Moka was standing by the cliffside watching the red sea, waiting for the next bus into the human world along with her friends. She was trying to remain focused, still missing her mate that was separated from her inside of Paradise. Still, she had a goal to complete; to prevent any further conflicts from occurring in the human world and keep the two worlds heading in the right direction for peace. The group knew Falla would be a prime target for the sirens' old master, and needed to recover her and bring her back to the monster world as fast as possible. The vampire had her arms crossed as her pink hair flowed gently behind her, hoping that when her mate came back out from his isolation he wasn't stepping into another war.
Next to her Mizore and Dark were watching the tunnel nearby for any sign of the bus. The shadow demon had his music playing as always while Mizore held his hand gently, the girl gently rolling her lollipop around in her mouth as she showed no real expression. However they too were focused on the task of bringing the chronofly back to the monster world quickly to avoid another war from breaking out. The snow maiden had a wedding to plan now, and couldn't be bothered with such matters as dealing with monsters and humans trying to kill each other while some mysterious monster from another world threated to kill everybody. Dark was also hoping to avoid another war in the human world, although he knew a confrontation with this mysterious monster couldn't be avoided, and it would only be a matter of time before he showed himself.
Nearby Kurumu and Rason were looking up at the sky, the two holding hands as well while the bond flowed through them. Kurumu always felt more relaxed when holding onto her Destined One; however she was still very worried about what was happening. A potential war could be breaking out any moment, Falla was in danger, and she was growing more worried about Luna. The same with Rason, both of them hoping their chronofly friend was alright up in heaven, and if she had any idea that she would be a target by this mysterious monster. The angel prayed that the chronofly remained up in heaven until this was sorted out, hating the idea of what would happen to her if she were to be captured now. Luna and Falla's fates were clear as they were endangered monsters of great power, and the angel would rather die than let the girls suffer such horrors.
Yukari and Ahakon were standing by the road watching the tunnel with worried eyes. They had known that this fight with the sirens' old master was coming up, but were still a bit nervous that it was coming up sooner than they had hoped. Not only that but the threat that the human world might once again be turned against the monster race was causing more panic, as the group now had to hurry and find Falla before this mysterious monster did. As Ahakon looked down in thought about the eventual fight against this monster Yukari glanced to the side. Ran was looking down at the ground as well, trying to remain calm and focused about coming with the group. She wasn't combat oriented like the others, the sirens having only been used to recruit/charm monsters for their old master's army, never having to actually go out to combat themselves. Still, she wanted to remain by Ahakon's side, and refused to let him go into the human world alone if there was a chance that her old master might show up. No matter what, she promised she would not let her hero be taken away by anything.
"I hope we get there in time," Ahakon said worriedly.
"Me too. Now that we know Falla could be in danger like this, time's dragging on waiting for the bus," Yukari said looking at the tunnel with concern. Moka glanced to them then forward again.
"We just have to hope she's ok. Like the headmaster said before there hasn't been any reports of problems in the monster world, and nothing regarding Falla's location either. If we're lucky the sirens' old master doesn't know about her yet," she said hopefully.
"I hope Luna stays up in heaven for now, she'll be walking right into danger if she comes back now," Kurumu said worriedly. She wasn't saying that just to keep the chronofly away from her angel; she truly wanted her friend to remain safe. And heaven seemed about as safe is it could get right now.
"We'll get this sorted out before she returns, both she and Falla won't be taken by this creep," Rason reassured with a nod. He glanced to Ran as the siren was looking down at the ground worriedly.
"Ran, it's not too late you know. You can go back and stay with your sister if you want," he said kindly. The siren shook her head and looked to him with a determined expression.
"I'm not leaving; you guys might need me if his charmed followers show up. Besides, this is my fight too," she said firmly. The girl looked down with frustration as the group glanced to her.
"That bastard used my sisters for horrible things in the past. I'm the eldest sister; I can't just sit idly by and wait for him to come back for them. I want to stop him as much as you all do if not more," she said with a focused expression. She growled a bit and looked out towards the red sea.
"That monster… keeping my sisters in the darkness… using us… treating us like his pawns, I won't let anyone else be used by him, never," she declared. The group looked to her as she narrowed her eyes at the red sea, the siren clenching her fists. Moka looked at the girl with a curious eye as the siren walked up to the cliffside.
"I won't let my hero or my friends suffer that fate. I won't… I won't!" she yelled out, the girl's voice sending out a pulse wave in front of her. The ground at her feet cracked a bit as dust flew off in a spiral in front of her. The group looked at her curiously, Dark and Mizore included, as the siren looked down again.
"I know I'm not a fighter like you all… but I don't care. This is my war too, and I intend to stand with you," she stated firmly. Moka smiled a bit at the girl and rested her hand on her shoulder. Ran looked to her as the vampire smiled.
"We're glad to have you with us," she said honestly. Ran nodded then looked at the red sea again as the group looked at her curiously. Yukari looked at the siren with wonder as Ahakon watched the blue haired girl stand there. She was always so quiet and shy before, yet now she seemed to be showing a bit more confidence with what was coming their way.
"Me too," Ahakon said. The siren looked back to him with wonder as the mage smiled at her.
"It helps to know we have a siren on our side with this," he said rubbing the back of his head.
"Ahakon…" Ran said softly with a slight blush. Yukari smirked and looked away.
"Yeah, I suppose that's true. With her with us his charmed army isn't such a big threat after all," she reasoned simply. She blinked then looked over to see Ran hugging Ahakon, the boy's face buried in her bosom while she was smiling blissfully with closed eyes.
"Thank you Ahakon, I promise you'll be safe with me here, I won't let anything get near you. I'll be your personal guard my hero, you're as safe as can be. I won't let you down, I swear it," she said happily. The group just watched the girl hug Ahakon tightly, the mage squirming a bit and whimpering something before slowly falling limp in her arms.
"Oh my god… is that what I've been doing to you?" Kurumu said with wide eyes as she looked to Rason. The boy just nodded with a weak expression as he watched Ahakon collapse in the siren's grip. Yukari's eyes were wide, her jaw was dropped, and her wand was starting to spark a bit. The group looked to her then to the siren who was still going in her loving tangent, unaware she knocked out her hero while upsetting his girlfriend.
"Um… Ran?" Moka asked worriedly. Mizore glanced to Yukari with a raised eyebrow.
"Too late," she said softly.
From the cliffside a bright flash followed by an explosion was seen, with dust flying up around the area. As it settled the group saw Ahakon lying on the ground face first, twitching a bit as smoke was coming up from the ground around him. Off to the side a small crevice was carved through the ground which led to Ran, the siren face down in the ground and also twitching slightly as her body was smoking. The group looked at her then to Yukari, the witch having her wand extended out with a glare and bared teeth as she had just fired her powerful attack at the siren.
"Didn't want to use your washtubs?" Dark asked with a raised eyebrow. Yukari merely glanced to him while holding her stance. Dark looked to Ahakon and shrugged.
"He probably wouldn't have been hit then, but whatever," he said simply. Yukari jumped a bit then looked to Ahakon, the mage who was also hit by the attack. Luckily for him he was already unconscious from the siren's affection and was mostly shielded by her body and breasts.
"Oh no, Ahakon! I'm sorry, I just wanted her to stop, I didn't mean to hit you too! Ahakon!" she cried out as she ran over to him and started shaking his body. Ran slowly got up with a dazed expression and coughed out smoke.
"Ok… I may have had that coming… sorry," she said weakly before dropping back down. The group looked to the unconscious siren then over to Yukari who was shaking Ahakon franticly.
"Well, we haven't even left yet, and already we have two down. Off to a good start," Rason said flatly. Suddenly his world went black and oxygen free.
"I'm so sorry Rason; I never knew that was what I was putting you through! Oh my lord, you must think I'm horrible, I'm so sorry! I never meant to treat you like that; I just wanted to show you my love! I just wanted you to know I love you Rason, please believe me! I love you!" Kurumu cried out with tears coming out of her eyes, once again hugging her boyfriend as she usually did.
"Kurumu," Moka groaned with a face palm. The succubus looked over to her and sniffled. Moka merely pointed to Rason with her other hand and shook her head. Kurumu looked down then screamed as she saw she once again knocked her angel out.
"Three down," Mizore said as Kurumu started shaking Rason franticly, the girl apologizing while crying loudly. Dark nodded then glanced to the tunnel.
"That bus better arrive soon, we're dropping like flies here," he said simply. Moka sighed and looked to the tunnel as well.
"I just hope Falla's ok still. We have to get to her quickly, if this monster attacks in the human world while looking for her who knows how bad it will get."
Sirens were heard in the streets of a human city as police cars and fire trucks were racing through the area. Ambulances were right behind them as they were responding to a crisis happening at one of the local high schools. At the front of the large group of rescue workers a police car was driving through the streets as fast as it could.
"All units be advised there are students and staff still inside, keep the area around the school sealed off from the public and evacuate those still inside with caution," a voice over the radio called out. The driver picked up the handset as his partner was looking ahead, seeing smoke rising over a few buildings before them.
"This is Unit 4; we're almost at the scene. We'll block off the surrounding roads and evacuate those still inside the building," he called out.
"Roger that Unit 4, use extreme caution, this is reported to be a monster attack. HDA forces are on their way, do not engage any monsters you see, keep your distance until backup arrives," the voice over the radio said. The policemen looked to each other with surprise.
"Wait, did I just hear…" one of them said.
"A monster attack?" the other said as they looked ahead. They saw the school up ahead, along with a large pileup of damaged and burning cars and trucks in front of the building. The school seemed to have suffered serious damage as part of the front building was collapsed in while fires were blazing around several classrooms. As they got near a bright multicolored blast rippled out in the sky above followed by a deafening thunderclap, the humans looking up to see a massive tear in space that ripped through the air above the school. A fast moving and blurred cosmos was seen through the rift as it arched and tore around erratically above the building.
"What the hell is that?" one of the cops cried out as the police car slammed on the brakes. It swerved to a stop near the school as other police cars and fire trucks came to a swift stop behind them. All eyes were looking up at the large tear in time, the anomaly slowly closing as it crackled violently.
"Holy shit…" one of the policemen said with wide eyes. The other shakily grabbed the handset and started to tremble.
"Tell the HDA to get down here now, hurry!" he cried out.
In a flash the ground alongside their car tore apart violently, the street seeming to rupture apart as a large crevice appeared out of nowhere. The car flipped over and crashed upside down as the humans screamed loudly. The group of cars and trucks behind them were tossed to either side of the street as the tears sliced through the ground erratically down the road then shot off to the side, then straight up the side of a building. Glass from windows and concrete from the walls shot out and flew about as erratic gashes seemed to carve along the structure instantly, the strikes appearing out of nowhere in the blink of an eye.
Inside the shifted moment of time the dark Falla was holding onto her double's wrists, the two girls spiraling around as they glared at each other. They flew up along the building before the good Falla broke free and swiped at her double, the tear in space from her attack slicing out and ripping through the side of the building as the dark girl flew up to avoid it. The good Falla darted up and swiped again, then spiraled around her opponent's own attack. The two swiped and dodged as they flew higher, both of them spiraling around each other as they kept their assault up. Glass and debris from the wall sliced apart as the girls exchanged attacks with ferocity, carving an erratic line up the building with their attempts to kill each other.
"Dammit just die already, JUST DIE YOU FUCKING MISTAKE!" the dark chronofly yelled as she swiped at her double again. The good Falla dodged above it then kicked the dark double, the girl crashing back through a window and into an office floor. There were cubicles set up around the large room, with people sitting in desks working on computers or on paperwork. The glass from the window froze in place as the dark chronofly rolled into the room then jumped up, the girl looking to seeing her double flying in with a strike trailing torn space behind her.
"You're the mistake you bitch, no matter what I'll kill you once and for all!" the good Falla screamed as she swung her attack at her double. The dark girl dodged back and then swiped again, the two tears flying around and slicing apart cubicle walls and sending papers and debris flying around. Everything froze in place as the girls continued their duel, both chronoflies trying to put an end to each other once and for all.
"How the fuck are you standing again anyway? It's not possible!" the dark girl yelled out as she swung at her double again.
"My boyfriend is a skilled catalyst mage; he gave me another chance to end this nightmare. He healed my mind, he healed my body, and I won't let him down!" the good Falla yelled as she swiped at her foe. The dark chronofly dodged under another attack, grabbed her double's hand, and then swung her around. She tossed the girl down the room towards a hallway, the girl spiraling around before reorienting herself with her wings. She looked back to see her double flying at her again, the good Falla flipping over sideways so her feet skidded against the wall as she spun around to face her opponent. The dark chronofly swung at her, the good version then lunging off from the wall and flipping over to land on the other. The dark girl's attack slashed by and tore apart the wall completely, the evil double then looking to seeing the other Falla shooting off from the wall towards her. She tackled her through the newly formed hole in the wall and the girls tumbled into another office. It had a large rectangular conference desk, several people in chairs all around it looking at a slide show presentation, and there were no windows as there were just paintings around the walls. The dark girl tossed her double off of her and onto the conference table, the girl rolling across it knocking over laptops and cups. She came to a stop and looked back to see her double jumping up into the air towards her.
"FADE AWAY ALREADY!" the dark girl yelled as she slashed down with both hands. The good Falla rolled back as the strike seared down and tore apart the table violently. The dark girl looked with a murderous glare through the haze of her attack to see her double standing back up on the table then charging her.
"You're going to pay for what you've done!" the good Falla screamed as she swung her attack at her double. The dark girl dodged back then flew up, flipping over and landing feet first on the ceiling. She then lunged toward her double with both hands swiping forward. The good Falla darted and rolled forward over the destroyed section of the table, then spun around and kicked her double in the gut. The dark Falla coughed out and tumbled in the air, crashing into the wall before dodging to the side to avoid the good Falla's strike. The attack ripped the wall apart showing the hall of cubicles as the dark girl jumped back up and swung at her again. The two darted back and forth while attacking each other, the wall near them being torn apart by their chrono infused waves. The good Falla grabbed her double's arm then tossed her over into the large room of cubicles, the dark chronofly tumbling through an empty one before stumbling back to her feet and running towards a window. She slashed through it and took off into the air as the good Falla followed after, the office floor behind them frozen in a state of chaos with debris and glass remaining still in midair. The dark girl dived down alongside the building and turned to face her double, the good Falla flying down towards her with fury in her eye.
"You're not getting away from me, not after what you did to my friends and family!" she yelled out as she held her hand back, trailing torn space behind her. The dark Falla smirked and held her hand out to the side too.
"For what I did? You mean what you did. Don't forget, we're the same person. The blood on my hands is the very same that's on YOURS!" she yelled as she swiped out to the side, the girl's attack destroying windows and concrete beside her. The debris and glass exploded out in front of the good Falla, the girl swiping forward and destroying all the fragments with a wide arc of her attack. She flew down towards her double, the evil girl banking off and flying low over the human streets. She laughed and darted down while swiping alongside a large fire truck. The vehicle exploded and spiraled around slightly before freezing in place, the good Falla following closely behind and spiraling underneath the flaming truck. The dark chronofly laughed manically as she swiped another car along its side followed by another, launching the destroyed vehicles into the air behind her. The good Falla banked around one then flew under another, growling with rage at her double's careless killing of the humans nearby.
"I didn't kill my father out of insanity! I didn't send my little sister to her grave! It was you! You were the one that murdered my family, you were the one that destroyed our kingdom!" the good Falla yelled as they banked around an intersection, the girls weaving between cars that were frozen in place.
"Hahahaha, no no my dear double, that was you as well. Deny it all you want, but their blood is on your hands. We're the same, you and I. We're both bloody MURDERERS!" the dark chronofly yelled as she swiped by the front of another large truck, the vehicle spiraling around as the tear destroyed its side and tore apart the human driving it. The good Falla darted under the flaming vehicle and closed in on her double, the dark girl swiping another car and sending it into a flaming spiral before it froze into place behind her. The good Falla flew around it and swiped at her double, the dark chronofly dodging down and swinging back at her. The two rifts seared past the girls and tore apart two more cars, the vehicles being shredded up by the chrono waves before freezing into place.
"You sent Complica to her death, you killed my father, you ruined my life!" the good Falla yelled as she swung her attack at her double again, the dark girl dodging to the side as the searing wave of torn space flew past her. The girl flew down a road between two lanes of cars, the evil chronofly holding out both hands to her sides and streaking large rifts alongside multiple vehicles on both sides of her. They all slashed apart and spun around wildly before freezing in place, the fires and glass from the wreckages spreading out into the air as the good Falla flew down low near the road. She soared under the frozen wreckages as the dark chronofly glanced back to her. In a flash the dark double swiped down and blasted up a crevice in the ground, the girl flying over it as the good Falla watched with surprise. She darted up and shielded her face with her arms, the girl flying though bits of glass and metal along with fires which were frozen in time. She flew up through the debris and flames which billowed up around her like a swirling cloud over the frozen wreckages and looked to see her double flying at her again with another attack. The dark girl swung at her again, and then another time as the good Falla darted back over the frozen flames and remains of the cars below.
"Oh how sad, still in denial? Face facts, you killed them all. You sent that little brat to the afterlife without a care in the world. You threw that worthless king into the tear without a second thought. You think you're different than I am? You think you're special just because you hit your head? Wrong!" the dark girl yelled as she swung around at her opponent. She then grabbed her double's wrists and held the girl in place as they hovered above the frozen chaos from their duel.
"You're just like me girl. After all, you are me," the dark girl said with a cold smile. The good Falla screamed and shook her head.
"NO! I'm not like you, I'm nothing like you!" she yelled as she broke free from her double's grip and swung at her again. The dark chronofly flew back over the tear as the good Falla growled loudly at her, her magic sending out a ripple in the air around her.
"I'm not a murderer! I'm not a heartless killer! And I don't give a damn about some stupid crown!" she yelled out. The dark girl scoffed at her as the good Falla glared at her.
"You were the one that never should have been created, you're the mistake in this timeline," she cursed with hatred. She trembled with rage then flew towards her double with fire in her eye.
"This is for my family!" she yelled as she swiped towards her double. The dark girl darted back and flew down the street with her double following closely behind. As they flew between more cars down the street the dark chronofly swiped her hand at the front end of another car, sending it spiraling into the air behind her erupting into flames. It froze in place as the good Falla flew under it by a hair, the girl then banking around another flaming vehicle that was tossed into the air by her opponent.
"HAHAHAHA, CATCH THIS!" the dark Falla laughed wildly as she flew down by a car and slashed across its lower front side, the vehicle spiraling around as it burst into flame before freezing in place right before the other Falla. She gasped and banked off to the side, then seeing another car spiraling up and freezing into place in front of her. She tried to bank to the side again but slammed into the windshield of the car, screaming as she tumbled down to the ground. In a flash she shifted out, rolling onto the ground then watching with shock as a few destroyed cars were spiraling down towards her. She screamed and rolled to the side as a flaming vehicle crashed down near her, the girl hearing several loud explosions from the destroyed cars and trucks behind her along with the sounds of screams and crashing from the streets and the nearby building that suddenly tore apart along its side. Broken glass and fire flew about over the girl as she screamed in a panic, the chronofly holding her hands over her head as she lay on the street. She quickly shifted back into time and looked up to see the dark Falla flying down towards her with her hand held back. The evil chronofly laughed wildly as she slashed towards the good Falla, the girl gasping and dodging to the side. The tear through space sliced apart the ground behind her, the girl stumbling a bit before taking off into the air. The ground around the dark Falla tore apart as a few cars were thrown away by a searing wave, the vehicles being cut up before igniting into fireballs that frozen in place. As they did the dark chronofly took off after her double with a wild laugh.
"NO NO NO! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!" the girl screamed as she flew towards her other self. The good Falla darted up into the air and struck back towards her double, the wave of torn space flying by as the evil girl dodged to the side and flew past her. The dark Falla swiped near her double, the girl ducking under it and taking off after her foe. The two flew around, banking around each other's strikes while spiraling around in a helix formation.
"You will fall, you shall fade away into time, just like you should have from the start!" the dark girl yelled as she swung towards her double again. The good Falla dodged the attack by a hair and swiped at her double again, the tear streaking by as the evil chronofly banked back and around the strike.
"I won't let you come back, you'll never come back to life you monster!" the good Falla yelled as they soared around in the air. They flew over the school as the dark Falla swung her attack again, the searing rift streaking past the good Falla who dodged downward. She flew down towards the school as she faced backwards, swiping towards her evil double. The dark girl dodged around the searing rift and flew down after her, grabbing her double by the throat and dive bombing down towards the roof.
"Time to splatter your good-for-nothing brains all over the building!" the dark girl yelled as she glared at her double. The good Falla grabbed her double's arms as she coughed and choked, looking to seeing the roof fast approaching. She then kicked her darker self in the gut, the girl coughing as her grip loosened. The good Falla swiped at her, the dark girl banking off to the side and spiraling down towards the roof of the building. The good Falla reoriented back up and slowed her decent, then looked to see Kyouko standing frozen on the roof, the human looking up towards where she saw the giant rift in the sky. The good chronofly then looked over to see her dark double striking down into the roof with an attack, shooting down into the school as the ground below her was annihilated by her chrono magic.
"Oh crap, Kyouko!" the good Falla screamed as she dove down towards her friend. She flew down and grabbed the girl by the hand, the two flying off to the side as the ground below Kyouko was slashed upward with a chrono strike from below. The dark Falla shot up through the broken floor as the good Falla looked back to her.
"Where are you going? WE'RE NOT DONE YET!" the dark Falla screamed as she flew after them. The good Falla watched her close in then darted up to avoid another strike from her double. She held Kyouko close to her with an arm around her waist and flew up as the dark girl chased them. Kyouko blinked then looked with surprise at the chronofly holding her.
"Falla? What… what the hell is going on?" she cried out looking around. She only remembered standing on the roof one minute, watching a large strange explosion in the air, then suddenly being carried by Falla high up in the sky again. She screamed and looked around, then down to see another chronofly chasing after them with a glare.
"What… who…" she said looking to the girl holding her.
"Don't worry Kyouko, I got you, just hold on!" the good Falla said as she dove off to the side as her double chased after her. Kyouko looked around to seeing the city below standing still then over to the other Falla.
"What is going on here?" she cried out. The good Falla banked around and headed towards the school at high speed as her double chased after her.
"I'm going to set you down by the others, hang on!" the good Falla shouted out as she dove down towards the group of monsters in the front of the building. She dove down towards them as Kyouko looked around with wide eyes. Before they could get close to the ground the good Falla was grabbed by the leg, the girls looking back to seeing the dark Falla holding onto her with a wicked smile.
"You two aren't going ANYWHERE!" she yelled as she swung them around then threw them towards the building. The girls screamed as they crashed through a second story window into an empty classroom, tumbling through desks and chairs before smacking into the wall and slumping down. Glass and broken furniture froze in place as the girls groaned and slowly looked up. The dark Falla swooped in and dove towards them with her hand held back, trailing torn space behind her.
"You two can die together!" she yelled as she swung towards them. The good Falla dodged to the side while holding Kyouko around the waist, the human girl watching as the wave of torn space flew past them and sliced apart the wall violently.
"Holy shit," she squeaked out with fearful eyes. The good Falla stumbled to her feet with Kyouko as the dark chronofly laughed wildly, the evil girl looking at them with a crazed eye as she held back her hand.
"How fitting… I get to kill you both AT THE SAME TIME!" she screamed as she darted forward and swung at the girls. The good Falla pushed Kyouko back then pulled her off to the side as the dark girl swiped at them constantly. The girls backed up towards the broken windows as the evil chronofly laughed manically at them. The good Falla glanced back towards where the others were frozen in time then to Kyouko.
"I'll handle her Kyouko, get to the others." she said as she tried to push the girl back. Kyouko held onto her hand with a tight grip as she watched the evil chronofly laugh. The good Falla shook her head a bit then looked back to her urgently.
"Kyouko, let go. You need to get away, I'll keep her from getting to you," she said quickly. Kyouko just stared with unblinking eyes as the dark chronofly lunged at them with another attack. The good Falla pushed the human girl off to the side and looked back to see the dark girl swiping just past them, the tear in space searing out the broken window in a wide arc. The good Falla swung out at her but her wrist was quickly grabbed, the dark girl chuckling as she held the girl tightly. The good Falla stared with a wide eye as she tried to pull free from Kyouko's grip to use her other hand.
"Kyouko, let go! Let go!" she cried out.
"Looks like she's scared to death, the poor thing. I hope she at least screams for me when I peel her apart," the dark Falla said as she geared back with her other hand to strike. The good Falla tried yanking on her hand but Kyouko kept a tight grip on it, the girl staring at the dark chronofly with wide eyes.
'Make this stop…'
The image of the thugs in her neighborhood that beat her up in the playground flashed before her mind, the girl being their target after the dark Falla led them towards her.
'No more…'
The image of her being tied down to the bed after Jovian abducted her flashed before her, seeing the dark witch smiling down at her wickedly as she prepared to molest the girl.
'Enough…'
The image of her being thrown out the window of the hotel, falling towards the ground at high speed before being saved by Astreal at the last second replayed before her eyes.
'Why won't this end?'
The image of the dark sisters again abusing her, making her satisfy them while torturing her flashed before her eyes.
'I'm always being picked on… always being used…'
The image of the dark Falla tearing apart her friend replayed again, the evil chronofly using the human girl's life as a way to keep the good Falla from fighting back.
'I'm always captured… I'm always abused… I'm always used against my friends…'
The image of her being held up in the sky by the dark chronofly, the girl who pretended to be her friend merely to worm her way into everybody else's trust.
'I'm tired of being the helpless human… the damsel in distress…'
The image of her being dropped down towards the school while the dark chronofly laughed, screaming as she raced towards the ground in a fatal fall only to be saved once again by her friend.
'I'm not going to take this anymore… I'm not going to be used any more…'
"Say goodbye," the dark Falla said as she swung her attack towards her double.
"NO!" Kyouko screamed as she lunged forward and tackled the dark chronofly down to the ground, with the good Falla watching with surprise. The human girl kept the thrashing chronofly pinned down and sent a punch to her face.
"You lied to me, you used me!" she screamed. She struck again across the girl's jaw, knocking blood out of her mouth.
"I thought you were my friend! I trusted you!" she yelled as she struck her again, the hit knocking some more blood out of the girl's mouth. The good Falla watched with a wide eye as the human girl relentlessly beat on the dark chronofly with punch after punch. Kyouko couldn't take it anymore. She had been deceived again and again, used to put her friends and family in danger, and was always having to be saved by somebody from an evil monster. She felt her anger towards this monster rise after seeing the pain she caused, not only to herself but to her friends.
"You damn monster! You'll pay for this! You'll pay!" she screamed as she punched the girl again and again, the dark chronofly's legs thrashing about as she was beaten down by the human girl. The dark Falla growled then grabbed the girl's hands, rolling them around on the floor as Kyouko kept her grip on the girl.
"You miserable little insect! I'll tear you apart for that!" the chronofly yelled as they tumbled around on the ground. The good Falla just watched with surprise as her human friend was attacking her darker self with fury, the girl staying in the shifted moment by holding onto the evil chronofly.
"Fuck you!" Kyouko yelled as she slammed her knee into the evil girl's gut. The dark Falla coughed out violently as the human struck her again, and again, and again.
"YOU! DAMN! MONSTER!" she yelled as she struck the chronofly in the gut repeatedly.
"Kyouko," the good Falla said softly in wonder. The evil girl coughed out blood and looked with frustration at the human girl. Kyouko geared back to kick her again before the dark girl kicked her off of her, the human tumbling back and shifting out of the moment.
"You… wretched… little…" the dark Falla hissed as she slowly got up. She then looked to see the other Falla lunging towards her with a swipe. The dark chronofly ducked under it, only to be promptly kicked by her double. She stumbled back then slashed towards her double with a fierce swipe, sending a wave of distorted space towards the good Falla. The girl dodged back and grabbed Kyouko by the hand, the human girl shifting back into the moment and stumbling back onto her rear then looking with surprise at seeing the dark Falla glaring at them with fury. Kyouko growled and got up on her feet, holding onto the good Falla's hand tightly.
"Well I'll be, a human just kicked your ass. Or should I say, our ass," the good Falla quipped with a smirk. Kyouko just showed a focused expression as the dark chronofly growled loudly.
"You two… are HISTORY!" the dark Falla yelled as she raced towards them. Kyouko lunged forward with a punch, sending out a small tear of torn space in front of her. The dark Falla dodged back as the good Falla darted up into the air, lifting Kyouko up and spinning her around in a circle back down towards the evil double. The human girl kicked out towards her with a searing trail of torn space, the dark chronofly watching with surprise before quickly swiping towards them as well. The two tears connected and flashed brightly, the room lighting up before a thunderclap echoed out.
Outside the school the group was looking up at the dark version of Falla with discontent. Razico and Astreal were watching the chronofly carefully while Apoch was lying on the ground near the school, unconscious after being freed from Jovian's control. Render and Leon were looking up at the dark chronofly with narrowed eyes, the battlemage holding his two swords tightly while the mimic mage watched the butterfly girl carefully. Ceal was looking at the chronofly with a careful eye, wondering if it was his girlfriend, or the evil copy.
"Is that… Falla?" Razico asked cautiously.
"It's her, but not the Ms. Falla we know. That monster is her old evil self, she cut apart the real Ms. Falla inside the school," Astreal said with a pained expression.
"Falla's fine now, relax," Ceal said simply. The group looked to him as Apoch started to stir a bit.
"What? What do you mean?" Razico asked with surprise.
Suddenly a large explosion and a massive tear erupted high in the sky above the school. The group looked up to see a blurry cosmos inside the tear as the rift arched into the air erratically. The helicopter in the sky swerved away from the blast as the humans were watching with stunned expressions.
"What in the world is that?" Render asked with wide eyes.
Before anybody could say a word suddenly the streets nearby tore apart, with police cars and fire trucks being tossed around as the road sliced apart violently in a flash. Sounds of crashes and explosions raced out into the city along with alarms and screams of panic.
"What the hell is going on here?" Leon asked looking around. They heard a few large explosions and saw several cars bursting into flames quickly down at an intersection. Screams and sirens echoed out as the nearby roads seemed to be thrown into chaos in a matter of seconds. A few flaming cars and trucks were seen flying by in one of the far away streets as the group looked around puzzled.
"What… what's happening?" Astreal asked worriedly.
Nearby the recuse workers of the human city were watching with wide eyes as several of their cars and trucks had been tossed around by a mysterious force, with a few of them now upside down or laying on top of each other.
"What… was that?" a man cried out from inside his overturned fire truck.
"A gas line exploding? Terrorists?" another man yelled out as he crawled out of his police car, the vehicle having its front end crushed in and twisted up. The humans were looking around with surprise at seeing the city nearby seeming to fall into chaos instantly, with a tall office building being torn up on one side violently while a few streets had cars and trucks erupting into fireballs and being thrown around like a tornado had hit them.
"Holy shit, the entire city is falling apart," a policeman said with wide eyes.
"Is this… is this a monster attack?" another policeman said worriedly. The rescue workers all looked to each other with concern at that remark.
"Well, we did hear reports of monsters being sighted nearby," a fireman said fearfully.
"And this school… that's where those monster kids were going isn't it?" a paramedic said looking to the building that appeared like an earthquake hit it. Suddenly a room on the second floor seemed to explode violently, with a large tear of torn space erupting and blasting apart the upper and lower floors from the room. The humans watched with shock as the rift seared to the side and annihilated more of the school.
"Oh my god… what the hell is going on here?" a policeman cried out hiding behind his overturned car. He then looked over into the vehicle as a voice was coming from his radio. He crawled back into it as the other humans watched with wide eyes, all of them looking around at the chaos that was consuming the city.
"Um… what do we do now?" a fireman said nervously.
"Like hell I know, we're not getting paid enough for this shit!" another fireman cried out.
The policeman took his radio and listened in to the other end as he held a hand to his ear.
"C'mon, we need to get those kids out of there, we have our orders. Get the students and staff to safety and… block off this area at once!" a policeman shouted out, trying to force a commanding tone even though he was scared out of his mind.
"Oh man, we're going to need backup, it looks like the city is falling apart now," another policeman said looking back to the destroyed streets nearby. The policeman inside his car scrambled back out of his overturned vehicle quickly.
"Hey, new orders from the top, we need to get the hell out of here right now!" he yelled out.
"What? But we can't just leave those kids like this, that place is falling apart," a fireman said looking to the school.
"This area is a hot zone now; we just got the call in from the higher-ups. The HDA is sending in combat units, this is a monster attack!" the policeman called out. The rescue workers looked at him with surprise then to the school.
"It is? Monsters are doing this?" a fireman said with shock.
"What, I thought they were on our side now. What the hell?" a paramedic cried out.
"Holy shit, they're attacking the entire city!" a fireman said looking back to the chaos nearby.
"Everybody pull back, we are under orders to section off this area one block around the entire school, keep everybody away! This place is now a hot zone for HDA soldiers! I repeat, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE NOW!" the policeman called out. Other rescue workers started running back away from the school in haste. Some grabbed guns and shotguns from their overturned cars while other's got their vehicles moving again and sent them into reverse quickly. A few called out into their radios for backup and support with the crisis, and to alert all units to stay away from the high school.
The group was watching as a classroom next to them had exploded violently, all eyes looking to see the large rift in time destroying more of the heavily damaged school. The roof seemed to explode as well with more dust and debris shooting out.
"What the hell is doing that anyway?" Render called out.
Suddenly a figure appeared out of thin air and flew down towards them in a tumble, the butterfly girl crashing into the ground and rolling over to the group. Everybody looked to seeing Falla lying there, the girl groaning as she tried to move.
"Falla?" Razico asked with surprise.
Apoch started to slowly get up, her senses gradually coming back to her, and then jumped up with a gasp.
"What… what's going on?" she asked quickly. She then looked over to seeing the group looking down at Falla. The witch shakily got up before the building near her started to rumble. The group looked back to see the wall of the building collapsing and crashing down towards Apoch. The witch screamed as she backed up, watching the massive amount of concrete and debris raining down towards her.
"NO!" Render yelled as the wall crashed down, the ground around the impact shooting up dust and debris as the group watched with shock.
"Apoch!" Razico yelled out.
"Sister!" Astreal cried out.
"Yes?" Apoch asked from behind them. The group looked back to seeing Falla standing there, smiling weakly at them as she held the surprised witch. The group blinked then looked down to seeing another Falla lying on the ground. Slowly the girl opened her eye and slowly sat up with a strained expression.
"Two Falla's?" Razico said with shock. Apoch looked to the chronofly that had saved her at the last second then down to the other Falla, the chronofly slowly standing back up while holding her head. The group looked between the two with wide eyes as Ceal merely glanced to each one with a cautious expression.
"How… but..." Razico stuttered in disbelief.
"Wait… our Falla was cut to pieces inside the gym. How… are they both whole?" Leon asked confusedly.
"I told you she was fine now," Ceal said plainly. The group looked to him with surprise as the two Falla's looked to each other. The one near Apoch growled and held a hand out to shield the witch as the one in the middle of the group glared at her.
"Why don't you just die already?" they both shouted at each other. In a flash they vanished as tears and slices appeared around the area instantly. The group looked around quickly as they caught glimpses of the two girls wrestling around before vanishing again.
"What… what is going on here?" Razico said in surprise.
"Better question, how is the Falla we know back together again?" Render said looking to Ceal. The group looked to him before the two Falla's appeared in the middle of the group, both of them holding onto the other's hands. The group backed up as the girls growled and struggled against each other, their wings fluttering behind them.
"Which one is the real one?" Apoch said as she formed her sword. Astreal aimed her attack at them, switching her focus from one to the other with frustration as her wrist glowed brightly.
"I don't know, I can't tell them apart," she said with worry. Razico tensed up as Render and Leon watched the two girls cautiously. Ceal watched them carefully, each girl looking to be the exact same. The two Falla's struggled before one of them pushed the other to the side, then tackled her down. They rolled around until one ended up holding the other in a headlock. The pinned Falla started to flutter her wings before the other snapped at them with her mouth, the other chronofly then retracting them back completely and looking over to Astreal with a strained expression.
"Astreal… shoot her," she pleaded in a weak voice, the witch looking between the two worriedly.
"No, I'm the real Falla, she's the evil me!" the other yelled out. The one in the headlock growled and grabbed the other by the neck, flipped her over onto the ground, then attempted to strangle the chronofly as she was holding her down by the neck upside down. The other's wings started to flutter at first then retracted as the chronofly on top started to bash down on them with her knee.
"Apoch, kill her! Quick!" the chronofly on top yelled out. Apoch held her blade at the ready and looked between the two nervously.
"No… kill her! She's the imposter!" the other coughed out as she tried to break free from the stranglehold. The witch looked between the two and shook her head.
"I can't… I can't tell them apart!" Apoch cried out.
"Me either, which one is the real Ms. Falla?" Astreal said shifting her aim from one girl to the other.
"I still don't get it, how is the real Falla back together like that? We saw her get torn apart by her double," Render said with puzzlement. The two Falla's tumbled around before stumbling back to their feet, the girls then instantly appearing together holding onto each other's arms as they tried to wrestle each other down. One of the Falla's glanced to Ceal quickly then back to her double.
"He did it, he put me back together," she said urgently. The group looked to her as the other chronofly growled loudly at the girl.
"No, he put me back together! You fucking liar!" she yelled as they stumbled around, each girl trying to strangle the other. The group looked at them puzzled then to Ceal, the boy showing a dull expression as the two girls struggled to take each other down.
"Shut your mouth you damned double, he's my boyfriend. He's a catalyst mage, he's the one that healed me after you tore me to pieces in there!" the first Falla yelled out.
"He healed me; you're just saying that because I told you earlier! I'm his girlfriend, I am!" the second Falla shouted out.
"No, I'm saying it because I'm the real Falla!" the first one barked out.
"Don't listen to her Ceal, I'm the real Falla!" the second cried out.
"No, I am!" the first yelled as they kept trying to push each other down.
"A catalyst mage?" Leon asked looking to Ceal with a raised eyebrow. The boy nodded and snapped his fingers with his gloved hand. Suddenly black tentacles appeared around the two chronoflies, the girls looking with surprise as dark limbs wrapped around each of their necks and wrists. They looked over to Ceal with a wide eye as the boy just watched them, the girls being held apart from each other as the necro monster below them held on tightly. Each tentacle tightened around the girls' throats, each chronofly looking at Ceal with a gasp as he narrowed his eyes at them.
"Now then, it's time we put an end to this little game," Ceal said coldly.
From nearby in a tall building two gleams were seen from high up in the tower. Inside an empty office room two men in tactical gear were holding sniper rifles, scanning the area around the school. Their scopes slowly panned around then stopped as they saw a group of figures in front of the school. One was a man in dark clothing with a cape, and near him were what looked to be students of the school.
"Sir, this Hawk 1, we have a visual on them. There's more than three that were reported, but they do appear to be wearing school uniforms though," one of the men said into his earpiece.
"All but one, but they're definitely monsters," the second said as his scope saw the glowing blade in a girl's hand, a glowing light coming from another girl's hand, the two large swords in another boy's grip, and how two schoolgirls were being held in place by strange dark tentacles coming up from the ground.
"This is HDA Command. Can you be certain that they are the ones causing this? We need confirmation," a man's voice said into their earpieces. The two snipers watched the group carefully.
"They have two schoolgirls detained by… some strange things coming from the ground. One of the group's members is holding a sword… of light, and another's hand is glowing brightly," one of the snipers said cautiously.
"There is a man with them, doesn't appear to be a teacher. Black cape, dark hair, he fits the description of the call we received in the area earlier. That and the strange dark limbs coming from the ground, these are the same monsters alright," the second sniper said with a nod.
"Have you seen them kill anyone?" the voice asked.
"No sir, not yet. They're just standing there… talking," the first sniper said.
"Should we intervene? They have two girls in their grip down there," the second said as he kept his finger on the trigger.
"No, we cannot act without visual proof. The city is in panic mode but no word yet on what exactly has happened or caused the disturbance. If we kill them now and it wasn't their doing we're finished," the voice said with frustration.
"But sir, we can't just do nothing, they have two of our students down there. They look like they're going to execute them," the first sniper said with concern.
"If they spill the blood of an innocent human, that will be all the cause the government will need to reject the peace treaty with the monster race. Watch them carefully to see how they act. If they let those students go, send in a squad to detain and arrest them. If they kill them however, you are authorized to use lethal force," the voice ordered.
"There are others with them, I'm not sure if they're human or not," the second sniper said looking at Render and Leon.
"That kid's got two freakin' swords, how is that normal?" the first sniper said in disbelief.
"So, it doesn't mean he's a monster. He could just be some punk otaku on steroids or something," the second sniper reasoned with a shrug.
"Don't risk shooting anyone unless you're sure they're a monster. We cannot harm our own kind here," the voice said sternly.
"Yes sir," the soldiers said as they kept their scopes on the group down below.
Down by the school the group was looking at the two Falla's with caution, both girls staring at Ceal with worry. They were held tightly around the necks and wrists, the dark necro monster from down below keeping them detained. The others were looking at them cautiously as they couldn't tell the two apart at all.
"Ceal… don't…" one of the Falla's begged.
"Kill her Ceal, she ripped me to pieces in there," the other chronofly pleaded.
"No, don't listen to her. I'm your girl, it's me Ceal, your Falla," the first girl begged.
"No, I'm your girl. Don't let her trick you," the second said worriedly. Ceal looked between the two and shook his head.
"I'm not up for playing 20 questions right now, we'll settle this with one simple test," he said. Everybody looked to him as he glanced from one girl to the other. Both chronoflies watched him worriedly as they were bound tightly by the necro demon from below.
"How are you going to tell them apart?" Leon asked.
"Simple, I'm going to say something, and they'd better do it," Ceal said simply. The two chronoflies glanced to each other then back to him. Apoch and Astreal kept their guard up while Razico looked between the two copies of the chronofly carefully.
"Falla…" Ceal said simply. Both girls looked to him with a hopeful eye as he glanced away.
"Jump for me."
The group watched the chronoflies carefully as Ceal looked back to them with a raised eyebrow. One of the Falla's smiled brightly then hopped a bit into the air. She smiled at the boy, and then looked to her double who didn't move an inch. The double smirked at her and shook her head.
"Wrong," she said simply. The other Falla looked at her confusedly then choked loudly as the tentacle around her neck tightened more. More dark limbs appeared from the ground and held her hands behind her back while her legs were ensnared tightly. The group looked at her with surprise as the other Falla was released from the dark necro monster's grip.
"What the… I did what you asked of me!" the bound girl choked out as she was brought down to her knees. The other Falla giggled then walked over to Ceal.
"He meant jump through time, something my boyfriend has ordered me to do before," she said proudly. The group looked at her with surprise then to the other Falla, the girl growling and glaring at her double with rage.
"Neither of you could do it since you were bound, but I knew the fake Falla would take that command literally just as my girl did at first," Ceal reasoned knowingly.
"She's the fake?" Leon asked cautiously as the group tensed up. Ceal glanced to the girl next to him and nodded, the chronofly smiling softly at him.
"Yes, my girl knows how to listen," he said simply. The real Falla nodded and smiled at her boyfriend then looked back to her double with a glare.
"Ms. Falla?" Apoch and Astreal asked worriedly at the standing chronofly. The girl looked to them and smiled in relief, then nodded gently at them. The witches smiled a bit as they saw their real friend standing there then looked down to the double with anger.
"Amazing, Ceal… put you back together? How?" Render asked in wonder. The group looked to the catalyst mage as he kept his glare on the dark Falla. The boy walked up towards her as the girl glared at him as well.
"You're the one that was responsible for Falla's downfall in her life. You're the one that brought her such pain from your horrible acts," he said with a dark tone. The girl growled as she thrashed a bit in her bonds.
"If you're expecting me to say sorry, or to beg for mercy, fuck off," she snapped at him.
"How did you come back? How did you and those witches come back from being dead?" the real Falla asked with anger as she walked up next to her boyfriend. The dark girl growled and glared at her with a narrowed eye. She then smiled wickedly.
"We were brought back to come get you, to bring you to your new home," she said with a hiss. The group looked to the good Falla cautiously as she showed puzzlement.
"What? What are you talking about?" she asked.
"Just like I said bitch, we were brought back to come here for you. To take you alive so you could-... well, it doesn't matter. I'd rather have skinned you alive and crushed the life out of you instead of having you be captured in one piece," the dark Falla growled with discontent.
"Ms. Jovian and Ms. Jacqueline were brought here with you… to kidnap Ms. Falla?" Apoch said looking to the good Falla.
"Yes, however we thought it would be more fun to simply kill you. You know, since you KILLED US!" the dark girl yelled out. She was then grabbed by the jaw with Ceal's gloved hand and turned to look up at him, the boy glaring at her with his cold blue eyes.
"You had the nerve to tear off my girl's wings, to cut her apart. It's because of your existence that her race is gone. It's because of you that this nightmare came to be," he said with malice. The bound chronofly showed a bit of fear as she trembled in his grip.
"I said, fuck off," she hissed. She cringed as he applied pressure to her jaw, the boy watching her with cold eyes.
"And it's because of you… that she is scarred today," he said with anger. The group looked at him curiously as the boy held his other hand up towards the evil chronofly, the girl looking at it with a wide eye.
"What… are you doing?" she said shakily.
"An eye for an eye," he said coldly. The group then watched as he used his hand and dug his fingers in around her eye. The girl screamed in pain as everybody watched with surprise. He held her head tightly as she screamed and thrashed about in her bonds, blood dripping from her face. Ceal then yanked his hand back, having torn out the chronofly's eye. She shrieked in pain and shook her head as the group watched the boy with wide eyes. He held the eye in his normal hand and glanced down to the dark chronofly, the girl cringing as she tried to control her screams.
"It was because of your foolish ambitions that Falla lost her eye in a duel with her sister. It was because of you that she came to be without her eye. You took it from her," he said coldly. The group looked at him with wonder then to the wounded chronofly, the girl having no eyes now as she screamed and thrashed about.
Up in the building the snipers were watching the scene with careful eyes.
"Holy shit, that boy just ripped out her eye!" one of them said with shock.
"Dammit, we need to act now," the other said as he kept his finger on the trigger.
"You cannot fire unless it's confirmed that a monster is doing the killing. Was it?" the voice said into their earpieces.
"No, it looks to be a normal male student. But for all we know he could be one of them," one of the snipers said.
"But until we do know for a fact we cannot act now. If he's a human then this isn't an act of war by the monster race. Until you're sure it's a monster doing the killing you cannot fire," the voice ordered.
"Yes sir," the two soldiers said as they readied their rifles.
Down by the remains of the high school the group was looking at Ceal with wonder. The dark chronofly was crying out weakly as she thrashed in her bonds, unable to see anything now as she had lost both of her eyes. The good Falla looked at her boyfriend with amazement then smiled softly at him.
"Ceal… you're the greatest," she said adoringly.
"Yeah, nothing expresses one's devotion to somebody more than ripping out someone else's eye," Render commented with a shrug.
"Seems to me like she had it coming," Leon said with a glance at the wounded chronofly.
"She deserves worse," Apoch and Astreal hissed in unison. Razico nodded as he watched the wounded chronofly suffering then looked over to the good Falla. She was smiling lovingly at her boyfriend then watched as the boy walked up to her with a solemn expression.
"Ceal?" she asked curiously. The group looked to Ceal as he just stood there in front of his girlfriend. He slowly reached up and held her eye patch, the girl quickly grabbing his arm with a worried expression. He paused as Falla shook her head, and then nodded with a solemn expression still. After a moment Falla showed remorse and let go, with Ceal then removing her eye patch. Her old wound was scarred badly, with the eyelids not having closed properly and showing her damaged eye socket.
"Don't look there," she pleaded softly as she held a hand over it.
"Falla, put your hand down," Ceal said simply. The girl hesitated then slowly lowered her hand. The group looked at the girl's wound with remorse as Ceal gently held her around the waist.
"Ceal… what are you doing?" she asked as he brought her closer to him. The boy glanced to Render as the group was watching him closely.
"This is what a catalyst mage can do, watch," he said calmly. Then the group watched as he held his other hand with the removed eye in it up to her face and pushed against her wound. The hand and side of her head glowed with a bright light as Falla opened her mouth, looking like she was screaming as she went wide eyed and trembled in his arm. Her legs gave out and the boy held her up, the girl gasping as she held onto his arms tightly.
"Ceal… what… what are you doing?" she said shakily.
"Don't resist me Falla," he said simply. The girl trembled then slowly lowered her hands.
"Yes… sir," she breathed out as she felt lightheaded. All she could see was a blinding light as a strange sensation raced through her head.
"What are you doing to her?" Razico asked in surprise. The others just watched with wonder as Falla twitched a bit and seemed to fall into a daze, her eye slowly closing as she fell limp in Ceal's arm. After a moment the boy slowly kneeled down with her, the girl groaning as the light around her head faded.
Up in the towering building the two snipers were watching them carefully.
"What the hell is he doing to her?" one of the men asked. The other merely shrugged as they both kept their scopes aimed at the group.
The group watched as Ceal held the chronofly gently, the girl slowly opening her eye. She blinked and looked at Ceal with wonder as he removed his other hand. Everybody stared with shock and gasped as Ceal slowly stood up and helped Falla stand. The girl stared at her boyfriend with surprise then slowly raised her hand up to cover her right eye.
She saw her boyfriend clearly with her new left eye, the girl trembling with amazement as she removed her hand and showed everybody her two red eyes.
"Oh my god…" Razico said with shock.
"Ceal…" Falla breathed out in disbelief. She blinked a few times and looked down, waving a hand in front of her left eye and seeing it perfectly.
"Ms. Falla… your eye…" Apoch said as she dissolved her sword.
"Oh my lord… you have your eye back," Astreal said in wonder as she lowered her arm, her magical buildup in her hand vanishing. Render and Leon looked at Falla with wonder then to the wounded chronofly.
"How… how did you…" Render said looking back to Ceal. The catalyst mage smirked and glanced to the two hunters.
"Now you know," he said simply.
"Ceal… I can't believe… you actually… oh my god… Ceal!" Falla cried out as she leapt into a hug with the boy, crying out of joy. She had her eye restored, the catalyst mage having transferred the part from her other self into her body. Although the eye was still 'dead' as the evil chronofly wasn't technically alive, the mage was able to use the eye as a construct and fully regenerate it with his necro magic.
"Ceal… you're the best!" Falla cheered before she pulled him into a kiss, holding onto him tightly. He closed his eyes and held her around the waist gently, the group looking at the couple with wonder.
"I don't believe it… he actually gave Falla… her eye back," Razico said in disbelief.
"How did he do that?" Render asked confusedly.
"A catalyst mage, I've heard of those before," Leon said carefully. The group looked to him as Falla and Ceal broke their kiss, the girl looking at her boyfriend with loving eyes, two red eyes in fact, as the boy gazed into hers with a calm expression.
"They can mend and repair any wound or broken bone with their magic. It's said that they can even exchange existing organic matter with what they find from another living being," Leon explained with wonder. The group looked to Ceal as he glanced to them with a calm expression. Falla kept staring at the boy with loving eyes before she looked over to the sound of her double screaming, the dark girl still bound by the necro demon from the underworld.
"When I get free from this… when I get my hands on you… you're all going to pay!" she screamed out. The group looked at her with discontent as she thrashed about in her bonds. The good Falla glared at her then looked to see somebody walking past her towards the dark double. The group watched as somebody walked up towards the screaming chronofly; a schoolgirl holding a baseball bat in her hands.
Up in the building the two snipers were watching carefully as a new figure appeared in the group.
"Who is that?" one of them asked.
Down by the school the dark Falla was screaming and thrashing around in her bonds as everybody was looking at somebody who had a bat in her hands.
"You…" Kyouko said with hatred. She was glaring at the dark girl while her clothing was slightly burned. After the clash of the chrono magics had blasted the room apart Kyouko was tossed back out into the hallway from the explosion, the girl growling and looking to seeing both Falla's gone. She then ran down the halls towards the stairs, running quickly as she had fire in her eyes. She wasn't going to run and hide anymore, not after this monster came here and caused her friends all this pain. As she ran down a hall she saw a storeroom that was blown apart, the girl spotting a baseball bat lying on the ground inside.
"You…" she said as she raised the bat up, the group looking at her with surprise as the dark Falla shakily looked up to the voice.
"Ky… Kyouko?" she asked shakily. The group looked at Kyouko carefully then to the dark chronofly with glares. Kyouko tightened her grip on the bat as she raised it up over her head.
"You… BITCH!" she yelled as she swung down, striking the chronofly in the head and crushing in her skull with a sickening crunch. Blood splattered out into the air as the chronofly's body twitched then fell limp in the grip of the dark tentacles. Kyouko screamed then geared back again, striking the body with her bat and smashing in the skull.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH!" she screamed again as she started smashing the head more and more. The group just watched with wide eyes as the human went postal on the chronofly's corpse.
Up in the building the two snipers were watching a schoolgirl with a bat mercilessly strike another girl who was bound by some dark appendages.
"Um…" one of them said slowly.
"I think she's human," the second said eyeing Kyouko closely.
"She's pissed off, that's what she is," the first sniper said raising an eyebrow.
The group watched as the dark tentacles let go of the bound chronofly's body and vanished back into the ground, the remains of the evil girl dropping down and being beaten constantly by Kyouko who had fire in her eyes.
"You tried to kill me! You tried to kill Falla! You bitch! You bitch! You fucking bitch!" she yelled out with rage as she swung her bat down on the corpse repeatedly.
"Ms… Kyouko?" Apoch asked shakily.
"I've never seen her so… angry before," Astreal said with wide eyes. The others just watched as Kyouko got a few more good hits in before she stopped, the girl breathing heavily as she glared at the battered remains of the dark chronofly. The corpse flickered with a reddish light then slowly shifted away into black dust, the group watching as the soul of the dark chronofly faded away. Falla blinked then waved her hand in front of her new eye, still having it after Ceal had transferred it to her.
"Fucking die already," Kyouko spat out at the remains. She breathed out then looked back to the group with a weak smile, then stared wide eyed at Falla.
"Falla… you… your eye," she said in disbelief. Falla nodded and looked to Ceal with a loving expression.
"My boyfriend gave it to me, he's simply the best," she said softly. Ceal merely shrugged with no expression. Kyouko looked at the two with wonder then smiled a bit.
"Oh my god… Falla… it looks… it looks great," she said walking up to her. She looked at the chronofly's new eye with amazement then to Ceal with wonder.
"How… how did you do that? That's… unreal," she said in disbelief.
"What was unreal was watching you go to town on that bitch's corpse with your bat," Render commented with a chuckle. The group looked to him as he shrugged with a smirk.
"Don't get me wrong, that was pretty cool how you just used her head like a watermelon for your rage release, I'm just saying I didn't think you had it in you. Nice one," he said casually. Kyouko looked at him with wonder and a small blush, seeing all the muscle the boy had now.
"And what… happened to you? You look… wow," she asked softly. The boy chuckled and spun his swords around once, then moved his hands up along the blades as a light shimmered brightly from his palms. The group watched as the swords vanished back into the magical ether as his hands ran along them, the boy then laughing a bit as he dusted off his hands leisurely.
"Just got a little pumped for battle is all," he said with a nod. He then breathed out and held his hands together. A greenish light formed in his hands and then swirled around his body, the caster being obscured by a blinding flash. After it cleared the group saw Render back in his normal form, with a lot less muscle but still smiling arrogantly. He stretched out then held his arms back behind his head with a casual smile.
"It's just what I do," he said modestly.
Up in the building the snipers were watching with surprise at seeing the boy reclaim his swords and muscle mass with strange lights.
"What the… did you see that?" one of the sniper asked.
"Yeah, he's a monster too," the other said as they narrowed their eyes slightly.
Down at the school the group was looking at Render with wonder.
"What… are you?" Astreal asked.
"He's a battlemage," Apoch said softly, still staring at him with wonder. Render chuckled and nodded then glanced to Apoch.
"Glad to see you're back to normal now too," he said with a wink. She blushed and nodded slowly in response. Leon glanced to Apoch then looked over to Astreal.
"Are you ok?" he asked gently. The girl jumped a bit then looked down with remorse.
"Yes… thank you," she said softly.
"Ok, what the hell is going on here? What was with those two witches over there earlier? And with… another Falla being back from the dead? Not to mention with you getting muscular like that and you taking body parts from others, what the hell is up with that? And have you all forgotten how you just destroyed a human high school?" Razico cried out. The group blinked then looked around as sirens were still heard in the distance.
"Oh yeah…" Render said rubbing the back of his head.
"Not what we wanted to do, trust us," Leon said simply.
"Those bitches started it," Kyouko scoffed with discontent.
"Falla, did you have to take your fight all over the city?" Ceal asked looking around at the damaged roads and vehicles. The group looked to the chronofly as she smiled weakly while rubbing the back of her head.
"Well… we just sort of ended up moving around. I tried to take her down every step of the way, but… I'm too good of a fighter," she said with a weak laugh.
"Wait, you mean all that happened out there in the city… was from you two fighting?" Razico said looking back to Falla with surprise. The girl laughed nervously then looked down with remorse, nodding slowly while glancing to her friends.
"Sorry," she said softly. Razico looked at the girl with disbelief then back to the city.
"Are you crazy? Do you have any idea how bad this is going to make us look?" he cried out.
"Wow, how did you do all that?" Kyouko asked with wonder.
"Hey, it's not like I wanted her to come here after me in the first place, I didn't want this," Falla argued with annoyance.
"You threw the city into chaos, look at this mess!" Razico yelled out. Falla looked around worriedly then glanced to Ceal.
"Sorry, I tried to stop her," she said softly. Ceal merely shrugged, not seeming to care that his girlfriend and her evil double's fight caused so much havoc across the city.
"Well this is going to be bad," Leon muttered while looking around worriedly. Render nodded and looked around with concern as well. Apoch and Astreal however were staring at the boys with wonder. Apoch was still in awe about Render's ability to fight, and how he was so charming to her even when she was being used as a killing machine against him. She saw that strange aura of confidence again as he bravely fought against Jovian, and how he even flirted with her playfully while she was forced to try to kill him. Astreal was still amazed how Leon managed to copy the evil witch sisters' attacks, and finally bring an end to Jacqueline and her oppressive hold over her. He even showed his caring side as he refrained from attacking her while Jacqueline used her as a shield, and how he tried to save anybody he could by fighting with his all against the evil witch.
"Bad? This is a freaking nightmare! Look at this mess; this is going to make monsters everywhere look horrible!" Razico cried out.
"They don't know Falla did this hunter, they have no proof of that," Ceal said plainly. Razico looked at him with disbelief as Falla smiled nervously.
"That is true I suppose. Hell, I'm still confused as to what exactly she did here," Render said looking around at the city as he scratched his head. Leon nodded as he looked to the chronofly with a curious glance.
Up in the building the two snipers were watching the group carefully. One of the snipers held a finger to his earpiece as he kept watching through his scope.
"Sir, there may be monsters down there, but I don't think they caused the chaos in the city. Three of them just lowered their weapons… or lights… whatever they had, and they are all just talking now. One of the students is alive and talking with them freely while the other… well, she was killed by what appeared to be another student arriving at the scene," he reported.
"So there was a fatality?" the voice asked in the earpiece.
"Yes, however it wasn't done by any otherworldly means. A schoolgirl used a bat on her. I can't tell if she's a monster or not, but I couldn't see any monsters actually killing anybody down there. And the girl that was killed… she seemed to dissolve into smoke, I'm not sure how that happened or what it means," the sniper continued.
"The ones that were showing off their weapons put them away. Send in the combat squad to detain them and bring them all in for questioning. We'll provide cover from here if they resist," the second sniper said.
"No, kill them now!" another voice yelled from the earpieces. The snipers glanced to each other curiously.
"Sir?" one of them asked slowly.
"This is Jenner Rythmore, I'm in charge of the HDA and I'm ordering you to put an end to those monsters right now!" Jenner yelled out.
"But sir, we haven't seen proof that they are responsible for this disturbance," one of the men said looking back to the group through his scope.
"Don't question my orders soldier. This whole event isn't normal by any means. A city thrown into chaos in seconds, strange monster sightings reported earlier in the day, and now you're seeing those same monsters by a school that was just destroyed. A school that staff was also reporting strange activity in, a school that is now in ruins with students and faculty dead inside. These monsters have drawn our blood today, attacked from within our own city walls under the guise of trust and coexistence. Well that ends today; we will not be fooled by their deception any longer. Now, I'm giving you an order, kill them now!" Jenner yelled out. The snipers looked to each other then back to the group down below.
The group was looking around at the sight of smoke and haze in the city streets as a few crashes and sirens were still going off.
"Oh man, what do we do now?" Render asked shaking his head.
The snipers took careful aim as two of their targets were in sight.
"The city might not be blamed for us, but people sure as hell saw us fighting in the school. With what happened here, a monster attack is likely going to be assumed," Leon reasoned while looking back to the building.
The two men steadied their rifles as they narrowed their eyes.
"I can't believe this is happening. First you idiots plan on destroying the world with Pandora's Box, and now the human world is going to go to war against us once again," Razico said with frustration.
The snipers readied their fingers on their triggers as they calmed their breathing.
"Hey, for the last time they're not going to destroy the world with that box. Ceal's opened the box before along with his ancestors and the world's still spinning," Falla snapped with discontent. The witch sisters looked at her worriedly then to Render and Leon.
The two men looked at their targets carefully, both knowing that taking this course of action may be uncalled for, but had to obey their orders nonetheless.
"Honestly, after all they've done to help us, after how they fought to help keep Apoch and Astreal free, and how Ceal gave me not only my mind back, but my body. My entire body, after my double carved me up inside the school he put me back together again. He even gave me my eye back! After all this you're still going to say they can't be trusted?" Falla cried out. Razico looked at her cautiously then to Ceal. Falla shook her head with discontent then looked over to Apoch and Astreal.
"Are you against us still as well? Do you really think they're going to destroy the world? Don't you trust them at all after what they did to help save both of you?" she asked accusingly. Apoch and Astreal looked to each other then to Render and Leon.
"Well…" Apoch said softly.
"We…" Astreal said with hesitation.
BANG! BANG!
Two gunshots echoed out in the sky as two rounds were fired from a nearby building. A high pitched whistle sound was heard before blood splattered out into the air from two direct hits. Kyouko watched with wide eyes then screamed, her voice echoing out along with Falla's as the group watched with shock at the sight.
Two figures wavered then dropped down to their knees.
"No!" Kyouko screamed out.
Two figures that had a bullet go through their hearts at high speed.
"No!" Falla cried out in horror.
Two figures who shakily looked up at the group with fright and disbelief.
"No!" Razico yelled out.
The witch sisters, Apoch and Astreal.