Sonic: That's fine if you slay us. I say that cause there's an order put inside of you that you're not aware of by someone else.
Tails: Wait. What exactly is going on?
Kirito: The Integrity Knights were summoned from the heavens to maintain order and justice by the surrogate of the gods, Administrator, the pontifex of the Axiom Church, or so that's what you and the other knights believe, Alice.
Knuckles: Summoned from the heavens by a person named Administrator?
Sonic: And that Admin lady is bluffing.
Tails: Really?
Sonic: Hey Alice, you don't remember who gave birth to you, nor where you were raised, right?
Alice: I was told it was because as soon as the Integrity Knights were called here, the goddess Stacia sealed our memories of the heavens.
Sonic: Well it wasn't Stacia who did it. It was the pontifex herself. And it wasn't your memories of the heavens, it was your memories of when you grew up as a human in this world.
Tails and Knuckles: What?!
Tails: So she sealed the memories of the Integrity Knights and turned them into her own puppets?!
Knuckles: That Administrator's gonna be in for a world of pain!
Sonic: You said it!
Kirito: Ahem. Anyway, Alice. Your real name is Alice Schuberg, and you were born and raised in a small village in the northern hinterlands called Rulid.
Alice gasps.
Alice: I was?
Kirito: When you were eleven years old, you and Eugeo went to explore the cave in through End Mountains, and you barely crossed the boundary between the Human Empire and Dark Territory. You basically broke the Taboo Index law saying not to cross into Dark Territory.
Alice puts her hand on her head.
Alice: Alice Schuberg is my name? Rulid... End Mountains... I can't remember any of it.
Sonic: Wait! Don't force yourself to remember, or you'll end up like Eldrie!
Alice: Why would you say that now? I want to know everything.
Kirito: Ok. Your father is the elder of Rulid, Gasfut Schuberg. We don't know about your mother, but as we said before, you have a younger sister named Selka.
Alice: Selka?
Kirito: She's been worried about you ever since you've been taken away by the Axiom Church. We were told you were the prodigy of the sacred arts when you lived in Rulid, and she's been working so hard to become just like you, following your footsteps.
Alice: You both have told me this. That you planned this rebellion in order to correct the pontifex's wrongs and protect the human world. Yet it is a fact that the pontifex's primary order to us Integrity Knights is to defend against an invasion from the Dark Territory. Even if you do manage to defeat every Integrity Knight and slay the pontifex herself, who will be left to protect this world?
Sonic: Ok. Let me ask you this. If you Integrity Knights counter the invasion at full strength, do you really think you can draw back the forces of darkness?
Tails: There's gonna be an invasion from the Dark Territory soon?
Kirito: Yeah. And we gotta stop that from happening. But first we need to stop Administrator.
Flashback...
Bercouli: Prime Senator, we need you to have a serious talk with the pontifex soon. The Dark Territory is steadily building up forces. There's a limit to how much we can fight back, if we're the only...
Chudelkin: I told you before! It's your job as Integrity Knights to do something about it! You never shut up don't you?! All you gotta do is do as you're told!
Fanatio and Alice look with concern.
Bercouli: Even so...
The flashback ends.
Alice: It's true that Uncle... his eminence, Knight Commander Bercouli, seemed to have some doubts. But even so, besides us, there is no other battle-ready force that exists in the Human Empire.
Sonic: Well, that's Administrator's doing. She feared that there was a force in the Human Empire greater than her own absolute power. She took out all of the White Dragons which are the guardians of this world.
Knuckles: You've gotta be kidding me!
Tails: What an idiot!
Kirito: She allows high-ranking nobles, who should reach for their swords if war ever breaks out, to lead indolent, lavish lives, and as a result, their souls were corrupted. But that doesn't mean it's too late. If we can get the last two Chaos Emeralds, and raise the possible largest army in the Human Empire, we may be able to...
Alice: There's no way we can do such a thing! You've just said it yourself, how corrupt the nobles of this world have become!
Sonic: Yeah. But not everyone's like that. Among the lower-ranking nobles, and the commoners, there are a lot of people wanting to protect this world.
Alice: Commoners?
Kirito: If we distribute the huge stash of weapons and armor from inside this tower, and teach them some real sword skills and sacred arts you all have been refining, it wouldn't be impossible to raise a solid army within a year. But the way things are right now, that can't be made a reality. Cause an army whose loyalty to her can't be forced is just as terrifying to Administrator as the forces of darkness. The only thing we can do now is to destroy the pontifex's absolute rule, maximize what little time we have left, and build up a defensive force that can counter the imminent invasion.
Tails: Kirito. Did you say that there are Chaos Emeralds in this world?
Kirito: Yeah.
Sonic takes out one of the emeralds.
Sonic: So far we got five, which means there are just two more left.
Alice: Umm...
Sonic: What's up?
Alice reaches into her pocket and takes out a green Chaos Emerald.
Alice: I have supposedly kept this as a good luck charm, but I believe this is important.
Knuckles: That's definitely a Chaos Emerald. I can feel its power.
Sonic: That means there's just one more left.
Tails: I bet the last emerald is inside the tower.
Knuckles: Maybe we can repel the dark forces if we have all 7 emeralds.
Alice: The fact there are minions here is irrefutable proof that the pontifex is deceiving us, her loyal servants.
A moment of silence happens, as the wind blows.
Alice: Will I get to see her?
Sonic: Huh?
Alice: If I agree to help you, and regain my lost memories, will I get to see my younger sister, Selka again?
Kirito: Yeah. You will. But just to let you know, when you get your memories back, you'll go back to being Alice Schuberg from before the Synthesis Ritual. And at the same time, Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis 30 will cease to exist.
Alice: Selka. I can't remember her face, nor voice. But I've called her name many times in my sleep. My mouth, throat, and heart all remember. Every day, and every night, I've called it over and over again. Selka.
Alice begins to shed tears.
Alice: It's true. I have a family. A father and a mother. And a sister who is my own flesh and blood. Somewhere underneath this night sky, she's there.
Alice starts sobbing and crying for a little while. And as the clouds cover the moon, she begins to stop.
Alice: You have told me that the Integrity Knights were created by the pontifex, I suspected that this might be the case. That I have stolen the body of a young girl, named Alice Schuberg, and wrongfully occupying it for the last six years. Is that right? And I must return what I have stolen. I'm sure that's what Selka, her parents, Eugeo, and you yourself wish for.
Kirito: Alice?
Alice: But there is just one favor I wish to ask you. When the original Alice's personality is restored into this body, will you take me to Rulid? I just want to see my younger sister, and my family again.
Sonic: We'll do it. We promise.
Tails: Yeah. And I'm glad that I got to see Sonic again.
Sonic: Been in here for two years, and you're both finally here. We'll take you to Rulid no matter what, Alice.
Alice: Thank you.
Alice stands up.
Alice: I've made up my mind. In order to protect the Human Empire, and those who live in it, I, Alice Synthesis Thirty, hereby forsake my mission as an Integrity Knight and...
Suddenly, Alice gets a strange feeling of pain on her.
Alice: Agh!
Sonic: Alice?
Kirito: Alice!
Alice: AHHHHHH!
Her right eye turns red.
Knuckles: Alice! What's wrong?!
Alice: Kirito. Sonic. Tails. Knuckles.
Tails: Alice?
Alice faces them and opens her right eye.
Tails: A bar code? Doesn't look like one.
Sonic: Woah! That's just like what happened with Eugeo!
Knuckles: You've seen that before?!
Alice's right eye shows the words, System Alert Code 871.
Alice: It's like my right eye is on fire. And I can see some words.
Kirito: It's some barrier that activates when you try to defy the Axiom Church. Don't think! Empty your mind! If you keep thinking about it, your eye's gonna burst!
Alice: So cruel! What a cruel thing to do! For not only my memories, but even for my mind to be controlled by someone else. The one who burned this red sacred script onto my eye... was it the pontifex?
Kirito: No. I don't think it was her. It's one of the entities who made this world and observes it from the outside. One of the gods that don't appear in the creation story.
Alice sheds some tears.
Alice: Gods. We Integrity Knights have fought endlessly to protect the world that the gods created, and yet they refuse to trust us? Robbing me of my memories of Eugeo, my family, and sister, and on top of that, placing such a seal on me to force me to obey. How dare they! I'm not a puppet!
Sonic: Alice! Stop!
Alice: Even if I am an entity created by another, I still have a mind of my own! I want to protect this world, and the people who live in it! That's the only mission I must carry out!
Alice's eye glows brighter.
Kirito: Alice!
Tails: You gotta stop! You're eye's going to burst!
Alice puts her face on Kirito's chest.
Alice: Kirito. Hold me down firmly.
Kirito: Ok.
Kirito holds onto Alice.
Alice: Pontifex Administrator, as well as you nameless gods... in order to accomplish what I must do,
She looks up into the sky.
Alice: I will fight you!
And with that, the seal breaks and Alice's eye bursts. Meanwhile, Eugeo suddenly walks down a corridor, when a door behind him opens.
?: Eugeo. Eugeo!
Eugeo walks to the door.
?: You must be cold out there. Come here then.
Eugeo: Is that you Mom?
Eugeo walks toward her, and into her arms.
Eugeo's Mom: That's right. I'm your mother, Eugeo.
She looks up to her, which the light covers her eyes.
Eugeo: But where are Dad and my brothers?
Eugeo's Mom: You silly child. You killed them all, remember?
Eugeo: W-What?!
Suddenly, Eugeo wakes up from a nightmare at a strange place in the Central Cathedral right next to a bed.
Eugeo: What happened? What am I doing here? I remember that me, Mighty, and Ray were fighting against Bercouli, the legendary hero from those stories, and then a short fellow named Chudelkin showed up. But I can't remember what happened after that. Speaking of Mighty and Ray, where are they? Hmm. Is this the top floor of the Central Cathedral?
He looks around and notices some weapons hanging on the pillars, and a big piece of art on the ceiling. Then, he looks over at the bed in the center of the room and notices a woman sleeping on there.
Eugeo: If this is the top floor, then that must be Administrator.
She takes a look and notices her beauty. He reaches his hand to her, but then...
?: No! Run, Eugeo!
Eugeo: Huh?
Then, he stops and takes out the dagger.
Eugeo: I gotta use it on her now.
?: No! Run!
Then, the woman wakes up. After she yawns, she looks over at Eugeo.
Administrator: You poor child.
Eugeo: Poor?
Administrator: Yes. So very pitiful. You're like a withered potted flower.
Eugeo: Potted flower?
Administrator: And you know very well yourself. How you thirst, and how you starve.
Eugeo: Thirst and starve for what?
Administrator: For love.
Eugeo: Love? You make it sound like I don't know what love is.
Administrator: That's right. You're a pitiful child who doesn't know what it's like to be loved.
Eugeo: That's not true at all! My mom loved me! Whenever I had a nightmare and couldn't sleep, she would hold me and sing me lullabies!
Administrator: But was that love really meant just for you? You know it wasn't. It was what was left over from what she divided among your brothers.
Eugeo: That's a lie! My mom loved only me!
Administrator: You wanted her to love only you. But she couldn't do that. That's why you hated them. Your father and older brothers who stole your mother's love.
Eugeo: That's a lie! I don't hate them at all!
Administrator: Is that true? You did slash them after all.
Eugeo: What?!
Administrator: That red-haired girl must have been the first person who loved you and no one else. When that man tried to take her away by force and defile her, you tried to slash him. Because you hated him. Because he was taking away what was only yours.
Eugeo: You're wrong! That's not why I raised my sword against Raios!
Administrator: But your thirst remains unquenched. No one will ever love you. They have forgotten all about you. They said "We don't need you anymore," and discarded you.
Eugeo: That's not true. That's a lie! I haven't been discarded. I have Alice.
Administrator: Is that so? Does that girl really love you, I wonder?
The spot around them glows, and Administrator teleports behind Eugeo.
Administrator: You've forgotten. I'll help you remember. The real memories you've buried deep inside your heart!
Then, Eugeo gets a flashback from his childhood at Rulid. He runs through the forest looking for Kirito and Alice.
Eugeo: I haven't seen Kirito or Alice all morning. Where could they be?
Then, he finds them sitting next to each other.
Kirito: Let's head back or they'll find out.
Alice: We still have time. Just a little longer, ok?
Eugeo looks with shock as Alice moves closer to Kirito.
Eugeo: That's a lie!
The flashback ends.
Eugeo: These are all lies! Kirito is married! He has a child!
Administrator: Do you understand now? Even that girls love doesn't belong to you alone. Actually, did she even have any for you at the start? But I'm different, Eugeo. I'm willing to love you. I'll give all my love to only you.
Eugeo: Only me?
Administrator moves in front of him and spreads her arms out.
Administrator: Now come here, Eugeo. Now you can experience the joy of being loved to your heart's content. And if you love me, I'll return the same amount of love. The deeper your love for me, the more I'll bring you to the ultimate pleasure, one beyond your imagination!
Eugeo: Is that really what love is? Is it like money, that you use to buy things of value? That's all?
Tiese's Voice: Eugeo!
Then, in his imagination, he looks to Tiese.
Tiese: That's not what love is at all!
Tiese reaches her hand out to Eugeo, and he does the same. Then, a wall separates them, and she disappears. Then, Alice appears behind.
Alice: Eugeo! Love isn't something you can get as a reward!
Then, Alice disappears.
Kirito: Eugeo!
Sonic: Wake up!
Mighty: Don't listen to Administrator!
Ray: You gotta fight back!
Finally, they disappear, as Eugeo's memories all fade away. Then, he takes Administrator's hand, and they lay down together.
Administrator: I know you want it, Eugeo. To forget everything that brings you sorrow, and consume all of my love. But first, you have to love me. Now chant exactly as I say. Think that you only trust me, and you're offering yourself to me fully. First, the initial line of the sacred art.
Eugeo: System Call.
Administrator: That's right. Now keep going.
Eugeo: Remove Core Protection. Was this the best thing to do? But I don't want to feel in pain anymore.
Administrator: That's right. Now, come to me, Eugeo. Into me. Into eternal stasis.
