In the barracks of frost...
After discovering that Athrylith has become gravely ill and is on the verge of dying, Piko and Olivia rush to head for the forge's kitchen. The very moment they open the door to exit the forge's main operations and work room, an entirely different venue greets them.
They see the walls and the passages turn partly clear and frost-like as if they're made of genuine ice. The place appears just like the battle garrison where the boys defended, fought and took refuge from Piko's rage during their awesome 'entity-empowered war games' (or EEWG) earlier.
However, Piko hasn't seen much of its insides since he's the only one on the opposing squad of the earlier battle.
Taking her by the hand, "Let's go!" Piko says, determined not to waste another single second.
Nodding in agreement, "Ok!" Olivia says as she clicks the room's light switch off, and then they run around the corridors of the glacial building hand in hand.
They pass the hallway then dart towards the stairs. Upon reaching the second floor, they dash and enter the right side corridor which they recalled is where the forge's kitchen is located.
When they enter the dim room, Olivia feels for the light switch on the walls near the doorway and then clicks it.
As soon as the switch is clicked, the whole mess hall quarters vanish and the vicinities of the workshop's kitchen transform into an arctic tundra.
Horrified, "What the?! No! We are already in the kitchen and now we're not?" she exclaims in distress as she glances side to side searching for an adequate source of cool fresh water.
Finding none, her tears begin to well up from feeling tense and worried for their sick SP child who is in need of urgent treatment.
Piko thinks deeply about the inscrutable occurrences happening around them, then the answer just suddenly pops into mind.
"The light switches!" He abruptly infers.
"How can this be? After we cleaned and arranged the tools you used in the main workroom, all I did was switch off the lights.
Could that have been the odd light switch that Mikuo told you about or could it have been this one that I just clicked right now? But we are not in the garage area, so why? *sniffs* I'm so sorry Athrylith! *almost crying*" Ruefully, Olivia tells him and also apologises about her recent actions. She almost breaks into tears for the guilt of causing the delay of saving Athrylith.
"Even if it is. We cannot dwell on wondering about it for another second. Don't worry. It's not your fault and I'm not blaming you. We'll pull through this. So cheer up." He says nestling her beside him.
To make her feel at ease, Piko wraps his arm around her whilst he inspects the enchanted arctic tundra in scrutiny.
"For now, I don't care about searching for my blades here just yet. What's more important to me right now is you and our child." Piko says to her with a smile then he strokes Athrylith again. Feeling his chest and hand get burnt, he grabs Olivia by the waist and hovers in great speed to find an exit out of the frosty vicinities.
"Athrylith sweetie, please hang on. I will never forgive myself if you perish because of me. So please bear with us a little longer. Please." With tears plummeting, Olivia pleads in great concern for him.
Then she ignores being unintentionally burnt by the little spherical progeny when she strokes him. Accidentally, her tears drop and splash on the dying SP child.
Athrylith gleams very faintly in response to her calls.
Whilst hovering, Piko shifts closer to her then brush his lips on her tear-stained face. Upon impulse, Olivia stops crying.
In a short distance of flight, they stumble upon what appears like a frozen creek or stream. Upon noticing it, a brilliant idea suddenly occurs to Olivia.
"Piko, look! Quick, let's land there. Let's melt that frozen creek into cool water. You use your energy abilities whilst I'll use my abyssmal flames to help you accomplish this task." Sensing that there isn't enough time and that they can't be choosy, Olivia recommends him the practical idea.
Then quickly, Piko hovers below to that place.
They huddle close to one another placing Athrylith gently between them and over the surface in the midst of the icy creek.
Concentrating, both his parents place their hands over the ice beside where they stood him and then they emit their own certain ability in the palm of their hands.
Piko's hands spark bolt-like shimmers whilst Olivia's hands ignite pitch-black blazes. The ice beneath their palms melts rapidly.
When they glimpse that Athrylith is already immersed more than half way in depth, they move their palms from the watery ice and beneath him so that he wouldn't drown.
After three minutes, Piko lifts one of his hands out of the melted ice and then splashes a cupful of the icy cold water over Athrylith's head.
After that, they feel his temperature slowly go down and return back to normal.
Olivia is carefully lifting him out of the creek when at that very second, the recuperated SP child suddenly splashes back a cupful of icy water towards Piko in playful reprisal.
Athrylith wiggles in amusement and seems to be chuckling in that state.
They are amazed at how he grew even larger after his severe illness.
Relieved and drawing him closer, "Oh thank God, you're alright now, Athrylith our baby!" Olivia says then she instantly hugs him thankfully.
Surprisingly despite his change in size, he's still as light as a cotton toy and isn't difficult to carry around.
Having his face completely drenched, "Oh, why you!" Piko quickly grabs him from Olivia's arms darting him with a stern look on his face,
and then...
he smiles.
Smiling happily, "Good to have you back, well and kickin' again, our son." He says in lightened spirits, then he affectionately cuddles him and Olivia whilst sharing them the warmth of his heal spectrum skill.
Then Piko and Olivia gently embrace and kiss him together.
7:08pm, after Athrylith's recovery...
"Hello old friends!" Piko says as he and Olivia found the blades encased in crates nearby in an area by the frozen stream.
"I guess that means this area is actually part of the garage." Olivia guesses a possibility whilst Athrylith bounces on top of Piko's head in agreeing with her.
"Agreed." He says.
Piko's blades glint brilliantly in greeting when they saw him, seemingly glad to finally be reclaimed by him again.
Olivia takes Athrylith from his head and moves aside as Piko uses his fists to smash the thirteen frost crates one by one into smithereens.
The blades come and gather around him in gratitude. They glow in an orb of light that surrounds each of them and then all of the blades shrink into the sizes of small ballpoint pens.
The glowing sword orbs float around them in a dancing motion.
Ecstatic, Athrylith hops from Olivia's arms and playfully leaps amongst the little blades in innocent joy.
Then after a while, the blades disappear when Piko extends his hand forward.
"That was such a unique sight to behold. Could it be that some SP progenies are actually like your blades?" Olivia guesses a theory.
"I'm completely sure that Athrylith isn't a blade when he evolves into his final form." Piko makes certain with a promising grin.
"I'm just guessing, I have no basis on it but just a hunch.
Your blades and the SP progenies appear to be imbued with their own identities which is what's similar about them. That's why I made that assumption." Olivia mentions in curiosity.
"I discovered an interesting fact about the SP progenies when I was researching on them this morning. It was not easy but I was able to take a peep at the confidential varied findings about them in different reputable universities data and files. We need to get back to the party venue now whilst the night is young and hope that there are no clouds blocking the stars tonight." Piko informs and suggests, and then he beams a her a wink.
"Ok, let's!" Olivia agrees with a smile.
They enter another facility and see another light switch, Piko boldly presses it.
Then they see a cluster of hills and a lush white field.
It looks like a vast icy woods from a snowy countryside.
"What were Len, Mikuo, Nero and Rinto doing in here earlier? Army training?" Piko reacts in a mixture of absurdity and partial amazement.
"It's so detailed and life-like just like the surroundings in the calm regions and mild areas of Winterdomain realm. Len is truly a remarkable entity." Olivia commends their friend for his achievements.
Piko's right green eye twitches when he heard Olivia compliments his apparently plausible rival when it comes to her affection.
She notices his reaction so then she and Athrylith chuckle at the amusing sight.
He then stares at her in a very spooky way.
"S-sorry." She simpers whilst trying her best to stop chuckling as she holds Athrylith in front and between them for sanctuary.
Mischievously, Piko grins and snatches Athrylith from her hands and made him play in the snow nearby.
Then in a teasing way, he closes in on her spookily which made her gulp.
"For every time you make me feel this way, I won't hesitate to do this to you." He grabs her and quickly pins her down underneath him on the snowy ground.
Winking, "You know what'll come next." he warns her softly and quite charmingly whilst blushing.
Blinking, "No. What will come next then?" Olivia innocently asks with an almost giggling grin.
Feeling being made a fool of, Piko looks at her in great disbelief making his sweat drop and his blue left eye twitch.
"For every time you act so innocently, I'll do this to you!" He warns her friskily whilst showing her his curling twitching fingers.
He grips her by the side of the waist and then he tickles her excessively to which made her burst into a frenzied laughter whilst squirming to get away.
"Ahahahahhaah!
Stop! Stop! Ok, ok! I get it! I won't act so innocent towards you… unless if I truly am." Panting, she hastily promises with a gasp whilst gaining an adorable red tint.
"Good!" Satisfied, Piko finally says with a grin and then he seductively inclines forward to give her one lengthy and passionate smooch.
*~WHACK!~*
! ! ! ...
At that instance, Athrylith unexpectedly collides on his head before he is able to touch her lips.
The SP child is shivering, then they hear massive footsteps, hundreds of marching feet and eerie voices.
"Track… Hunt… Defeat…" Hearing the eerie voices, Olivia flinches from under Piko whilst Athrylith nestles and presses even tightly between them.
Appearing in hundreds, frost, hydro and glacial soldiers surround them in a huge circle.
Each soldier is armed with either a hydro rifle, frost rifle or glacial rifle.
Those holding hydro sniper rifles look like icy clones of Nero.
Those gripping M24 frost rifles look like chilly doubles of Mikuo.
Those grasping glacial assault rifles resemble frigid doppelgangers of Rinto.
Behind the hundreds of infantry soldiers are nine bulky tanks, three of each water elemental attribute.
At the most farthest point behind the nine tanks is an enormous ultimate tank with a flag and what seems like a supreme commanding soldier seated on it, who looks like none other but the one who created all of them.
"Whoa! What are those? Soldier dummies that the guys use for combat training? Len really did went through all the trouble on your war games earlier. So Cool!" Olivia says as she squirms away from beneath, lifts Athrylith in her arms and stands beside Piko who is still in that position on the snow.
In that position, Piko furiously glares at the frost beneath him that it melted from his rage-filled gaze.
He gradually drifts afloat to his feet and then up in the air in the midst of an enraged aura earning countless flashing bolts emitting from all around him whilst he wrathfully hisses...
"THANKS…
FOR…
RUINING…
THE
MOMENT
LEN! ! !"
Then all his blades appear and he attacks the fleet with all his indomitable vehemence.
7:11pm, Outside...
Despite his very serious demeanor, Len chuckles in amusement for being able to completely piss Piko off.
When he comes out of his trance-like state, he pulls his hood back down and then he pats the shadow that appears like a line or a pole that is lurking near and beside him.
"Thanks for guarding me, Cryfaf. We'll take it from here. That will keep Piko busy for a moment." Len says with a smirk as he walks towards the others.
"Why are you two on the ground?" Len asks Mikuo and Nero as they are still lying there.
"Not really important. Heal please! Owwie..." Nero says then asks Len for heal whilst twitching in massive aches.
"Ehehehe… We just had a bit of counseling from Rinto… Ow…" Mikuo says chuckling and grinning to which Len groans at figuring out.
Len materializes two large VREs then tosses them to Nero and Mikuo who eagerly consume them.
"Where's Rinto?" He asks.
"He walked out on us just a couple of minutes ago. Maybe he went back to the clearing." Nero replies.
"Well, nevermind. Piko and Olivia will be out in 3 minutes tops, noting Piko's speed and all. So let's be ready for their exit anytime now." Len says as he sets his phone's video camera to commence filming then he hangs it sturdily on a tree nearby.
After setting it, he suddenly pauses and then grimaces at something so foul in the air.
Covering his nose,"Eww! What the hell is that? Grouse! Smells like one of Rin's nastiest farts! *Bbbhhhllll... !*" he exclaims in repugnance, almost regurgitating.
He glances towards Mikuo and Nero then sees them also grimacing and screening their nostrils with their hands.
Len, Mikuo and Nero rush towards the drum beneath the forge's gate's roof-side area. There, they discover the drum containing the odd substance leaking in excessive amounts.
"EWW! YUCK! DISGUSTING!" They chorus when the wind blew the stench directly at them.
Up from the roof-side of the gate, "I'm still here guys. I had it! My conscience wouldn't stop bothering me, so I'm dumping all of this revolting goo from Rin's farts now." Rinto calls to them below.
"RINTO NO! ! ! !" Mikuo and Nero yell, wide-eyed.
In that very second, the forge's gate smashes into smithereens, resulting for the odd neon orange substance to submerge everyone in sight in a loud splattering boom.|
White dust elevates into the air clouding everyone's sight from all the frost inside the building.
The stinking neon orange goo scatters everywhere and on anyone there...
drenching all five boys in the process.
Within the blind screen of the white haze, the angry silveret continuously rains his fury on the four other boys.
"Oh yuck! Ew! What nasty odor!" Olivia grimaces from the odor whilst Athrylith wiggles dizzily as he balances on top of her head.
The poor defenseless SP child suddenly lies flat on top of her hat as if he fainted.
Olivia struggles to cover her nose, but experiences stiffness. She feels incapable of moving her arms as she feels cramped and wedged against something.
Only when the white screen of glacial dust that hinders their sights dissipates and unveils the area did she realise why.
Shocked by her current situation, she sees the grotesquely disfigured icy commanding officer of the frozen fleet shield her from the aftermath in an embrace with the ice soldier's lips pressed on hers.
She tries to squirm out of the embrace but she feels even more clasped in an even more awkward position.
Holding her tight and not allowing her to move from the spot, the ice soldier shifts in different sensuous poses, grasping and groping her securely against him so that her feet won't be able to contact any of the foul and reeking neon orange substance on the ground.
"AAAAHHHHH! OH THE SMELL! Unhand me, you pervy ice man! Let go of me! Oh ew! It stinks! Let go! Aaa! Stop kissing me! Let go or else Piko will shatter you, obliterate you and smash you into pieces! Aaahh! Stop kissing me, I said!" Olivia shrieks for being sexually yet ridiculously harassed by an ice figure altogether rants about the foul odor that is gagging everyone.
Lucky for his SP parents despite passing out, Athrylith has amazing balance and doesn't seem to fall off from the top of his SP mother's hat no matter how much Olivia fidgets and squirms from the fondling doppelganger.
Desperately yet hopelessly, Olivia attempts to squeeze out of the ice man's defiling clutches whilst feeling very ill at ease. She even tries using her abyss abilities to make him melt, stop, unhand and leave her alone but finds the icy doppelganger nearly as powerful as the actual person.
Neon orange from head to toe, all the guys struggle frantically from almost puking to dodging, to escaping and to getting mauled by the reign of terror who is in the midst of them.
Despite the revolting stench, Piko keeps on punishing the others and decides to take care of the perverted ice soldier who's groping Olivia later.
He is just thankful that he keeps Olivia from getting any of the odd, gut-churning substance on her and even more relieved that he no longer resembles the one who created him.
