StevieBond: So everyone, that last one was a heavy chapter, wasn't it?
Rowil: This story is not worthy of the Val-Fasc.
StevieBond: And you won't be either if you keep moaning like that.
Rowil: I will pay you back, someday...
StevieBond: We'll see...enjoy the story, folks.
Quest For One's Revenge
The last two days passed...I had chosen not to come out of Milfie's room during that time, but I also knew that I couldn't stay in here, I had to get out and make some form of recovery.
I woke up with a knot in my stomach so to speak until I went over to the bathroom sink and vomited…great, what a way to start the morning. I washed it away and looked in the mirror. My eyes were a little red, I definitely cried so much during the last few days.
I sighed as I looked at the bed to see Milfie sleeping, she looked really sad and had a few tears. "Poor her, she probably doesn't know what to do and it's beginning to take its toll on our relationship. If I don't find a way to get through this soon, she might start to believe that it's too much and probably break up with me…no, I don't ever want that to happen!"
I left the bathroom and I quietly put on my uniform. I looked back at Milfie… "You may not hear this, but I love you so much, Milfie. I'm really sorry if this is getting too much…but my love for you will never waver." I kissed her cheek. "When we find a way to defeat Rowil, I'll be able to finally put the past to rest and move on with you so we can have our future together."
I held her hand. "I promise you…"
"I…love you too…I will stand by…you." I heard Milfie reply, I think she heard me clearly.
I kissed her hand and left her room. First thing's first, I gotta go to the White Moon. I walked down to the hanger, only Creta was present and she saw me.
"Ohhh…" she said sadly. "…morning Arnold, are you feeling any better?"
I couldn't reply, I was still broken from the message and began to feel upset. Creta walked over and hugged me, I complied by wrapping my arms around her. "I-I-I have been so much b-b-better than right now."
We pulled out of the hug, she looked real down. "I may be useless right now, but is there anything I can do?"
"Could you open the hanger doors and let me fly my Emblem Frame to the White Moon?" I asked. "Lady Shatyarn owes me an explanation. But I understand if-"
"No it's alright." Creta intervened. "There is no way I am refusing your request, I'll open them for you as soon as you're ready."
"Thank you, Creta." I nodded as I walked to my frame and got inside.
With my frame switched on, the hanger doors opened and I flew out carefully and towards the White Moon that was with us for the time being. I arrived at a free hanger dock inside the moon and landed my frame.
"Morning mister Williams." One of the engineering crew workers said. "What brings you here all alone?"
"I'm only here to see Lady Shatyarn, I have a feeling that she is expecting me." I replied. "I know my way around as well so I don't need an escort."
"Alright, please go on ahead."
I walked out of the hanger docks and to the throne room. A few times I've been here in a group, this time I was going alone and for a good reason. When I got inside the throne room, there was Shatyarn who looked at me with worry.
"Oh…morning Arnold." Shatyarn said. "Why are you here to see me alone?"
"It's very personal, but I need to speak to you about it." I replied. "I heard it all from Rowil…is it true about what he said?"
"Hmm, I don't wanna get involved." Noah said. "But I'm curious about this past that the Val-Fasc spoke of. It might hold the key to the future."
I glared at her. "What are you saying, Noah?"
"Arnold…let me explain." Shatyarn said. "When you were brought to the White moon twenty years ago. I indeed made the choice to remove all traces of your past from your memories."
I perked up and began to tense again. "So you're telling me it is true?!"
"There was no other way to keep you focused until you discovered your destiny as a pilot. If there had been another way…another time, I would've considered it."
"But that's no excuse to just erase everything!" I began to raise my voice. "Thanks to you, I can't even remember if I had any birthdays…or what Eden looked like when I was a young toddler!"
"Control yourself, Arnold!" Noah exclaimed. "And before you ask, The Black moon does not have any data on you from twenty years ago as I said before. Since you had been living on The White Moon the whole time."
"Oh what would you know about human feelings?"
Noah began to look annoyed. "What I know right now is that I never knew that you were such a crybaby!"
I gasped angrily, beginning to form tears again. "How dare you speak like that to me?! Do you have any idea what I'm suffering with right now?!"
"You two, stop this pointless argument!" Shatyarn ordered. "Noah, you weren't given permission to speak on this matter. It would be best if you leave yourself out of this."
Noah grunted. "Fine! I'm practically no use to either of you right now, anyway…" she stomped off out of the Throne Room.
Shatyarn sighed. "Arnold, I apologise for Noah's outburst. She hasn't been sleeping well due to working so hard in finding another way to access Library."
"No it's fine…Noah doesn't understand human emotions and right now, it doesn't look like she ever will."
"But putting that aside…I really cannot excuse myself for what I did, but it had to be done."
"So when we were here the day before…you umm…"
"Lied?" Shatyarn looked away. "Yes...I'm very sorry Arnold. I had to lie to you about your past because you weren't ready for the truth." I looked at her angrily. "You were brought here by a surviving member of your father's resistance forces and I was given the full story of what happened."
I remained silent.
"Ever since then, as the years went on, I had been sleeping with fear that one day, your past would come back through eventual means, such as Rowil's message."
"I…I can understand that…and in a way, if it hadn't been for that surviving member, I wouldn't be here now."
"Correct…my apologies will never be enough and I will never be able to repay you for what I did…but what I can give you right now is something for your Emblem Frame."
"Hmm?"
"Do not mention it until the next battle arrives, but I am removing the limiter on your Emblem Frame, you will have the wings present with you from now until The Val-Fasc are defeated."
"So I'll be twice as strong from here on out?"
"Yes…it is all I can do to make it up to you for the past twenty years I've lied to you. As long as you keep focused, you will have your chance to avenge your parents."
I looked at her again and then felt an emotion I hadn't felt for a few days…I smiled.
"Lady Shatyarn…thank you…thank you very much." I walked over to her. "I don't do this a lot, but I think you deserve something in return."
I gave Lady Shatyarn a caring hug which surprised her, but then she smiled and hugged me back…it felt so caring and warm…just like a mother…ahhh, mother…father...
"Sometimes, I wish I was your mother…" Shatyarn said as we pulled out of the hug. "I'm sorry again...I will always be sorry..."
"I think the Angel Wing would say the same about you being like a mother watching over all of us." I replied. "And don't be...you had your reasons and now I can see why."
Shatyarn smiled back. "Alright Arnold. Please return to the Elsior, I heard from Tact Mayers that we will be within range of Rowil's home base soon, thanks to Wein's data that we received."
"I understand Lady Shatyarn…" I nodded. "…after this war is over. We'll pick up from where we left off about my past, I'll be curious about how the last twenty years have been for me by then."
"And I will promise to answer any question you have about it…now please hurry and may the White Moon watch over you."
I nodded one last time before I left the Throne Room, back to the hanger docks and boarded my Frame, flying back to the Elsior and into the hanger. It was nice to be on the White Moon alone, but it's still great to be back on the Elsior.
I walked out of the hanger, greeting Creta with a smile. I should go and check on the other angels and see how they're doing, but first…where's Wein? I walked around the whole ship before I spotted Wein in the gym, I peeked from behind and saw him place something underneath the bench.
"Hmm, at least he's on his own…" I slightly gasped and then came to the conclusion that had been on the tip of my tongue. "…Wein must be a spy!" I gotta go and warn Lushati about this and then warn Tact.
I walked up to the guest room in C-block, I went into Milfie's room first just to be sure and there was something underneath the bed. I picked it up and I couldn't make any headways of it. I kept on to it and placed it in my uniform pocket and went to the guestroom. Knocking on the door and coming in.
"Oh hello Arnold." Lushati said.
"Oh Lushati…did I come in at the wrong time?" I asked.
"No, I just needed to clean my head. I heard about what happened…to think that such a painful moment could happen to someone. Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, I'm alright now…anyways, I've come to warn you about something."
"Huh…what is it?"
"It's about your brother, Wein."
"My brother?"
"Yeah…do you remember him clicking his fingers some time ago in the whale room?"
"I'm not sure if I do, why do you ask?"
"Because I saw him place something like this in the gym." I handed it out to her. "I found this one underneath Milfie's bed. Do you know what it is?"
She placed it on a table and analysed it. "It's a wiretap."
I tilted my head slightly. "A wiretap?"
"Think of it as a tracer if you will. These little wiretaps are used to record and store data which is then sent to the Val-Fasc. However, I have never seen one in person before."
"And if there's more than one of these around…then we could be in real trouble before we even realize it."
Suddenly, sirens went off around the ship.
"What's going on?" Lushati asked.
"We must've arrived at Rowil's home base…I've gotta go."
"Alright Arnold, stay strong and avenge who you've lost."
I smiled. "Thank you."
I ran from the room and down to the hanger and I got in first before waiting for the other girls to come in. They were surprised to see me raring to go as the hanger doors opened and we flew out to the open space.
"Arnold, you're okay?" Chitose asked.
"Well girls…I've never been better." I replied, smiling.
"You seem back to normal…did something happen earlier?" Forte asked.
"You'll find out shortly…anyways, let's get prepared to face Rowil's main fleet."
Then speak of the devil, his face appeared on my screen. "So you're finally here, Children of Eden."
"Yeah, pardon us for the intrusion, but you were the one who invited us to come over for dinner." I smirked. "Anyways, you intimidated me to my very core last time, you're not gonna do it again. Because I have a dish named revenge that I will be serving cold and it's got your name on it!"
Rowil laughed. "Your fate is already sealed. You cannot escape any longer. Flee if you want, struggle if you want. I will pave the road forward with your corpses."
"Hold on a second, just before we start…angel wing power, activate!"
Then in a few seconds, the wings around my frame appeared and everyone was shocked.
"Is that the wings?" Ranpha asked, although she felt a little down again.
"Arnold…how come you have the wings?" Milfie asked.
"Ahh, you can thank Lady Shatyarn for that." I replied with determination. "I am fired up and ready to go. With me twice as strong now, I can take on the flagship and end this feud!"
"Arnold, please don't forget about us." Vanilla said.
"I know, girls…I want you all with me for this one. If we can win here, we'll pave the way and continue our journey to Eden."
"Bravo!" Mint praised.
"There's the Arnold we know and love, back with us again." Forte added.
"We can do it, Angels!" Chitose added.
Rowil laughed. "So you have the wing power? That does not matter, for in ten minutes, you will be surrounded by my division forces. Let us end this battle for the control of the galaxy!"
He cut the transmission, I didn't need to remind myself of the mission, eliminate the enemy flagship was all I heard. It was battle time and first up came the enemy fighters and with my wings, they were no match for me. I shot two down whilst Chitose and Mint took out the other two.
Next came the destroyers and two cruisers coming from both sides. Milfie, Forte and Ranpha took care of those, with the combined powers and my restored faith, those automated ships were going down quickly.
All that was left was the flagship, but we had only five minutes left as it was moving towards the Elsior, we had to finish this quick and his flagship was taking a huge beating.
"Girls, my spirit level is maxed, let me end this…" the girls frames flew away leaving to deal with Rowil as his ship began to slow down. "…this is for my family…SPIKE DRIVER!"
My drill roared and charged right at the flagship…drilling the flagship in half…now there was only a short time before it exploded. His face however was still on my screen.
"My fleet!" Rowil exclaimed as he appeared to be bleeding a little. "How could this have happened…I invited you to an opening but my plan should have annihilated you…"
"You underestimated the power of hope, Rowil." I replied as I flew my frame away from the flagship. "Your arrogance and statements of what the Val-Fasc are was your downfall…and on a personal note, you had this coming for the last twenty years!"
"I see…I gave you too great an opening…I do not hate you. Mister Arnold Williams, you have fulfilled your revenge alone."
I smirked. "Damn straight."
"Be proud, for you truly are worthy of the Val-Fasc. But soon, you and the rest of the Angel Wing and The Elsior will face our leader and you will fall…hahahahahahaha…"
And then the flagship exploded, took long enough for that to blow up.
"We did it, girls!" I exclaimed. "We won, the number two of the Val-Fasc is gone!"
"Yeah…we won, but something doesn't feel right." Ranpha replied.
"I think so too." Mint added. "There's something wrong here."
"The five divisions Rowil mentioned…they didn't arrive." Chitose said.
"Oh yeah, maybe they stopped moving after the flagship was destroyed." I replied.
"If so, that would be good." Vanilla said.
"Angel Wing. Return to the ship for now, good work." Tact said.
"Got it Tact, we're coming back." Milfie replied.
We flew back to the hangers and as I got out of my frame, I waited for the others to come to me with a smile. "Hi girls…as you can see I'm fully back to my old self."
"So I can see…you finally got what you waited for." Forte said. "Anyways, we wanted to say that we're sorry for what you had to go through."
"Yes, what we all heard was truly upsetting." Mint added. "But it's over now."
"It sure is." I replied. "Milfie, I didn't mean to put you through so much."
She held my hand. "It's okay Arnold…you can move on now and you're still with me, right?"
"Yeah…always." I looked at Ranpha. "Are you okay, Ranpha?"
"Huh…I'm alright." She replied. "Believe me, I'm really happy that you got your revenge. That Val-Fasc murderer never saw it coming."
"Thank you all, girls…I love you all so much!" I replied.
We all got into a group hug with me hugging Milfie close to me and sharing a kiss.
Things were going to be much better from now on…onwards to Eden!
