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Chapter Six: The Durandel and the Kukai Foundation

Jr. shot out of bed, gasping in shock before he realized he was in his room aboard the Durandel. He sighed trying to relax his tense body, taking calming deep breaths as his heart beat against his chest as if it was trying to jump out.

He looked at the palm of his right hand, "Shit!"


Clover held Momo's hand as they looked around the room Jr. had taken them to after everyone had woken up and eaten. From some reason she felt like she was around…old friends.

"What is this place? The environmental controls here seem extremely strict" said Momo.

"They're so big" said Shion as she looked up the Emulators all around them, "Six to each side, with one directly across."

"13 in all" said Ziggy, "each appears to have a name inscribed into them."

"Peter, Andrew, Boanergee, Thomas, John, Philip, Mathew, Bartholomov, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas" said Clover, her eyes flashing from lavender to crystal blue, she looked at the one directly in front of her, "Marienkind."

She did not take notice to Jr.'s frown as he noticed that she did not look at them like the others had, saying their names as if she had known about them, like saying the names of friends she knew.

"Mairenkind, I've heard that before" said Shion.

"It means…Child of Mary" said Shelly.

Clover lightly shook her head as her eyes went back to normal, a headache coming to her once again like before.

"This is where we store all the really dangerous items, stuff like this" said Jr. as she pushed something.

The cases before them opened up and everyone watched as they opened to reveal golden objects like the one before.

"Zohars!"

"Actually, they are all Emulators, and they've all been sealed just like the one we just obtained."

"Why are they here?" asked Shion.

"Well, our corporation does dabble in a little of everything. Besides, these days, you can't get by without having something to defeat the Gnosis. And we definitely can't wait for the Federation to get off its lazy butt."

"What's in the room across from here?" asked Momo.

Jr. looked at the door behind him, nothing pleasant, I'll tell you that much."

"You won't show us?" asked Clover.

Jr. looked at them, 'Trust me, it's not something you want to see."

Eventually he gave in as Shion went on about it and opened the door. They all walked in, the room was full of glass pods.

"What is this?" asked Shion as she walked over to one before gasping.

Inside was what appeared to be a girl, part of her body deformed and looked like a Gnosis.

"I told you" said Jr. as he walked to her side.

"All of these specimens seem to be humans transformed into Gnosis" said KOS-MOS.

Ziggy frowned as he looked around, 'I've heard about this before but-"

"Most people just turn white and shatter to pieces" said Jr. as he placed his hand on the glass of the pod, "but there are exceptions…and they end up like this. We've named this one Betty for now," he took his hand off and looked away, "it's hard to look at them, but I don't like referring them by some code name or number. Its just not right to treat the dead like mere objects."

"Is that…a lady?" asked Momo.

"She was a little girl…the last time we saw her."

"People turning into Gnosis, have you learned anything about them?" asked Allen.

"Not much, plenty of Gnosis remains have been recovered to date, but nobody's learned a thing from them You know what they are composed off?"

"No" said Allen.

"Sodium Chloride. Plain old salt. Even their translucent bodies. They're mostly made up of water and sodium hydroxide. How can ordinary compounds like that form creatures like this? No one really knows why those who had survived Gnosis encounters always turn into one of them."

Clover walked forward to one and looked in to find what looked like a small child. She cringed as flashed played through her mind of people screaming in agony. She set her hand on the glass and sniffed, managing to clear her head as she took a few calming breaths.

"…been occurring for the past few centuries. But after a certain incident, the Gnosis lept into the forefront of history."

"Certain incident?" asked Momo

Jr. turned to her, "The Miltian Conflict. Joachim Mizrahi It was he who opened Pandora's box and unleashed the Gnosis upon the galaxy."

Clover's throat closed up as she tried to swallow, memories of that time opening up after years of keeping them locked away. She frowned when she heard Momo speak sadly and turned to find her walking away like she was a lost child.

"Momo?"

She followed the child out of the room and managed to grab her by the shoulders, stopping her. She grinned and kneeled down in font of the girl.

"Momo? What's wrong love?"

Momo sniffed, "Daddy…daddy was not like that."

Clover sighed and took her in a brief hug before standing and taking the girls hand, C'mon."

They walked out and headed for the shuttle train on the ship and went to the park. It still amazed Clover to how large this ship was, it was like a city within the ship. They walked through the park before sitting down on a bench.

"Clover?"

"Hm?"

"Since daddy built us does that mean that we are bad people?"

Clover gasped at the girls words, "No, sweetheart, not at all! You are the sweetest girl ever, and I am sure your father made you and your sisters with all the love in the world."

Momo just looked up, sadly looking around and sighed. Clover sighed as she turned her anger to Jr. for making this cute thing cry. Had the boy no tact, to speak of someone's father like that right in front of them?

"There you are."

Clover looked over to find Shion standing off to the side, KOS-MOS behind her.

"We've been looking all over for you two" said the Brunette as she walked over to them,

"What's wrong, you look kind of down?"

Momo looked up at her before looking back down, "Shion…I was created by Joachim Mizrahi. He designed the 100 series Realians back with the Federation funded him."

"I know."

"Daddy was not a Lunatic. I don't even know what I am."

Shion sat down on the other side of her, "Identity diffusion…the greatest dilemma" she said as she held out her hand, one of the environmental bugs landing in her hands. Clover listened to her talk and smiled at her. Shion had such a pure heart. She giggled when KOS-MOS put in her word, no one could really say the girl did not care, despite being an Android and her own excuse of just stating facts.

"Chief!"

Clover turned with Shion to see Allen running into the park and towards.

"Chief, Clover, I just got some great news. They said that after we dock at the Foundation they're going to send us to second Miltia."

"Second Milita? Really!"

Clover smiled, the thought of seeing Jin lifting up her hopes.

"Well…don't you think it's a little strange that everyone is heading to Miltia?"

Clover came to at her words and looked at, realizing the same thing. Miltia did seem to be the point of everyone's destination. She sighed as she stood and bid everyone goodnight.


Clover stepped out of the shower, a towel wrapped around her as she dried her hair with another. Sighing she looked out of the window that gave her a lookout to space. Everything had happened so fast, and all of it was just too confusing.

Sitting don in front of the vanity in the room she frowned at the sight of blue coating over her lavender eyes, flashing in and out. Raising up her hand she gasped at the sight of blue electricity sparking between her fingers, on her wrist was a cross carved into the skin, just like on her other and just above her feet. They were the only scars that marred her lovely skin.

All of a sudden the lights began to flicker and the systems in the room went crazy. She concentrated on her powers, fearing that if they kept up she would affect the whole ship. Taking a deep breath she calmed down, the sparks flickering out until they went out like a candle. Her eyes returning to their lavender shade.

She sighed again. Ever since they had escaped the Gnosis her powers had been going out of control. She could not even relax without something or someone acting weird. And these things she was seeing, these feelings that she had never known. As if she were another person. How was it even possible?

She shook her head, looking out into space she wondered if this was a lead to her past she never knew, a way to find something she had desired to know since old man Mizrahi had found her on Miltia.

Maybe this journey was the way to her answers she was going to fight through it, no matter what. Even if she found out a horrible truth along the way.


Clover was amazed by the sight. The foundation was remarkable, and it amazed her that the Durandal was the key to moving the colony and fit into it as a skyscraper.

"Oh look we're docking!" said Momo.

They were indeed coming in and just burst out of what looked like the center of a large lake.

"Amazing" whispered Clover.

"New Years Eve is the best time to Visit."

Clover looked behind her, as did the others to see a man walking with Shelley and Mary. He was quite handsome and wore a black suit. If he did not look older, she would have said that he and Jr. were twins. She would even say that he should have been Jr.'s father, not his brother.

"The evening metropolis is quite a sight to behold with all her lights."

"Gaignun Kukai, the managing director of the Kukai Foundation" said Ziggy.

Shion herself seemed to notice the similarities as she whispered Jr.'s name as she looked at the man.

"What was that?"

"Uh, nothing. Nice to meet you."

"Welcome, to the Kukai foundation" said the man with a smile as he held out his hand.

Shion did the same as she looked down at his hand and seemed to pause at the sight of it. Clover frowned before nudging her, causing Shion to 'eep' before she took his hand.

"I heard of your situation from Captain Mathews. Is everything okay?"

"O-oh, yes. Thank you for all of your help."

Gaignun grinned at Shion and then looked at Clover, "It's nice to finally meet you in person, Miss Clover Uzuki."

Shion looked at him, surprised, while Clover smiled, "Oh?"

"Yes, news of the 'Galactic Fairy' traveling for a visit to the Foundation has reached many ears" said Gaignun as he held out his hand to her which she took, "I hope to hear you sing in person, I am quite the fan" he said as he kissed the back of her hand.

Clover grinned, he had actually kissed her marriage finger hand and, ever the gentleman, had just pecked, and did not linger, "I would love that."

Gaignun's grin widened before he bowed to the others and walking over to Momo.

"Galactic Fairy?" asked Allen.

Clover grinned, "The stage name I picked up in Miltia. I've done a bit of traveling over the years and seem to have collected a few fans along the way."

Clover then turned her attention to Momo and Gaignun and looked sorry for the girl. Her mother did not sound like the motherly type. Her child had been kidnapped and then rescued, but she did not want to meet her!

After speaking with Momo, Gaignun left with Mary and Shelly, but just before he left Gaignun turned to set his turquoise eyes on Shion and Clover, his eyes flashing with something unknown in them. He turned back around.

"It can't be" he whispered before walking out after the two women.


"That Android KOS-MOS has an incredible amount of power you know? There's no way she is a prototype. I'm also concerned about how she resonated with the Emulators."

"I heard they lost the archetype for the Hilbert Effect, but it looked like there's more to this than it seems. And her Engineer, what was her name? Shion? I think she might be on to us, and our powers."

"No way, she's just an ordinary human."

"She might not be as ordinary as you think."

Jr. frowned, "I doubt it. She seemed normal to me…well, it's possible. Shion is part of the highest classified part of that project. The same one Helmer's involved with."

Gaignun looked outside of the office window, "The Zohar Project…."

Jr. sighed, "Look, can we lay off the Mizrahi talk for a bit."

Gaignun chuckled, "Worried about that Momo girl?"

"Don't look at me like that. You think she likes being called the child of a madman? After all, we were there when Mizrahi finally met his end We saw what happened. You know that she's a Realian. Her memory might be imprinted with something…."

"So you are saying the image she holds of Mizrahi is a false one?"

"I don't know! That's why I want you to lay off when you are around her! At least for now anyway."

"If you're so concerned invite her down to the beach? I'm sure it'll take her mind off things."

"Man. It's not like that! And what about you, why don't you invite your 'Galactic Fairy'! Flashing those suave looks of yours" said Jr. as he stood up from the chair and walked around the desk to stand in front of it.

Gaignun chuckled, "Is that Jealousy I here?"

Jr. scoffed and crossed his arms, "Yeah right," he frowned, "That woman is just not right."

Gaignun looked at him in all seriousness, "you noticed to?"

Jr. looked thoughtful, "She knows things…things she should not know. She was even taken by U-TIC and the Federation watches her 24/7. Now the question is, if she's not a normal citizen of 2nd Milita, who or what is she?"

Gaignun did not say anything as he walked over to the desk and reached into a drawer before setting a digital file on the surface in front of the boy. Jr. looked at him, puzzled, before he took it and turned it on. He was silent for only a few moments before he gasped in shock, nearly dropping the file as his eyes widened at what he was reading and seeing on the screen.

"What the hell!"

Gaignun walked back over to the window and looked out, "Whoever or whatever she is, she certainly is a mystery."

Jr. looked from him to stare in shocked and wonder at the picture on the screen of a young man standing behind the chair a woman was sitting in, dressed in a wedding gown. The woman was a perfect resemblance to Clover, like looking into a mirror perfect, they could be twin sisters even. The names on the file just made him sick to the core of his very soul.

Dmitri & Genève Yuriev


Chapter 6! Wow, two chapters in one day, go me! Now I have set a mystery for you...who could Clover really be? Thanks for Reading and Please Review!

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