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Overall Disclaimer: KoDraCan Productions disclaims the Super Robot…oh, screw it- We disclaims SRMTHFG (!). I repeat, we do NOT own, distribute, produce, or sell this franchise for profit or ratings. The following document is a fan-based piece of literature intended for entertainment purposes only, and should be regarded as such. Ciro Neili and the Jetix division of Disney own this franchise.

Overall Claimer: KoDraCan Productions claim all rights to the fictional places Harkening Square, Condemnation Acres and all non-canon fictional characters that are NOT part of the SRMTHFG canon.

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Warning: This story contains the following themes that should be regarded with caution before reading. If you do not approve of the following, then we kindly ask you not read this story in the first place. The following themes are:

OUT OF CHARACTERNESS

Heterosexual Romance

Homosexual Romance

Hurt/Comfort

Foul Language

References to Self-Harm

Reference to Some Religion

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

Pairing(s): eventual Gyrus Krinkle/Valina; eventual Alchemist/Captain Shuggazoom

PROCEED WITH CAUTION, OR GET OUT OF DODGE!! YOU WERE WARNED!

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Notes: If you're going to leave a review, don't bitch at me about

A) The fact that I'm pairing Krinkle and Valina and

B) Any possible occurrences of OOC-ness. That's covered in the warning.

Also, Scrapperton from 'Magnetic Menace' and other episodes is known as Milton Remington in this story. (He became human when he died.)

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The After Life Chronicles

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Chapter Ten: 'Greeting' In Awaken Asylum

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Seven hours went by since she came to the asylum. Valina stayed in a corner, lost, in the fetal position and wearing nothing but a white paper dress. She wore shackles around her bare feet. A collar was around her next, which alerted the guards of her activities within the asylum. They didn't need to worry about her going anywhere. She wasn't moving from her corner anytime soon, at least, not by herself. She thought about Gyrus, more than she thought about what happened at the festival or even escape. He said he loved her. Gyrus loves her?! After the way she ignored him and belittled him?! He still loved her?!

"Hey."

She didn't acknowledge the fallen angel cellmate she was placed with. She continued to be in her position.

"I said, 'hey', you." The cellmate repeated.

Valina looked at her reluctantly. She saw a surprisingly-curvy woman with weathered, frayed wings and a deep, visible scar above her chest. She had brown hair past her shoulders and angry blue eyes. She was dressed in a ragged shirt and jeans. The woman was barefoot as well.

"…What now, Angel?"

The other woman laughed heartily, "Hah! I haven't been an angel in over two hundred years, Pale Lady."

"…T-two hundred years you've BEEN here?!"

"Oh, no…I've been here for about eighty years. You've been here for at least eight hours and already you look like you're gonna crack."

"Leave me alone."

"Sorry, but if you're gonna be in that corner, you better get to talking, Pale Lady. I don't like mopes in here."

Valina sat up and huffed, wishing she had magic. The other woman was clearly more powerful, heavier and considerably crazier than her if she was here for eighty years.

"Fine then."

"That's better. I'm called Robyn."
"…Valina."

"Hn, you're from a little urban planet called Shuggazoom, right?"

"...how did you know that?"

"The rumor mill runs deep in this place. I knew a real sweet guy from there. You might know him; he's called Gyrus Krinkle."

Valina thought about it before responding sadly, "…Yes, I-I know him."

"Oh… so, you two are--" Robyn mused before Valina exploded.

"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!"

"Easy, V. I'm just trying to have a conversation."

"I'm sure you are." Valina said dryly.

"Well, when he first died, the poor guy was freaking out so badly, he was thrown in here. We played card games together every other day. That was before the higher angels got him a new body. I heard he's doing better since living among the normalcy. Poor guy…if only I had interest in men, then I actually would have fallen for him."

"…What? Th-that means you're--" Valina gasped.

"What's it to ya? You got a problem with it?"

"Yes, if I have to stay with you!"

"Well then, in that case…" Robyn purred sauntering over to her, "That presents a problem for you, then. I'll tell you what happened with the last girl those fools placed in my 'care' thirty years ago: She was such a bitter and violent girl. She was the beautiful-on-the-outside- horrid-bitch-on-the-inside type that made you want to slap her. Of course for me, she made me want to do more to her…"

"Do not want…" Valina shuddered, "Just…What are you?"

"I'm a fallen angel with a blood lust, Pale Lady. Two hundred years ago I worked as a domestic in Avon's home. I cleaned the office and was under the tyranny of the other domestic angels because of my…tastes. I used to be afraid and never stick up for myself. One day, I finally snapped. I found the courage and rage I thought I'd never have. I killed one of them."

"..You killed an angel?!"

"She was murdered on the sixth day of the six month in my sixth year as that bitch's maid."

"…You're fucking crazy."

"Oh, ya think?! I've had to pay for spilling her blood and for breaking out of prison after fifty years I terrorized people stupid enough to be in the streets after nightfall. I was pretty content until I was found out. I've been stowed away here since."

"Why didn't you go into the Void instead?"

"Bah. Going into the Void is for quitters." Robyn scoffed, "That's the easy way out. I accepted my crimes. I'm willing to live everyday to spite that bitch Avon."

"I committed no crimes! I was only singing! I was tricked by Vesper and Ashley!" Valina said, backing away.

"Oh stop backing away from me. I was fucking with you earlier. I'm not going to rape you. You're not my type anyways and you're a friend of Gyrus."

"That does little to ease my mind…"

Attention occupants of Ground Zero: Please standby for Daily Cleansing and Purification.

"…What?" Valina asked, sounding bored.

"Oh, you'll see." Robyn said in a sing-song tone.

The women were grabbed by mechanical claws and had their clothing removed. Valina was mortified to be naked and proceeded to scream, even as the chains on her ankles were removed.
"Geez, you're acting as if someone's attacking you." Robyn sighed as she too was left nude. Valina gasped when she saw more scars on Robyn's otherwise gorgeous body.

"HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM?!" Valina shouted.

They were placed in tubes that appeared in the room form the floor. Their wrists and angles were ties up with mechanical wiring. A breathing device was placed over their mouths and noses. Powerful jets of ice cold chemicals were sprayed on their bodies numerous times before a mechanical brush cleaned them off. More mechanical wires washed their hair and sprayed them with deodorizer. A sliver of laser beams, dried them off, scanned their bodies and released their wrists and ankles.

Daily Cleansing and Purification is complete. Please standby for Virtualization of Clothing.

The same laser beam scanned them. This time, clothes materialize on Valina and Robyn's body. They were dressed in form-fitting white jumpsuits and their hair was tied behind them.

"That was the most disturbing thing I ever went through."

"You don't know the half of it, Pale Lady."

Virtualization of Clothing is complete. Please stand by for the final phase.

"…the hell's the 'final phase'?"

"You'll see."

"That answer's getting annoying."

The wires grabbed them and held their necks straight. A hot branding iron with a control chip was branded into the collar, causing untold pain for both Robyn and Valina. When it was all over, the wires disappeared, and so did the tubes. Valina was clearly traumatized and sobbing openly.

Process complete; please carry on with your current activities. The next cleansing will be before lights out.

"…I'm not going to last until then." Valina sobbed.

"Not bad…for your first cleansing."

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"..So you want to save a girl, eh?" a young man with white hair and brown eyes asked.

Dr. Evander Question was one of the most gifted scientific minds in Harkening. It was he who guided Gyrus to Harkening and it was also he who cured the man of his psychosis. Evander also secured the man a new body. He was quite surprised to find Gyrus at his front door wearing a hospital gown and weak from running. He took him in and clothed him before Gyrus went on to explain himself.

"How did you--"

"I'm aware of that feisty friend of yours in Awaken. Robyn, she calls herself."

"N-no…it's not Robyn I'm trying to save…"

"…You mean, you knew the girl that made the Void mobile?!"

"Her name's Valina. She's innocent! That bitch Vesper tricked her!"

"Vesper…yes, the Queen of Condemnation Acres."

"Condemn-what?" Gyrus asked, blown away by Vesper's uncovered identity.

"Condemnation Acres is the opposite of our beloved Harkening Square. It's where the demons, incubi, succubus and other hell-bound things live and torment the souls that come from the Void or from other worlds."

"Wait, I thought the Void led to nothingness! The Void erases a sprit's sub-conscious, making them finally die, right?!"

"Not entirely true. The Void is known for the Portal of Nothingness, but some people that end up going into it wound up in Condemnation Acres to be tormented. Until now, Vesper could grab a few souls here and there to fill her kingdom, but lately, she's getting soul-hungry, as evident by her cover as a music producer--"

"I could care less about all that right now, Evander! I only want to save Valina from her. I need Symbiotic X to do that."

Evander's eye went wild. "You're insane! Symbiotic X is an experiment meant for the seraphim. It's never been tested on mortals like you or I."

"Well then, Evander, you better sign me up as the first mortal guinea pig." Gyrus stated. Evander studied the man for the longest time.

"…You really love this woman, don't you?"

"Yes, I do. Evander, please…you're the only one that can help me! Besides, if you don't help me, I'm only gonna break in here anyways."

"You always were stubborn, Gyrus. I want it know right now that I don't agree with your method of wanting to help Valina, but you are a friend, and I promised I would help you in this afterlife one way or another. That promise holds true to his very day. I…I will help you."

"…Thank you, Evander.

"Come this way please." Evander told him, pointing him towards his lab.

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Sleep finally came for Valina. She lay on the floor, breathing slow and sniffling quietly. Robyn was on the mattress, relaxing with a book in her hands.

"…Poor Pale Lady." Robyn sighed, closing her book and scooping Valina up in her arms. She placed her on her mattress and took the spare in the room.

"Can't have Gyrus seeing you on the floor and tormented like that. I get the feeling that he's on his way to save you." Robyn said.

"Sleep while you can, Valina Suenko. I'm nowhere near through with your golden voice. You will be ours by sunset tomorrow." A voice hissed.

"Who said that?!" Robyn asked looking around, "Whoever said that, leave the girl alone."

"This does not concern you, fallen angel. This is business with the Demon Realm…"

"I just made it my business." Robyn snarled.