IF, Compa, and I entered Neo Caves in Lastation. It was the morning after we found the Blue Observatory.
They don't know what they've got coming to them.
'Just be careful. Remember that they have the CPU and CPU Candidates.'
That's why I'm doing this after all.
"Ender, thanks for doing this for Nep and the others," IF thanked me.
"I may have just met them, but they're my friends," I told her.
"Thanks a lot En-En," said Compa.
"Stop right there." We looked up and saw a large group of NGO guards. "You two," said they're leader, pointing at IF and Compa. "You'll stay here until the CPU are released. You," he said pointing at me "will come with us."
I nodded.
"Hands out," he said.
I stuck my hands out as he tied rope around them.
No turning back now.
The head guard grabbed my rope handcuffs and began pulling me by them deeper into the cave.
Nepgear's POV
I opened my eyes and looked around. We were in the cave again.
"Neptune," I whispered hoarsely, my throat dry from the lack of water.
"Nepgear?"
She must be hurting bad to not call me Nep Jr. "Are you okay?"
"I guess. I'm still *cough cough* pretty thirsty."
"*cough cough* me too."
"Shut up over there!" yelled a guard.
"Sir, they're bringing it down," said another guard to Albert.
"Good. Prepare the CPU's. But not the Candidates. Commander Hiltrude has plans for them and, it."
Oh no. What are they bringing down? Is it a torture machine? Is it something capable of killing goddesses? I started breathing heavily.
"Nep Jr.!" Neptune whispered loudly.
"What are they going to do to us?!" I started freaking out even more.
"Nep Jr., snap out of it!" Neptune tried her best to yell.
Huh? I passed out. What time is it?
"Sir, they should be walking in right now," said a guard.
Just then, a set of footsteps entered the room.
"Well well well, we meet again Ender," said Albert.
"Ender!?"
Ender's POV
"I came just as you asked. Now let the CPU and Candidates go," I said.
"Perhaps you've forgotten," said Albert as he walked up to me. Then he hit my stomach as hard as he could.
"Argh!" I yelled.
"I'm in charge here. And, as I recall, you're just getting the CPU," he said smiling.
"Then let them go," I said panting.
"Of course," he said before nodding to some soldiers. They walked to a curtain hanging in the corner and ripped it down. Behind it were all eight goddesses, badly beaten, but alive, including Nepgear. They grabbed the CPU's and dragged the forward.
Is now a good time?
'No time like the present.'
"Stage 2 Stellar Release: Supergiant!" I yelled.
My hair turned a similar shade of blue as Stage 1 and stayed the same. However, my eyes shined brighter than before. I was wearing a dark blue open vest with gold trimming. Underneath it was a white t-shirt. I was also wearing black pants with gold trimming and lines going down the sides and black combat boots with golden decals. I had blue shoulder pads on and also had blue and black gloves. Also, I had grown in size and muscle mass. I wasn't the only one who changed.
Star's had grown longer. Also, he traded in his bright colors for a constant light blue glow. On top of that, ribbons of blue fire came off of him constantly, floating off until the died.
I think I like this form.
'Stage 2, Supergiant. It is a step up from Star's Cradle.'
Let's do this.
"What, what are you!?" Albert asked, fear filling his voice.
All the goddesses had woken up from the yelling and saw a god standing before them. Neptune and Nepgear were especially shocked, seeing somebody they knew transform before their very eyes.
"I do believe that I will take the CPU's and Candidates," I said.
"Men, attack!" Albert shouted, taking out his pistols.
'I have a new attack I think you'll like.'
What would that be?
'Solar Prominence.'
"Solar Prominence!" I shouted. I turned around quickly, swinging Star's around. As I swung, a giant blue flame ribbon shot out, seriously burning almost all the guards, knocking them out of battle.
Five guards charged me with their bayonets drawn. As soon as they got close enough, I used Star's superior reach and cut their torso's, knocking them out of battle.
A group of guards started shooting at me, but as their bullets got close, I swung as Star's put off tons of heart, melting and then evaporating the bullets.
"Great Comet!" I yelled before jumping up and hitting the ground, sending the shock waves through the ground, knocking out the group.
Another guard tried to come up behind and stab me before I swung around and cut his gun in half. He smiled at me before turning around and running away.
I looked at where Albert was before, and, like last time, ran away.
I looked around. It was only the goddesses and I. I deactivated my Stellar Release and ran over to them. "Are all of you alright?"
"Who are you?" asked Vert.
"Ender Garit, Stellar Guardian Unit Blue Star, of Planeptune."
"They're beat up pretty badly, but all of them should be fine," Compa said. IF, Compa, and I were sitting in the hospital waiting room. The Oracles were talking to hospital staff, making sure they won't tell anybody about what happened. If they did, they'd experience a large drop in share energy. I would probably receive most of it since I saved them, and I don't use share energy, I use stellar energy.
"That's good," I said. I gazed at Star's in my lap.
'Correction. Supergiant.'
What?
'My names Supergiant now. Every time you enter a brand new Stellar Release, I get upgraded. I'm not Supergiant.'
Okay. I gazed at Supergiant, who still looked like he did during the fight, which I guess is permanent.
"So, Ender, how come you didn't tell us about your powers?" IF asked me.
"To have an advantage over the NGO, and to also keep people safe. If they could capture people close to me that knew my secrets, they could use it to hurt me like they just failed in doing," I explained.
IF and Compa both thought about before nodding, agreeing with my logic.
"So, how long are they going to be in here for?" I asked Compa.
"Well, for humans, those kinds of injuries would last weeks, maybe months. But because they're goddesses, about two or three days," Compa explained.
"Good," I said. "I think I'm going to see if I can see Nepgear," I added before getting up and walking to the desk.
"How may I help you?" the nurse asked.
"Can I go see Purple Sister?" I asked.
"And how are you related to her?"
"Her friend," I said.
"Give me a moment," she said before clicking a button on her desk.
A minute later, a nurse came and told me to follow her to Nepgear's room.
I walked into the dark room. Only a small lamp in the corner was on. Nepgear was laying down on the bed sleeping. They would have had her hooked up to an IV, but she's a goddess, so that wouldn't do her much good. Instead, the only thing she was hooked up to was a monitoring machine, which I was thankful for.
I sat down next to her in a chair. These have been a crazy past few days. I was shot only to end up in the world of a game fine, met my two favorite characters, have my first kiss with one of them, discovered I'm a god, and saved all eight goddesses.
'Imagine what's next, Ender.'
I smiled. Just please, wake up soon, Nepgear.
Wake up, please, just wake up.
Author's Notes: Happy anniversary to Pulsar's Light and El Presidente Day! (If your from the US like me.) One year of Pulsar's Light. Man, it feels longer, but I spent most of the time not working on Pulsar's Light. But that won't happen again unless something really bad comes up.
Roboticninja369: Thanks, and sorry if the date seemed to start weird. This is the first time I wrote something like that (Unless you count the original version. I'm cringing thinking about it).
I hope to upload my next chapter soon. Bye.
