Once we were done working at the ancient factory/my old house, I decided to replace Zappnic with Odiborg and had him and Byeol both be out of their Nexotraps at the same time, mainly because Byeol was a fellow Tyrant and I felt that it'd be okay to have him out and about, since he had agreed he revered me as the princess and up-and-coming queen, so he wouldn't try to hurt anyone unless I told him to do so. And Odiborg?... Well...
"The job has finished, {Rosalina and Luma}! We can now get a payment of {Rotten Glass} and {Risky Boots}!" He was always entertaining to me specifically, even if Coco could barely understand his random words... as well as others, mainly because his referential glitch words (these examples being from Smash Ultimate, Deltarune, and Shantae Seven Sirens) could be understood by others while the rest were Nexomon tongue.
"Here's your share of the reward, Sunny... or should I call you Dorothy now?" Videl asked as I simply smiled at her statement.
"I may be in her position, but Dorothy is still around. She's currently in hiding in a secret location, waiting to see me again," I smiled at her, since I had a feeling that she knew of all the goings-on as well. I happily accepted the money as well as the Golden Nexotrap and the dragon claw for the dragon of Earth, Graloon. And who would show up next other than the duo of Bonnie and Edward. And both of them looked at me in seriousness.
"Sunny... you mind if we could talk in private for a minute or two?" Edward asked, me nodding at him.
"Sure, I don't mind," I said, knowing that it had to be about what I'd showed Bonnie. We then went into the downstairs watery basement, where Edward then spoke.
"I'm well aware of you being a Tyrant... and I'm also aware that you were attacked by Amelie just for finding out about Vados, including most of your friends. Bonnie told me everything that you showed her, and I've since learned that the word has spread further..." he said, me nodding at that. Where was he going with this? "But I'm going to say this now. I don't care if you being a Tyrant is going to save the world. And I also don't care about Amelie attacking you or that Xanders attacked both you and Deena... what I do care about, however, is that Amelie attacked innocent people with the intent to kill them. And you saved all of their lives," he said, me sighing and nodding at that.
"So... what? You're just going to let me stay in the guild? Even though I'm a Tyrant from Omnicron's legacy?" I asked, him sighing and nodding.
"Don't get me wrong, I hate Omnicron and everything about him. And by all means, you should be hunted and killed like all the Tyrants we've managed to slay thus far... but if you're willing to prove your worth, I'm willing to give you a Gold badge as well as impunity to being hunted by any Guild Tamers that know of your Tyrant lineage," Edward said, me looking at Bonnie and seeing that she sighed with a smile.
"It took a lot of convincing for me to get him to agree... you'd better thank me for that, Sunny," Bonnie said, me nodding at that.
"Thanks, Bonnie... so what must I do to prove my worth?" I asked.
"There's some kind of strange reading that's occurring at the tower to the north of this city, where we've discovered is the hideout for those bandits that keep attacking this city. And from what I'd heard from others such as Eliza and your two friends in Ross and Nora, these same bandits keep trying to kidnap you without much success. We have reason to believe that something in that tower is causing the Nexomon around the area to be driven crazy, as they keep attacking this humble town," Bonnie explained.
"If you can join us in the attack on the tower and prove that you can fight for the greater good by finding this machine and destroying it, then I'll give you those two things, as you will prove that you're worthy... but the catch is this. You may not use your Nexomon. I want to see how you fight with your own skills, since I've heard that you can use different skills from your dead relatives, AKA, Omnicron's children," he said, me smirking at that as I simply nodded.
"Count me in! But am I allowed to have Byeol and Odiborg out of their Nexotraps, so long as they don't attack anything? I'd prefer them to stay outside of them, since I'm quite fond of them," I smile at him.
"And Byeol is the Tyrant that just stars at people, right? He barely does anything else?" Edward asked, me nodding.
"And he reveres me as his queen/princess, so he will do as I say when I say. If I tell him not to attack, he won't attack... and as for Odiborg?" I asked before I then got interrupted by the robotic gamer coming down the stairs and speaking.
"Who made a smell of {Swab the Poopdeck!}? I can't think {Better than Mama} when it smells like that," he said, me smiling at how the first was from a Spongebob game and the second from Cooking Mama.
"Uh... what?" Edward asked as I simply smiled.
"He plays a lot of video games, so he says random lines to some of them. I find it funny, even though nobody else gets it," I smirked.
"She has a {~Zombie Army, and you can't harm me! Who do you voodoo, bitch?~} he sung, which made Bonnie and me laugh like maniacs at how he just sung an entire line from Dead Island's intro song!
"Hehe, immature," Edward smirked as we then went up the stairs and joine back up with Coco and Atlas.
"So, what'd you talk about?" Atlas asked.
"We're going to help him out in stopping this cult at their base of operations, the tower to the north of us. And if we succeed, I get impunity for me being a you-know-what and I get a promotion to gold," I smiled.
"Really? That's great! Let's get going, right away!" Coco smirked as we then went to the area in question, where we met the three gold tamers that were also called, those being Finn, Nolan, and Riley.
"Okay, everyone. Our mission is to go to the tower north of the city and defeat the cultists within. Any wild Nexomon that is nearby has gone mad from something in there, so you must exercise extreme caution. It will be fraught with intense peril," Edward said grimly as Coco smacked his face.
"You're doing a terrible job at prepping us up," he frowned.
"U-um, the cultists in question will be very strong, but if we work together, we may be able to defeat them... but the statistics show that we will have a roughly 60-40 percent chance of failure and-" Bonnie was about to say before I spoke.
"Let's just get this over with and stop trying to scare us? Because I'm not scared at all," I said.
"Spoken like a true tamer, miss Sunny! I've been hearing a lot about you," said Nolan, me smirking at him.
"Yeah, like how you've been able to conquer your Nexomon tongue to speak English. It took me nearly 6 years to speak as good as I do now," said Riley, me being surprised at that.
"You're also part Nexomon?" I asked her.
"Heh, to be frank, Nolan and I are too. But we don't really have that many useful powers like you do," Finn smirked at me.
"As Amelie stated, it seems outlawing interrelations only encouraged it," Edward frowned.
"How about we discuss what abilities you do have on the way?" I smiled. We then started walking to the location, me wondering what they'd say.
"My ability comes from my dad, who was a Yarnesty. I can move very fast, but only in short bursts," Nolan smiled.
"I got the ability to blow giant bubbles of water... and it came from my mother, that being a Greben. Yeah, that's it," Riley frowned.
"And I got a bit of a rock-hard head from my mother, Lunabelle. I've been hit on it numerous times and it doesn't ever hurt me," he smirked.
"So we have a super-fast guy, but in short bursts, a girl who can blow water bubbles, and a guy with a literal metalhead? Cool," I smiled.
"Never heard my power being called cool... thanks," Riley smiled at me. And then, right before we went into the tower, we got stopped by a single voice.
"Wait," said a voice. And then, right in front of us, a ghostly person appeared that had very blue hair, held a surfboard in hand, and was dressed in a skin-tight wetsuit. Atlas looked very scared, as he should've been, but I kept him from escaping by holding onto his small antenna.
"Um... who is this? She looks like a ghost, but she doesn't have the blue hue that those with the ghost curse have had... then again, I've noticed a lot less of them lately for some reason," Edward frowned.
"Pssh, that's because of little miss perfect here. She's been curing those afflicted by that curse because of the powers she got from that witch apprentice," Merida said, that making Bonnie gawk at that.
"Really?... Wow..." Bonnie smiled at me as she then proceeded to pull out a syringe... one for drawing blood.
"Um... you're going to ask permission first before sticking me with that, right? And it is clean, right?" I asked her.
"Yes, please, and yes. I need to study your Tyrant blood for science. It could be used for powerful medicine!" Bonnie said, me simply smirking at that.
"On one condition. I want you to order me a pizza after this whole fiasco is done with," I smiled. Bonnie smiled at me.
"Playing hardball, huh? Okay, done deal," Bonnie smirked as I then held my arm out and she proceeded to prick me with the needle before then sucking some of my blood into the vial. And the blood? It was glowing bright red. And then, just as soon as she pulled out the needle, I focused my healing powers from Deena to heal up the hole in my arm and blood vessel, which made Merida smile.
"Anyways... you all already know this, but I'm one of Omnicron's children. You may call me Merida, but my Tyrant name was Arqua," she said, that making Edward growl a bit at her words. "During my father's reign, I was able to command the oceans to sink entire ships and even flood oceanside cities... and I was a master at volleyball," she smirked.
"Yeah... what about surfing? Because you have a surfboard in your arms," I asked.
"Peh, not too shabby, I guess. But I want you human punks to know something," she frowned before then turning around to look at the tower. "This tower used to be my home, and by extension, the home of my father, King Omnicron. And those stupid cultists are hellbent on wrecking the place with their stupid littering and remodeling. I've tried to drive them out on my own, but I can only do so much away from my shrine in Palmaya. So, if you can manage to get them out, then I'll give some of my strength to you, Sunny," she said, me smiling at that.
"Could you also give some of it to my three other friends that are half-Nexomon? Riley, Finn, and Nolan, I mean?" I asked, Merida frowning and smacking her face.
"Ugh, you're even more of a goody-two-shoes than she said... fine. But their powers will be slightly less than what I'll be giving you. Now get in there and drive those stupid cultist punks out of my home!" she shouted the last bit before vanishing from thin air. And Edward looked at me with a small smirk, as did the other half-Nexomon Gold tamers.
"You are, indeed, a goody-two-shoes," Edward smile at me.
"To think I'll get some extra powers other than my lame bubble breath... and from a master of the element of Water! Let's get in there right away!" Riley smirked as we then went into the tower and Odiborg then spoke.
"This is going to be {BRUTALITY}! I can't wait to see my {Princess Peach} beat up a bunch of {Luigi}!" he said, which immediately made the gold rankers look at him in confusion.
"Uh... what?" Nolan asked.
"He's a bit addicted to video games. Video games from thousands of years ago... there's a small collection of them in the bunker we made... but I made some rules to say that no one is to go into that room or further for... personal reasons," I said, which made Bonnie look at me in confusion.
"Personal reasons? Like what?" she asked as I simply smiled.
"I learned from my mother that she lived in that bunker in secrecy and my human forefathers loved playing those games... and Odiborg here was one of the ones to play them in her absence," I smiled.
"So he's speaking video game references from long ago? Do you know the references?" Finn asked.
"Kind of, but only because I can look in his mind to find out. In order, they are from Mortal Kombat with a K, and the two others are from Super Mario Bros, which, back about 3000 years ago, was the most popular video game series of all time," I smiled.
"Hmm..." Edward frowned as he looked at me while still in the entry room. "You sure you don't have any other secrets to share?" he asked, me sighing and frowning.
"One, but I doubt any of you would believe it. I mean, being half-Tyrant and being the daughter of Nara... I'm grateful you believe those, but... the secret I have that I'm not sharing is one that I doubt any would believe," I sighed.
"She's not joking. I learned it myself just a few hours ago. And it's something even I have trouble believing," Coco said with a small smile while scratching his ears nervously.
"Listen, you're very trustworthy despite you being Omnicron's grandchild. I'll believe anything you say," Finn smiled at me.
"Um... well... I come from that timeline... and I'm in the place of another person, but in her body... her name is Dorothy and my name is Sunny, but everyone thinks I'm the latter while calling me Sunny," I said, that making Edward frown.
"Really?... That is very hard to believe... someone who traveled through time and replaced another person from this timeline... I might need some proof beforehand," Bonnie frowned as I simply smiled.
"Then I'll go ahead and say a whole bunch of references from my timeline until you get it," I said as we then came across the first group of cultists, them gawking at us.
"Intruders! You, go ahead and get the Nexolords! They must not reach the royal chamber!" shouted one of the cultists, me smirking as I then stopped the guy from going for reinforcements by torching the ground with fire pillars to block his path.
"You want to know my favorite fake sport of all time?" I smiled at them.
"What? What kind of sport is fake? What are you even going on about?!" the one cultist asked as I then rushed forward and got the guy in a full nelson, him then shouting in pain as I started to twist his arm.
"OW OW! What the hell?! STOP!" he shouted.
"Tap out, man, tap out!" I smiled.
"What the hell does that mean?!" he shouted.
"Throw in the towel? Say Uncle? Come on, I'm giving you multiple hints as to what this is!" I smiled.
"O-Okay! I give!" he shouted as he then tapped out with his hand on the ground, and I smirked.
"Yeah! My house!" I smirked as the others looked at me in either confusion or surprise. And Bonnie? She looked at me with a smile.
"WWE, right?" she asked, me nodding at that. "One of the only fake sports out there, just filled with performance art and muscle-bound fighters battling without shirts on. I did a report on that when studying history... I believe you now," Bonnie smirked at me. But then, there were still two more cultists left and they looked at me in fear.
"You want to fight with fisticuffs? Or would you rather attack with your Nexomon pals?" I asked, them then sending out all of their Nexomon at once, there being 10 total and all of them being final evolutions. I smirked and proceeded to attack them with Nexomon attacks and my own fists. I did get hurt by some of their attacks, but I used a combo of Recover and Heal to make myself withstand the blows easier. And after a fight that lasted about a minute, all 10 Nexomon were beaten back into their Nexotraps and the cultists looked at me in concern.
"D-Don't hurt us... p-please!" the one of them even begged. I simply smiled at them and shook my head.
"I'm not going to hurt you. As I said to Ton-E earlier, I don't think my mother, Nara, would be okay with me hurting people," I smirked, me then simply forcing a few daisies to sprout out of the ground right in front of them. And when they saw that, Edward looked at me in confusion... but the cultists? They were stunned and baffled. One of them then got on a small communicator he had on his person.
"Um... hello? Master Nexus?" he asked, that making Edward's eye twitch. "Um... we have a VIP here... the kid from the orphanage?... Yeah, she's here... and she's the daughter of Nara," the guy said. And then, he waited for a response and then, he got one. How? By the masked leader of the cultists rushing into the area and looking like he was about to piss his pants... and then he looked even more ready to do so when he saw that Edward was with us!
"W-WHAT?! You didn't say HE was here!" the masked man shouted as Edward simply frowned.
"It's been a while, Nexus," he said calmly, but I could tell he was repressing some rage.
"Um... hi. So, can I go ahead and make some rules as of right now?" I asked, that making Edward look at me with a frown.
"What do you mean by rules?" he asked.
"Let her speak, heathen!" Nexus shouted, me then giving him a look and him to then look at me in surprise.
"Here is the gist. I need to know one thing. What is the deal with you and Edward obviously having hatred towards each other? I can sense that you both have extreme animosity between each other. So, answers," I said, that making Edward frown.
"Nexus here used to be the head of the Guild... as well as Amelie's uncle," Edward frowned. "He was banished from the guild when he suggested something as blasphemous as bringing Omnicron back to life."
"IT WAS NOT BLASPHEMY! Only one of Omnicron's bloodline can truly reign as the king of Nexomon! That is why we've been trying to resurrect him!... But you say that this girl, Sunny, is the daughter of Nara, the traitorous child of Omnicron?!" Nexus shouted, being extremely over-the-top. At least he had a name as opposed to him having no name in the game.
"Let me show you that I am, indeed, Nara's daughter. Observe," I said as I then trampled the flowers that I'd just grown... and then after, I then healed them up once again, while also making more appear and making them bloom. And Nexus looked at me in shock at that. "I don't believe anyone but Nara could bring life wherever she went, correct?" I asked, him gawking at me.
"By Ulzar's name... you speak the truth... I shall follow you wherever you go from here on, my queen!" Nexus said as he then knelt to me and bowed down, me looking at the others, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable.
"You can do that, sure... but you don't need to scrape the ground and bow down to me... it's making me a tad weirded out... I'm just an everyday Nexomon Tamer who wants to end the war with the Tyrants," I said, that making Nexus get off the ground and sniff.
"Such humility! Such modesty!" he said with passion as Riley then spoke for all of us.
"What the hell is up with this guy? For god's sake, somebody tackle him," she frowned, me then simply smiling at that.
"Hey, mister Nexus?" I asked, him then looking at me. "As the up-and-coming queen of the Nexomon, I want to know if you could lead us to the room with this resurrection machine you've created. We have reason to believe it's making my fellow Nexomon in the area go crazy. I do not want them to be driven mad, so I want it to be destroyed. No need to have Omnicron around when I'm going to be the next queen, right?" I smiled. Nexus's response?
"But of course, my queen!" he said with excitement before rushing down the halls ahead of us... and it was then that Edward looked at me in confusion for a good few seconds... before finally smiling.
"You managed to make Nexus bow down to you and act even more loony than he was before... that is impressive," Edward smiled at me.
"Impressive? Yes. Nonsensical? Definitely," Coco smirked.
"Well, at least he's going to lead us to the machine so we can destroy it, right? Let's get going, then!" Atlas smiled.
"I told you my queen was the best," Byeol smiled. We then proceeded to go through the path, us needing to get past some wild Nexomon in the place... or, I would say that, if any of them attacked us. Sure, some looked like they were very agitated and ready to fight, but when I walked by, they became placated.
"Hmm... anyone notice that these Nexomon aren't going mad whenever they see Sunny? And that they become completely calm?" Bonnie asked in confusion.
"I do believe that it just proves she was truthful at what she said. That she is, indeed, the next queen of the monsters," Finn smirked. And when he said that word.
"I do not like being called a monster. {APOLOGIZE!}" Odiborg spoke, his second part being said in the voice of my favorite boom expert, Mister Torgue from Borderlands.
"Um... what do I need to apologize for?" Edward asked.
"Odiborg doesn't like being referred to as a monster. Say Nexomon instead, okay? I said, him frowning at that.
"Hmm... sorry, then," he frowned as we then went down into the deeper parts of the tower. I led the group with Coco, since his sniffer was going to work at finding Nexus's scent. And after awhile, we finally reached the final area, where we saw that Nexus had the way blocked and he looked at us in concern.
"What's going on, Nexus?" I asked.
"We have a bit of a problem, your highness!" he said as he pointed to the left and down. "Atlanta and her foul Tyrant, Nivalis, are down in Arqua's personal chamber! I'm not letting you into the room until you can get them out of here," he said, me sighing at that as I looked at Edward.
"Well... we kind of have a request from Arqua herself, as she appeared to us in a spirit form outside of the tower," I said, him raising his eyebrow at that behind his awesome mask.
"And what did your aunt say to you?" he asked, me sighing.
"She said she doesn't want you guys to be in this place anymore... because you keep littering the place," I frowned.
"Are you serious? If we left this base, we'll be arrested by the Guild the moment we leave!" Nexus shouted again, me looking at Edward and him looking at me with a frown.
"What?" he asked.
"I know I don't really have the ability to do so, but you do. Could you try to make sure that these guys are alleviated of their warrants and crimes, at least the ones that were caused because of them being worshipers of Omnicron? Because that's the only reason that they got labeled as criminals and that just isn't fair at all," I frowned.
"Hmph. It's not up to me, but Amelie... but given that I don't trust her right now after she attacked and tried to kill all of your innnocent friends, then I feel I can make an exception. Find Atlanta and get her out of here, too. Only then will I go through the tedious process of getting these guys pardoned," he said, me smirking at that.
"Thanks, Edward," I smiled widely. Nexus looked at me with his usual over-the-top reaction, but this time it was glee. But before he spoke, I shushed him. "Shh. Don't shout. Just lead the others to the machine. I'll take care of Atlanta and her oversized ice crab," I smiled.
"Heh, that's one way of describing Nivalis," Bonnie smirked at me as Nexus then opened the way to the area ahead and I looked at Coco, Atlas, Byeol, and Odiborg, them following me down to the southwest path.
"You're very good at being a ham sandwich," Atlas said to me.
"Finally, somebody describes me as that!" I smirked widely.
"That's not really a good thing to be called, though," Coco smirked at me.
"I don't care, I like being hammy," I smiled as we then got to the area with Atlanta and Nivalis, where I saw that she looked at me with a wide smile.
"Aha! So, you actually found me, did ya? Or was it because those stupid cultists told you to come here for me?" she asked, me smiling at her. "Well, I'm not going to let you take me in without a fight!" he shouted. I then looked at the others and I smirked at her.
"I have no quarrel with you, Atlanta," I said, her then looking at me in confusion.
"Um... what?" she asked me.
"I know that you were only declared as a Renegade because you objected to Vados. And that is the only reason you hatched Nivalis. Because the guild stripped you of everything, just because you didn't agree to Amelie creating a monster. Am I wrong on any of that?" I asked her. And Atlanta? She looked at me with a smug smirk, but I could see it. She was shaking. Shaking at my words.
"Y-You don't know anything! A-And how do you know about Vados?! Amelie said anyone who found out before his reveal was to be terminated!" Atlanta shouted at me.
"Because Lydia showed me. And, indeed, Amelie did try to kill me because of it. But I showed her madness to the whole world. I'm sure you also got the message, right?" I asked, her frowning at me.
"Y-Yeah... I did... dammit..." she said as I then smirked.
"I just want to let you know one thing. Amelie has gone into hiding, in the secret city of Cadium. I need to know if you know why she lied to everyone and claimed that Cadium got sunk, despite me sensing over a hundred people in that city," I asked. And Atlanta sighed and, surprising me and Coco, she started to cry tears of ice.
"That city... it was actually my idea... most of my relatives were sent there to live in that city... but then, the moment that Amelie declared me as a Renegade... she put some kind of toxin in the city. All the brilliant minds, including almost all of my family... they're now as dumb as bricks! And the worst thing, there is no cure! I want to make her pay for doing that to all of those innocent people, and then LYING to everyone's faces!" she shouted at me angrily, me smiling and nodding. I had already sent all of that memory to all of my allies in the area with the machine as well as all the people that were in the frozen tundra, including Saria.
"I plan on slaying Vados myself, especially since I've learned from a reliable source that Amelie placed an extra addition on him. An addition that can make him travel through time," I said, that making Atlanta frown at me. "And if he dares to travel backwards in time... the world will basically be completely destroyed. They said that if someone travels backwards through time, the universe will collapse in on itself. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about," I said.
"And who was the one to tell you that?" she asked.
"Deena," Coco smirked. And Atlanta gasped at that.
"D-Deena did?... Oh my god... even a Guildmaster is against Amelie... so what does that mean? Why tell me this?" she asked.
"I'm sure Nivalis has already sensed it. Haven't you, big guy?" I asked, him grumbling at that.
"Yes, I can sense it clear as day. You have the blood of the king of Nexomon within you... I may be a cowardly Tyrant, but I am very intellectual. And even I know that only one of Omncirons' family line could possibly rule as the king of Nexomon... or, in your case, the queen," he said, me nodding at him.
"She... you're... how?" she gawked. I simply smirked at her response.
"I want to team up with you. To make that monster, Amelie, pay for all the unjust hurt she's done to all the innocent people of Cadium, all of the guild members that opposed her, and for the fate of the universe," I smiled as I held out my hand to her. Coco looked at me like I was crazy, but he then looked surprised when Atlanta grabbed my hand and shook it... and she also placed a golden Nexotrap in my palms.
"That is Nivalis's Nexotrap. I relinquish him to you... just don't do anything you might regret, especially against Xanders and Edward," she said, me smirking at her as I then returned Nivalis to his pyramid home and I then sent Nekpanchi to the PC in his place. But after doing so? We heard a voice to the east.
"You are also cleared of all criminal activity, so long as you don't do anything else you might regret," said the voice of Edward as he appeared along with the other gold tamers. And I could tell that it made Atlanta spooked, before she registered what he said.
"W-What?... I'm... free?" she asked.
"After hearing about what really happened to Cadium? I am now on your side. So I'm just as much a Renegade as you, I guess," Edward said, me smiling widely at that. "You'll need to head to Cadium to defeat Amelie for good. I expect you to succeed. The only issue is that we don't have any reliable way to get you there," Edward frowned.
"I'll find a way down there, even if I have to use Arqua's powers to breathe underwater," I smiled. He then handed me the gold badge and smirked at me... and then, I did the spinning thing, me frowning at how it was still there! "And I really need to get this spinning thing taken care of. It's SO annoying!" I groaned. It was time to head back to the snowy town with our heads held high and with my new gold badge hanging on my chest.