Chapter 3
Sister Margaret's Office
"So you mean to tell me that this girl, Kazuha's savior, is from the future and is her niece." Sister Margaret inquired.
"Yes. She woke up today, slipped, hit her head, I brought her back to her room, she woke up again and told me the story." Elize replied. "What should we do?"
"We should enroll her as a transfer student and let her stay as thanks for saving Kazuha. If what she said was true, then she can't go back to her time. There must be a reason for her being here. Bring her her food and water and we will see what happens. She is already a Pandora so we will accept her here. I will notify Gengo Aoi that he has a great-grandchild now. You should bring her here when she is able and I will discuss this with Yumi and Gengo when he gets here."
Lily's Room
Chiffon walked in Lily's room and saw her looking at the picture. "Who's in the picture?"
Lily looked up from the photo and saw Chiffon. "Hey Chiffon. My parents and an old man."
"How did you already know who I was?" She walked over to the bed.
"I know a lot of things that even you don't. Even the things you think I shouldn't know."
Elize walked in holding a food tray and saw the two talking. "Glad to see that you're getting along with people Lily. Here." She removed the IV from Lily's arm and handed her the tray.
"Thanks. I'm not antisocial or anything you know."
She started eating the food and drinking viciously. "This is obvious but it's the first time I've eaten in days. This stuff is delicious."
"Chiffon, when she's done eating, can you put her in a wheelchair and take her to the front? We can't have her getting lost or slipping again."
"Of course."
"What's this about me getting lost and slipping?" Lily asked with a mouthful of food.
Does she not remember? She must have hit her head really hard. Elize thought. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it."
Elize left the room and Lily finished eating soon after. "Hey Chiffon, can we go see Kazuha?"
"Sure." Chiffon picked up Lily in a bridal carry and put her in a wheelchair in the room.
"Grab the jacket and picture too please. Thanks."
Chiffon put the picture in the jacket pocket and gave it to Lily. Lily put it on and starting from her right hand, a white glowing hexagonal pattern spread throughout the rest of the jacket, pulsed, then disappeared.
"Uh, what was that?" Chiffon asked.
"I was syncing with the jacket." Lily replied nonchalantly. "Anyway, let's go to Kazuha."
"Right." Chiffon said as she began taking Lily to Kazuha's room.
When they reached their destination, Lily put both of her hands on one of Kazuha's hands and there were 15 distinct beacons of light coming from Lily's back, each one a different color. Her jacket began glowing too and within seconds the entire room was too bright to look into.
"Lily, what was that for?" Chiffon asked, slowly opening her eyes and blinking several times.
"She'll be awake within 2 days. I CAN heal people you know." came her reply. "Anyway, let's go to the front."
Just who is she? Chiffon wondered. They left the room and went to the front desk.
"That took longer than expected." Elize noted.
"I had to pay a visit to Kazuha. You can remove her from the ICU now. She'll be awake within two days."
"I see. Sister Margaret wants to see you. Chiffon you may leave."
Chiffon bowed and left. Elize started wheeling Lily outside toward Sister Margaret's office. "It's so different here." Lily said in awe. "It's beautiful."
"Really? What's it like in the future?" Elize asked curiously.
"It's the literal apocalypse. Everything is usually kinda on fire or something."
"That sounds pretty bad. Can't say why you'd want to be here then."
"I'm on a mission. I'm not here for vacation but now that people have seen me I would've had to stay anyway." Lily said sternly.
"So you have any siblings?" Elize tried to make a calmer conversation.
"I have a younger sister that I'm fighting to protect. She's already enrolled as a first year at West Genetics. She's really cute and I bet that someone would love to be her Limiter."
"I can imagine she's not as good as you, right?"
"Correct. It appears that we have arrived."
"I would love to see you in action sometime. I'll be there whenever you use the simulation room."
"And I would love to show you."
They went into the building and knocked on Sister Margaret's door. "Come in."
They entered the office. Sister Margaret was sitting at her desk and Dr. Gengo Aoi was in a chair in front of the desk. Yumi was also in a chair. "So this is her?" Sister Margaret asked.
"Yes. Sorry for making you wait." Elize apologized.
"No problem."
"My, she really does look like she could be my great-granddaughter. Or a reincarnation of Kazuha." Gengo said.
"Ha, I really am you're great-granddaughter. I guess I'm one generation ahead of what you have." Lily said cheerfully. She pulled out the picture from her pocket and gave it to him. "You age well."
He inspected the picture closely. "So who's the lucky couple?"
"Kazuya and Satellizer. I also have a younger sister. And thanks to my efforts, I now have an aunt."
"Oh? I heard she was here too. How is she?"
"Out cold. Before coming here I boosted her recovery speed."
"So what kind of world do you come from?"
"In 2091, my first year, the Nova Apocalypse started. Infinite amounts of Nova attacking us constantly. To top it off, some sort of virus has spread after the first year, causing more compatible Pandora to be weaker and unable to do anything when they go to use their stigmata. Who used to be the strongest became bedridden after being infected. There is no cure so far. All Pandora as far as I know are infected. It's just a matter of compatibility."
"So what about you? Does that mean that you brought the virus here to the past?"
"No. I'm immune to it. This protects me." She said as she held up her right hand to show the stigmata. "Of course other good things came from using your prototype. I'm practically a test subject. There is no other like this. When I left to the past, the last thing I saw was the entire lab being destroyed by a sudden Nova attack. I can assume that everyone died or was seriously injured."
"I see. So I'm dead."
Lily nodded. A tear was forming in her eye as she spoke the last few sentences.
"And I can assume that your mission is to prevent either the virus or the Apocalypse."
"Yes." She sniffed. "I can't save the dead without changing the past."
Gengo saw her tear and her expression and walked over to her and hugged her. "It's okay. You're safe now. I'm here for you." He whispered in her ear while they were hugging. She burst out in tears and sniffles, hugging him back tightly.
"Should we stop the questions for now? Maybe give them some time together." Sister Margaret suggested.
"I think that'll be good." Gengo said. "Shall we go outside?"
Lily nodded. He wheeled her outside to a bench where he sat and she stayed in her chair. Inside the office, the ladies were talking.
"So seeing how she acted, we can safely confirm that she is indeed who she says she is." Yumi said.
"Yes. I'll make preparations for her stay as a transfer student. I am also interested in her abilities as a future Pandora." Sister Margaret said. "We should test her in the simulation room."
"She promised me that she would show me some time too." Elize said. "She has a total of 16 stigmata, 15 on her back and the one on her hand. I wonder what kind of Volt Weapon the daughter of Satellizer will use."
Gengo came back into the office with Lily.
"Shall we continue?" Sister Margaret asked Lily.
"Yes." Lily replied. "In addition to the stigmata in my hand, Gengo also gave me this jacket. There are a large amount of stigmata sewn into it and I haven't tried to count them. It greatly enhances my abilities and is linked to the one in my hand. I have a few different forms which change the stigmata color, jacket color, and my hair people in the future see me as the ultimate hero, their savior. And there's no reason for them not to see me that way. Here I'll show you." She pulled out her sunglasses and plugged them into a screen. A video feed started playing.
(A/N kinda a flashback type here from her view. It's easier to make it a flashback while the others in the room can see what happened)
West Genetics Japan, 2094
Nova Apocalypse, Year 4
Several Nova were attacking the area. Everything in the area was on fire. The remaining able Pandora were all injured in someway and were huddled with their backs to one another.
"Where's the backup we were promised!?"
"We're all going to die!"
"Guys I think that's it. Our savior is here." A Pandora in the circle pointed at a helicopter with a special insignia glowing on the side. Several cheers went around as everyone looked up at it. The Nova seemed to pause their attack to identify their new enemy. A single cloaked woman jumped from it. She landed and everyone ran to greet her.
"Wait, we only get one? What kind of backup is that?"
"Shut it newbie. It's the revered Lily Aoi we have here."
Everyone reached Lily's position and crowded around her.
"Ma'am, it'll be an honor to fight alongside you." The mission leader said with a smile.
"Get the wounded away from here. I'm going to finish this." Lily replied bluntly. She was wearing her sunglasses and patted the leader on the head with a smile. She began walking calmly towards the Nova.
"Watch this newbie. See how a legend deals with our crisis."
Lily drew her Volt Weapons, a gunblade revolver, painted red and silver with flames on it in her right hand and a Desert Eagle in her left. She boldly pointed the gunblade at the first Nova and fired a shot. She took the recoil from the gun and did a backwards spin with it around her finger. The bullet hit the Nova and exploded on contact, creating a large crack on the front of its armor. All the Pandora cheered in sight of their clear victory. The newbie was gaping with her mouth open at the sight of their savior. A smile grew on her face and she began to cheer as well.
Lily held up her left hand, gun in hand, and fired at the same Nova. It exploded violently, blowing building fragments everywhere. She then dematerialized the gun in her left hand and moved her arm to a Fan-the-Hammer position. In her sunglasses, she engaged a multi-target locking system and targeted every piece of flying rubble. Lily fanned the hammer on her gunblade, destroying every piece and never running out of bullets to protect the crowd. The barrel was smoking when she was done.
"See noob, she's amazing isn't she."
"Yeah." was the only thing that came out of her mouth.
"That's our Lily."
Lily then walked over to the next Nova and the next, destroying each one with only a few shots. In total, there were 6 Type-S Nova. A large piece of debris flew through her blindspot, hitting the newbie and trapping her bottom half under it. Surprisingly, she didn't die on the spot. "AAAAAAGGHHH! Help! Someone! Please help me!"
The cheering stopped and the all Pandora ran to go help her from under the debris. When they reached her, there was blood all over the ground around her. "My legs… I can't feel them…"
"Lift on 3. 1, 2, 3!" Using all their strength, the Pandora still couldn't lift the rock. "Guys, call Lily!"
Lily ran over after one of them ran to get her. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry about this." she said worriedly. "Don't die! Please!" The noob's eyes were slowly closing, the life in them fading away.
Back in the Office
"So what happened to her?" Gengo asked.
"Doc said that she was going to be paralyzed. She was in a coma up to the day I left."
"Who was she? Someone you knew?" Elize asked.
Lily looked at Yumi. "Don't tell me. She's mine?" Yumi asked. Lily nodded. The look on Yumi's face became depressed.
"How come you can't just regenerate her lower half?" Elize asked.
"The medical bay of the school was destroyed in an earlier skirmish. I can still fix it but it drains too much energy. We got her out but it was too late. I was able to keep her alive though. My healing works best on myself and not very well on other people. We also got attacked suddenly by what I think was a Pandora in Nova Form while I was preparing her for a full recovery and I had to lose the legs."
"Care to show us more?" Sister Margaret asked.
"No. It's… disheartening and disgusting. I'm not proud about it"
"Okay. I think that's enough for one day. You may return to your room. Tomorrow I'll tell Chiffon to show you to your room."
"Thank you for believing me. I know that if I told anyone this, they wouldn't. You will acknowledge me as Kazuya's cousin, right?"
"Yes." everyone agreed.
"I'll take you back to the Infirmary with Elize. I'm also very interested on what the world will come to." Yumi said. They left the office and headed back to the Infirmary.
"So who's the doctor?" Elize asked.
"She's yours."
"Of course she is." Elize said with a sigh.
"This place really is beautiful compared to what I had to deal with." Lily said looking at the school.
"Does it haunt you? Knowing what will happen to everyone's kids?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah. It haunts my dreams. I wish I could go back but since the entire school was destroyed when I left, I need to be here to prevent it from happening."
"How do you plan to going back to the future anyway? You told me that you only had two uses of time travel." Elize said.
"I have to get conceived by Satellizer. Funny how it seems like my parents did it sooner than you in order for your girl to be a newbie."
Yumi started blushing a lot. "Hey!"
"Can you take me to the simulation room? I want to test my skills."
"Your legs still haven't fully recovered yet. Are you sure?" Asked Elize.
"Of course I am."
Sighing, they took her to the simulation room. There were already people in it. Attia Simmons, Creo Brand, and Arnett McMillan were fighting against Satellizer and Rana Linchen(this is where I'm starting: the 3rd year retaliation arc). Satellizer and Rana were on the floor, completely beat down. "You guys are the teachers right? Should you stop this or do you want to see me fight?" Lily asked, standing out of her wheelchair.
"When did you recover?"
"While we were in the office."
"I'll let you end this. I want to see your skills in person." Elize said.
Lily walked into the room. She materialized her gunblade and fired a blank to surprise everyone. They all stopped fighting and looked at her "Who the hell are you!" Attia angrily yelled at their interloper. Walking calmly toward them, Lily answered, "Stop causing problems for people you three. I'm here to end this."
Creo ran toward Lily preparing to punch with her right fist. She ducked under the punch at the last second and started running the gunblade through Creo's outstretched arm, slicing it open. "Gauntlets, huh? Do you want a punch out with me?"
"Fuck you!" Creo began a punch. "Tempest Turn!" Two of Creo's clones appeared. Lily shot the two clones with her gunblade and they were destroyed in an instant. Lily's hair and jacket changed to a vibrant red like a rose. She did a cross punch with her right arm against Creo's left, blowing it off through the bone, blood everywhere. Both her arms were disabled. "Stay down if you know what's good for you." Creo could barely keep her eyes open from the shock and blood loss.
Arnett went for a slash on Lily's back with a Double Accel. "Try this one on for size!" But before she could even land a single hit on her, Lily turned and grabbed her by the neck and slammed her back to the ground, blood spewing from her back into the air as the ground was shattered.
Outside, Elize and Yumi were talking. "It looks like a massacre in there. Should we stop it? I mean we've seen her destroy Novas with two shots."
"No. This'll teach the 3rd years a lesson. I can't handle them sometimes." Through the window, they saw Lily point the gunblade at Arnett who was struggling to get up.
"Holy shit! She's using the gunblade! Now should we do something?! She'll really kill her!" They heard four gunshots as Lily shot her gun at each of Arnett's limb joints. Attia ran over to Arnett. "Arnett?! Arnett! How could you do this!" she screamed.
"Maybe you guys just aren't as tough as you think you are." Lily shrugged.
"You bastard!" Lily poked her gunblade at Attia's head and it started bleeding from a cut.
"Don't worry. No one's dying around here." she fired the shot. "Well, if they don't mess with me they won't." Attia's body fell limp on the ground.
Elize and Yumi ran into the room. "What the hell Lily! You can't just kill our Pandoras!"
"If I killed them, who knows what would happen without them. I'm not that stupid. I used a knockout round on Attia. And I will do my best to ensure that nothing bad happens to you know who."
Elize and Yumi sighed. "Help us with the bodies at least."
"Are you two okay?" Lily was asking Rana and Satellizer. Her jacket reverted back to it's white state, along with her hair. They were trying to get up, comforting their wounds.
"Just who are you anyway?" Satellizer asked. "I know that you were in the Infirmary."
"I'm Kazuya's older cousin, Lily. I am younger than Kazuha by two years though."
"So now there's another person who wants to become Kazuya's partner." Rana pouted.
"No, no I'm not trying to be his partner. He is very important to me though."
"We could have won that without you, you know." Rana said bitterly.
Satellizer nudged her. "Just be grateful to her. I might start calling her my cousin-in-law if I can ever bond with Kazuya."
"No, she'll be my cousin-in-law." Rana retaliated.
Lily blushed. "Guys just call me Lily."
"Lily!" Called Yumi. "Pick a body and take it to the Infirmary!"
"Looks like they need me. You two should go get treated at the Infirmary too." She ran over and grabbed Attia's body and slung it over her shoulder. "You two coming?"
"Sure." They both said in unison. They both carried each of Kazuya's arms and dragged him with them.
(A/N: I love how I made Lily pretty much the Terminator. Years of combat experience with constant Nova attacks. I might need ideas on what to make her do when she returns to her future. You guys can PM me if you think you have good ideas. The best I got is making a sequel following her little sister in the future, crisis averted or not and Lily instructing classes as who she is. Thanks for coming back and send me those ideas. :)