Jordan: "y-yeah nepgear... what is it"
Nepgear: "... uh... kinda hard to ask this but... if we were to get killed... what would you do"
Jordan: "... I don't know nepgear... I really don't know"
Nepgear: "if you manage to get a rid of my sister's nightmares, could you look for something special"
Jordan: "what kind of special thing"
Nepgear: "y-you know what I'm talking about"
Jordan: "hehe... you want me to know if your sister is seeing someone... only this one-time nepgear... now I need you to take my hand"
Nepgear: "w-why... o-oh okay... like this"
Jordan: "y-yeah..."
all of a sudden time around them froze as a gust of high-speed wind nearly knocked nepgear onto the ground except Jordan grabbed her before she fell as he pulled her back up she noticed they sat in front of the tavern they stayed at the night before.
Nepgear: "w-what are you going to be doing"
Jordan: "I'm sure the others don't want to see me so... I'll be at the table upstairs... if you need anything else just come see me"
Nepgear: "a-actually mind if I join you"
Jordan: "a-alright"
After they took a seat Jordan then used his magic to light a small candle sitting in the middle of the table while soon afterward rom ram and uni sat at the table while the others sat in their rooms sleeping. as they sat their one of the mind control bugs fell of Jordan and landed on the surface of the table while startling the girls a little but the bug was friend;y and even played with rom and ram a little.
Jordan: "hehe... you two seem to like him"
Rom and ram: "you kidding he's adorable and not mean like the book said he was"
Uni and nepgear: "I'm sorry for what noire and Neptune said earlier"
Jordan: "it's fine... I deserved it a little... mind if I ask why you trust me so much... don't worry I already know why rom and ram trust me"
Nepgear: "because you both saved the twins and it wasn't your fault for what happened several years ago"
UnI: "because you're not a bad guy... even if you lied to us... for a reason of course"
Jordan: "hehe... funny that someone trusts me... but don't be mad at noire and Neptune for getting angry at me... I can understand why everyone is a little pissed off at me"
Nepgear: "you said that you left for a reason... why"
Jordan: "I wanted to learn to use my powers correctly and within a year I learned while practicing nonstop and when I learned how and returned it was the same night the city finished and I listened to all of you saying how fucked up I was... I cried a little but knew why... now after so long, I revealed myself and everyone hates me... I'm sure that I lost my daughters"
Vert: "n-no Jordan you didn't"
Jordan: (stands up and turns around slowly) "why vert... I'm a terrible father vert I even heard you say it the one dinner"
Vert: "Jordan the whole reason why I came here was to find you through the CPU temple in all truth Jordan I didn't want to lose them as friends so I went along with it trying to make them think I believed the same thing and it worked... I'm sorry that the others don't like you but i still love you Jordan"
Jordan: "hehe... thanks, vert... oh by the way you deserve something"
Vert: "huh... wh-"
Jordan then wrapped his arms around vert and kissed her on the lips while somehow maintaining a balance as vert went a little limp while giving Jordan another hundred or so pounds to weight he had to balance but he managed anyway. as he pulled back and stared into verts eyes she looked at his sparkling eyes as they hadn't changed a single bit since she last saw them, she grew a small smile and kissed Jordan back while hugging him back.
Jordan: "v-vert... I promise you that I'll never leave you again"
Vert: "o-okay Jordan... my god you're making me cry"
Jordan: "before I lay in bed before I die I need to do something... everyone please stay here while I go grant a wish from nepgear"
As Jordan teleported into the room Neptune sat on the bed crying in her sleep as she was having the nightmare nepgear told him about, jordans heart cracked as he saw her like this, even though Neptune didn't like him right now he still called her family and if not that a friend. he silently took a seat on a chair next to her bed in the chair he looked at her face as he could tell she was in distress but he was going to pull her out of this nightmarish hell of hers so she could go to sleep peacefully. he set his hand on her forehead as he was then teleported into the mountain that she sat while being raped but he was in the moment of before he killed the first council member raping her, he looked around and indeed time was frozen but he could still hear Neptune in the other room. he slowly opened the door and there she sat naked while curled up with blood dripping from her mouth and crotch and so many cuts and bruises on her body that he saw why this was fucking sick, and why she had nightmares about this experience.
Neptune: "j-Jordan... h-how are you here"
Jordan: "nepgear asked that I help you out of this nightmare"
Neptune: "how can y-you... I can't stop remembering this... I want to but I cant"
Jordan: "Neptune take my hand for a moment... I want to show you something"
Neptune: "w-what do y-you mean"
Jordan: "you'll see Neptune"
as Neptune took Jordans hand and stood up the area around them shattered to pieces as they seemed to quickly be going through her memories in her mind while some of them didn't seem to be hers but as they went around the memories Neptunes cloths reformed on her body and her skin was back to normal like nothing ever happened.
Jordan: "do you know what all of these memories are Neptune"
Neptune: "m-mine... they're mine but how are we seeing them"
Jordan: "those mind control bugs allow me to do this but they can also let me see inside someone's mind and memories... let's see... ah here, all you have to do is touch it and as long as your hand is on it the memory plays until it finishes or you let go"
Neptune then set her hand on an image that looked like her but adult version, this memory had to do with her mother just before she gave birth to nepgear and before she died.
(memory 1)
Neptune: "mommy where is she"
Neptunes mother: "she's coming baby girls you'll see her soon"
Historia 2.0: "hey Neptune want to come get a snack or drink with me while we let your mother rest"
Neptune: "okay... bye mommy see you later"
Neptunes mother: "Bye baby girl"
(Reality)
Neptune: "that was the last time I saw her... I miss her"
Jordan: "it's okay Neptune... ah"
Neptune: "what is it"
Jordan: "time I have to do this... let's look at two more before we wake up"
Neptune: "actually I want you to bring me somewhere specific (whispers a memory)
Jordan: "okay... let's go"
they took off to the memory as they began to enter jordans memories Neptunes wanted to go to the memory of him as a child but a specific time that he doesn't remember exactly.
Jordan: "the memory's locked"
Neptune: "touch it Jordan"
Jordan: "are you sure Neptune... are you sure this is the lest memory you want to see"
Neptune: "if you want to help me... yes"
(Memory from childhood)
Jordan: "Neptune when can we go outside to play"
Neptune: "whenever you want to little buddy"
Blanc: "can you two please be careful with him he's still young"
Rom and ram: "fine we'll be careful"
Neptune: "hey Jordan what do want"
Jordan: "w-why do you ask"
Neptune: "oh because I'm just... curious"
Jordan: "I want you all to be safe"
Neptune: "aw you make me blush"
(Reality)
Neptune: "ever since you were a kid you've promised us that... why"
Jordan: "because your family (begins to cry) "for my entire life I promised myself I would keep you safe and I failed you all... I tried murdering you all because of something I couldn't control, I was an idiot thinking that I could but in reality I was a monster... someone who didn't deserve to have a family like you all... family to me though is something i care about deeply... when rom and ram fell into the hold I was going to make sure they survived even if it cost my life, Neptune blanc noire vert nepgear uni rom ram iffy compa histy... I never wanted to hurt you and I wanted to protect you my entire life by i was a coward and hid from you all because I let a simple conversation take me over and now in just a few hours I'll die and restart my entire life over like this one was nothing important... my life is horrible but what life I did spend with you all I tried to make the best of it and in the end I'll probably forget it all... I hate what I am but theirs nothing else I can do... but all I can do now is make my last moments the best of them"
Vert: "j-... jor-... Jordan please come back"
(back to reality)
Vert: "Jordan it's alright you never failed us because we're still here and the fight so long ago was you helping us get better at combat... you helped Neptune when she was being raped and helped her through her nightmares you saved lowee and Blancs sisters twice from death you helped noire with system problems and helped uni also by being their friends... no family and you helped me raise two beautiful girls that will one day have a life better than the one we had and you helped me find love... Jordan you never failed... you helped and did things beyond what I or anyone else could do we're family and that'll never change even if you lose all of your memories"
everyone: "it's true Jordan we're family and we forgive you for what you've done for us... we never saw that we didn't help you but right now we'll repay you by being with you for your last moments"
Jordan: "t-thank you, everyone... I'll promise that I'll never forget anything you did for me... and I always keep a promise"
Several hours later as the morning sun was rising into the sky Jordan with everyone outside the door except histy ver and compa who sat there by his bedside until everyone walked in ignoring what histy said. jordans skin was turning gray while cracks began to form as he already lost his vocal cords so he couldn't talk or mentally talk to them in their minds so they could only talk to him and that's all they needed.
compa: "heart rate and brain activity is decreasing rapidly he doesn't have long"
Histy: "Jordan please promise that you'll stay with me"
his lips move but barely and no words or sound come out while the color in his eyes begin to fade as he looks at them while slowly his body breaks down until death, everyone even blanc had tears falling down their face as his daughters held his hand while he died.
Vert: "it's alright Jordan we're here with you"
Sarah and Victoria: "daddy you cant go after we meet you"
Jordan: (no words while lips begin to stop shortly afterward as his muscles grow weaker)
Neptune: "I'm sure he'll be with you both forever in one way or another"
just then Jordan used what little energy was left in his body and trapped it in his vocal cords so he could say something while the rest of his energy drained until none was left.
Jordan: "don't worry Sarah and Victoria... daddy will come back... thank you all for coming together to work together"
everyone: "y-your welcome Jordan"
Histy: "goodbye Jordan... I'll miss you"
Jordan: "I'll miss you all too"
as his skin began crumbling the light that was supposed to come soon afterward didn't light up, he wasn't what everyone thought, instead he was not coming back nothing could bring him back but it brought the question what was he.
At the entrance of the temple everyone stood there watching as histy was able to touch the lock sitting next to the door while her DNA was able to unlock the door which showed what Jordan might have been, inside the walls and floors of the temple were built from some kind metal that was barely intact even after so much time. it seemed alien to them with technology that they had never seen before and it was extremely quiet for a large ass reactor sitting in the middle of the temple except it wasn't a nuclear reactor of was a share reactor like the powerful one on the ship which was arriving tomorrow to bring them back along with jordans ashes that never lit up when they were supposed to like the book said. as they walked through the temple cylinders that had the look of support pillars with glass on the front of them pulled up holograms of the girls hdd weapons Neptunes sword Blanc's hammer and noires gun but verts staff and other weapons weren't there.
Adam: "histy how are the girl's weapons being pulled up on a temple that's thousands of years old"
Histy: "don't ask me I don't know anything about this"
Vert: "c-come on we have to figure out what's going on... victoria and Sarah stay close"
Sarah and Victoria: "okay mommy"
Nepgear: "hey Neptune how are you feeling now that your nightmare's gone"
Neptune: "b-better but... I can't thank him properly"
Nepgear: "I'm sure he didn't want you to repay him I'm sure he just wanted you and all of us to be happy"
as they got closer to the main console or it that's what it looked like a center pillar then began to descend down from the ceiling while hocking up to the main computer and releasing steam at a point where it almost gave the girls a heart attack. histy put her hand on the console while the device her hand was on began scanning her hand as it then pulled a saved file from the database somehow of her hand. as she pulled her hand off a computer screen full of the text in the book that was instantly being translated to English began appearing on the screen at the top of the screen had a flashlight or that's what it could've been then turned on.
Adam: "I've never seen anything like this... have any of you"
Everyone else: "no... no, we haven't"
Computer: "data download complete... please enter what you wish to see"
Everyone: "I think we know what we want"
After histy typed his name the screen then zoomed out of what it was showing while an entire list of names until it stopped on a yellow flashing name while it then entered the file and sure enough Jordan was the name except his name was 2679 which is one number he remembered through his entire life, now everyone knew why.
Computer: "subject 267 AKA Pheonix is a high level danger... responsible for nearly exterminating everyone that tried to take game industries 2000 years ago on project colonization... since the discovery of this creature it has been missing for nearly three hundred years... to this day 2679 has never been seen... project colonization was a mission put together by the mainland in an attempt to escape the dangers of the mainland but 2679 or Pheonix almost killed every person on the mission except one... her name is unknown but she held magical powers that convinced 2679 to allow her people to build a home on the land so they could survive... after a short amount of time this lady was assassinated by the people of the land because she fell in love with a monster as they called him... four group were created to hunt 2679 after the assassination but within two years all but one member of each group was killed while the remaining survivor of them was turned into oracles or early version that rebuilt and reformed the nations of leanbox, lastation, lowee and planptune... 2679 disappeared after the nations were formed but it is a possibility that 2679 is still alive to this day but it is unsure"
Vert: "would you be able to detect 2679 by a sample"
Histy: "v-vert do you really believe th-"
Computer: "indeed but I'll need at least ashes of 2679 to detect him or her"
Vert: "h-here"
vert pulled the box with jordans ashes and set them on the computer while a metal arm then picked it up and scanned the box while dumping the ashes onto some kind of plate that was pulled over to a large chamber.
Computer: "2679... detected... please wait-... my oh my it feels weird... calculating problem... error... strange that I can do this"
Vert: "uh what's going on"
Histy: "I think this is supposed to happen"
Computer: "reprograming please wai-... new code 2-6-7-9... reprogram complete... rebooting please hold"
Neptune: "is it just me or was that the creepiest thing I've ever heard"
Noire: "hey look it's doing something... hey is that lastation"
soon images of the nations before they were converted into the city then appeared on the screen of the computer while it wasn't talking, but as it had the images appear the video of Neptune and Jordan in their memories then began playing while the memory of her mother also popped up.
Neptune: "how is it playing those memories"
Vert: "I have no idea"
Computer: "memories... all of these memories are interesting... Neptunes mother before she died and the memory from childhood... the nightmare o-... oh wait never mind... system check starting... any more questions"
Everyone: "CPU history".