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Sorry guys about the latest chapter taking forever and a day to get done but I took a week long vacation to Six Flags, which was the most fun I've had in a while. Anyway, FanFiction.net seems alittle screwy lately, the reviews for the stories are not being listed outside the story and what-not but here is the latest chapter. Bon apitite(hope I spelled that right).
Chapter 8
The soft crunching of the leaves under his leather hide boots mixed with the various sounds of the forest, creating background noise sound that didn't nothing more that fill what would normally be silence. The forest was shaded, for the most part, except the parts where the sun found holes in leafy armor that the trees protected passer bys with. This beautiful scene did nothing to improve the mood of this individual, in fact it made him want to seek the indoors even more. A soft breeze lifted his cap upwards making him look rather intimidating, that is if anyone saw him. Reaching a particularly sunny place unprotected by the canopy of the trees, he quickened his pace wishing to get out of this overly beautiful forest.
'Beautiful, simply beautiful', marveled the younger voice in his head as they walked.
'Quiet boy, the only thing beautiful is power', argued the older voice.
'Is that all you want, all you exist for', asked the younger voice.
'It was what I was created for', responded the older voice.
Chrono, current king of Guardia, exited the small forest that was inside Truce Canyon and pulled his hood over his visage to protect him from the un- shaded town. Trying to walk in the shadows that the buildings created, he inched his way to Guardia castle.
'So much power yet it's all wasted', commented the older voice.
'What power' asked the younger.
'The sun, it has an infinite amount of power yet all it does is light this depressing world', stated the older.
'It gives its power to us; the sun can represent hope, life, and courage', said the younger voice trying to convince the other.
'Delusional fool, why would someone give others power', commented the older voice.
Chrono exited the town and entered the Guardia forest which was much more dense that the small Truce Canyon. Removing his hood, Chrono slowly walked through the forest daring any monsters that were around to attack him. None did though and so the rest of his journey to the castle was silent and uneventful.
Knocking on the grand oak doors that stood before him, the sound of his fist hitting the wood passed and a few moments later a young squire answered the door.
"State your name and business", asked the squire of Chrono.
"I am Chrono, my business is of my own", responded Chrono coldly.
Behind the squire a loud, deep voice cut through the air.
"That be you Chrono lad? Let him in boy, let him in", yelled the voice.
The squire did so without argument and Chrono stepped in to see the person that vouched for him. It was the captain of the Knights, the same captain that they had help defend the bridge against the mystics. Chrono almost hadn't recognized him without his armor had it not been for the large scar that ran across his face, a scar that reminded the captain of the price of not keeping ones defenses up. Chrono quickly walked over to the captain, his head still focused on the ground.
"Aye boy, it's been away. How have ye been", asked the Captain with his hand extended.
Chrono looked at his hand for a minute, deciding if he should shake it or break it. Deciding he wasn't in the mood for defeating the entire knight ranks, he took the Captain's hand and gave it a hard shake.
"I am….good. I need to speak with Glen", stated Chrono.
"Well that's good lad, but Glen isn't here. He's on some mission in Porre, god knows what it be", explained the Knight.
Chrono finally let the Captain from his shake and watched him as he tried not to coddle his hands from the grip that Chrono had put on it. Not bothering to thank the good captain, Chrono exited the same way he came in and shut the doors loudly behind him.
'Damn frog can't just stay still', commented the older voice.
'He's just that kind of person', responded the younger.
'What? One to take orders like a dog', sneered the older.
'He's a good person, don't mock his loyalty', coldly said the younger voice in argument.
'A dog is also loyal but it doesn't make it good', continued the older.
'Stop talking about him like that or I'll…', started the younger voice as he was interrupted.
'You'll what? Talk me to death', chuckled the older voice.
'Face it boy, you are beaten', continued the older voice.
The sun began to set as the lone figure walked into the distance.
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"So what you're saying is that none of these books has anything in it pertaining to the Time Egg?", asked Lucca as she pulled her head out of the newly fixed Epoch.
"Nope, not even a mention of it", responded Gaspar as he lit a small pipe he had.
"Great now what do we do", sighed Marle as sat down against one of the walls surrounding the lone light pole.
"We must stop him", started Magus, "One way or another", he continued as he formed his scythe in his hands.
"We can't just kill him! He's our friend", argued Lucca almost shouting.
"He has to be stopped", responded Magus, stone cold.
"Gaspar isn't there anything else was can do", pleaded Marle.
"Well now, don't you all go off and kill your best friend without first trying all the options", said Gaspar, stopping the argument between Magus and Lucca.
"Belthasar created the time egg, so he should also know how it works", continued Gaspar as he puffed rings of smoke from his pipe.
"Belthasar is dead", commented Magus.
"Wait a sec", said Lucca, "He said he had taken all his memories and put them in that Nu"
"And if we find it he could help us", finished Marle clearly excited.
"See, this old man is full of advice", beamed Gaspar proudly as he took another puff from his pipe.
"Umm Gaspar when did you start smoking a pipe", commented Marle as she watched the rings of smoke rise and disappear.
"Well I thought I made me look more esteemed and important", smiled Gaspar as Marle and Lucca both did a face flip.
"By the way, where is our old boy at any ways", spoke up Gaspar.
Magus again removed the square-ish device from his cloak and examined the read-out.
"Same place he was last time you asked", responded Magus.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't one of us keep an eye on him", said Lucca.
"I will", spoke up Magus before anyone else argued the matter.
"You sure?", asked Lucca.
"Would you rather do it", responded Magus.
"No no no, you can do it if you want", nervously said Lucca as she shock her head.
"Marle and myself will get the Nu from Belthasar's dome", stated Lucca.
"We'll drop you off first, ok", asked Lucca to Magus.
"Fine by me", responded Magus as he walked over to the Epoch.
The three teens disappeared in a clap of thunder and flash of light, leaving Gaspar to ponder by himself at his favorite light pole. Rubbing his small grey beard, he pushed himself off the light pole and approached Spekkio's room.
"Spekkio, want to play another round of chess?", asked Gaspar as he knocked on the shape-changer's door.
"Sure old man, this time I'll win", yelled Spekkio from behind his door.
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Magus gracefully landed on the wet grass after making his descent from the Epoch. Rising up from his landing position he saw Lucca and Marle disappear into the time stream again, leaving behind several streaks of white light in their wake. Glancing around at his surroundings, he noticed that this was around the same place they had landed earlier as the landing gear imprints were still visible in the grass. Pulling out the tracking pad again, he was pointed west and thus started his walk.
Arriving on the outskirts of the castle gate, the sensor showed that Chrono should be approaching any minute now. Having a few minutes to waste, Magus found a spot in a tree and sat in its massive branches, snacking on an apple that he picked from. A secret people never knew about him was that he liked fruit, ALOT. It also explained why he was willing to live on fruit provided by his tree while in the Dark Ages, he didn't feel like hunting and it was an easy way to get food. Hearing a faint whistling in the distance he quickly finished the apple and jumped down to hide in a bush. Peaking between the leaves that kept him hidden, he saw an approaching group of people being lead by a whistling Taban. As the group drew closer Magus scanned it and Chrono was nowhere to be found. Checking the sensors one more time, he concluded that he either he had given the pendant to someone or had gotten a hair cut and new clothes. Deciding it was the earlier, he scanned the group for the pendant and spotted Taban fiddling with it in his hands while he whistled.
"Damnit, we've lost him", said Magus to himself.
Taban continued his walk to the castle followed by what Magus judged to be his team and three knights behind them. As they approached the draw bridge, Taban's wife ran out to greet him giving him a hug that could kill a bear.
"Oh thank god you're alright", Magus heard Lara say to Taban as she continued her bear hug.
"It's ok Lara, we are leaving. It's over", said Taban to his wife to calm her.
A sharp scream erupted from the back of Taban's group as a knight removed the dead body of one of Taban's workers from his sword. The other 2 knights drew their swords as well and waited behind the head knight.
"Your right, it is over", stated the head knight.
"Is the king killing unarmed men now", questioned a voice from the opened doors of the castle.
"What have they done against him?", again questioned the voice as its source walked out of the castle and into view.
"Timothy, orders are orders", yelled back the head knight.
"Not all orders are to be followed", stated Timothy as he drew his sword and stepped in front of the rest of Taban's group.
"You speak mutiny", growled the head knight.
"If mutiny is disobeying these kinds of orders, then yes you are right", stated Timothy to the head knight.
"Traitor!", yelled the head Knight.
"You are the traitor! You have forgotten who you truly serve. You are here to serve this kingdom, not its corrupt king", spoke Timothy as he pointed his sword at the head knight.
"If you want to kill these men then you will have to get through me", Timothy continued as he prepared for battle.
"Killing a traitor will get us a promotion", said the knight on the left of the head knight.
"Good idea, lets get him", said the one on the right.
'I do not need a prolonged battle, I'm going to finish this', thought Magus to himself.
Stepping out of the bushes, Magus formed the scythe in his hands and walked in front of Timothy. The group of knight seamed shaken from his sudden appearance, taking a few steps back before standing their grounds again.
"I'll you to the count of 5 to leave, after that you'll meet the void first hand", threatened Magus to the three knights.
"5"
"Magus, what are you doing here", spoke up Taban from the back.
"4"
"Is Lucca safe", asked Taban.
"3"
"Guys, I think he means it", spoke up the knight on the right as he slowly stepped back.
"2"
"Cowards, killing him will get us a bigger promotion", said the head knight.
"1"
"Charge!", screamed the head knight as he leapt at Magus with is sword.
"0"
Magus side stepped the attack made by the head knight, spinning around to decapitate the poor fellow after he had landed on the ground. Glancing at the other two knights who looked like they were about to wet their pants, he closed his eyes and muttered off a quick lightning spell. Clouds immediately formed overhead and lightning bolts struck and fried the knights, leaving behind roasted corpses. Spinning around on his foot, he shoved Timothy out of the way and headed right for Taban.
"Where is Chrono", asked Magus harshly.
"He…he took the gate at the town square", sputtered out Taban.
"Give me the pendant", order Magus as he held out his hand at Taban.
"Is Lucca safe?", asked Taban.
"Is she alive?", he continued
"Give me the pendant", order Magus again.
"What about Marle is she ok", asked Taban some more.
"Give me the pendant", loudly order Magus as he lifted Taban off the ground by his shirt collar.
Putting the pendant in Magus's hand, Taban was lowered to the ground where his wife checked to see if he was okay. Turning around and heading towards the town square, Timothy stopped him by grabbing onto his shoulder.
"Let me go before I kill you", order Magus to Timothy without even turning around.
"Are you going to kill Chrono", asked Timothy as he let go of Magus.
"Perhaps", responded Magus brushing his shoulder off where Timothy had touched.
"He may be corrupt, but I still cannot keep from feeling sorry for him. If you have another way then please don't kill him", asked Timothy of Magus.
Hearing all he wanted, Magus continued his walk towards the town square.
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The harsh winds of the future tossed the Epoch around like a toy, making it almost impossible for Lucca to steer. Wrestling with the wheel she was able to land the Epoch outside Balthasar's dome. The cold, harsh, unforgiving winds of the future were the same as their first visit, the destruction of Lavos seemed to have no impact on the outcome. The lid of the epoch slid back allowing the wind to fill the cockpit of the small vehicle with sand. Marle and Lucca quickly jumped out of the Epoch and covered themselves with whatever clothing they could to protect their eyes from the harsh winds. Trudging forward they finally reached the entrance to Belthasar's dome, forcing open the sliding doors that had long ago stopped functioning, and closing them behind them.
"What happened here?", asked Marle.
"I thought killing Lavos should have changed this", Marle again stated.
Lucca removed the goggles from her face, "Is this what I sent Robo back too?", she asked herself.
"This shouldn't be here, this should have changed!!", she spoke as she pounded her fist on the wall.
"We have to find Balthasar", she command as she pulled herself out of thought and walked forcefully forward.
"What's wrong Lucca?", asked Marle as she followed Lucca.
"I don't know but Belthasar will", Lucca responded as she kicked a chair out of her way.
The chair spun forward on its wheels, throwing dust around the room until it stopped when it hit a blue round creature with 2 arms. This blue creature, known as a Nu to those who witnessed them in Zeal, didn't budge and remained standing.
"There it is", pointed Marle excitedly at the blue Nu.
Lucca approached the Nu, examining its sides until she found a small white switch that sat just on its back. Flipping the switch the Nu immediately sparked to life, throwing its hands in the air and letting out a loud beep as power flowed through the old circuits. Marle and Lucca jumped back from the flailing Nu least they get hit and waited for the startup procedures to finish.
"Oh hello, who might you be", asked the Nu after it had spun around to face the two.
"Don't you remember us?", asked Lucca.
"You know, I'm Marle and she's Lucca", said Marle to further illustrate the point.
"No, no record of you exists", said the Nu after he scratched his chin.
"You are Belthasar right?", asked Lucca after she wiped her glasses on her shirt and readjusted them.
"Well its been along time since someone called me that, a long time", said the Nu.
"Belthasar is dead but his mind has been copied into me, so you could say that I am Belthasar", said the Nu stating facts that the two already knew.
"Ya ya we already know. You have to remember us, you gave us the wings of time", said Lucca again.
"My you are well versed however I can assure you that the wings of time you speak of sits in its hangar still", said the Nu as it itched its back.
"Show us", order Lucca.
"Very well", responded the Nu as he led the two girls back to the hangar.
Winding down the narrow corridors to the back of the Dome, Bethlasar forcefully opened another sliding door and showed the two in. Inside sat the Wings of Time, suspended above the ground by several jacks. It sat just as they remembered seeing it the first time, still wingless and dust covered.
"As you can see it is still here", said the Nu.
"That's…that's impossible!! You gave us that same vehicle to us so we could stop Lavos from destroying the world!!", practically screamed Lucca as she ran over to the old Epoch and examined the insides.
"Oh Lavos is quite dead I can assure you of that. He died in the year 1999 when he burst through the Earth's curst and attempted to destroy the world. A group of 3 stopped him thought, their origin and whereabouts unknown still today", explained the Nu as he pulled up a video file from the computer and showed it too them.
"Then…then why is the future still ruined", asked Marle as she watched the video intently.
"After Lavos was destroyed something else occurred, here let me show you", said the Nu as he punched a few more keys into the keypad.
The original video flickered out and was replaced by a rather bad new one, static sometimes filled the screen and the voices and sounds also were filled with static. The video was still good enough to show what was happening however, filling the two with despair.
"My god…", uttered Marle as she sank to her knees.
"This can't be….", said Lucca at the same time as she braced herself on the side of the Epoch.
The Nu watched with his un-blinking eyes and simply said, "Then HE came"
Sorry guys about the latest chapter taking forever and a day to get done but I took a week long vacation to Six Flags, which was the most fun I've had in a while. Anyway, FanFiction.net seems alittle screwy lately, the reviews for the stories are not being listed outside the story and what-not but here is the latest chapter. Bon apitite(hope I spelled that right).
Chapter 8
The soft crunching of the leaves under his leather hide boots mixed with the various sounds of the forest, creating background noise sound that didn't nothing more that fill what would normally be silence. The forest was shaded, for the most part, except the parts where the sun found holes in leafy armor that the trees protected passer bys with. This beautiful scene did nothing to improve the mood of this individual, in fact it made him want to seek the indoors even more. A soft breeze lifted his cap upwards making him look rather intimidating, that is if anyone saw him. Reaching a particularly sunny place unprotected by the canopy of the trees, he quickened his pace wishing to get out of this overly beautiful forest.
'Beautiful, simply beautiful', marveled the younger voice in his head as they walked.
'Quiet boy, the only thing beautiful is power', argued the older voice.
'Is that all you want, all you exist for', asked the younger voice.
'It was what I was created for', responded the older voice.
Chrono, current king of Guardia, exited the small forest that was inside Truce Canyon and pulled his hood over his visage to protect him from the un- shaded town. Trying to walk in the shadows that the buildings created, he inched his way to Guardia castle.
'So much power yet it's all wasted', commented the older voice.
'What power' asked the younger.
'The sun, it has an infinite amount of power yet all it does is light this depressing world', stated the older.
'It gives its power to us; the sun can represent hope, life, and courage', said the younger voice trying to convince the other.
'Delusional fool, why would someone give others power', commented the older voice.
Chrono exited the town and entered the Guardia forest which was much more dense that the small Truce Canyon. Removing his hood, Chrono slowly walked through the forest daring any monsters that were around to attack him. None did though and so the rest of his journey to the castle was silent and uneventful.
Knocking on the grand oak doors that stood before him, the sound of his fist hitting the wood passed and a few moments later a young squire answered the door.
"State your name and business", asked the squire of Chrono.
"I am Chrono, my business is of my own", responded Chrono coldly.
Behind the squire a loud, deep voice cut through the air.
"That be you Chrono lad? Let him in boy, let him in", yelled the voice.
The squire did so without argument and Chrono stepped in to see the person that vouched for him. It was the captain of the Knights, the same captain that they had help defend the bridge against the mystics. Chrono almost hadn't recognized him without his armor had it not been for the large scar that ran across his face, a scar that reminded the captain of the price of not keeping ones defenses up. Chrono quickly walked over to the captain, his head still focused on the ground.
"Aye boy, it's been away. How have ye been", asked the Captain with his hand extended.
Chrono looked at his hand for a minute, deciding if he should shake it or break it. Deciding he wasn't in the mood for defeating the entire knight ranks, he took the Captain's hand and gave it a hard shake.
"I am….good. I need to speak with Glen", stated Chrono.
"Well that's good lad, but Glen isn't here. He's on some mission in Porre, god knows what it be", explained the Knight.
Chrono finally let the Captain from his shake and watched him as he tried not to coddle his hands from the grip that Chrono had put on it. Not bothering to thank the good captain, Chrono exited the same way he came in and shut the doors loudly behind him.
'Damn frog can't just stay still', commented the older voice.
'He's just that kind of person', responded the younger.
'What? One to take orders like a dog', sneered the older.
'He's a good person, don't mock his loyalty', coldly said the younger voice in argument.
'A dog is also loyal but it doesn't make it good', continued the older.
'Stop talking about him like that or I'll…', started the younger voice as he was interrupted.
'You'll what? Talk me to death', chuckled the older voice.
'Face it boy, you are beaten', continued the older voice.
The sun began to set as the lone figure walked into the distance.
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"So what you're saying is that none of these books has anything in it pertaining to the Time Egg?", asked Lucca as she pulled her head out of the newly fixed Epoch.
"Nope, not even a mention of it", responded Gaspar as he lit a small pipe he had.
"Great now what do we do", sighed Marle as sat down against one of the walls surrounding the lone light pole.
"We must stop him", started Magus, "One way or another", he continued as he formed his scythe in his hands.
"We can't just kill him! He's our friend", argued Lucca almost shouting.
"He has to be stopped", responded Magus, stone cold.
"Gaspar isn't there anything else was can do", pleaded Marle.
"Well now, don't you all go off and kill your best friend without first trying all the options", said Gaspar, stopping the argument between Magus and Lucca.
"Belthasar created the time egg, so he should also know how it works", continued Gaspar as he puffed rings of smoke from his pipe.
"Belthasar is dead", commented Magus.
"Wait a sec", said Lucca, "He said he had taken all his memories and put them in that Nu"
"And if we find it he could help us", finished Marle clearly excited.
"See, this old man is full of advice", beamed Gaspar proudly as he took another puff from his pipe.
"Umm Gaspar when did you start smoking a pipe", commented Marle as she watched the rings of smoke rise and disappear.
"Well I thought I made me look more esteemed and important", smiled Gaspar as Marle and Lucca both did a face flip.
"By the way, where is our old boy at any ways", spoke up Gaspar.
Magus again removed the square-ish device from his cloak and examined the read-out.
"Same place he was last time you asked", responded Magus.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't one of us keep an eye on him", said Lucca.
"I will", spoke up Magus before anyone else argued the matter.
"You sure?", asked Lucca.
"Would you rather do it", responded Magus.
"No no no, you can do it if you want", nervously said Lucca as she shock her head.
"Marle and myself will get the Nu from Belthasar's dome", stated Lucca.
"We'll drop you off first, ok", asked Lucca to Magus.
"Fine by me", responded Magus as he walked over to the Epoch.
The three teens disappeared in a clap of thunder and flash of light, leaving Gaspar to ponder by himself at his favorite light pole. Rubbing his small grey beard, he pushed himself off the light pole and approached Spekkio's room.
"Spekkio, want to play another round of chess?", asked Gaspar as he knocked on the shape-changer's door.
"Sure old man, this time I'll win", yelled Spekkio from behind his door.
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Magus gracefully landed on the wet grass after making his descent from the Epoch. Rising up from his landing position he saw Lucca and Marle disappear into the time stream again, leaving behind several streaks of white light in their wake. Glancing around at his surroundings, he noticed that this was around the same place they had landed earlier as the landing gear imprints were still visible in the grass. Pulling out the tracking pad again, he was pointed west and thus started his walk.
Arriving on the outskirts of the castle gate, the sensor showed that Chrono should be approaching any minute now. Having a few minutes to waste, Magus found a spot in a tree and sat in its massive branches, snacking on an apple that he picked from. A secret people never knew about him was that he liked fruit, ALOT. It also explained why he was willing to live on fruit provided by his tree while in the Dark Ages, he didn't feel like hunting and it was an easy way to get food. Hearing a faint whistling in the distance he quickly finished the apple and jumped down to hide in a bush. Peaking between the leaves that kept him hidden, he saw an approaching group of people being lead by a whistling Taban. As the group drew closer Magus scanned it and Chrono was nowhere to be found. Checking the sensors one more time, he concluded that he either he had given the pendant to someone or had gotten a hair cut and new clothes. Deciding it was the earlier, he scanned the group for the pendant and spotted Taban fiddling with it in his hands while he whistled.
"Damnit, we've lost him", said Magus to himself.
Taban continued his walk to the castle followed by what Magus judged to be his team and three knights behind them. As they approached the draw bridge, Taban's wife ran out to greet him giving him a hug that could kill a bear.
"Oh thank god you're alright", Magus heard Lara say to Taban as she continued her bear hug.
"It's ok Lara, we are leaving. It's over", said Taban to his wife to calm her.
A sharp scream erupted from the back of Taban's group as a knight removed the dead body of one of Taban's workers from his sword. The other 2 knights drew their swords as well and waited behind the head knight.
"Your right, it is over", stated the head knight.
"Is the king killing unarmed men now", questioned a voice from the opened doors of the castle.
"What have they done against him?", again questioned the voice as its source walked out of the castle and into view.
"Timothy, orders are orders", yelled back the head knight.
"Not all orders are to be followed", stated Timothy as he drew his sword and stepped in front of the rest of Taban's group.
"You speak mutiny", growled the head knight.
"If mutiny is disobeying these kinds of orders, then yes you are right", stated Timothy to the head knight.
"Traitor!", yelled the head Knight.
"You are the traitor! You have forgotten who you truly serve. You are here to serve this kingdom, not its corrupt king", spoke Timothy as he pointed his sword at the head knight.
"If you want to kill these men then you will have to get through me", Timothy continued as he prepared for battle.
"Killing a traitor will get us a promotion", said the knight on the left of the head knight.
"Good idea, lets get him", said the one on the right.
'I do not need a prolonged battle, I'm going to finish this', thought Magus to himself.
Stepping out of the bushes, Magus formed the scythe in his hands and walked in front of Timothy. The group of knight seamed shaken from his sudden appearance, taking a few steps back before standing their grounds again.
"I'll you to the count of 5 to leave, after that you'll meet the void first hand", threatened Magus to the three knights.
"5"
"Magus, what are you doing here", spoke up Taban from the back.
"4"
"Is Lucca safe", asked Taban.
"3"
"Guys, I think he means it", spoke up the knight on the right as he slowly stepped back.
"2"
"Cowards, killing him will get us a bigger promotion", said the head knight.
"1"
"Charge!", screamed the head knight as he leapt at Magus with is sword.
"0"
Magus side stepped the attack made by the head knight, spinning around to decapitate the poor fellow after he had landed on the ground. Glancing at the other two knights who looked like they were about to wet their pants, he closed his eyes and muttered off a quick lightning spell. Clouds immediately formed overhead and lightning bolts struck and fried the knights, leaving behind roasted corpses. Spinning around on his foot, he shoved Timothy out of the way and headed right for Taban.
"Where is Chrono", asked Magus harshly.
"He…he took the gate at the town square", sputtered out Taban.
"Give me the pendant", order Magus as he held out his hand at Taban.
"Is Lucca safe?", asked Taban.
"Is she alive?", he continued
"Give me the pendant", order Magus again.
"What about Marle is she ok", asked Taban some more.
"Give me the pendant", loudly order Magus as he lifted Taban off the ground by his shirt collar.
Putting the pendant in Magus's hand, Taban was lowered to the ground where his wife checked to see if he was okay. Turning around and heading towards the town square, Timothy stopped him by grabbing onto his shoulder.
"Let me go before I kill you", order Magus to Timothy without even turning around.
"Are you going to kill Chrono", asked Timothy as he let go of Magus.
"Perhaps", responded Magus brushing his shoulder off where Timothy had touched.
"He may be corrupt, but I still cannot keep from feeling sorry for him. If you have another way then please don't kill him", asked Timothy of Magus.
Hearing all he wanted, Magus continued his walk towards the town square.
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The harsh winds of the future tossed the Epoch around like a toy, making it almost impossible for Lucca to steer. Wrestling with the wheel she was able to land the Epoch outside Balthasar's dome. The cold, harsh, unforgiving winds of the future were the same as their first visit, the destruction of Lavos seemed to have no impact on the outcome. The lid of the epoch slid back allowing the wind to fill the cockpit of the small vehicle with sand. Marle and Lucca quickly jumped out of the Epoch and covered themselves with whatever clothing they could to protect their eyes from the harsh winds. Trudging forward they finally reached the entrance to Belthasar's dome, forcing open the sliding doors that had long ago stopped functioning, and closing them behind them.
"What happened here?", asked Marle.
"I thought killing Lavos should have changed this", Marle again stated.
Lucca removed the goggles from her face, "Is this what I sent Robo back too?", she asked herself.
"This shouldn't be here, this should have changed!!", she spoke as she pounded her fist on the wall.
"We have to find Balthasar", she command as she pulled herself out of thought and walked forcefully forward.
"What's wrong Lucca?", asked Marle as she followed Lucca.
"I don't know but Belthasar will", Lucca responded as she kicked a chair out of her way.
The chair spun forward on its wheels, throwing dust around the room until it stopped when it hit a blue round creature with 2 arms. This blue creature, known as a Nu to those who witnessed them in Zeal, didn't budge and remained standing.
"There it is", pointed Marle excitedly at the blue Nu.
Lucca approached the Nu, examining its sides until she found a small white switch that sat just on its back. Flipping the switch the Nu immediately sparked to life, throwing its hands in the air and letting out a loud beep as power flowed through the old circuits. Marle and Lucca jumped back from the flailing Nu least they get hit and waited for the startup procedures to finish.
"Oh hello, who might you be", asked the Nu after it had spun around to face the two.
"Don't you remember us?", asked Lucca.
"You know, I'm Marle and she's Lucca", said Marle to further illustrate the point.
"No, no record of you exists", said the Nu after he scratched his chin.
"You are Belthasar right?", asked Lucca after she wiped her glasses on her shirt and readjusted them.
"Well its been along time since someone called me that, a long time", said the Nu.
"Belthasar is dead but his mind has been copied into me, so you could say that I am Belthasar", said the Nu stating facts that the two already knew.
"Ya ya we already know. You have to remember us, you gave us the wings of time", said Lucca again.
"My you are well versed however I can assure you that the wings of time you speak of sits in its hangar still", said the Nu as it itched its back.
"Show us", order Lucca.
"Very well", responded the Nu as he led the two girls back to the hangar.
Winding down the narrow corridors to the back of the Dome, Bethlasar forcefully opened another sliding door and showed the two in. Inside sat the Wings of Time, suspended above the ground by several jacks. It sat just as they remembered seeing it the first time, still wingless and dust covered.
"As you can see it is still here", said the Nu.
"That's…that's impossible!! You gave us that same vehicle to us so we could stop Lavos from destroying the world!!", practically screamed Lucca as she ran over to the old Epoch and examined the insides.
"Oh Lavos is quite dead I can assure you of that. He died in the year 1999 when he burst through the Earth's curst and attempted to destroy the world. A group of 3 stopped him thought, their origin and whereabouts unknown still today", explained the Nu as he pulled up a video file from the computer and showed it too them.
"Then…then why is the future still ruined", asked Marle as she watched the video intently.
"After Lavos was destroyed something else occurred, here let me show you", said the Nu as he punched a few more keys into the keypad.
The original video flickered out and was replaced by a rather bad new one, static sometimes filled the screen and the voices and sounds also were filled with static. The video was still good enough to show what was happening however, filling the two with despair.
"My god…", uttered Marle as she sank to her knees.
"This can't be….", said Lucca at the same time as she braced herself on the side of the Epoch.
The Nu watched with his un-blinking eyes and simply said, "Then HE came"