A/N: Alright, alright. I guess I should explain myself about the whole splitting team up thing…but I'll decide that in the story not here.

Disclaimer: Sad to say, I don't own it. Who knows what I would do if I did? But be warned, many things would happen.

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The Ark fires a gargantuan beam out into space and then slowly disappears into the realm of Imaginary Numbers as it is watched upon by the Elsa crew, Allen, Nephilim, and Abel.

"Are you sure you're okay with this, Allen?" Nephilim asks. He looks like he is about to cry.

"It's already too late to stop her." Allen looks away as if trying to find the words he wanted to say next. He closes his eyes and slowly clenches his fists together…not in anger but in sadness. "But…I realized I can't put my feelings for Shion above saving the world…I'm pretty sure she'd do the same if she were in the same position I was in."

Silence. The wind blows as Allen continues to wrestle with his counterparts inside. One part of him was trying to be rational and let Shion go; but, the other part of him wanted him to blame someone and chase after her, no matter where she went.

Allen opens his eyes slowly as if realizing something from deep within. He starts to speak with more confidence. "I know it's difficult for everyone including myself…but…I…have a feeling…I will see her again. I'm not saying I know the future…I'm just saying I believe in it."

"You have a strong heart. People like you are a rarity indeed in this universe."

"Why? I'm just a regular person who finally got the woman he loves to love him back after what seems like millions of lifetimes…attempts after attempts, failures upon failures. What makes me so different?"

"Because you are honest at heart…and have the fire of hope burning within you. Most people just go on with their lives, never realizing what it really means to live. If they could just see that life is truly a gift, then maybe…the universe really could've been saved without them being sent here to destroy this."

"What? What would destroy us?"

"The Gnosis. They are a punishment sent by the Almighty One to wipe out the human race."

"You're kidding!"

"No. It is a sad, but cruel truth." Nephilim closes her eyes. "I know because I am one of the Seraphim who watch over this universe. I learned of the Gnosis punishment from Yeshua…"

"Seraphim? As in angel?"

"Yes, we Seraphim are created to help guide the dead to where they are meant to be and assist those who can see us that are still alive. Like Shion and the others with their journey…and yourself."

"Wow. I never would've guessed that you were a divine entity…"

Hammer whispers to Tony, "Is this guy losing his mind? He's talking to himself."

"I always knew he was."

"One of the seven that has just left is also a Seraphim...but he isn't technically classified as one."

"Really? All of them have a pretty concrete past…except for chaos…I never really got him. He's always so quiet…and yet so full of wisdom. It's strange yet soothing. It's like he's a living contradiction."

"Yes. You are correct in your guess. He is a special case. That is why he is known as a Sovereign."

"A Sovereign…?"

"In your years, a Sovereign is born with extraordinary powers from the Seraphim every 4000 years."

"4000…? That's about when Earth disappeared. So is there two?"

"Yes. One is chaos…and the other is…"

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"Looks like you were right, Heinlein." Sellers looks at the beam from a screen onboard a ship tracking the Ark Ray. "They are heading to the unexplored territory of space in the Milky Way Area where Lost Jerusalem is located."

"It's no surprise." Heinlein stands up and looks at the hyperspace they're traveling through. (I can feel him moving as well…so…all of us will be meeting again soon...and on a holy ground no less. This must be fate indeed.)

"Full speed ahead! Keep monitoring the Ark Ray and make sure you don't lose it! Else you will suffer the wrath of Heinlein!"

Heinlein closes his eyes as he thinks about something from the past.

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Two boys are running through hallways in what looks like a laboratory. Both of the boys were young but had opposite skin colors. The dark boy stumbled a bit and struggled to keep up with the light one. "Are you sure we should be doing this? It's been banned by the Archons! And you know what they do about people who break the Divine Code!"

"Who cares? I think it'd be fun if we created another one of us to play with!"

"I have a bad feeling about this…"

The light skinned boy takes a look behind him at the dark skinned boy who seemed to be lost in thought. "Everything will be fine, Yeshua!"

"Alright, Heimarene. If you say so…"

The two boys enter a room at the end of the hallway and stop in front of a capsule with an angelic language written on it. Heimarene takes a look around and then starts analyzing the capsule. He opens it and then gets inside. The capsule closes after him.

"Alright, Yeshua! I'm counting on you!"

"Okay, Heimarene! Just leave it to me!" Yeshua starts moving his fingers all over the console as if he were a super genius. "All the capacities seem to be functioning normally…everything okay in there?"

Heimarene nods.

"Here we go!" Yeshua presses the button to activate the capsule and a bright light floods the room. The security system begins to go off and guards began to pour into the room. As the light faded, Yeshua looked behind him to see two security guards behind him.

"Yeshua…don't tell me Heimarene has done something foolish again." The red-haired guard said. He was wearing a rainbow robe with his hair in a ponytail reaching the end of it. All of his fingers were colored a different color…about eight in all with the two thumbs being normal.

"Sorry Mr. Sophia!"

"Please call me Mr. Elli…" He scratches his head. "I rather dislike the name Sophia…gives me a girly connotation."

"Like Elli is any different." The purple-haired guard retorts.

"It's alright…but I'm more concerned about Heimarene…if the reaction actually did work…"

The purple-haired guard took a seat and folded his arms across his chest. "It could be dangerous." He had a black sleeveless vest on along with black pants, with a black cape trailing from the top of the pants. His white gloves seemed to stand out along with his white earring on his left ear.

"You're actually concerned, Echo? That's not like you."

"He's one of the Sovereign…and we are the Aeons. It is our duty to guard them under any and all circumstances. Do you not remember our oath that we swore to in the Academy?"

Elli raises his arms in mock defeat and sighs. "Yes, yes…how could I forget? You're as serious as ever."

"And you're as repugnant as ever."

The capsule suddenly opened and a purple mist filled the air.

"Heimarene! Are you okay?" Yeshua starts approaching the capsule but Elli stops him.

"Hold it. We can't have you, a Sovereign, hurt. You're very important to us."

"But Heimarene could be hurt!"

"That's why we're waiting…what?"

The sight in front of them brought amazement to the onlookers. Heimarene stepped out of the capsule unharmed. However, another person stepped out. He looked like a combination of Heimarene and Yeshua.

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Heinlein suddenly snapped out of his reminiscence. He clenches his fists and punches the column right next to him, carving out a piece of it. (After that day I was treated like a test subject because of my other…and now I shall make them pay…all of them. I will show them everyone in Heaven the power of a true Sovereign...)

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(Just how long has this been going on…?) Jr. wondered. He was inside the ball of light traveling at light speed supposedly towards Lost Jerusalem. (I really need to go to the bathroom…)

The ball of light suddenly dissipated before his very eyes and he saw the others nearby; their orbs of light also disappearing.

"Where are we?" MOMO asks.

"One second…" Jr. runs into the bushes to do his business.

"If the Ark has led us in the right direction…then this should be Lost Jerusalem…" Shion says.

The blue sky above them is very clear…not a cloud in sight. The green trees around them seemed tower above them like the U.M.N control center did and the other big skyscrapers in Second Miltia. All sorts of animals were screeching throughout the forest.

"According to my calculations, this is indeed the Lost Jerusalem that was supposedly "erased" from its existence. The atmosphere surrounding this region seems to be stable and breathable and there is no imminent threat in the general vicinity. Except for the urine puddle that Jr. has released from his body."

"You know, KOS-MOS. You don't have to tell them about EVERYTHING." Jr. spouts, emerging from a bush.

Everyone laughs.

"So, what should we do now?" Ziggy asks. "I doubt we'll be able to find answers if we stay here."

"Agreed." Jin says. "We should start moving."

The other team members nod and trod through the forest, moving branches and shrubbery to move forward. Jr. bends a branch extremely far and then releases it on Ziggy. The branch breaks in many pieces and the others stand in awe."

"That is one rock hard body." Shion comments.

"Literally." Jr. says. (Damn…so much for my prank…)

The group travels for a couple of hours and finally begun to see the decrease in trees, meaning the forest was ending. Jr. walks forward and stands on the edge of the plateau overlooking the land. There was a huge metallic bridge connecting the land to a large temple over the sea beneath them.

"Hey…this place kind of looks familiar." Jr. puts his thumb to his chin trying to recall where had seen it before.

"I believe this is the place where Dr. Masuda of Vector Industries discovered the Original Zohar." Jin speculates. "And that's when we had to evacuate into space."

"My sensors are picking up some abnormal readings coming from the end of the bridge…it might be the Zohar." MOMO says.

"Mine as well." KOS-MOS's eyes become blue and she activates her Tertiary Weapons System. "Everyone stay here. I'll be right back."

She floats up into the air and takes off towards the end of the bridge.

Shion folds her hands together. "Be careful…KOS-MOS."

KOS-MOS lands at the end of the bridge and activates her scanning helmet. The readings turned out normal. She takes a step forward and approaches the middle of the circular platform at the end of the bridge. Nothing happened. KOS-MOS decided to fly back but all of a sudden, the platform activated.

The platform opened to reveal a bottomless pit.

"KOS-MOS! Your time has come!"

KOS-MOS sees an attacker emerge from the pit with a Tertiary Weapons System similar to hers. KOS-MOS darts to the side to dodge their blade attack.

Jr. squints to see what was happening with KOS-MOS. He suddenly shoots his finger out, pointing towards the person. "Look! It's T-elos!"

"What?" Everyone stares at the person.

"Yes…it's T-elos." MOMO says, using her long range scanners to identify the attacker. "I confirmed it."

"I've been waiting such a long time…now I'll finally be able to be complete!" T-elos laughs.

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A/N: Wanted to get in a chapter in before Thanksgiving…and leave it at a cliffhanger as well. Hope to see you in the next chapter! Comments are appreciated. And make sure to not kill me because I still need to finish this…