Operation Judgement:

The Last Chance to Change

In this broken future,

We stand together as one,

We fight together as one,

And most importantly,

We sing together as one.

Even when we truly got the true freedom,

Even when cost was too much…

We will stand together,

and fight the world.

We will take it from evil's graces, And we will not fail.

In a time when all is accepted,

In a time when all is heard,

In a time when all has been said.

Only then can we be truly free

Only then can we truly think

-The Knight's Code

Tuesday July 2nd, 20XX –

Midnight, after the Judgement Weather: Stormy

The thunder roared as the rain fell through the sky. The rain was freezing. Almost becoming snow the height the mountains were at. A lone helicopter flying from an unknown destination flew through the deluge that was coming down.

The helicopter was almost smoking from a small fire. It was slightly damaged from an earlier operation; the helicopter wasn't in the best condition. There was bullet holes and blood on the surface of the door. The helicopter blades whirred as it flew through the night sky, the rain slinging off of the blades as it tore through them. The engine was screeching loudly, and the windows were darkened. The helicopter was a support class, capable of holding 15 people, including the pilots.

Inside we could see several people, one of them a red-haired doctor, and another a blue-haired patient. The pilots in the cockpit of the craft were both dressed in black clothes and black helmets, these concealed their identities. A girl sitting away from the Doctor and the patient was sitting in the corner; she was slightly slouched over in her seat. Another girl was sitting there next to the Doctor and Patient.

The blue haired male with his hair wet and eyes unfocused lay on the stretcher. The doctor was sitting there next to the man with a hand on his shoulder. The girl whose black-dyed hair, now showing signs of her teal hair color; She sat next to the blue haired man across from the doctor. The girl's hand clutching tightly to the blue-haired man's hand, as she sat there unmoving.

Another woman with pink hair sat near the door facing away from the 3, clutched on to her most precious item to her. It was a silver cross with a ruby on it. She sat there muttering to herself, with tears running down her face, as she clutched the cross even harder.

"God, if you exist. Please help us, help us." She quietly muttered as she slouched a little lower.

"Luka?" The doctor called for her, beckoning her to come over. Her ears perked up at the man's voice, and she decided to muster her strength up. Sighing softly, she slowly stood up from her seat. Her body felt really tired and fatigued, from all the fighting and stress she was put through, everything hurt.

She held her chest as she turned and limped over to the doctor. She slowly looked up from the floor to him. She stopped in front of him expecting his question.

"Luka?" The doctor asked her, trying to get a response from her. Luka's mind was slow at receiving any type of communication, and finally it hit her. "Yes…?" She responded with a slow demeanor, trying to keep her breath steady. Then she felt her chest shiver, and grasped it even tighter. It was tightening.

"Luka, I know you've been through a lot today. But… None of us ever knew. We didn't know this would happen." The doctor said, his voice becoming deeper. Then he clutched his hands together and said. "She didn't deserve to… You know. It's impossible. I'm a doctor, yet I couldn't even help in the dire situation we were in earlier." The doctor sighed, then he took a deep breath. "About Kaito… He's…" The doctor trailed off.

Luka's heart stopped hearing those words. She then said in a shaky voice, trembling. "He's… Not gone… Is he?" Luka asked on the brink of tears, her body starting to shake from what could be an important loss.

'God no! Please, don't let him die! He's- He's important- He's important to us.' Luka screamed in her mind, cursing herself for not being able to help in the direst moment. She cursed herself because she was standing right there, unable to do anything. Then just as she was about to cry, the doctor said trying to relieve her.

"He's alive, but barely. His mental state is broken. He broke his mental barrier to save you guys, but yet he took the full brunt of that effect. His mind and body aren't connected anymore, so he's drifting now, but he's not dead." Luka almost lost it.

"Kaito's done, his powers are gone… Aren't they?" Luka wanted to say, but knowing that the truth was in front of her. He indeed was finished, with little to no chance of recovery. His life would now be possible spent in a Caretaker's Lodge, and possibly he might be then euthanized because he suffered so much mental shock.

Luka shook at the possible grim fate Kaito was now about to face, but her fears and worries weren't over. She looked at the black-teal-hair-colored girl. She stared at her for about a few minutes. The doctor didn't say anything to Luka, out of respect that Luka may indeed lose these people, and these may be her final moments with them.

"Mi… Miku…?" Luka was at the end of her line, Miku was her closest friend. Miku was the one that helped her chase after the person she loved. Miku was the one that held deep feeling for her as well, without her, there would be no one to return to. Her city was destroyed, her family was killed by the attack. Everything was left in ruins, she had no one else to return to.

'Miku's the only thing left for me now, please, don't let her die!' Luka shouted in her head. She then tapped Miku on the shoulder, she didn't answer. She remained silent and motionless, her body going cold. Luka stood up and bent over to look at Miku's face. Miku's face had several wounds on it, and her eyes were closed, with tears still running from them. Luka had a small faint glimpse of hope, and decided to check Miku's body over. She found several wounds that were still bleeding, lacerations covered her hands and legs, and her skirt was damaged from a fire. Miku had taken so much damage, she might be dead by now, she might have gone and left without Kaito. This was the most cruel punishment Luka had ever to face.

"Not her! Why God? Why do you do this to us? Where did we go wrong?" Luka screamed in her head, she held Miku's cold body close, and then sobbed. Her friends, her family, everyone was dead or almost dead because she was weak. Because she didn't have the strength to defeat the man who was responsible for everything that happened.

Everything was on her now, she was responsible. Luka made a mistake and that cost everyone their lives, her mission that she had planned out, was a failure due to her mistake in realizing their true enemy's power.

Luka fell to her knees, and put her head on Miku's lap. She was so tired, but she tried listening for Miku's heartbeat. She finally found it at last, it was very slow and quiet, her last breath could be coming anytime soon.

'Where did everything go wrong for them? Where did the problem arise? What happened to me?' Luka thought again. 'I remember Aria was… Fighting…? Escaping with us..? But… She was gunned down by… By… By who? Who was it again?'

Luka thought trying to make sense of what happened, but everything happened all so fast. The only thing she remembers now was Aria smiling. Luka's eyes widened, she lost someone so dear to her. Aria was someone that Luka loved, and she adored her in every way.

Luka started to cry. Aria was gone, killed by the very man Luka had intended to stop, killed by Luka's own carelessness. 'God… What do I do? How do I live with myself?' Luka thought to herself, as she nuzzled herself against Miku's leg.

'How do I atone for what I've done?' Luka asked in her head. Miku's scent was comforting, Luka felt herself becoming more tired with each second. She didn't want to move anymore, she didn't have the energy, and neither the will to. She wanted to succumb to her body's fatigue, but something inside her, prevented her from doing so.

"Come on Luka, you can't sleep now. We must continue going. You aren't dead yet, and you still have work to do." A voice said to her. It was soft and angelic.

Luka nodded, not sure if it really mattered to get back up or not, the only thing she knew, it was necessary. Luka stood up holding her chest that now was bleeding again, her body felt tired and heavy, but no matter what, she still had to move. She felt every bone in her body cry for relief. She looked at the rain outside, and limped over the window. She peered outside to the heavy rain. The lightning illuminated the ground with its semi constant flashes, but something was amiss.

She felt a strong feeling in her chest, and looked outside more carefully. Then suddenly she saw it. Something that was as tall as the mountains, as high as the clouds, and as menacing to any person.

A Forced Giant stood there in the mountain pass that they have to fly through. The giant was so large, the pilots, nor Luka had the means to take it down. Luka suddenly had a surge of energy from her adrenaline rush. She then ran from the door to the cockpit, and yelled to the pilots.

"Stop now! There's something up ahead!" She panted heavily, she was very distressed. The pilots looked dumbfounded and checked their radar, but they didn't see anything. They stopped as there may be possible danger. Because of the possible threat in their way, they turned the screen to NV and scanned the area. Then they too, saw the giant. The beast is in their path back to their sanctuary.

It was probably placed there to prevent them from getting back, and it most likely could catch up to them either way. It was in the mountain pass they needed to get through. The Yuki-Hime Mountain pass held their sanctuary, and there they would be safe. But the giant had been lured there to take out Luka and the rest of them. Then it would proceed to destroy their sanctuary, the last home Luka had left.

Luka straightened up and then yelled "Lower the ramp, and extend the platform! I'll take care of it." Luka then clutched her cross and then turned to leave. One the pilots said, taking off his helmet "Roger, you're the only Psychic we have left on this craft." Then the pilot pulled his helmet off fully, revealing his purple-colored hair. "We'll let you handle it." The man said, then he started to unbuckle himself. "Luka, hold on, let me tether you to the helicopter. You will fall off in this downpour."

Luka saw the man fumble with his seatbelt and said "Thanks Gackt, but I'm alright." Then she turned around and walked to the door. While she walked there, her body was shaking, shaking from fear and fatigue.

"What you don't know is how you die, only when."

Luka almost tripped, she stood there for a second almost shaking too much. Her thoughts were racing. 'What if I die? What do I do?' She asked herself. Shaking too much, she gripped her silver cross and took a few deep breaths. She wanted to be as calm as possible before she entered a large fight. She then took a deep breath, and made her way over to the door.

The door was reinforced with a couple of Steel bars, and also it had a kind of see-through curtain so the rain wouldn't get in. But there were bullet holes through the hull with blood where the holes were.

Luka felt her breath hitch as she remembered what happened.

"Aria let's go! Now!" Luka yelled to a person over the mic that she was wearing on her headset. She could hear heavy breaths from the person that she was talking to. The person was breathing hard, and between her breaths, Luka could hear her shops clopping against the floor. The person didn't stop for anything, and kept running from what Luka could hear.

Some of the helicopters in that took off waited in the sky for the two. Luka noticed that the other helicopters that were supposed to be leaving were waiting for her team to lift off. She motioned to the other helicopters, waving her hand trying to make them leave. "Go! Now! Get away from here!" She yelled into her mic to the other pilots that were taking off of the 50 story building complex. One of the people in another helicopter looked at her, and then waved. He smiled and then closed the door, the helicopter whirred louder as it left the area. All the helicopters left the area, leaving Luka and her team behind. Then she looked at the door to the building, it was still closed with no sign of her friend.

Luka began to worry about what might happen if she doesn't hurry up. The building they infiltrated was her plan, it was where she would stop the war, but it failed at the end. An unseen circumstance came about from her mission, during the time they entered, someone betrayed them, and lead the enemies to their location.

The building was smoking from the failed assault that was performed on it. Even if the buildings main structures had been weakened, they didn't expect to see what was waiting for them.

Luka stood there; breathing fast and rapid, and hoping her ally would hurry up. "Aria! We don't have much time!" Luka yelled into the mic, then checked her watch. She measured the time that was left: the building was set to blow in 10 minutes. The mic crackled and then became static-y with someone's voice. "Hold on Luka, I'm almost there." Luka heard Aria's voice from the mic, her voice sounded out of breath from running.

Luka looked up and then saw Aria in the hallway. Aria was running from a couple of guards who were chasing her down, trying to capture her. Luka saw Aria turn around, her hair waving smoothly. Aria then extended her hand out to them, and caused the guards to stop and run away. Aria was now free from her pursuers that threatened her life.

"Aria, quickly!" Luka shouted, wanting the blonde to hurry up. The pilots and her were getting very antsy about the situation, and wanted to leave as soon as possible. She watched as Aria made her way down the hallway, leaping over chairs and books that were scattered all over the place. But then Aria finally made it, she made it to the door.

Luka was filled with relief as she saw Aria bust out of the doors at the end of the hallway. Aria then started to run towards the helicopter, jumping and dodging the fires and various things that came about in her path. She then started an all-out sprint to the helicopter. "Took you long enough IA" Luka said, smiling, holding her hand out to the strawberry blonde. Aria smiled and ran faster to get there, her energy renewed from seeing Luka.

She was about halfway to the helicopter when a dark-haired man landed on the roof of the adjacent building. The man pulled out a silver gun with a rose insignia, and pointed it at Luka and Aria. "You two caused enough trouble today. It is finally time I got rid of you." The man shouted to them. Then he smiled and opened fire upon the two women.

"Aria, get down!" Luka yelled, as she ducked to dodge a barrage of bullets. Aria tossed herself to the ground, grunting as she slammed her left elbow into the rubble of the roof, and then she entered the fetal position to protect herself. The man fired his whole clip at the team, smiling as he felt the recoil in his palm, making him miss a lot of the time. The bullets dented the glass of the cockpit, causing the pilots to panic, and then one of the pilots yelled "Miss, we need to leave now!" He started the take-off procedure, getting the engines onto full power.

Luka stood back up, and looked at the man with the gun. He was reloading his clip when Luka yelled "Aria, come on!" Her heart was racing now; she was hoping Aria would make it. Aria groaned and stood up, picking up her pace from tossing herself down to dodge the bullet fire. The helicopter started to lift up from the ground, and the wind from the helicopter grew stronger. Luka noticed this, and then came up with a plan.

"Aria jump!" Luka yelled, as Aria was only 20 feet away. The helicopter started to lift up from the ground, and now hovered 5 feet off of the ground, and still rising. The helicopter increased its height, and then started to pull away. Aria jumped and grabbed the rail on the bottom. Aria struggled to get a good grip, but then someone grabbed her hand.

It was Luka's, Aria looked up at Luka and heard her say "Aria, you made it." Aria smiled, and chuckled, but the semblance of achievement was over. On the opposite building the man smiled and said to himself "Nighty-night Princess." As he aimed and fired only one shot at them.

Everything stood in slow motion, the shell pierced its way through the air, falling it intended path, never leaving it. It whizzed past all of the fires and other debris in the air, making its way to the target. Upon reaching its target, it pierced them all the way through. The man smiled and then fired another few rounds, using the same effect again.

Luka heard a large gunshot sound from the building. She tried to stay calm, but Aria's smile turned pained. Aria coughed and wheezed, her breathing was ragged, and her body becoming weak. Luka realized what happened had to her; Aria was shot several times in the body. Luka gasped and then shouted "Aria, no!"

Luka grabbed onto her hand tighter, and tried to pull Aria and herself back up, but Aria's weight was causing Luka to slip out of the craft. Aria whimpered and looked up at Luka with a scared and sad expression on her face.

"L-Luka… Is… Is this it?" Aria asked innocently, as she started to cry from the pain. "Luka, tell me." She called out through her mic. Luka held her hand as hard as she could as the helicopter gained more height. More and more gunshots were heard from the building as they pulled away.

"Aria just hang on!" Luka shouted, as she attempted to get them to safety. But Luka knew, she knew it was over. Luka looked down at Aria's body, and saw her white dress become soaked with crimson red. The shots were in lethal location, Aria would need immediate medical attention.

Aria whimpered and sobbed, and then said "Luka… I've always loved you." Aria smiled weakly accepting what has finally come upon herself. "I- I Love you Luka. You were a great- great friend. You can love me in your memories." Aria said, a tear streaming from her face. Luka shook her head "No Aria, please. You can't…" Luka couldn't accept this reality; it shouldn't have ended like this. All the hours spent with Aria, now lost in memory.

"It was a pleasure Luka." Aria said, then coughed and wheezily said "It was nice…" Then Aria's body started to become even heavier. Luka could only watch in shock as Aria was hanging from her hand, Luka tightened her grip, and tried to pull them both back in, but their weight was becoming too much.

"Luka…" Aria said, as she touched the side of Luka's cheek with her bloody hand, then she spoke in her soft angelic voice. "Go Luka, go now. You've done what you could for me." Aria said. Then Aria smiled again, and then let go of Luka's hand. Luka watched as Aria fell from her, everything was in slow motion. Luka desperately tried to grab her hand, but it was no use, Aria fell past the point of no return. Luka couldn't muster even a word up from her damaged mind, she could only watch. Luka could only watch as Aria fell and fell through the rooftops, down into the broken city.

Then she heard her mic, it was static-y but she could hear Aria's voice. The wind was howling, and Aria was panting, she let out "Luka… Go forth… Leave me… I'm already…" Then the line went static, it was cut off from communication. Luka started to tremble; she didn't want to accept it. "A-Aria…?" She called out, her voice trembling, she was started to shake.

The monitor on her HUD said, 'Trance Shaker – Disconnected.' Tears started to well up in her eyes as the helicopter left the city center. Luka's eyes focused and unfocused realizing what happened. Luka then yelled. "No! Don't die on me you bitch! ARIA!!!" She screamed out into the cold night air. "ARIA!!! NO!!!"

She sobbed and screamed out loud, she then crawled forward and tried to let herself fall out, she wanted to be with her. Someone came up from behind and dragged her back in. Luka squirmed and started to fight them, screaming "No, don't leave me to die, don't leave me to die you bitch!!! ARIA!!!" She clawed at the person, wanting to die alongside the person who was important to her.

She didn't want to be alone, she couldn't stand it. Her only purpose in life was now shattered. She lay on the metal floor crying, sobbing, and shaking from her loss. The man that pulled her back in looked at her, and then pulled her over to one of the seats and strapped her in. He then started to assess the situation, he too felt guilty for not saving Luka's companion.

Luka sat there blabbering and crying, moaning and screaming, trying to do anything to die. But then she heard through her mic, and finally stopped crying. What she heard what was happening as she regained her senses.

"This is Omega-7, we are under attack. Newton has fallen, Newton has fallen, calling for Fallen Angel Class emergency. Please help!" A pilot said, panicking, over the radio, Luka could hear gunfire from their transmission.

"Omega-7, please wait, we are on your trail." Another pilot said, but then so many voices started to talk at once.

"Omega-5 reporting Fallen Angel," "Omega-8 reporting Fallen Angel." "Omega-3 reporting Fallen Angel." "Omega-4 reporting Fallen Angel."

All of them repeating were the same. Luka felt nauseous as she realized that her friends and the saved hostages were dying. Everything hit her all at once; everything teared at her because she made a mistake. She sat there softly crying, listening as the other helicopters were overwhelmed.

"Omega-1 reporting Fallen Angel, there's too many of them." The leader of their squadron yelled. Everything was happening all at once, every single Psychic in their crafts died.

Luka felt her chest become heavy from the realization; they were doomed from the start of the mission. She felt her heart sink into her stomach as she realized that everyone she knew and trusted, all died. All died for a mission that failed from a mistake in planning, a mistake that cost everyone their lives.

Luka then heard her own pilot talking on the mic, he was breathing hard, most likely afraid. "Omega-6, Reporting Fallen Angel, Trance Shaker has fallen, repeat Trance Shaker has fallen. We are en route to the Sanctuary, please stand by, over." The pilot said, but only static can be heard in response. Luka felt the worst was yet to come, as she heard gunfire in the distance.

"Omega squadron report, what is your status!" A voice barked out. Luka recognized the voice.

"General Wat, we have many casualties, all but Omega-10 has reported a Fallen Angel status, Omega 2, 9, 0, 11 and 12 have been shot down, recording as a Broken Wing Class Status, requesting help immediately." A young voice called out.

The voice of Authority barked out "Omega squadron, your mission has been classed as a failure, return to base now! You aren't in trouble, but what we faced was something that we never knew about in the plans, Return now!" The voice said, with a little remorse in his tone. But the problems only had gotten worse…

"Sir, we are seeing multiple bogeys on radar." Luka heard her own pilot said. Then she heard loud explosions in the distance, which shook the craft. Then she saw a missile near-miss her craft and it flew and exploded into a nearby apartment building. Luka only felt her stomach churn as everything ended in disaster, and with even civilian causalities. Her own people, and the public were even harmed, everything went wrong, very wrong.

"God damn…" She heard the second pilot say under his breath. All she could hear was more explosions, and the sound of Air Raid sirens. "General Wat, we are requesting status change." The pilot sighed as he said this. He was shocked to have seen it all happen in front of his craft.

"All crafts that were in the air, except us…" Then he breathed in and out, and then cleared his throat. "All crafts considered Broken Wing status, over." The pilot said, breathing out. "Omega-6, we're sorry, make it back. Just make sure that you do. We have to send Wing Messages now." Luka heard General Wat say, and then he direct his speech to her.

"Luka, I'm sorry for your loss. Just make it back, it's not your fault this mission went like this." Luka felt remorse; everyone was dead, just like Aria. Everyone died for the mission, but Luka didn't. Luka grabbed the cross around her neck and then started muttering to herself, she is the remnant of the mission, and the bearer of bad news. She clutched it harder, as she talked to something. She clutched her cross harder, as they left the city. "Please, help us…" Luka whimpered.

She panted as she remembered what happened, everyone except her team died. She shook and started to breathe harder. Everything happened so fast, everyone, including Yukari, Dex, and… She shook her head; she can't falter, not now.

She then walked up to the door pulled on the latches, and forced it open, her rage was instantly put out. The rain and wind blew in her face, making her smile. While she was under so much stress, and internally screaming and crying, it felt good to be cold, and it felt nice. She breathed in the air, and allowed herself the much relaxation before a fight.

She walked forward onto the platform on the helicopter, and she looked down. All she saw below her was about a two-thousand foot drop; if she fell it would be approximately 4 minutes or less to the ground. Her death would be slow and painful if she fell, first she might black out then she would die. Thinking of that, she thought about being tethered, but it's too late now.

The platform allowed Psychics to fight on a Helicopter, this way a team can carry up to 4 psychics with them, and not be hindered by having to be right next to another person. The platform is located on both sides, and is made like a steel grate. It is constructed to be 12 feet by 10 feet, not a lot of movement space, but enough for a good clearance from the main craft. Luka then looked around to see where the Giant was, it was nowhere in sight, and had disappeared. But then she noticed it's hand moving quickly towards the Helicopter.

'It's attacking now?' Luka thought, as she felt the Helicopter move suddenly, and she quickly grabbed the railing. She looked up to see it's size, but not to her relief, it wasn't what she expected. Her eyes widened as she saw its full height, the Giant was as tall as the mountains.

"No…" Luka backed up against the wall; she couldn't take this by herself. She needed something to help her, or someone. She gritted her teeth and focused her energy on the nearby raindrops.

The Raindrops started to spin, and then they turned into Icicles. She then launched them at the Giant, who seemed unaffected by the sharp Icicles; even her best attack wasn't enough.

She then concentrated even harder to summon a few more when the Giant swung its arm again. The Helicopter moved, and she had to negate her own attack to grab the railing on the side of the helicopter to keep herself steady.

"God… Please…" Luka cried, as she summoned larger Ice Crystals and launched them at it. Nothing was working, and now she was the only one left. She was the only psychic left in their lifeboat, a lifeboat that was getting closer to sinking. She was the only hope Kaito, Miku, and Gakupo had of surviving to get to the sanctuary. And her line was getting closer.

She could feel herself getting cold, and saw the platform begin to freeze as well. Luka was beyond controlling herself now; this could be her last fight. Luka concentrated again, and imagined what her teacher taught her.

"These are here for your protection, If you absolutely need to use your powers at full strength, imagine a lock breaking. As long as you imagine something shattering or breaking, you will unlock your powers." Luka stood there for a couple of seconds, focusing on those words, and deciding whether or not to use them.

Then Luka mustered up the courage, and then saw in her mind. She saw her cross break, and shatter. Luka screamed loudly as she felt her Mental Barrier break, it hurt, but suddenly she felt her powers become stronger.

She froze the rain around her and sent more crystals at the Giant. She then started to make larger and larger crystals, each becoming larger and bigger with each iteration or usage. She started to do some damage now, and the Giant screamed, not loudly but enough to distract her and make her lose focus. Something inside her cracked as she sent another volley of icicles at it. The pain was very intense, and it was something she never experienced before. She fell to her knees, the pain was too much now, and something was breaking inside.

"My Spirit…" She thought to herself. Her spirit inside of her broke, the breaking of her Mental Barrier was too much, she was at the limit of her powers. She had to make a choice, save her friends and possibly die, or live and have them killed. A choice she didn't want to make anytime soon, a choice which would decide the fate of everyone's life on board the craft. "I can't give up. God, give me strength." Luka said, slowly standing up, facing a great foe in front of her.

The Giant screamed at the top of it lungs, and its scream was so loud, and so powerful that Luka covered her ears. It then started to swipe at the Helicopter. Luka almost lost balance, and grabbed the railing. She had no other choice, but to attack. She clutched her Cross and started muttering. She wanted to make sure everyone lived, and remembered someone's words.

"This is for you, It's a charm that will help unlock your full potential of powers. But it will only work when you are ready. You will know when the time is right." Luka thought about it, and finally decided, it was her time.

She gripped the Cross and then snapped it off of her neck, and tossed it to the side. She then started to use her powers again. Inside she felt something happen, and suddenly her energy returned.

She then felt someone lean against her shoulder. They caressed her hair and said "Everything will be fine. You just have to believe." Her powers felt new, they felt… great. She then focused her mind and charged her attack. The attack getting stronger each second, she held her breath as she concentrated and targeted every raindrop in a large area, and finally she reached the end of it. She concentrated harder until her brain hurt and her nose starting to bleed. She finally mustered up the strength and generated a very large Ice Crystal.

The Ice Crystal was large enough to be like a stake to a vampire, the Helicopter looked like a fish to a shark compared to its size. She then mustered her strength up again, and then launched it with as much force as she could. The force she launched it at caused her to fall backwards on to the grate. The shot hit home and stabbed into its heart, bursting it with a large popping noise, causing the Giant to scream and thrash.

It swung its large arms, and almost hit the helicopter. The Helicopter swerved to dodge. Luka tried to get back up, but the sudden movement knocked her off balance, and caused her to fall. She attempted to grab the railing on the Helicopter, but she was too late. She slipped and missed the railing, causing her to tumble off of the platform. She then tried to grab the edge of the steel grate, but only grabbed open air.

She fell off of the Helicopter and felt her breath leave her lungs. She couldn't generate anything large enough to stop her fall, or break it in any case. She saw the helicopter grow smaller as she fell to the ground; she sacrificed herself to save her friends. Now she will die, now she will get to rest as she always wanted to. This was her fate, she knew she was going to die, but not how she would.

"Aria was right. She was." Luka thought to herself as she plummeted to the ground. "You won't die; you never do in this plot." Luka's eyes went wide.

She fell and fell through the mountains, with the ground getting closer with each second. She closed her eyes, and breathed out. Her fate is nigh, and she can't even save herself, she couldn't even save Aria either. She started to black out, and her vision faded, and everything around her turned white.

"Luuuukaaaa!"

"Aria!"

"Save me-"

"No, don't die on me you bitch!" "Miku, I'm sorry."

"I love you."

"What the hell's wrong with you!?" "Luka, I know you love her."

"Believe in god, for he'll guide you." "You're more important to me." "You're my friend, and always will be."

"Hey, I know that you like it that way."

"Maybe we'll see each other soon." "Luka… I've always loved you."

"Don't die Aria!"

"What you don't know is how you die, you only know when."

"You won't die, you never do in this plot."

"I love you Kaito, but I can't."

"Don't leave me to die! Don't leave me you bitch! ARIA!!!"

"Your love only surrounds the people you love."

"I like your name Luka."

"Luka… Go forth… Leave me… I'm already…"

"I know your heart lies somewhere else."

"I couldn't save her!!!"

"God damn it NO!"

"I- I Love you Luka. You were a great- great friend. You can love me in your memories."

Luka felt a serene sensation, and then she heard a voice boom around her. "You didn't have to die in this story, and neither did you." The voice said loudly, then Luka felt a caressing feeling on her cheek.

"You are alive, and you aren't. If you thought about it why are you?" The voice said to her, trying to comfort her. "You never complained to me, not once. It's just how you like it, right? You don't want to know the truth, so you won't be held back." The voice said, then it started to become a little softer.

"You were an unfortunate soul, but a strong one." Then the voice stopped for a second while Luka saw her memories. The voice softly laughed, and then said.

"Luka, Kami, what's the difference? You have the power to change what happened here, you have the power to change a past event. You can prevent this, you can change this ending." Then it grew louder in volume filling the white space.

"Do you have the strength and face your sins? Or are you weak, and helpless that you'd let yourself die? I am not God, but you always prayed to me, so now I am answering you. Do you want to change the past, or not? It's your decision."

It was loud to Luka's ears; she then shook her head, and said. "Let me… Change… T-the past… Let me… Change… What happened… Send me… Back…"

"Are you willing to relive your experience? If you choose to go back, I will erase your memories, and you'll be like how you were back then." The voice said, becoming clearer to her. It was her voice.

"Send me… The hell… Back already. I'm tired of this… Bullshit." Luka said, raising her voice, getting pissed off at the fact she might be denied.

"Well then, I'll send you back. Take care, and hopefully we won't see each other soon." The voice said with a slight chuckle. Then it faded away, and the room got darker.

"I'll bet my ass on it, I won't fail this time." Luka said, sniffling.

"I'll beat that shit to death, I swear it. I SWEAR IT UPON HER!!!" She yelled out, getting mad.

Then said "Aria, I'm coming back." She was counting on herself to save the future that she made; she wanted to change what happened.

"I will save you this time." Then she clutched her chest and said. "I won't fail."

She heard a bell tolling in the distance, and then felt sleepy. She lay there in the empty white space, and then succumbed to her sleep.

"Good night… Aria…"

--Restart?--

2 years before Judgement…

The morning was beautiful, and crisp. The sun was shining brightly against the buildings and apartments, casting shadows across the land. Cars were moving throughout the city, delivering or getting to places in the morning.

The birds singing their morning songs and tunes to the bustling of the city. Schools started, Businesses running, Buses bustling, grasses getting greener, and so on.

Everything is normal for a pretty normal day; it was like a day none ever. People talked on their phones, driving or riding the trains to work or school. Young kids running to their school, having fun on their way. The busy city also hid sights of other apartments and residential blocks that dotted the prefectures.

Inside one of the many apartment buildings in the city lives a young woman almost to her 20's. She moves and rolls around in her bed as she still sleeps in the early morning. She let out a small and quiet sigh as the light shone on her face.

She wanted to sleep in, the work she did the day before done a number on her, but her hopes were quickly dashed due to the alarm clock that had been set for 8:00 AM Sharp.

She groaned and covered her ears, she forgot that today was the day she was supposed drive to get to the college outside a city, in which the city wad called "aiko". It's really a simple day, but given her fatigue, she didn't want to wake up, but the alarm kept ringing, so she succumbed to the 'power of the alarm', and sat up in her bed.

The woman sat up in her bed and yawned, hoping for this day to go smoothly. She brushed her hair from her face, and then rubbed her eyes. Her pink hair shone slightly in the morning sun which came in from the window of her apartment room.

Her room was cleared out the previous day to aid in transferring to the College she would now be attending. Her belongings were placed into a private storage facility, this way she wouldn't have to worry for a while. Her apartment was to become vacant after she left this morning. She really had no place to go, except for the college, given that she would be staying at the college for free; she didn't have to pay for housing.

The woman stood up from her bed reached down to her shirt, and pulled her shirt on to cover her half naked body. She sat back down on the bed, then stretched and moved her body to relieve her aching muscles. Then she reached down near her bed to pick up her shorts. She pulled them on quickly as she stood up, and slowly walked to the door of the room.

She opened the door to the hallway outside, and proceeded to the restroom. She made it to the restroom after a ten second walk, a walk which she didn't want to do because of what happened yesterday. She went in and closed the door behind her, it closed smoothly as it did the first time she got the place.

She looked at her pink hair in the mirror, and sighed, it was tangled up again as usual, she liked it long, but she didn't like how you'd have to take care of it. She stepped into the restroom which was empty from cleaning it like the rest of the apartment. She undressed and walked over to the shower, she pulled out the shower curtain from the wall, it was stored here so that way she didn't have to buy one, and it would be left for the next tenant as it was owned by the company that owns the apartments.

She started the shower and set the temperature and waited for it to heat up. The shower was automatic, so she didn't have to worry about getting burned from getting in a too hot of a shower. And after she pulled the last of her garments off, she stepped into the shower, and began to wash up.

She hummed to herself while cleaning her hair, and twirled around in place letting the water rinse her body off. She thought of herself like the earth being rained on after a long drought; however spinning got her dizzy very easily, so she stopped and started to wash her hair. It wasn't hard to clean, but it being long caused it tangle very easily.

She hummed a few more songs to herself as she washed up. After she had taken her shower and had gotten her things ready, she put on fresh clothes and fresh perfume. Her favorite scent was of Lilies as it was her favorite flower. Her favorite color as to what her friends thought wasn't pink at all; it was Blue like her eyes. The pink color matched her hair, so she liked to wear matching clothes.

As usual for some of her mornings, she spent time trying to figure out which set of glasses she should wear, this was normal for herself, but given that she needed to leave in a bit, she just settled on her normal red colored ones. And after finishing the last touches of cleaning her apartment, and also clearing out more things, she was ready to leave with what her cargo she had in tow.

She walked outside and turned around to face the door, then she wrote a note on a piece of paper, and left it on the door. She wanted to let the owner know that everything else in the apartment she didn't want because they were too large to take with her. Most probably her bed, which is a permanent one that sinks into the floor, and her dressers were also permanent. Everything else had been sold beforehand, so she had a little bit of pocket money, something that should help her out later down the road.

She walked out to her car where everything was now packed up in, it didn't look very big, but her car was a four door sedan, and before she even moved in when she did, she didn't have much stuff with her to begin with, so she didn't have much effort to clean everything out.

She stood in front of her car and placed her hand on the door's window and waited for it to accept it. And once it did, she opened the door to the rather expensive car. The inside the car was very neat and clean, and there was no sign of and kind of trash anywhere, except for her stuff that she had in the backseat, being her belongings.. She sat down inside and sighed, and then she started up the car, checking that the energy gauge was at least half-full in the meantime. Everything was already to go, everything except her…

"Shit…" She said to herself, she panicked as she left her I.D. inside her apartment; she quickly got out of her car and ran into her apartment searching for it. It took her some time, but once she found it, she checked that her name was correct.

"Megurine Luka, check." She said to herself, and ran back outside. She finally sat back inside her car, and closed the door. She made sure she could see out of the rearview window, and then started to reverse out of her parking lot. And once she had gotten past all of the other cars in the lot, she finally got onto the road.

Her life finally felt like it began, she felt free and felt like a real adult now. Now she could live her life as she wanted to…

Chapter One - End Recording

A/N –

This story is probably the most detailed as I can get it, and it was pretty heavily edited. This is also my very first fanfic, so there's a lot that I had to consider when writing it out.

Mostly I wanted to have a story that featured a Lesbian Ship, a Straight Ship, and a Gay Ship. So there will be various ships throughout the story. However the ship that I wanted to test out is the Luka x IA ship, which is very rare to find. I honestly like the ship really well, so I wanted to use this one because of that reason.

This story does indeed go very dark from the get-go, but you know prologues are supposed to be the setting of the story, and personally I like how it went. It won't always be dark and gloomy, but for the most part, it's a pretty light element, with a dark future. I didn't want IA to die so quickly, but this is set farther down the road from when the story truly starts, and if you read that last part, this story isn't in the original timeline anymore. So expect a lot of plot twists and tricks.

I will also stick a lot of references in each chapter, so watch out for them. Also I won't go too in depth with any song, but they will be referenced. If there is a problem about my grammar or you want me to know anything in general, you can post a message, and I'll get to fixing it shortly or I'll respond. However, given that I am almost a college student, classes might get in the way, but I'll try uploading a new chapter at least every 2 weeks, and if not, then I will upload once a month, but sometimes a chapter will come out sooner than later, just expect 2 weeks every time. And at the time of this writing, Chapter One has already been drafted and started, so Chapters will generally be done by the time I upload the previous ones, I just like editing a lot so it comes out ok, so if everything goes well, there might be a double chapter post. I keep looking forward to writing this, and even if it doesn't get a lot of views, at least I have written a story.

Terms and References Used:

PET – PET doesn't exist, but for the sake of 'In-Universe' detail, I added this addition late in the editing process. PET stands for Psychic Examination Placement Test, and it grades Psychics based on their total brain output.

"The woman scored a rank 9 in Cryo-Kinesis…" – The ranking system wasn't actually created by me, but by my sister who is writing a story about Psychics. She created a ranking system for Psychics in terms of power rank, Rank 1 being the lowest of any Psychic, and Rank 10 being the most power in their class of affinity. I just piggybacked my version from hers. (Yes I do have permission to use it, and I helped her develop it back when I used to help write with her.)

Silver Cross with a Ruby – The Silver Cross is depicted as such, but to Luka it has a more personal reason, however it was meant to represent Luka's Innocence and her heart. When she tears it off, it meant that she shed from her innocence to release her heart. This way she could gain new powers.

Kami – To those that haven't studied at least a little bit of Japanese, they could get easily confused with the word. The version I'm using is the meaning for "God", however because two characters can be pronounced the same. Kami can mean "god" but since another character is pronounced the same, it can be also read as "Hair". And I guess making it clear here would clear up some people thinking that I mistranslated or something.

Cryo-Kinesis – The mental ability to control Ice or Snow. The most common weakness for this attribute is Fire.

Mental Barrier – A block or barricade that is placed to cap the maximum level a person is able to use their powers at. This is to prevent someone from possibly killing themselves, or to prevent coma or some other form of mental problem.

Fallen Angel – The term is used to describe a Psychic in the Psychic Military that has died or is MIA. In this chapter, everyone is deemed "Fallen Angel Status".

Broken Wing – The term is used to describe and entire team of people being killed or deemed MIA. This is also a reference to ReboChan's Fanfic "Broken Wings", which I absolutely loved, and is what caused me to write a fanfic in the first place.

"She hummed to herself, and twirled around in place…" – To those that probably didn't catch the reference, it is a reference to a song called 'Double Lariat'. I felt that it would also fit the story somewhat later on.

Yuki-Hime – Another reference, but only an "In-Universe" one. If one in Japan were to see Luka using her powers, they might think of her as a "Yuki-Onna", but unlike a Yuki-Onna, Luka shares no traits with them, besides being able to use Ice. Yuki-Hime means "Snow Princess", so in other words it's a reference to Luka's ability. And also it's a knock-off reference to a monthly yuri and shoji-ai manga magazine called "Yuri-Hime".

Glasses – For those of you that didn't catch the other reference, the song "Megane" was referenced when Luka was choosing her Glasses to wear.

Luka "Kami" – For those that didn't understand, Kami is Luka's second form, and is also what resides within her. Luka always prays to the one named "Kami", but she knows it's not God. Also the references are too much as well; it's also a Persona Reference, because when she tears off her cross, it's her "Second Awakening."