Days had gone by and Lyra was finally released from the hospital. It was earlier than she expected, but she wasn't going to complain. She had started to get impatient, just sitting there and going through the same routines of walking down the hall and around, back to her room to make sure her muscles didn't stiffen up.

Though she was still sore, Lyra made sure that the nurses and doctors didn't find out, or else she would be stuck there longer and that was something Lyra did not want. However, while recovering, Lyra did discover one thing.

She figured out what happened on the battlefield with the filth monsters. Though she wasn't sure how, but everything came rushing back. The battle, the attack she did and most importantly the memory of her last moments in Noemi.

It was strange though. Every time Lyra had that dream, her brother was part of it, but this time it was different. Her brother was not in it. It was only his friend, but his face was a blur and he was telling her that her brother was dead.

That was the second time Lyra had a dream like that the first time it had been back in Grendan. That was when she was first told that her brother had died, in a dream that is. Lyra wasn't sure whether she should believe it or not.

"Ah… what the hell?" Lyra groaned as she rubbed her eyes and then blinked. She still couldn't see very well, but luckily she was capable of walking through the city with out bumping into anyone. That and there were signs along the windows of the buildings and that's how Lyra managed to find the glasses shop, one of the nurses was talking about.

It was known to have some pretty good styles and for a good price, which is what Lyra was hoping for.

Lyra was about to enter, when she heard her name being called.

Turning around, she saw that it was her captain jogging her way. Lyra tensed. Why was Nina here? More so, was she still angry? Lyra still didn't understand the whole reason why her captain would be angry over something like that.

"Hello captain." She smiled, greeting her.

"Good to see you finally out of the hospital. How are you?" she asked as she reached her.

Lyra studied the way she was speaking and her body language. From the looks of it, she didn't seem angry or anything. Lyra just shrugged, moving her hands away from the door. "I'm still a little sore, but I'll manage. How about you all? I never got a chance to ask you guys how you were after the attack."

"Luckily we were all fine. Though Layfon had a couple small injuries… Do you want to go get lunch? We can talk then." She offered.

Lyra blinked. "Well… sure, but can we stop here first. I would like to see again."

Nina furrowed her brows as if confused, but it cleared up. "That's right. Sharnid told me about your eyesight. Come on lets go. I'll help you pick out a pair." She offered as she headed into the store.

Lyra blinked as she watched her captain walk in and then shook her head and followed after.

Entering in, Lyra looked around. "Wow…" was all she was able to say. There were shelves of frames all in different types of designs. Looking ahead, Lyra saw that Nina was already talking with one of the women at the desk. The woman looked up seeing Lyra and smiled.

"Ah, you must be Lyra then? May I see your prescription?" she asked.

Lyra nodded her head, pulling the paper out of her bag and showed it to the woman.

The woman read it and furrowed her eyes, "Oh my, this is pretty strong." She then looked up at Lyra and smiled, "Right this way, ma'am.

Lyra nodded and then looked at Nina and the two followed her back.

"Now you are free to pick out whichever frames you want though the prices vary, depending on the style. The pricing should be on a tag attached to the right side of the frame." She explained pointing it out.

Lyra nodded her head. "Okay, thank you." She said.

The woman nodded her head, smiling.

Picking out the frames wasn't that difficult of a job. Lyra and Nina both decided she should go for a basic, thin-framed pair so that there wouldn't be any trouble seeing past them, when looking through her peripheral vision, though Lyra was going to have to learn to depend on the amount of kei given off by the enemies, so that there were no surprise attacks. Not that learning was an issue. She was already pretty good at it, but would now have to depend more on it.

"So this one will do right?" Lyra asked as she put on a pair of black, thin-framed glasses. The pricing wasn't that bad either.

Nina nodded her head, "Yeah those are perfect. At least I think."

Lyra looked through the mirror examining her self. She had put her hair up in different styles while debating. "Yeah… let's go with this." She decided as she took the pair off.

The two then headed to the front desk where the lady was typing away. "Are you all set?" she asked.

Lyra nodded her head. "Yes ma'am."

The woman just nodded her head as she typed away on the computer. She then looked up at Lyra, "Well, lucky for you, we'll have your glasses done within an hour."

Lyra blinked, "that fast?"

The woman nodded, "Of course, we have our lab right here and so there's no shipping issue." She explained.

Lyra's face brightened, "Okay that works then." She then looked at Nina, "Wanna do lunch then while we wait?"

Nina nodded her head, "Sounds like a plan to me." She replied.

xXx

They were at an outdoor food court. Nina had picked the spot since Lyra had never eaten there before.

Lyra looked around the place. Though she couldn't see that far, she was able to make out a couple areas. It was a nice scene, with a fountain a little off. There were couples standing around it, arm in arm, talking, laughing, and enjoying their time.

Lyra couldn't help but smile at that. It was nice to she couples happy like that. Lyra always wondered what it would be like to be in a relationship, but she couldn't. She had a job to do here and going into a relationship would just distract her from her job.

That and there wasn't anyone that Lyra had actually taken interest in. There were a couple people that hit on her, but Lyra just ignored them.

A cough interrupted Lyra's thoughts. She shook her head quickly and looked up at Nina, who was waiting, trying to get her attention. "Sorry, you want to ask me something don't you?"

"I just want to know what happened to you on the battlefield" she replied, looking Lyra straight in the eyes.

Lyra's expression straightened instantly and she lowered her head to look at the table. "Well… you remember me telling you about what happened to my city right?"

Nina's eyes narrowed slightly as she nodded her head slowly.

Lyra sighed as she continued, "It was a memory. I was remembering what happened." She explained.

Nina sighed as she moved back in her chair. "Layfon told me about you not remembering everything from your past and that with everything happening, it was probably making you remember what you had forgotten." She then scooted forwards, "But then… what about after you came to, what happened. You stood there confused for a bit and then suddenly bolted across the field."

Lyra thought for a second. She herself didn't exactly know what she did. "I just… had enough, I guess." She replied.

"How is it you just had enough?" Nina asked.

"Well the fight was getting overwhelming." Lyra replied.

"But that was the first time I ever saw you release that much kei." Nina objected.

Lyra sighed, "I can't use those types of attacks every day now Nina. You saw what it did to me afterwards. I could barely move afterwards."

"So then why hold back? Sometimes you have better control on them, if you continuously practice those attacks. You don't have to use your full strength in them, but still you should try weaker versions of the attack." Nina went on.

Lyra shook her head. "Some attacks only work with the intention of killing."

Lyra saw Nina tense at that response. Her captain then looked away, lost in thoughts. Lyra could probably understand why she would be confused. After all, Nina didn't know anything about Lyra. She didn't know what Lyra and her brother used to do and what they were assigned to do. All Nina knew was that Lyra was a girl who was two years in biology studies, before transferring into the military arts when enrolled in Zuellini.

Soon their food was here. Lyra wasn't that hungry and had ordered some pasta. Nina appeared to have done the same. As they ate, it was silent. Nina still seemed to be thinking a lot.

Lyra sighed as she twirled her pasta in her fork. One thing she learned about Nina was that she thought a lot. Of course everyone did that, but being a captain at an age where most weren't given permission to, Nina had to prove that she was capable and that meant understanding all of her platoon members.

So far from Lyra had seen the platoon that Nina had assembled was a pretty complicated one. There was Felli, who did what she felt like doing and then Sharnid the same exact way. Then there was Harley, Nina's childhood friend, but he was just the dite maintenance guy. And then there were two members who had unusual, unexplained pasts and when she tried to understand them, she got frustrated.

Lyra sighed. Now she understood why being a platoon captain would be difficult.

Once she was finished, Lyra leaned back in her chair. "Ah… that was actually pretty good. You know some pretty good places captain." She remarked.

Nina looked up smiling as she grabbed a napkin a wiped her mouth. "Glad to know you liked it. I normally come here for dinner time, but figured, I'd show you the place now since we were in the area." She explained.

Lyra nodded her head, "Thanks. That was really good."

Nina nodded her head and then moved back as she finished as well. She then glanced down at her watch, "Well it's almost been an hour. Wanna head back to pick up you glasses so you can see again?" she asked.

Lyra's face brightened. "Of course!" she remembered as she stood up. She dug in her pocket, searching for money, but Nina stopped her. "Don't worry this was my treat."

Lyra blinked as she was about to protest, but Nina smiled, "Like I said, it was my treat." She replied as she stood up as well. She dug in her pocket, pulling out her own money, and placing it on the table. She then looked at Lyra, "Come on! Let's go get your glasses so you can see again!" she said. For some reason she sounded really excited. Lyra knew that was a bad thing. Most likely it was going to be the captain was going to want to spar to "test out her sight and plan for the next platoon match." Lyra knew that was coming.

Arriving to the shop again, Lyra and Nina entered the shop. The same woman was there, expecting them.

"Hello again!" she started, happily.

"Hi" Lyra greeted her and then looked at the small case, "Are those mine?" she asked.

The lady nodded her head. "Yes they are. I just need to do a last minute fitting to see if they will stay on right and then, they're all yours." She explained as she led them towards a small table. Lyra sat down in a chair across from the woman, while Nina looked around at the different frames.

After making a few more adjustments, Lyra put them on again. She then smiled and nodded. "Perfect!" she smiled.

The woman smiled as well. "Good. They're all yours then. Enjoy!" she smiled and watched the two leave, after paying.

Lyra sighed as she looked around. She could actually see again. Though it felt weird having something sitting on the bridge of her nose. That and she had a limited view of what she could see perfectly with out turning her head. This would be annoying for a while…

"So how are they?" Nina asked, seeing Lyra excited.

"I can actually see!" she said and then lifted them off of her eyes then back on, "Still need to get used to the fact that something is here, but I'll manage." She explained.

"Good! How about we test them out in a spar?" Nina asked.

Lyra couldn't help but laugh a little. "How did I see that coming?"

Nina just smirked. She was about to speak, but suddenly they saw pink petals around them.

Lyra blinked taking a step back, before realizing it was Felli. "Hey there Felli, what's up?" she asked.

"My brother needs to speak with you all. Please hurry." She replied.

Lyra raised a brow and watched as Nina suddenly started to walk quickly. "Lyra, come on!" Nina called.

Lyra jumped and followed, "But what for?" she asked. The pink petals were still around them, following them.

"We've gotten a strange distress signal. My brother will explain everything when you come. I've sent word to the others to come as well." She explained and then the petals floated off.

Lyra blinked. Distress signal?

Nina shook her head. "That doesn't sound good. Come on! We need to hurry!" she said as she sprinted off.

"Hey! Wait!" Lyra called, sprinting after her.

Arriving to the building. Nina and Lyra entered it slowly and headed towards the elevator. Lyra pressed the button to call it down and the light came up saying it was coming. Nina stood there, tapping her foot impatiently. Lyra herself was a little impatient. Distress signal… What could it be from? No… more like: whom could it be from? The elevator rang, signaling it had arrived. The door opened and the two stepped in.

"Have you guys ever had this before?" Lyra asked, as the door shut and the elevator started to go up again.

Nina shook her head, "Not in the three years I've been here."

Lyra nodded her head slowly as she stared at the lights, which were signaling which floor they were passing.

Finally it came to a halt on the top floor. The door opened to reveal a woman in a white and black school uniform. "Ah, hello. You two are finally here. Come this way. I'll take you to where the others are waiting." She said as she started to walk off.

Nina and Lyra glanced at one another before following the woman. They arrived in a room to see Layfon, Harley and Sharnid sitting there on the couches. The three looked up as the two girls entered.

"Ah finally made it." Sharnid waved to the two. He then whistled. "Lyra-chan looks cute with her new glasses on."

Lyra just smiled and took the compliment, "thanks." She said as they sat down on one of the couches.

"They really do look nice, but are you sure, glasses were a good idea?" Harley asked.

Lyra shrugged, "I don't know exactly… but I would have had to wait for the surgery anyways, so I may as well have some way to see."

Harley nodded, "I guess that makes sense then..." he muttered. Layfon hadn't said anything yet. He seemed to be troubled a bit, but still he looked up at Lyra and smiled.

Just then the door opened again and then Layfon's expression straightened as they all looked to see someone entering. Lyra narrowed her eyes slightly. He was a tall, stocky man with short silver hair. He was good looking. She had to admit that, but that wasn't the reason she was staring at him. Something seemed very familiar about that man, but she wasn't sure what. Behind him a red haired girl appeared. Lyra blinked as she recognized her from the recent filth monster attack. She was the one that pushed Lyra out of the way of the filth monster, which meant the man was most likely the one who blocked it in the first place. That wasn't the reason she recognized him though.

Lyra's eyes traveled along his uniform. From the looks of it, he was in the military arts and then her eyes landed on the badge. It had the Roman numeral five on it, which meant he was from that platoon.

She then looked at the red haired girl, who was frowning.

"What are you all doing here?" she demanded with her hand crossed. She sent a glare at Layfon and then looked at Lyra and smirked, before looking away.

Lyra raised a brow at the girl.

Nina stood up from the couch and walked over to where the man was. "You're the captain of the fifth platoon correct?" she asked.

The man nodded his head, "I am. Gorneo Luckens and this is Shante. You're Nina Antalk, Captain of the seventeenth platoon correct?"

Lyra blinked. Luckens?

Nina nodded her head, "That's correct. Did the president call you all in as well?" she asked.

Gorneo nodded his head. He went on to say something else, but Lyra didn't catch it. Lyra looked away, but couldn't help but kept glancing. Luckens? Could he really be…?

Her thoughts were interrupted as the door was opened once again. This time it was the president who came walking in. Behind him was Felli. As the president, stopped in the doorway, Felli just walked ahead to join her platoon members.

"I'm so glad you all could make it." The president started happily as he clapped his hand once. He then headed over to one of the couches not being used and sat down, with his legs crossed.

Everyone watched as the president moved. Nina was the first to speak. "You said that this was really important?"

The president's face darkened. "Just an hour ago, we received a distress signal from another city." He started. "This city isn't that far off from us. And strangely enough Zuellini has decided to head in that direction and with that being the case. I want to know what's happening before we reach it." He explained.

"And you want us to go?" Gorneo asked.

The president nodded his head and before he could speak the red haired girl, Shante spoke.

"We can handle this job on our own. There's no need for them to come." She remarked pointing straight towards Layfon. Layfon flinched from the sudden glare sent his way, though he didn't say anything.

"Shante!" Gorneo hissed as he placed a hand on her shoulder, pulling her back.

Shante blinked looking at him. "But Goro…"

Gorneo shook his head and looked at the President. "My apologies for that." He said and then looked towards Nina and then Layfon.

The President just smirked, "Quite alright. The reason why I'm asking both of you teams to team up is because we don't know what we're facing against. Rather than risking it, it's better to have two platoons go. And both of you hold some powerful members so I have confidence that you will do well."

All of them nodded their heads, understanding.

Lyra looked around and saw that all of them had a serious expression for once as they listened. Though she found it strange.

"Do you by any chance have a recording of the message?" she suddenly asked. She felt the others look at her, but ignored them.

The president looked at her as well thoughtfully as if he knew what she was thinking, but didn't say anything. Instead he just nodded his head and then turned towards one of his secretary nodding to her.

The secretary nodded as she pulled out a small, black stereo looking object. "We recorded the message on here." The president explained as the secretary pressed a button.

At first there was just static. All of them leaned in to try and make out something, but nothing was playing. Suddenly there was a loud, shrilling noise that came, followed by someone cursing and then a crash.

Everyone jumped back as the shrilling echo of the filth monster rang through the area.

After the initial reaction, they all came close to it again to hear what the man was saying. His voice was breaking as he tried to speak. "This is Keigo, a military officer from the city Minerva… We.. attack—filth monsters—aid—surrounding cities—" The message cut off after that.

"And that's all we could get from it, but as the man said. They were attacked by filth monsters and had no way of escaping." The president explained.

Lyra narrowed her eyes as she listened to the video. The noises in the background… they seemed so familiar.

"Something wrong Lyra?" Nina asked slightly concerned.

Lyra looked up, seeing them all look at her and then shook her head. "Oh… no I'm fine. Sorry." She apologized.

Nina just looked at her suspiciously. Lyra watched. She knew her captain didn't believe her, but she was not going to say anything here.

The president then clapped his hands. "Well then. That's all I had for you. I want you guys to be ready as soon as possible. I'd like a good report with plenty of time to prepare, just in case." He said.

Everyone nodded his or her head as they all got up, starting to head out.

"Well this is going to be fun." Sharnid remarked from behind Lyra. He hadn't a single word the entire time the president was speaking, which surprised her.

Lyra sighed. She knew he was talking to her.

Lyra just looked back and gave a smile, "I'm sure it's going to be a blast." She replied as they headed towards the elevator.

After the president gave his orders, Nina decided that everyone should go get some rest now and then she would discuss with them what she and Gorneo decided.

The message kept playing in her head. Lyra couldn't help but shiver hearing the shrilling cry of the filth monster in the background. It was such a horrible sound. The shrilling cry, bouncing off of the walls of the building, reminded her of Noemi. Her home. It made her think of the city: the flower-looking girl. She was literally a doll.

She missed how the fairy would suddenly appear, circling her and pulling her places. Lyra would then always have to lead the tricky little fairy back to the heart of the city and stay there with her, until she would agree to listen.

Lyra sighed in frustration. How she wished she had stayed back to save the fairy. She really wanted to, but in the end, she was forced to flee. That's why she wanted to get stronger. While it may have been too late for Noemi, she knew she could save the other cities. She didn't want to be the one told to run away. No… she wanted to stay and fight them for their city.

"Lyra!" Lyra jumped as she heard her name. She quickly shook her head, clearing and then turned to see Layfon coming her way.

"Layfon… what are you doing here? Something wrong?" she asked.

Layfon came to a stop, pausing for a second to take a breath. He then looked at her. "I was just wondering if you're alright." He started.

Lyra blinked and then raised a brow, "I'm sorry?"

"I know something's bothering you. You made it pretty obvious back at the meeting." He went on.

Lyra nodded her head slowly, "Oh that… well I was just thinking that's all. Nothing wrong. Really?"

Layfon sighed, "Come on Lyra, who do you take me for?" he asked.

Lyra sighed, "Not possible to lie to you…"

Layfon shrugged, "Well you don't do that great of a job." He replied. Lyra shrugged at that. It was true though. "So seriously what's wrong?"

Lyra sighed as she shrugged, "I was just remembering Noemi, that's all." She explained.

Layfon looked at her sympathetically and then sighed, "Hearing that brought back memories I'm assuming?" he asked.

Lyra just nodded her head as she looked at the sidewalk ahead of her as they walked on.

Layfon sighed. He knew exactly what Lyra was thinking. She wanted to save them, but couldn't. "Lyra you know they needed someone to continue the legacy for them."

"But why me?" she objected, "I barely knew how to fight?"

"But you still had time to learn."

"Still doesn't make sense. In the end, nothing's changed. Another city has been lost…"

Layfon sighed, shaking his head. "Not every city can be saved. You know that. How are you supposed to travel from one city to another? It's not easy. The only reason you got here easily was because of the queen and you know that."

Lyra frowned shaking her head. He knew how this was a sensitive topic to her, yet he always stated the facts. Lyra then let out a sigh, "I guess that's true… Well I'm going to head back to my room now. Toodles!" She smiled and waved to him as she headed back.

Layfon watched her leave. "Uh… bye." He called as she hurried off. He then sighed and turned around, heading back to his own room.

(A/N: Just for some clarification, this is based off of the light novel and the anime/manga. I've combined the three and added a little twist. The story plot is the same, but I've changed around some of the events and added my own. I realized that this may have been a little confusing for a couple, who are trying to figure out when this was taking place, but I hope I've cleared it up some now!)