"So just you and Nick are going back to Earth to pick up the gate?" Tiamatt asked Kratos. Nick, Hiro, and Aya stood patiently by the gate waiting to either go home to Aselia or to Earth.
"Yeah, it shouldn't take long. All we gotta do is tear it apart and bring it back here." Nick replied, strapping a watch to his wrist before looking at Kratos. "Ready when ever you are."
Kratos nodded and then turned to Tiamatt. "We'll be home soon, Tia."
"I know. Just be quick. We don't want to cause trouble for Ish or Madison." Tiamatt reminded, hugging her husband before activating the gate. "Good luck."
Kratos smiled back at her while Nick waved before both disappeared through the gate, leaving Tiamatt, Hiro, and Aya standing in the relatively empty Quad.
"So..." Tiamatt sighed, faced her brother. "Do you want to find Arx and head home now or are you gonna stay here a while longer?"
Hiro opened his mouth to speak till something behind Tiamatt caught his attention. "Turn around Tia."
Tiamatt looked at the Gaian Seraph in confusion but sighed and turned around only to find herself on her back, a large silver wolf grinning down on her.
"Miss me, Tia?" The wolf asked as Hiro, Aya, and a few other people started laughing at the sight of the Cetran woman being tackled by the wolf.
Tiamatt, on the other hand, blinked in shock before suddenly sitting up and wrapping her arms around his neck. "Oblivion!"
The wolf laughed as his form shifted to that of a humans and he returned his old friend's embrace. "Glad to see you still remember me, Tia!"
"I could never forget you, Oblivion. Not after everything you've done for me." Tiamatt said as she released him and stood back up. "Are you the only one back right now?"
"Reno and most of the other Turks are back too but they decided to head to the cafeteria first. Kai and Sivu are back too but they're currently speaking the Marth, Jo, and Nightfire." the former wolf king explained before remembering something suddenly and turning to Hiro and Aya. "Oh and there are people waiting to see you two also. I think they're eating with the Turks right now though."
Hiro and Aya's eyes widened in surprise but they both nodded.
"So I guess you two will stay here for awhile longer?" Tiamatt sighed, starting to feel anxious from wanting to send time with her children.
"Yeah, we'll go home in a little while. You go ahead and go home to Eria and Terrance." Aya reassured her.
Oblivion gave Tiamatt a curious look before a smirk crossed his face. "I'm guessing Eria and Terrance are your kids, right?" Tiamatt smiled and nodded. "I'd like to met them."
"Alright." Tiamatt nodded. "Hiro, Aya, I'll see you later then." Hiro and Aya nodded in agreement as the Cetra restarted the gate before turning back to Oblivion. "Ready?"
Oblivion eyed the shimmering gate for a moment before nodding back to his friend and following her through. The wolf's eyes widened as he looked at around at the reunited world and Iselia. "So, take it you guys succeeded?"
Tiamatt laughed but nodded. "Yeah, I wasn't able to participate in the final battle though because of the twins. But Kratos and the others defeated Mithos and Lloyd reunited the worlds."
"Speaking of your kids, I still want to meet them." Oblivion smirked, as he continued to look around the small town.
"They might have gone home by now or they may be at Lloyd's. I guess we can check Lloyd's first."
The wolf nodded, following his friend. "Speaking of Lloyd, how did he react when he found out he was going to be a big brother?"
"Well...at first, not so well. You see, Lloyd found out Kratos was his father at the same time he found out I was pregnant and well..." Tiamatt trailed off.
"That must have been rough for him to find his father and learn that he's in love with someone other then his mother."
"Yeah but thats in the past. Lloyd has accepted me and I can't thank him enough for it." The Cetra smiled as they reached their destination and she knocked on the door. "Lloyd, Colette, you there?"
There was no answer, nor any noise coming from the house, which greatly worried Tiamatt. Oblivion gave her a curious look after she knocked again, still not receiving a reply.
"Where are they?" Tiamatt muttered, clearly concerned by the empty and silent house. Eying the door, she gentle pushed the door, causing it to swing open. "Lloyd? Colette? Kit? Noishe? Anyone here?" There still wasn't a reply though Tiamatt noticed the house seemed to have been left in a rush, Lloyd's swords, Colette's chakrams, and Kit's bow and arrows were all missing. "Something's not right..."
Oblivion noticed his friend's worry and put a hand on her shoulder. "Maybe they're out training."
"No. They're always home by now and they don't leave the door unlocked. Somethings wrong, I just don't know what." Tiamatt walked out of the house, closing the door behind her before reaching for the hilt of her sword. "Come on, we're going to search the town."
She started to walk off till she noticed Oblivion wasn't following her. Behind her, Oblivion had returned to his wolf form, nose to the ground as he tried to pick up Lloyd's scent. "I think I can track them, Tia. Hold on a second." Tiamatt nodded before strange noises coming from the other side of Iselia caught her attention. Oblivion also noticed them, ears perked up as he tried to pinpoint and recognize the sounds. "A battle?"
"Could be. Let's go check it out!"
Oblivion nodded as Tiamatt spread her wings and took off towards the origins of the sound, the wolf following close by. Tiamatt stopped in shock when they reached the scene, causing Oblivion to almost run into her when she landed.
"Eria, Terrance, whats going on?" She asked, looking around the small battle field. "Did you two do this?"
Bodies of the towns people littered the ground, the dirt stained with their blood. Off to the side, Lloyd, Colette, Kit, Genis, Presea, Ryan, Sheena, Seth, Zelos, Kayla, Vincent, and Mica all stood breathing heavily, the surviving towns people behind them. On the opposite side stood Eria, Terrance, and Alcana, strange weapons in their hands. Eria and Alcana both appeared to be using simple swords but the sword in Terrance's hands was instantly recognized by both Tiamatt and Oblivion.
"Tia, he's got Ryukinogami!" Oblivion snarled, eyes never leaving the diamond bladed FORGE sword.
"Terrance, where did you get that sword? Balance was suppose to have tak-"
"Quiet, Mom." Terrance snapped suddenly. Eria smirked at her mother's shocked expression. "Dilex gave me this sword in case we failed in capturing you."
Tiamatt shook her head in disbelief, stepping towards her children. "What are you saying? Why would Dilex give you a sword? It doesn't make sense."
"This is outrageous! You seriously can't tell us from your real kids?" Eria laughed.
"Eria, what do you mean?"
"Tiamatt! Be careful! Those aren't the Eria, Terri, and Alcana we're familiar with!" Lloyd shouted, holding on to his left arm, which hung limp at his side, thought no wounds were visible on the flesh.
"We've messed around long enough. Let's just get the target and return to Dilex." Alcana said from beside Terrance before disappearing suddenly only to reappear behind Tiamatt "Sleepel."
Tiamatt's legs buckled as the spell put her to sleep but Alcana caught her before a dark portal opened beside Eria. Terrance stayed outside the tunnel with Ryukinogami ready while Eria entered the portal first. Before Alcana could reach the portal, Oblivion raced forward and sank his fangs into the half dragon's leg, trying to prevent him from escaping with Tiamatt.
Terrance started to move towards the wolf but Alcana shook his head before dropping Tiamatt to the ground. Oblivion noticed this but didn't loosen this grip on Alcana's leg, even when the young half dragon's form started to change.
"I will not allow you to interfere with Dilex's plans, wolf!" Alcana roared, the silver wolf still hanging onto the dragon's leg even as Alcana craned his neck around and grabbed the wolf's back. Both creatures growled as they attepted to pry the other off, till a cracking noise was heard along Oblivion's ribcage. Oblivion yelped in pain but retailiated by sinking his fangs further into Alcana's leg. Annoyed by the wolf, the dragon began to trash his head, trying to yank Oblivion off his leg.
"Stop! You'll kill him!" Colette yelled, moving forward only to stop as Terrance put the tip of Ryukinogami to Tiamatt's chest.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Terrance taunted. The group all glared at him but remained motionless.
Oblivion suddenly yelped loudly as Alcana used all his strength to removed the wolf and threw him into the side of the school, causing the wall around the impact to crumble. With Oblivion dislodged from his leg, Alcana returned to his mostly human form and picked Tiamatt back up before walking through the portal.
Terrance turned towards the portal and was about to step through before pausing and looking at the group of people behind him. "Don't worry, we'll bring her back, though she may be a bit different from what you all remember."
"Wait..." Oblivion muttered, slowly climbing from the rubble from the broken wall. The wolf's silver coat was stained red from the blood seeping from the wounds caused by Alcana's fangs but he ignored his injuries and stood up. "I won't let you take her!"
"Oblivion, don't you'll get yourself killed!" Lloyd shouted, but the wolf didn't listen and charged at Terrance. The boy merely smirked and walked through the portal, which disappeared as soon as he walked through.
Oblivion snarled as his fangs met the ground that Terrance had stood on a second before. "Damn it! Get back here!"
"Oblivion, calm down! Theres nothing we can do!" Genis told the wolf, but he was ignored as Oblivion turned his rage filled gaze towards the group.
"Why didn't you fight back?! Why didn't you stop them from taking Tiamatt?!"
"Oblivion, those people were Eria, Terrance, and Alcana. Tiamatt's kids and Mica's brother." Lloyd explained. Oblivion instantly looked shocked by this and lowered his head. "They were also faster and stronger then what I remember. Not to mention Terrance had a FORGE sword..."
"...so you mostly didn't attack cause they were family, right?" the wolf asked slowly. Lloyd nodded, causing Oblivion to sigh. "Why did they just take Tiamatt then?"
"We're not sure." Vincent answered, shaking his head. "I can't believe I couldn't tell my own son from an imposter."
"Dad...its ok...I should of said something when Alcana first came back..." Mica mumbled, looking down.
"Its not your fault either, Mica. We all should have been able to spot them out." Kayla said, trying to comfort her family. "I just hope Imoto will be alright..."
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"Step away from the machine and put your hands in the air!" A man in a blueish grey uniform ordered. Numerous men and women stood around and beside him, encircling the gate with raised firearms of various sizes.
Kratos and Nick blinked in surprise as their sudden situation and after a quick evalutation of their position, stepped away from the gate and raised their arms skyward. The man in the uniform nodded to a small squad of soldiers to his right, signalling for them to move forward. The squad obeyed and quickly relieved Kratos and Nick of their weapons before they were handcuffed.
"What is going on here? Why are we being arrested?" Kratos asked as the squad lead him and Nick to an armored truck.
"You are being arrested for illegally trespassing into United States territory. You will be taken to Wright Patt Airforce Base for introgation." the uniformed man explained. "You will be kept there till further notice."
As the door closed, Nick leaned against the wall and sighed. "This sucks. What are we supposed to do now?"
"I'm not sure but we'll figure out something. I'm also assuming we're not the only ones arrested. Its highly likely Ish and Madison were arrested too, along with anyone they may have had recent contact with."
"True but how are we supposed to get back to Gaia or Aselia now? They have the gate and Tia's not with us to build another gate." Nick pointed out, as Kratos closed his eyes and thought over something.
"I'm not sure, Nick. Perhaps we can negotiate with these people and return home." Kratos suggested.
Nick sighed again as he noticed the soldier that accompanied them end the back of the truck giving them odd looks. "Maybe. I hope you're right, Kratos..."
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Oh shit...what did I do to get into this mess? I eyed the camo uniformed soldiers around me nervously, not sure why I was being taken to Camp Dodge or even why I had been taken in the first place. Hell, I had been at work when they came. I hope I don't get fired cause of this...grams is gonna be pissed. Mom and Dad for that matter too...
I couldn't think of any reason why I could be arrested. I hadn't done anything wrong. Hell, I hadn't even grounded for over 6 yrs now. It doesn't make sense unless...what if they found the gate? That has to be it. But does that mean Ish got arrested too? What if some of my other friends got arrested too? Damn it, I hope nothing bad happens...
Done! Finally! Sorry for taking so long. I had finals last week but now I'm done. Unfortunately, now I'm trying to get more hours at work but I'll still try to update, hopefully more often then once a month. T.T Read and Review please!