Sword Art Online: Alicization

Administrator

*Let's Continue Where We Left*

"I thought you'd come. If I tormented those children long enough, I knew you'd emerge from your musty hole soner or later."

"Since I last you, you've grown adept at imitating a human."

"Oh my. And what about you, pipsqueak? Why are you speaking to me in that bizarre manner? Two hundred years, when you were brought before me, you were trembling and alone! Right, Lyserith?"

"Don't call me by that name, Quinella! My name is Cardinal. I am the program that only exists to delete you."

"Yes, that's right. And I am Administrator. The one who controls all programs. I apologize for not greeting you sooner, pipsqueak, but I was preparing the command to welcome you, and it took longer then expected."

The whole world outside the Church turn into purple darkness.

"You disconnected the address, didn't you?"

"Two hundred years ago, it was certainly a mistake to let you get away when I was so close to killing you, pipsqueak. And so, I decided to learn from that mistake. If I could someday lure you out, I'd trap you on this side. A mouse inside a cage with the cat that hunts it."

"But in this situation, it isn't clear which of us is the cat, and which is the mouse, is it? After all, there are five of us and only one of you."

"Five against one? No, your calulations are a bit off."

Golem stood back up.

"What?"

Sonic walk's in front of Cardinal and got in his fighting position.

"To be percsie, it's five aganist three hundred, not even including me." Quinella said

"Three hundred?"

"Not even three hundred can stop a single Excalibur." Sonic said

"You... What... What depths have you sunk to? Are they not the very subjects you should be protecting?"

"Subjects? Subjects, as in humans?" Eugeo said

"Which means that monster is human?" Alice said

"As if I would ever bother with pretty matters like "the subject I should be protecting." I am a ruler. As long as those under my rule exist in the lower world in the manner I desire, whether human or sword, then there's no need for concern." Quniella said

"You..."

"Oh my, you're not shocked by the matter conversion of a measly three hundred human units, are you?"

"Did you say mesaly? And this is only a prototype. In order to mass-produce the finished version to handle the awful load test, I think I'll need at least half."

"Half of what?"

"Half of the 80,000 or so human units residing in the Human Empire. That should be enough. To repel the Dark Territory's invasion and attack the other side."

Cardinal, Kirito, Sonic, Alice, and Eugeo were all shocked.

"Well? Are you satisfied, Alice? Your precious Human Empire will be well protected."

"Your Eminence, Pontifex. it's clare that the words of a human can no longer reach you. So I ask you as a user of the sacred arts. Where are the owners of the thirty swords that make up that puppet? Even if you've broken the rule that only aloows you full control of a single sword, you can't break the next rule. To perform Memory Release, there must be a powerful bond between the sword amd its owner. Your Eminence, if the source for the swords that make up that puppet is innocent humans, then it's not possible for those swords to love you!"

"The answer is right before your eyes. I'm sure Eugeo has already figured it out."

Kirito, Sonic, and Alice all looked at Eugeo.

"I see. So that's it."

"Eugeo?"

"Kirito, the crystals in the ceiling. They aren't just ornaments. They're probably the memory fragments stolen from the Integrity Knights."

"Wha-"

"It can't be..."

"Curse you, Quinella! You've... You've gone too far in yout manipulation of humans! By inserting the memory piece you extract during the Synthesis Ritual into a mental model, you can treat it as a simulated human unit. But its itelligence would be severely limited. It'd be unable to execute a complex command like the Perfect Weapon Control Art. But it'd be different if the memory ouece and the data linked to weapon are almost the same. In other words, the beloved people in the memory pieces you stole from the Integrity Knights were your resources for creating those swords. Isn't that right, Administartor?"

Golem started slowly walking to the five of them. Sonic slowly walk's toward Golem as well but Cardinal put's her hand in front of him, stopping him from walking.

"The knights' simulated personas desire only one thing. To touch the one they recall, hold them tight, and make then their own. It's that unseemly desire that moves this swordsman puppet. Right now, they sense that person is near. But they can't touch them, They can't be one. Driven by maddening starvation and thirst, the only thing they can see is the enemy standing in their way. If they annihilate that enemy, the person they desire will be theirs. So they fight. No matter how badly they're wounded, or how many times the fall, they'll get back up and for eternity. Well? Isn't it a winderful mechanism? The power of desire really is remarkable!"

"This is something, Eggman would create to stop me." Sonic said

"You're wrong! Don't you dare taint that emotion by calling it desire! This is... This is pure love!"

"They're the same thung, my foolish pipesqueak. Love is control. Love is desire. In actual form, it's nothing more than a signal output from the Fluctlight! And most important of all... now that you know that, you can never destroy that puppet, no matter what. And why? Because that puppet's swords are living humans beings who've been transformed!"

Cardinal was shocked.

"Yes... you're right. I can't kill people. I've spent the last two hundred years devising an art to kill you, a nonhuman, but it was all for nothing."

"How foolish of you! How completely comical! All life in this world is nothing more than aggregated data the can be overwritten."

"No, they're still human, Quinella. The people who live in the Underworld possess the true emotions we lost. Hearts that laugh, grieve, rejoice, and love. What more do they need?"

Cardinal throw's her staff, walk's toward Quinella and passes Sonic as well.

"I will give you my life! But in return, I want you to spare the lives of these youngsters!"

"Cardinal!" Sonic yelled

"What are you-"

Golem scratch it's sword in the ground, making an annoying loud screech.

"What would I gain from accepting such terms?"

"If you wish to fight, then I assure you I'll keep your pathetic doll's actions contained, and shear off at least half of your life. That much of a load will further strain your dwindling memory capacity, wouldn't it?"

"Well, all right. I can always save the fun for later, right? All right, I swear on the goddess Stacia. That after I-"

"No, not on any god, swear on the one thing you valve most of all, your own Fluctlight."

"Fine, fine. Then I swear on my Fluctlight and all the precious data accumlated there. After I've killed you, I'll let the three behind you go unharmed. Expect for armor kid right beside you. I want a battle with him as well and also wish to kill him as well." Quinella said

"Very well."

"I accpet you're deal." Sonic said

Cardinal and Sonic look behind to see Eugeo, Alice, and Sonic.

"I'm sorry." Cardinal said

"I'll be fine guys. Don't worry." Sonic said

Cardinal and Sonic start walking closer to Quinella. Quinella summon's her swor and point's it at Cardinal and Sonic. Quinella fires beams at both Cardinal and Sonic. The beam went threw Cardinal but didn't take damage while Sonic blocked it outta the way.

"This fight is easier then I expected." Sonic thought

"Is that it? No matter how many times you strike me, I'll-"

Quinella fires beams at Cardinal and hits her in the stomach. Sonic noticed and grabbed her.

"Of course I'm holding back, pipsqueak! What fun would it be to finish you right away? I've been waiting two hundred years for this moment, after all!"

Quinella fires'a lighting bolt at Cardinal and Sonic. Sonic quickly garbbed her as he jumped outta the way from the attack. After rolling away, they stood back up, Sonic couldn't readt in time as Cradinal get's hit in the back and get's sent flying toward's Golem. Quniella start's laughing as she start's attacking Cardinal mutiple times. Sonic quickly get's in front of Cardinal and blocks several of the lighting attacks. Kirito was about to run to help but Cardinal and Sonic yelled at him.

"Stay back!"

"I'm not letting you die! I had enough of seeing everyone die in front of me!"

Cardinal get's hit again and sent flying. Sonic quickly grab's Cardinal and blocks Quinella attacks from hitting them both.

"I'm powerless. I can't believe how powerless I am. No, there has to be something I can do. Instead of berating myself for being powerless, I need to find a way to fight!"

Once the dust cleared out. Cardinal was lying on the ground behind Sonic who blocked all Quinella's attacks.

"Now, shall I finish this? Farewell, Lyserith. Farewell, my daughter. And.. my other self!"

Quinella charges up her sword.

"What are you waiting for? Finish us!" Sonic cried out

Quinella fires her attack and goes pass Sonic and hit's Cardinal, sending her flying one of her leg's fell on the ground and her body land's right in front of Kirito, Eugeo, and Alice.

"(Laughing)"

Sonic started getting angry as he hold his sword tightly. He then lunges toward Quinella as they both collided their weapons at each other. The two charged up their swords as both were pushed back away from each others attacks. Quinella fires mutiple lighting attaks at Sonic but blocks them. Behind him, Kirito and Alice were holding on to Cardinal while crying.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Kirito said

"Why would you apologize? You still have a mission you need to complete, don't you? The four of you... This fleeting, beautiful world... No matter what..."

"No matter what... we'll use these lives you gave us to complete this mission."

"Eugeo."

"I... I just finally realized what my mission is. I won't run. I have a duty I must carry out. Cardinal. Please use your remaining power to transform me... transform my body into a sword. Just like that puppet."

"Eugeo, are you..."

"If the four of us escape from here, Administartor will transform half of the humans in the world into terrifying monsters. If there's one last chance remaining to prevent that tragedy, then... it must lie in this command. (Hold's Cardinal's hand) System Call. Remove Core Protection."

Eugeo removed his Core Protectiom.

"Please, Cardinal. Our bond has to be far stronger than the power driving that monster!"

"Don't! Stop it, Eugeo!" Kirito said

"It's okay, Kirito. This is what I'm meant to do."

"Very well, Eugeo. I offer the final command of my life... to your decision."

Cardinal's gave her Core Protection to Eugeo.

"That's right. I need to tell you ome last thing. The pontifex is impervoius to metal weapons. That's why I couldn't stab her with my dagger."

Sonic land's back on the ground, stop's fighting and look's at Eugeo as he stood up and a beam aimed at the bird in the ceiling. A module slowly came down to him as Eugeo saw a young Alice getting closer to him. Soon, Eugeo started transforming.

"Whoa..."

"What?"

Eugeo made a cross like pose and layed down as his sword pointed down at him.

"What are you doing you half-dead runt?"

Quinella charges up her sword.

"No you don't!"

Quinela fires at Eugeo but Alice block's the attack with her flowers.

"Your lighting won't work on me as well!"

"You lowly puppet knight! You say such impertinent things! Then all of you can burn!"

Quinella fires'a fire ball at Alice.

"No!" Sonic yelled out

"I said, no you don't!" Alice running

Alice jump's and hit's the fire back. Soon after, she get's sent flying and hit's the ground. Eugeo was all charged up he went inside the module as he transform into a sword.

"Release... Recollection."

"Even if you mimic my command, a meager sword like that can't compete with my weapon of utter destruction! I'll snap it in two with a single blow!"

Golem charges at the sword. The sword aim's at Golem and fly's toward's it and attacks but it was blocked. The two continued to swing at each other.

"That is one of the most beautiful swords I have ever seen." Sonic amazed

"Beautiful. Human love, and the lighy released by one's will... it's so beautiful." Cardinal said

"Yeah. It is."

"Kirito, I'm leaving the rest to you with Sonic. Please protect this world and its people."

Cardinal disappered in thin air and her soul went to the sword. Soon, the sword grew wings as it flew around the area in great speed and soon, Golem. Golem block's the attack but the sword was pushing Golem back until the sword brok Golem and breaks the Module.

"Eugeo."

"Oh my! You want to fight me, boy? A little arrogant, when all you did was poke a gap and destroy my puppet, wouldn't you say?"

The sword aim's at Quinella.

"Stop. Don't go. Eugeo!"

The swords charges at Quinella as she fires a lighting beam attack at the sword. The sword and the lighting beam collided together.

"Eugeo!"

"No!"

The sword destroy's the beam.

"You wretched brat!"

Quinella charges toward Eugeo as the two collided and slam swords. Eugeo started to crack but it didn't stop him to push Quinella back. Eugeo then stab's Quinella, causing a massive shock wave and sending Kirito and Sonic towards the wall next to each other. Once the shock wave was over, Sonic and Kirito looked and saw the sword broken in two. The sword transformed back into Eugeo himself. Seconds later, large amounts of blood spewed out of Eugeo as he was also cut in half of his body as well. His Blue Rose Sword landed right next to him and broke. Sonic and Kirito were in shocked.

"The sword that was converted with Eugeo's body, in terms of priority, it was no match for my Silvery Eternity, so this is a surprise. And not recognizing that the sword wasnmt metallic was also mistake."

Quinella healed up her wounds.

"Now then. That you two be the last ones standing is something of a suprise as well, boys from the other side. Why you came all this way without Administrator privileges... I admit I'm a little interested."

Quinella make's her cut off arm into a sword.

"But I'm tired of all that now, and I'm sleepy. I'll have that person give me a full account later, and bring this battle to an end with your blood and screams. Farewell, boys. Let's meet again someday on the other side."

Quinella swing's her sword at both Kirito and Sonic but Alice get's in front of both of them.

"How many times... are we going to make the same mistakes?"

"There's no meed to win every time. Even if you all, if you're defeated one day, it's enough if your heart, your will is connected to another. I'm sure everyone who's spent time with you two but left felt that way. As do I, of course. Therefore, you both can stand again. To protect someone you love."

Kirito and Sonic slowly grabbed their swords as the two blocked Quinella's sword from killing Alice. All four of them were pushed back soon after.

"What? You can still move after all?"

"Yeah. Leave the rest to us."

"I think I will."

"This is our last chance, Kirito. It's now or never."

Kirito nod's and put's Alice gently on the ground. The two then stood up and looked at Quinella.

"Thanks, Alice. You can rest. This life that Charlotte, Cardinal and Eugeo entrusted us with, I'll connect it to you."

"Now then, let's do this."

"Good luck, Sonic. Were counting on you."

Sonic turn's and look's. He saw Tails and Knuckles standing there watching him.

"Tails... Knuckles..."

"Prove youself that you are a person that doesn't back down from a fight! No matter how hard the battle is!" Knuckles said

"Yea! Go get'em, Sonic! I know you can do it!" Tails cheering for Sonic

"(Pull's Up Eye Shield And Wipes The Tears Off His Eyes) Don't worry guys. I'll do everything it takes to defeat her. Even if it means dying." Sonic said

Tails and Knuckles then disappered in thin air. Then, Sonic got in his position, ready to battle.

"You ready, Kirito?"

"(Get's in position) Ready!"

To Be Continue...

"Next Time: My Heros." Kirito and Sonic as narrtors