Angel's Prayer

Megami and Jet stared down their enemies. The leader had backed out, and sent his men to fight instead of him. Jet was reminded of Leehalt always making Melody, Malik, Janus, and his endless supply of monsters do the fighting while he ran off. He guessed it had something to do with having power over other people, although not even Maya sat in the back sipping her drink while the others fought.

"Prepare to die, scum," Megami vowed, "You've angered the wrong woman."

"Ooooooooh, I'm so scared. You're only a woman after all. You can't stand up to us big, strong, manly men," one thief quipped. A bazooka shot to the chest quickly silenced him.

Megami informed the men, "Never underestimate your enemy because she is a woman. Women are just as tough as men, men just think they're so much better just because they're men."

The second man laughed. "You just keep telling yourself that sister. No woman can stand up to a real man." He too was silenced by the blasting of Megami's bazooka.

"When I find a real man, I'll be sure to let him beat me up if you insist that's true. Now then, anyone else want to make a rude comment about me being a woman?" she inquired, "I have a full seven shots in this bazooka, and I'm not in the mood for being tested at the moment."

"No ma'am, I would never dream of saying something rude," the third thug stated.

Megami told him, "That's good. As your reward, I'll allow you to die quick and painlessly as opposed to suffering like your friends." She then took out two pistols, and shot him through the heart. Then, Megami turned to face the leader of the thugs.

He began panicking. Then, he drew his ARM, and aimed it at the twins. "Y. . .you take one step closer, and I'll kill the brats here and now. I'm serious, I'll do it if I have to."

"Coward!" yelled Jet, "Using threats to win your fight. A real Drifter doesn't hide behind terror. Real Drifters fight each other without involving outsiders in their battle."


"Well, isn't that sweet? But I just want to make a fast buck, I don't care about your little 'honor code'. So, are you gonna surrender, or do I have to kill them?" he asked.

Megami said, "You win, just let my children go." She dropped her pistols to the ground.

The thief laughed a little. "That's a good girl. Now, how about you Mr. Enduro?"


"If you'll spare their lives," Jet stated, "I'll do anything." He found himself acting as if they were his own. The youth thought it was because he would never have any of his own to protect.

"Drop the gun then, I don't need you double crossing me in the end," he demanded.

Then Jet did the one thing he never thought he'd ever do. He threw Airget-lahm to the floor. The gun had never left his side since Werner had given it to him, and now he'd thrown it down. Something like this would usually be counted high on a scale of one to stupid.

The man said, "Now, let's get going you two. Oooops, looks like my finger is slipping." He then squeezed the trigger on his pistol, which was still aimed at the children.

Megami reacted in an instant. She leapt from where she stood into the bullet's path. It struck her right in the chest, and she fell to the floor. The woman lay there for a little while, in obvious pain. Then, after a few minutes had passed, her breathing slowed and stopped.

The thug stared. "Oh well, at least they don't care if I bring her in alive or dead. I'll still get my reward, and the Ark of Destiny will be spared one execution. Maybe they'll give me a bonus for helping them with the elimination a little bit. I'll be so rich, and I don't have to share it with anyone anymore."

"You monster!" exclaimed Jet, "You were going to shoot innocent children! That was the most inhumane thing I've ever seen. Even I never stooped that low just to earn some fast Gella."

"Whatever works for me. Besides, who would care if the children of a heartless criminal were killed or not. She's probably raising them to be killers too," he stated.

Suddenly, the Grav spell hit the thug. When he turned around, he saw Megami's daughter Lilka standing there. She screamed, "This is for our mother, let's get him Ashley."


Ashley nodded. "Yeah, you big meanie. Now, feel my power." He then cast the Refrigerate spell on the thug. Then, he backed off before the man could recover and shoot him.

In all the confusion, Jet grabbed Airget-lahm off of the floor. He then unleashed his Gattling attack on the ringleader. The thug, already smarting from the children's magic, was killed instantly.

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"Mommy, wake up," begged Lilka, "Please mommy. You told us we'd go to the Festival of the Guardians in Baskar next week. Remember, you promised."

"Why won't you open your eyes?" added Ashley.

Jet kindly told the children, "I'm sorry, your mother can no longer be with you. I'll take care of you from now on. It's the least I could do for Megami, since I couldn't help her with her pain."

Suddenly, the woman's body began to glow. Then, Raftina, Guardian of Love appeared before them. She looked at Megami with a smile on her face. "You have shown the powers of all four High Guardians in abundance. There was Hope for your children's future in your heart. Your greatest Desire was to protect the two of them. If needed be, you had the Courage to fight for them. And now, you had the Love to die for them. All four powers will now work together, and restore not only your life, but also what you have lost." She began concentrating, and a power of healing entered Megami's body.

When it faded, the young woman sat up. There was no sign of the fatal round to her chest, it had vanished as if it never had been. She took off her eye patch, and it revealed that her left eye was now whole again, but a scar still existed over and under it in a diagonal slash. A smile crossed her face, as she stared at her children. They instantly ran to her.

"Don't worry my dears," she whispered, "Mommy isn't going anywhere again. I can…I can remember my past. Listen, your father is alive. And I am going to introduce you to him."

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Sky's Corner

And Teefa adds the Lunar series to her long list of stupid title ideas. She also thinks that Todd's afro burning is funny. You know where she is now? In the ABBYS leveling up. Her hint, give Virginia the MTC Recovery skill at Max Level, and just keep changing your other PS to suit the current battle. Then go down to levels 11-30, and let her go hogwild on Brants, Books, those Wil-o-Wisp copies, and whatever else she can kill in one shot. Include Jet with Zephyr for those dumb guys with the Cannibal Carnival skill. Put the two together, and you can kill those too. Gattling can work on certain tougher enemies as well. But, make sure you're pretty high up and have the Exodus Orb. Helped me buy the Ex File Key from the Black Market. This piece of Gella collecting information is brought to you by "Rutee's Otaku Agency", an affiliate of "Teefa85 Productions". Paid for by the Gella won in the ABBYS, and from selling the excess items grown in the Secret Garden. Remember kids, items disappear in the Ex File, but Gella is forever.