Mission 9: Exposed! The Oracle Gaimetal
Rekka was still in his deadbed,looking very tired and weak from the harsh battle against the Blaze Marduk,while eatting his family's bento for energy. Shortly after the victory,he quickly called immediate medical response to assist the injured survivors in Zone 53,excluding Nickel,who only suffer a few scratches and burns from the fight,yet he made it out alive with the shopping bags.
Kohaku: (off-screen)"Okay,enough with the running gags about shopping bags!"
Oh,for crying out loud,Kohaku! Anyway,back to the story!
Rekka was also taken immediate treatment not only due to the injuries he received throughout the battle,but also due to the strain his new Gaimetal gave him. Still,the redhead could only mentally asked himself one question:
'I don't know why,but i suddenly have a feeling to asked myself about,WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?'
Don't worry,Rekka,because you're not the only one who wondering that question.
Back at the Command Room,the operators and Magnus are still analyzing the strange red Gaimetal Rekka found earlier that day,while Volcan was still observing the Exceed Fenrir Gaimetal in his palm. Apparently knowing that he will be punished for using an unidentified Gaimetal,he immediately give it to the commander before passing out from his injuries.
This makes the commander worry about him a lot,knowing that the red-haired boy alway risking his own life to protect everyone else,ever since he mistakenly believes that the GCG crew seemingly died during their entry into Dark Island to stop Cypher. Hiding this psychological scar for as much as possible pretty much became unbearable as this became the only reason he quited being a Gaist Crusher two years ago,just so that everyone will not be harmed,including Sango,whom he treats more a friend and a pillar that he can lean on when he is in distress.
Just then,Luminella entered to deliver the last neccessary data to complete the analyzes when she saw her superior worrying about something. She never saw Volcan like this since that last two years ago,so the scientist went up to him and asked.
Luminella: "What's with the sad face?"
Volcan: "Rekka is been risking too hard lately,but that couldn't ease the pain in his heart. I should have told him that a couple of years ago,but no,i cannot bring myself to say it"
Luminella: "It's not even your fault! That was a long time ago"
Volcan: "I know that,and even one of our operators become scarred of that incident"
Luminella: (sighs)"Look,it already happened,so we have to let go of that past behind. Right now,we have to find out what exactly is that Gaimetal!"
Volcan: "Also,we have to find out where did Rekka got this new Gaimetal!"
The two went to lower ground to check some progress on the scans,though it goes exactly as planned.
Magnus: "Good news,it seem that the giant Gaimetal apparently holding a large sum of data,presumingly more details regarding the origin of the Gaist. The bad news is how do we get those data"(showing a holographic model of the Gaimetal)"The Gaimetal seems to be requesting a password. A sort of five letter type"
Hisui: "Also,the only data that we can grab upon is some cipher and a copy of a DNA strand"
Luminella: "What the cipher says?"
Sango make a few inputs on her keyboard,instantly put a holographic monitor near the holographic Gaimetal as the image in the monitor zooms into the slab of crystal. Upon reaching 150% magnification,they were greeted with a message of unknown language,followed with a clearly-inscribed code of five letters,also in the same language.
Sango: "I also remembered that Hayato happened to grab a few books earlier at the site,and i think one of it might contain some way to translate the text. This might take some time to complete my analysis"
Kohaku: (tilting her head to the left,then sighs)"Maybe i should do the work in your stead. Rekka needs someone to comfort him,and also to finish your group assignment with Nickel"
Sango: "But Kohaku..."
Volcan: "Look here,Sango. We know just how emotionally scarred he become after 'that' incident,and how this forced him to retire two years ago. We can't afford to lose a valuable ally,not now!"(pulls his hands on the operator's shoulder)"Please help him! You are his pillar!"
Feeling bad for the red-haired boy,the magenta-haired girl bid farewell and head off to the Rekka's deadbed to bring him home,not noticing that Maikuma was silently following her along,looking pretty bored.
Volcan then stare back at the monitor as the code is slowly being translated. After a few minutes,the results is now officially in:
"I - 5 - F - E - Omega"
Kohaku then input the password and entered the "Okay" key,hoping the password will be sending it toward the Gaimetal,which was hooked in the middle of the File Room,and unlock the hidden data.
Password Access: Granted!
Unlocking 15% of the total files...
Without further ado,the pint-sized operator check the Files if there's any changes,and indeed it was! Somehow,the data in the templates was changing as it now includes added information and the like,and new templates are being inserted,most of which are Category 5 Gaist. But what Volcan finds it strange is that there's a folder where it shouldn't be. The folder seems to be timer-locked,as its timer was already ran out recently,so the crew wasted no time extracted and open the content.
Luminella gasped,apparently shocked at the reveal of the content. It was an excerpt from Professor Dosmea himself!
"GCG Log Code #5181995
Note #1
My recent research regarding the origin of the Gaimetal hits a road block,as only a small percentage of data was gathered to complete my thesis on this new discovery.
Unfortunately,the emergence of these monsters,aptly called 'Gaist',threatens to destroy my hard-earned research...
Until i accidentally fall into an underground chasm during my 18th visit to the excavation site [Dark Island],where i come across this mysterious Gaimetal in a small room. One that has a prophecy written in it:
'When the heavens rain thy terror,thus opening the Gates of Hades. Ten children of the gods,destined to light the hope,'
Thinking of it as non-sense,i decided to extract any available data from the ore,but only to discover a horrible truth: something malicious and vile is coming to Earth and the data that i found are actually instructions in preparations in case this catastrophe would happen.
On behalf of this message,this might hopefully help humanity fight back against the Gaist and whatever this threat might be."
Feeling shocked about the message,Volcan and Luminella then make a copy of the excerpt for separate analysis,and closed the excerpt. Much to their surprise,the timer in the folder resets by itself.
2 Days:19 Minutes:59.4 Seconds Until 2nd Awakening
Kohaku: "What does Dosmea mean by 'awakening',and why did he left this message for us?"
Hisui: "Is it has something to do with the Blaze Marduk and the Exceed Fenrir Gaist Gear? This doesn't make sense,unless it has to do with the prophecy!"
Magnus: "Either way,this is more than just an excerpt. It was a warning of the things to come! The Earth is in danger again!"
Volcan: "Then let's train even harder to prepare ourselves for this battle,and in the meantime,keep the analysis going!"(to Magnus,while handing him the Exceed Fenrir Gaimetal)"Please make a quick analysis about this! The Bakuen Fenrion is broken,so i assumed that Rekka might use this in the future"
Meanwhile,somewhere on Dark Island...
A lone white-haired man in his late 20s was sitting in front of multiple monitors,carefully watching everything in the battle against the Blaze Marduk,then he turned his attention to one of the screens that shows Rekka in his Exceed Fenrir Gaist Gear and smiled.
?: "So Rekka has awakened. I wonder who's next in the line of Earth's saviors!"
00 Days:00 Minutes:00 Seconds Until 1st Awakening
Subject: Rekka Shirogane;Status: Awakened