Chapter 8: Change
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2109 A.D
Location: The Ulu
Time: 1 day after Black Knight Station Genocide
As events set themselves into motion, in the Ulu, Davina, who now has grown her former red hair to a medium length ponytail, walks to a white wall and uses her finger to separate it, revealing a lone chained individual in a darkened section of the room within.
As she steps through the wall, the chained figure then moans as Davina says "Are you awake?" as it says in a robotic like voice "Yes my master, Zamiel, where is Zamiel?" while jerking the chains binding it.
Davina says while staring somberly at it "Patience, you'll have Zamiel in time, but first i have a mission for you, I trust you are eager to be free?" as he replies almost happily "Yes, as you defeated me in combat, I'm ready to serve the very ground you walk on".
She smiles at him and say "Good, his grace has informed me Zamiel and the others have escaped his sights and has tasked me to go to his likely hiding spot Neiosha, leaving Earth and it's realms exposed".
The figure then says in wonder "What are you suggesting Lord Davina?" as she answers "Quite simple, right now Raziel is dealing with Heaven, Narvak is handling the Fallen Angels realm, Luno is draining Asgard, and Izanami is laying waste to Olympus"
The figure then says "With all that being done in an instant, where does it leave me in all of this, and what about Hell and Earth?" as she chuckles and says "That's where you come in, I thought about the earth and everyone you know there, wouldn't it be nice for you to be reunited with your loved ones, your family?"causing the latter to nod in silent agreement.
Davina continues to say "If you wish to keep them safe, we must unite the world against those who would harm them, lets say I take a position on earth that'll see to that and pay hell a visit, sound good?" with a smirk.
The figure then leans it's head forward to reveal a demonic faced Issei Hyoudou with fangs protruding from his mouth, now with black veins protruding beneath face leading up to his forehead with a yellow jewel appearing in the center, and revealing to be shirtless and wearing black combat pants and boots lining his now physically fit body.
He then says in a deeper voice "Yes master, but I request one thing" as Davina replies "Which is?"
The dark issei then breaks free of his chains and says " To pay a visit to the Phoenix family, I'd like to make a point to them that the mortal world is off limits" as he forms a set of Black Dragon Emperor Armor.
Davina then caresses his cheek and says "It shall be yours to enjoy" as she brings him in for a kiss, as their black & red auras illuminate the room .
She then breaks the kiss and says "But leave Rias alive, I need her for something important and then you may do as you wish" as he frowns and says "Fine, but i can't promise no damage will be done".
Davina then look at him says "Fine with me, now go my pet, do our holy father's will in the destruction of the nothing king" as he then bows silently and leave through a shadow.
She then shifts her gaze to a reflection of herself upon a nearby wall, saying to herself "Zamiel, don't think our little 'treaty' saved those girls, you'll pay for everything you've done to existence, i'll prove with my power your not as absolute as you claim to be, I swear by my hands, you'll be destroyed and then your power will be mine to wield" as she generates an enormous amount of white energy.
Davina then opens a portal leading into space and lifts herself off the floor as a white aura forms around her.
She then begins to fly into to it at nearly impossible speed, leaving traces of a sonic boom and says "I sense my offspring is near as well, it's best I keep my distance, but she will do mommy a favor in time, hopefully she hasn't grown soft in that monster's care, otherwise i'll be needing a replacement, makes me sick knowing she caused me to lose my innocence, I didn't want it...I never wanted it!" as she flys faster through space in inner rage.
Meanwhile in the present on Neiosha...
Ophis wakes up in a bed littered with stuffed animals, breathing heavily drenched in sweat.
She then gets up to go out the bedroom door, and enters a long dark corridor, walking down to hear the sound of a piano.
Ophis then follows the sound that leads toward the nearby stairs, then begins to go down the stairs as the sound gets closer.
She then reaches the bottom of the steps and sees that the front door is wide open as the sound leads her outside, and as she reaches the outside, she sees a sight that leaves her breathless.
In front of Ophis eyes, a woman with jade green skin and long midnight black hair, wearing a long white dress who is playing the piano as Ophis whispers "Th-that form, Zamiel is that really you?".
The woman now revealed as Zamiel says in a blissful tone "Yes dear, it's me , you remember me looking this way originally last we saw each other" as the loli dragon replies "So long...it's been so long since you've played my song" as she embraces Zamiel on the piano bench.
Zamiel stares stunned as she says "Ophis, you've never hugged me before, are you ok?" as she notices Ophis is tearing up on her dress.
She then says to Zamiel "Yes, just remembering the moments like these we've had before you left me behind" as she looks down, still gripping onto Zamiel.
The woman then reaches behind her and says "That reminds me, I need to give back something to you" as Zamiel pulls out a doll resembling a brunette woman in a cloak.
Ophis then stares in a rare surprised shock as she says staring at the doll "My doll, mother's doll, you kept it all this time?" as she takes the doll and examines it as she replies "Yes,yes I did, she was my betrothed, I miss her everyday and I kept it to remind me of the promise I made to her before we got separated" as Zamiel looks down in a disappointed manner.
Ophis then looks at Zamiel and asks "Tell me, what happened to her that day?" as Zamiel sighs and says "She blew herself up to buy me enough time to hide you, Metatron did that all for you, and I was too slow to stop it from happening and not a trace of her could be found to ressurect, I did only thing I could do next, spent an eternity looking for you " as she smokes a blunt appearing suddenly in her hands.
Zamiel then continues "But then I grew desperate and tried to recreate you but I couldn't get it right with all my limitless power, but one clone came close and that was Raynare, a clone infused with fallen blood provided by former head researcher Baraqiel, which is why her potential is unparalleled by other Fallen, you and her are not fully dragon nor fallen, you are a celestialite made of my essence, created by me and Metatron, the seraphim of death" as she sees Ophis eyes widened.
Ophis then sees visions of her younger self playing happily with a female Zamiel, and a pale slender white haired glowing ice white woman, in a field of sunflowers.
After that she begins to see a vision of her older self training with a male Zamiel in a part of space at speeds faster than light, causing the ouroboros dragon to tear up black liquid once more.
Ophis then says in a muffled voice "You did all this for me?, and what happened to lilith where is she?"
Zamiel then says "She's being carefully healed by Dr. Osterman, God itself struck her upon ressurrection, she'll make a full recovery thanks to the energy we gave her to stay physically intact" as Ophis listens to her words.
Ophis then loosens her breath to sigh in relief as another voice says in a deep low tone from behind "A c- a clone...how can it be!?" revealed to be raynare in a black gown and slippers falling to her knees in tears.
The fallen then asks in the midst of sniffling "And you knew..all along Zamiel and said nothing, why?" as she replies "Raynare, I know you are confused but just lis-" as she yells "NO YOU LISTEN! EVER SINCE MEETING YOU, YOU'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, HOW CAN I EVEN TRUST THAT YOU DIDN'T BRING US HERE FOR A TRAP, HOW CAN I TRUST THAT YOU ARE NOT WITH GOD TOO!?"
At this Zamiel simply sighs and cracks her hands and sits closer to the piano keys and begins to play 'Claire de Lune' with the piano, causing the two to stare in surprise at the action.
Zamiel then begins to play louder as a chrome violin appears before Ophis feet and she mysteriously instinctively picks it up, and then says "Wh-what is this, what are you doing?" as her arms begins to play the violin synchronizing with the melody of the song.
Raynare's body began to follow suit as her hands formed a light orb that began to mold itself into a harp with a crystal seat, as she too began to play and says in confusion "How are you doing this Zamiel? Answer me!"
Zamiel ignored her tone and replied "I'm not doing anything at all actually, with you both being higher lifeforms, your bodies understood the powerful tongue of music and the music speaks to them to join me as we give the universe a message" continuing to play with a smile.
As all three of them play in pure unison, the view of space above begins to change around them just as an enormous pink portal opens up lighting the sky, then a mountain sized manta ray like illuminscent blue moth appears above soaring through space majesticly as it begins to purr along to the song with grace.
Ophis and Raynare both stare in awe, with Raynare saying "It's beautiful, how did it know to come here?" as she notices several humanoid bodies of light arrive through the portal as they hum to the melody further harmonizing the scene.
Zamiel then says "Shh, just let your bodies focus and play, they have come to hear the message" as the giant moth lands softly despite it's size, while the light humanoids begin to kneel and hold up their hands, all while still harmonizing the song.
Raynare starts to drop a tear and says "I feel the control of my body returning but, I don't wish to stop, what is this?" as she plays causing a smile to form mysteriously.
As they reach the final note, the gathering of creatures then all look up in unison as an enormous portal opens revealing a tall silver winged figure with wasp-like eyes and silver hair who lands before zamiel and the two.
The creatures and the silver figure then bow in unison saying "Welcome back Zamiel, lord of the void" as Raynare stares and says in confusion "The void?"
Meanwhile...
In another section at Zamiel's home, Asia is seen walking up to a building seemingly separated by the rest, much larger in size as well.
Initiatially she had heard what sounded like a wail from inside which peaked her curiousity, and now she stands before two 10 ft tall doors as she says "This must be the way inside, I should probably mind my own business it's probably nothing after all i'm on an alien world so what to do" as she ponders her next step.
Suddenly she is interrupted by a voice saying "I say we go inside, it may give us an idea on what's to come" as Asia turns to see an awake Akeno in a white robe.
Asia then says "Akeno um I was just looking around is all" as she responds "I'm sure of it, but I have concerns about this place, I looked for Rias all nightt but she is nowhere to be found so I came here seeing how it's the only place I haven't checked".
Asia replies "Do you think Zamiel minds us going here, the energy here doesn't feel as inviting " and Akeno says with a smile "Ah, that's why we're breaking in".
Asia then says "Akeno don't say it like that, we're just here to-" but they then turn their faces to see the doors open down by themselves.
She then says "I think someone knows we're here, do you think it's ok to go in?" and akeno answers "Only one way to know" as she proceeds to casually walk inside with Asia following in a frenzied panic.
As the pair begin to make their way inside, they are greeted with an all green room with what appears to be a front desk with no one behind it and a door on each side, and above it is a sign to which Akeno pronounces aloud "Rehabilitation Sanctuary" as they both hear footsteps approach a door.
The left door opens revealing a small pale girl with light grey short straight hair and dull empty grey eyes and two holes in her forehead wearing a black-white scrub uniform, who then casual approaches the two and says "Welcome to the sanctuary Akeno Himejima & Asia Argento, you arrival is on time as expected" causing the two to stare in mixed emotions.
Asia then says with a shakened voice "Um, how did you know that?" as the girl says "The walls hear things and speak to me directly it's alot to explain but know that you stand in one of the most safe places in reality, come with me, the doctor is waiting to meet you both in person" as she turns away and robotically walks back through the door.
As they follow her hesitantly, Akeno asks "What's your name little girl? you look too young to be working like this" and the girl says "My name is rukia, or at least I remember it that way, and as for working here it's my choice, when Zamiel found me my universe was wiped out by the awakening of Yahweh, then I decided to stay here with the doctor" as they begin walking down a blue dim corridor.
They then turn their attention to some windows brightening the hall, but Akeno peers through one and sees a red headed woman sitting in a chair with a stone face wearing a gown, then ask "Why are these people here like this?" as she sees more people within rooms through the windows.
Rukia then says "This is where some the most deadly beings in the omniverse go when they can't control themselves, that girl you saw first was the antichrist Orana of another universe that narrowly became a multiversal threat, but with the efforts of a hellspawn and shinigami she was detained from suceeding" to which the pair stare in awe.
Asia then asks as she wonders something "Um, may I ask how did Zamiel save you, what is zamiel exactly?" and Rukia asks with a small smirk "To be honest i'm not so sure myself, but I would give anything to get close to Zamiel, but she refuses to bound me since absolute freedom is her only wish for all" as Rukia releases a sigh of disappointment.
Akeno raises a brow at this and asks "Why did you just call Zamiel a she just now?" and she says "During the 1st moon Zamiel prefers to be a woman for unknown reasons, come the doctor is behind this door" as they approach a rusted door with only a handle.
As they reach the door, Rukia pulls it open to reveal a frost white room with three chair positioned in a triangle, with a tall 6'3 ft dark skinned woman standing in the middle of them wearing a long buttoned up black lab coat and heeled boots and royal purple hair.
The woman then says "Ah there you are, I see you brought the guests, Dr. Kate Schrodinger, oldest seed of Zamiel, at your service ladies, please come in have a seat" as she beckons them to sit.
The pair look at the woman in intimidation as they sit, then Asia says "Um hello my name is -" but pauses as she notices the woman injecting a sayringe in her neck quickly, causing confusion in the two.
Kate then cracks her neck and says "Phew sorry about that, I needed to do that because of an embarrassing condition" and Akeno asks "Which is?" and Kate says with a smile "I was about to lock the door and pound you 3 at once, seriously damn you bad girl, how about five minutes of licking you up from the bac-" but receives a slap in the face from Rukia.
Kate then says with a moan "Little bitch, you know I like that, come here" as she grabs Rukia and fondles her chest while holding her in her lap, Rukia then says in a moan " Dr. Schrodinger, this isn't professional, but I know i've been bad so please be kind to my body tonight" as they ignore the jaw dropped girls.
Asia then yells looking down "Please stop!, we just wanted to know where our friend went, have you seen her?" and Kate says "Nope, just you gorgeous, I bet your body is better than this bitch here, but I suppose you wanted to know why I had you brought here, nothing serious about it, just wanted to meet the old bastard's new friends" as they nod knowing who she meant.
Akeno then says "I see, but I noticed your energy, it's similar to the strange aura we encountered before with two masked monsters with guns, I assume they worked here?" and Kate says rubbing Rukia "Yup, but to be honest they were idiots, went and tried to betray us, but Zamiel erased them in anger so outta sight outta mind, hey Rukia it's time to get up and get to work, i'll see you in my room later" as she releases her from her hold
Rukia then gets up and says to Kate "Yes Doctor, I'll be waiting I promise" as she leaves the room in a slight hurry and a blank face.
Kate then says to them "Forgive me for that, I can't help myself around other women, but I have some business to discuss with you , and I'll tell you now it'll blow your minds" as she grins at them unexpectedly with malice.
Meanwhile...
Michael arrives at Heaven's gate and says "I hope I'm not too late" as he approaches the entrance but his eyes grows wide in fear as he sees blood littering the ground edges.
He then open the gate and sees his fellows angels bodies mutilated and contorted in ways never imagined, and then he sees a hand twitch on the ground and rushes towards the hand underneath a pile of bodies.
The hand's owner is revealed to be a lone blond long haired angel with half of her face ripped to shreds, breathing heavily facing up at Michael.
Michael then asks "What happened here? Who did this?" and the angel says in a wheeze "M..michael...you must flee...Raziel...realms in danger...all hope is gone...run and never return...ambush" as she passes out from the damage.
Michael then kneels down and closes her eyelids as a raspy voice says "You really let the place stand unguarded, what a shame brother, but don't grieve , we still have something to discuss regarding your betrayal to God" as it is revealed to be Raziel, stepping on the dead angels grinning ear-to-ear and wings raised in the air.
Michael then raises his energy to high levels and says in anger "Brother, what have you done, this is treason!" and Raziel retorts "Me, treason? My my you don't get it, God is who told me to do this, you've been collaborating with our enemies along with goading our angelic kind to follow you as well, which is why God has tasked me to clean the place of nay sayers." causing Michael to charge in anger and fall to the ground in blood immediately.
Michael then stares up and says "What...is this power, it's not of the Angels" and he says in a cackle "What's wrong was I too fast for your vision, well that is the Seraphim wave, our true power which we've denied for so long, a gift from the holy father, and mine to wield at will, you will be the first leader to fall in the cosmic hazing, for wherever there's order, chaos must follow, bear witness to the glimpse of the endgame" as he begins to stomp the angelic general with a horrific crackle in each hit.
A/N: And that concludes another chapter of this story, next chapter will be all about the training that will change everything, until then as always I hope you guys enjoy the read :)
P.S : Orana is a character from an old unfinished story that will be linked to an upcoming project, and Rukia in the story is Dark Rukia variation