the Elsa, we took off not to long after boarding. Nothing much of interest happened after that, until I got a message...
"Hmm?" something on Hammer's screen flashed red.
"What is it Hammer?" Captain Matthews asked, looking at the flashing light.
He touched the light, and read a few lines of data before giving his answer, "We're receiving a message from... Vector Industries. It's for... Shion."
I was surprised, to say the least. My co-workers back at 1st R&D Division knew that I'd be returning to the Kukai Foundation after this pit stop... did something urgent happen?
"Put it on screen." Matthews ordered, and Hammer nodded, pushing another button.
"Shion! How's it going?" a familiarly hyper voice greeted.
"Miyuki? Uh... I'm doing good. What's up? Is something... wrong over there?"
"Uh... well, I have some news for you." she averted her glance from the screen, and, right then, I knew that something was wrong.
"What's wrong? Tell me!"
"Well... I don't know if it's... wrong, per say..." she gave a smile that I knew was fake, and continued. "It seems that Director Wilhelm wants to see you."
"Director Wilhelm?" Allan took a step back in shock, but I could sense a slight bit of jealousy in his expression. "The CEO of Vector? Wants to meet with the Chief? But... why?"
"That's the thing... I really don't know." she elaborated, not bothering to face Allan. "He said something about needing to see you... and about a giant growth? I couldn't catch everything he said, but he told me to contact you and tell you to get to the Dämmerung immediately."
"What? Giant... growth?"
"Well, that's all he said... I'll talk to you later Shion! We've got a lot of work to do, with all that data you've been sending us about Kos-Mos and whatnot. See ya around!"
"Wait! Miyuki! What about that Giant Growth?" but it was too late, she had already shut off her monitor.
"The Giant Growth..." chaos muttered, "So it really is happening again..."
We all turned to chaos, who appeared to have the answer this entire time. "What?" I asked, "You know about the Giant Growth?"
"Yes..." he sighed, and closed his eyes, as if trying to forget the memories he had embedded in his mind. "Sadly, I know all about it..."
"Then..." I stepped towards him. "Would you...?"
He nodded, already knowing what I wanted to ask. "But we should get moving first. We wouldn't want to keep your boss waiting, now would we?" he looked at Captain Matthews.
He looked back at chaos, and then at Jr. "Things just keep getting more and more interesting, don't they?" he took in a long breath on his cigarette, and blew out the smoke slowly. "Well... if the Little Master doesn't object... I'll bring ya there."
"I don't mind." he looked at me. "We've been on good terms with Vector, we can't keep their director waiting. Wouldn't want them to stop providing us with those state of the art weaponry!" he grinned, and nodded at Captain Matthews. "Off to the Dämmerung!"
"Tony!" he yelled out.
"Aye aye captain! To the Dämmerung!" Tony hit the throttle, and we were off.
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w00t! i've been thinking about this ficcy here for a LONG time! and now i finally have the time to write it! yay! so, what is this giant growth? and how does chaos know about it? review, and i may continue! xD next chappie, The Giant Growth!