Chapter 3: A fair trial denied
The portal opened back up, the three breathed a sigh,
T'was their own time again, and the sun still showed high.
Marle exclaimed with glee, "Let's go home, guys!
Come by the castle, past the forest it lies!"
Lucca nodded, "Sure, but my home I must see,
For I have things that need finished, like our very own key."
"You mean it's not finished?" asked Crono, concerned.
"Well, sort of, but it's fine from all that I've learned.
But I must go, I'll see you another time,
Perhaps even before the bell of next week does chime."
And off she went, while Marle inquired,
"Are you going to take me back home, before this day has expired?"
Crono nodded, and made just a quick stop by,
His house, and when Marle asked why,
He said with a grin, "Come meet my mother dear,
She'll be happy to see a new friend with me here."
They stopped and chatted till Crono agreed,
To take Marle back home, to do his deed.
Through the forest, they fought the creatures,
With sick, disgusting, and grotesque features.
They reached the castle and Crono felt pained,
From the knights as the Chancellor had him detained.
A terrorist, suspected,
Had just been arrested,
And a trial was coming,
For the one that was running,
With the princess in tow,
But they did not really know.
That Crono's intentions were pure,
But a trial was to make sure.
If he was guilty indeed,
If he did the horrible deed.
And thus he was brought in a place round and dark,
Where a judge boomed his voice, the words left their mark.
"We call this trial to order, of young Crono Triggare.
Accused of High Treason." and the jury did stare.
Could this be the one that had captured her so?
Son of the last knight captain, could he stoop so low?
Did his father not raise him as great as he could,
To do honorable things, especially service, he should.
Yet the lawyer Pierre, of Truce, he remembered,
Came to save Crono from being dismembered.
Through speaking of honor, truth, and trust,
Brought a unanimous "Not guilty" as it really must.
For all had agreed that he could do no wrong,
The son of one so great, and one so strong.
And Crono truly was his own father's son,
When it came to doing good, and even having fun.
But when he thought he was safe, the chancellor persuaded,
The king, who put Crono in prison, he felt quite jaded,
And thus he learned of incarceration,
Which happened to traitors of the nation.
When he thought all was lost, his life was saved at last,
From Lucca, firing her Zonker-38 so fast.
They helped out Fritz, who was also in a jam,
From the Chancellor's intentions, who put him in the slam.
And thus they escaped, until Crono, quite frank
Yelled, "Dear lord, it's Guardia's huge Dragon Tank!"
Crono stood fast, drew his sword so quick,
Rushed at the device that had him in a stick.
Attacked at the head, as Lucca suggested,
To stop it's own healing, its safeguard invested.
When all was said, and all was done,
Once again the two were on the run.
To the entrance they went, past soldiers as well,
And when they thought that all had gone to hell,
Marle came to help them out of their pinch,
Made escaping the soldiers much of a cinch.
Into Guardia forest they ran away
From the soldiers that were ordered to capture that day.
To a clearing they ran, and another gate found,
Not noticing it before, for it was without sound.
As the chancellor pursued, they decided to go,
Into the gate to where they surely did not know.
Chapter 4: Ruins of the future
Another chapter opens, and a gate does as well,
For they leapt out of the fire, to some bleak ruined hell.
They did not know how, or why people clung,
To life so faintly, life's song not long sung.
They lacked what the three had, nutrition and care,
For life was even dangerous in the outside air.
Crono decided that all was not lost then,
They would trek outside, where the robots have been.
So through a lab, with experiments gone wild,
They fought with ferocity, for the beasts were not mild.
At last they came to a large domed place,
Where they found more remnants of the poor human race.
The eldest of survivors, Doan was his name,
Descended from leaders was truly his fame.
He directed the three to the basement below,
Where a man had left, alive they didn't know.
Crono nodded, and agreed to descend,
Where few survived, where many met an end.
They raced through the area, where robots protected,
They came to a place that was unexpected.
They ran through a room where alarums blared,
A robot descended so three would not have fared.
Yet strong it was, but stronger were they,
The robot destroyed, it brightened their day.
They entered the room, where the man was found,
Long dead he was, for he made no sound.
But with him were seeds, for food for the others,
His children and family, sisters and brothers.
They found with the note, a line to catch a rat,
They went back to the room where it was at.
They caught it and learned the password of the door,
To the computer behind, with an information store.
So they followed directions, straight to the point,
Found the computer they needed, in the run-down joint.
Lucca worked her magic, finding another gate
That would save them from a bleak fate,
And then one record caught her eye,
The "Day of Lavos", and she inquired as to why
It showed things horrible, Armageddon had been,
Leaving people to rot, in this future… then
Marle decided that fate would not dare,
And let people live a life of despair.
"We need to stop it!" and Crono agreed,
Lucca nodded, hell-bent on doing the deed.
They returned to Doan, and told him their news,
He gave them a bike key, and gave them some clues
As to where to find it, at a ruined road,
Where robots raced on, as if following code.
Before doing this though, Crono thought it best,
To visit the Keeper's dome, after taking a rest.
He thought that the sewers would provide them enough,
With training and items, their much needed stuff.
There they met an old man and his Nu,
Belthazar was the man, and he was looking quite blue.
He spoke of some kingdom, Zeal, in the past,
How he was for certain that it did not last.
Realizing their goal, they went to the lab,
Where the bike was, and they met a robot quite fab.
He was known as Johnny, king of the race,
Crono merely nodded, and quickened his pace.
Challenged and won, he had no surprise,
Though the machine was futuristic, he still was quite wise,
And piloted it to the best degree,
He made it across without a fee,
And passed all the crazy monsters by,
Did not even think, nor wondered why,
He didn't think of it sooner, but he thought then,
That they should visit the dome, and leave again
With the gate, and thus get away from this place
While figuring out a way to save the whole human race.
They went to the dome, with the gate tucked inside,
From the Arris Dome, it was still quite a ride.
Once there, they decided to check the place out,
But they found the door to the gate, and Marle did pout.
"It's closed… but look… a robot's there!"
Lucca nodded, "I'll fix it, there's no need to beware…
I'll make sure it wont hurt us, it'll be like a friend,
I could probably help us, and that door it could mend,
So we can enter the gate, and find our way home,
Because I don't want to stay cooped up in this dome.
So let me get to work, and then we'll see,
How we can get out of here, from this place, and be free!"
She fixed up the thing, and just before dawn,
She gave it a tapped, and turned it's power on.
"Greetings all, thank you for the repair,
While shut down, a robot surely does not fare,
I am called R66Y, my main designation,
And this dome is the place where I was placed at my station.
Tell, me, there were humans before, I assume,
Where are they at, what happened to this room?"
They told him of the event which killed off the race,
Yet hearing this, they could see no emotion in his face.
Marle decided to call him by another name,
That clearly was different not quite the same,
As R66Y, and Robo was now known well,
The robot warrior from a bleak, ruined hell.
He showed them a factory, and while Lucca stayed back,
Crono, Marle, and Robo, picked up the slack,
And turned the power back on, so the gate was there,
Yet Robo got attacked by his brothers in the lair,
So Crono and Marle had to whoop them good
And have Robo fixed, the best Lucca could.
After that they went forward, to the gate in the dome,
Where all had thought they would find their way home.
But they would not realize what would happen then,
For soon they would know of how to fix where they had been.
T'was truly the beginning of an awesome quest,
One quite different from all of the rest.