Chapter 2
Future's Result
Crono and Kain landed in a place that even Crono was at a loss for words about. "Where? When? Kain managed before a siren sounded from behind them.
"Hold intruders, move and I will be forced to fire." Crono turned around and gasped at what he saw.
"Lu... Lucca!" Crono said removing his hand from his sword.
"Processing....... Voice pattern recognized, Unit Crono. Welcome to the twenty-third century." Lucca stated. Crono looked up and saw another flyer coming in from behind.
"Robo!" Crono said extending a hand to his titanium friend.
"Prometheus, please. I haven't gone by Robo in twelve centuries" Prometheus said brushing Crono's hand away.
"Who is that?" Kain motioning to Lucca. "The last time I saw her she was a pile of crushed ice."
"Affirmative, this is Luccabot3. After the battle with Tempest you had in 998 AD Lucca's shattered body remained. We were able to save her memory engrams, but sadly not her body. I was able to fashion this droid from my memory files. Though she does not have the personality Lucca had, she does possess her knowledge and sense of morality." Prometheus said as Luccabot jumped from the hoverboard.
"Now you said Luccabot... three, what happened to the first two?" Crono asked looking the metallic representation of his fallen friend over.
"The first one was destroyed saving people after Truce Dome collapsed and the second one was destroyed in a sabotaged lab." Prometheus said shaking his head. "Moving on, how did you get here, the Epoch was damaged beyond repair, and no gates exist anymore." Prometheus said.
"I used my new found power to open a gateway on the same path as Tempest." Crono stated rubbing the pendent with his thumb.
"That would mean Tempest is here!" Prometheus said warily. "Field Marshal Prometheus to Gaurdia command!" Prometheus screamed at his arm.
"Doan responding, go ahead." Doan familiar voice spouted from Prometheus's arm.
"Code x, Tempest has returned, repeat code x, Tempest has returned!" Prometheus shouted.
"Unable to send message, unknown interference." A shrill voice retorted.
"She's here..." Crono stated coldly as he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Scanning area." Luccabot3 returned. "Scan complete, no anomalies readings." Luccabot stated after finishing her scan.
"Do you think I would be found so easily!" A voice resounded.
"Show yourself witch!" Kain stated clinching his fists.
"Your still here, I thought you run crying home after I destroyed your little toy." The voice stated slyly.
"It will take much more then that to get rid of me!" Kain said moving into a fighting stance.
"Oh trust me, I will enjoy finding out what it will take, but first I have something else to do. Prometheus, what does it take to get through to you, I destroyed that girl for a reason!" The voice said as blast of energy came from the sky, ripping through Luccabot like tinfoil. The cyborg remains lay broken on the ground. "Now this is the fourth time I have destroyed her, let her remain destroyed." Tempest said appearing before them.
"Where did you picked that one up Tempest, the last time we met your powers were only wind. " Crono stated drawing his sword.
"I have gained a little power since we last met, wanna see?" Tempest screamed throwing a blast of dark energy. Crono dodged quickly,
"Very good, now here's what I got!" Crono said launching a column of prism energy at Tempest. It hits her directly and did nothing.
"Was that supposed to hurt?" Tempest asked slyly.
"How?!" Crono said warily.
"I told you I have new power since we last met. Now you have to be mine." Tempest said laughing manically.
"Ok, now we have a problem.", Kain chimed in, "If your prism power is ineffective what can we fight her with?" Kain said remaining in his stance.
"I don't know but we have to come up with something otherwise we are really in trouble." Crono said weighing the options.
"Well you could surrender and this would all be over!" Tempest chimed in.
"Not in this lifetime!" Crono stated charging his sword.
"Why do you resist, don't you find this form attractive?" Tempest said striking a pose.
"Whatever!" Crono yelled blasting the charge energy from his sword. This time it hit the target and actually did something. Tempest went flying against the cliffside.
"This is getting repetitive!" Tempest said, once again pulling herself out of the gap in the rock wall made when she hit it the first time a over a millennium before.
"Isolator charged!" Prometheus stated firing a bolt of energy from a newly formed weapon on his arm. An energy web formed in front of Tempest's position. "Remember this Tempest, it is what we used to capture you before." Prometheus said.
"Good, because this net has one major flaw, it can't stop me from opening a gate." Tempest said as she opened a time gate behind her.
"No!" Prometheus said as Tempest disappeared into the gate. "We must go after her." Prometheus said.
"Thanks for stating the obvious tin can! Crono, where did she go?" Kain said.
"Pendant's found her, let's go." Crono said opening a gate.
"Are you coming you pitiful excuse for a trash can." Kain said indignantly to Prometheus.
"Affirmative." Prometheus responded.
"Let's move!" Crono stated jumping into the gate. Kain and Prometheus followed behind. The gate closed and their path continues.