"Alright everyone." Fina said. "I'm going to increase our speed, is that
alright?"
"Go as fast as you want Fina, we'll be fine." Aika responded.
So she picked up speed, gradually going higher and higher. Until she was going higher than any Yafutomian ship could ever hope to go. The others looked around in awe, never before had they been so high up in their lives.
"You're finally going to see what lies beyond the sunset Vyse." Fina said calmly as they broke through the clouds.
Although the sun was just setting before they went into the clouds, it was a clear black sky with many stars that were visible in it above the clouds. But when they looked down, they saw the clouds. Could it be, that they had gone beyond the clouds? We'd call it outer space, but they called it "The Silver Civilization."
"Wow." Vyse said. "This is beyond the sunset?"
"This is amazing." Scott said, still clearly shocked by the stunning sight.
"What's that Fina?" Aika asked, pointing to a small metal structure.
"That is The Silver Shrine. It's where I grew up." Fina answered, going full speed towards it.
They docked at The Silver Shrine, and it was certainly a sight to behold. Though it seemed that they were all upside down. So they all quickly preceded to a beam of light, which teleported them to the inside of the shrine. It was almost more breathtaking than the outside. It looked like a big maze, leading up to a lone room in the center.
"We want to get up there." Fina said. "That's where the Elders are."
So, they began what would have been a long venture towards the center room, if Fina weren't guiding them. It made Scott dizzy, all the twists and turns, and going upside down. Sometimes he didn't know whether they were straight, or sideways. (As you can see, he gets confused easily.) There were no monsters around, it seemed that this was going to be the easiest Moon Crystal of them all.
When they reached the center room, Vyse, Aika and Scott were again amazed by the look of the room. But it was creepy to see old people behind a window, looking right at them.
"Fina, you've returned." One of them said. "Was your mission a success?"
(A/N: I'm not entirely sure how this part goes, so stay with me.)
"Not yet Elders. Ramirez came and took the Moon Crystals from us. We had all but the Silver Crystal." Fina informed them.
"Ramirez!" One of the other Elders exclaimed. "He's turned has he?"
"When we lost touch with him, we figured something was wrong." Another said. "But knowing now that he has turned, it's grave news."
"I brought these Sky-Dwellers with me Elders. They've helped me since the beginning. I've learned to trust them." Fina said.
"That's nice to know Fina. But you should send them back, they have no place in these affairs."
"Yes we do!" Vyse said.
"Silence." The Elder said.
"Elders, I have a question." Fina said. "I want to know the truth. Ramirez told me that you do not care for the Sky-Dwellers, and called The Rains Of Destruction on them that long time ago. Is this true?"
"It seems that you have discovered the truth." The Elder said. "We tried to be rid of the Sky-Dwellers. They were riding on the wave of greed and desire. They were burning alive in the flames they themselves had started! We called down The Rains Of Destruction on them, hoping to rid the world of their presence."
"But why?" Fina said.
"Maybe if I showed you, you would understand."
He transported them to a room. Though it wasn't so much of a room, more like a vast nothing. There seemed to be no limits, no gravity. It was just like outer space, except for the beautiful blue dancing around them. They were floating, weightless with no gravity, as said before. Images of The Rains Of Destruction appeared before their eyes, and the Elder explained that they had to get rid of the Sky-Dwellers, or they would have destroyed the world anyway. They said they used the Silver Gigas, Zelos, to do it.
Then they were transported back to the Chamber Of The Elders.
"That is why we must gather the crystals again. To finally be rid of the Sky-Dwellers, for good this time." The Elder said.
"You mean they used Fina?" Aika asked, confused.
"Who do you think you are?" Vyse said.
Tears welled up in Fina's eyes. "You have no idea what you're talking about!" She exclaimed. "Not all Sky-Dwellers are like that! There are people like Vyse who stand out from the rest. People who will do things to make the world better, against all odds, and never give up!"
As the Elders pondered what she had just said, Ramirez appeared in the Chamber.
"Ramirez!" The Elders exclaimed. "What have you done? Why did you abandon your mission?"
"Because I've found a new leader, one with a better vision of the world!" Ramirez said as he drew his sword and slashed at the Elder.
The Elder's plane of glass shattered, and he fell to the ground, dead. Vyse and Co were shocked, and Ramirez immediately drew a piece of the Silver Moon Crystal out of the Elder.
"I thought I'd do it the easier way." He said, and then disappeared.
Fina kneeled by the deceased Elder, crying a little. But the Elders to hold not to cry, she was right. The Rains Of Destruction were too dangerous, and now Galcian was going to use it to rule the world. They said it was up to her to stop him. They teleported them back outside, and they headed back to Crescent Isle.
After a quick and short meeting, they decided to go to Dangral Island and take Galcian's elevator down to Old Sky and beat him to the lost continent of Soltis, before he could revive Zelos.
With little to no hesitation they headed straight for the island. Going the same way they did the last time they were there. But this being the first time that Scott had ever been there, he had to follow behind everyone else. Until they got to the lift leading to the elevator, the path seemed obvious at that point. They started it up and headed downwards. But somehow, Virgo managed to catch up to them.
(A/N: Again, I have no idea how the fight here begins, so yeah.)
He challenged them to one last fight. And Vyse accepted he didn't have much of a choice anyway. The only difference between this time and the last time is that Virgo had a big cannon with him.
"Uh oh." Scott said. "One blast with that and we'll be obliterated!"
"Not today, it's time you learned how to use 'Prophecy!'" Vyse said.
It used all their energy, but they managed to use "Prophecy."
Vyse: In dire need.
Aika: We call for.
Scott: The power.
Fina: Of the ancients!
Vyse: To battle our foe!
It wasn't exactly positive that it happened, but the gods might have heard their plea. Because the result was a random moon (not one of the colored ones) came crashing down onto Virgo. Yet he survived through it! So they had to do it quite a few times before he finally fell.
He let them off the elevator safely, finally accepting defeat.
"What are you gonna do now Virgo?" Vyse asked once they reached the bottom.
"I'm not sure." Virgo responded. "Maybe I'll become an Air Pirate, like you guys."
"That's a good idea." Vyse said.
"Well Red, I guess this is where we say goodbye." Virgo said, looking at Aika.
"Well gee, maybe if you didn't come on so strong, you might have been appealing." Aika said.
"Nah. I say that the better man should keep the woman. Vyse beat me fair and square. I've always thought no one other than Lord Galcian could best me. Galcian and Ramirez are down below, good luck kid."
"Hey thanks!" Vyse said.
"As long as there's beautiful women out there, I'll keep fighting." Virgo said, as he started the elevator and left.
Vyse and Co went into a room that appeared to be the elevator shaft. They made their way to the elevator and started it up.
"So this is supposed to lead to Soltis?" Scott asked, looking at Fina.
"Yes, the lost continent." Fina answered.
When they got to the bottom, Soltis was no different than the Silver Shrine. It looked as if it were in space, though it was actually way below on the ground. And just as the Silver Shrine, it looked highly advanced in it's technology. It had teleports and an odd core. It was certainly something to see.
They quickly made their way to Zelos's chamber, only to find that Ramirez and Galcian were already there, trying to awaken the Silver Gigas. They were in the center of the room; they had placed all the Moon Crystals on pedestals surrounding a sphere of energy. Fina knew it must have been Zelos's container, but she didn't see a way of stopping them from awakening it.
"Ramirez, don't!" She called out.
"It took you long enough to get here." Galcian said, looking towards Vyse. "We were about to raise the Silver Gigas, Zelos. Did you come to watch the show?"
"Oh and what a show it will be." Ramirez said. "But I doubt you'll live long enough to see it."
As if on cue, a sentinel of sorts appeared. It was called "Eliminator" unknown to the others. It was almost exactly like the one Aika and Fina had fought on Shrine Island. But they knew this one had to be much stronger.
Vyse and Co attacked it with all their might, trying to give as much damage as they could to it. But it did a target search, so Vyse and Aika braced themselves. Fina, knowing that Vyse and Aika knew what they were doing, defended too. But Scott had no idea what they were thinking, so he continued to attack it. The sentinel unleashed a large and powerful beam at them, Vyse, Aika and Fina weren't hurt much, but Scott was hurt a lot. Almost to the point where he was limping, he used a Sacarum Crystal on himself as the other's attacked. They defended every time it did a target search, and used their strongest attacks otherwise. Repeating the process many times, they eventually defeated it.
"Ha! Was that all you could muster?" Scott said, smirking at the two.
But they had already summoned Zelos, and rising Soltis at that point. Everything was shaking, and debris was falling everywhere. Ramirez and Galcian had simply just, disappeared, while Vyse and Co had to leg it back to The Delfinus. They made it to the lift where they fought Virgo okay, but on the way up, it stalled. It came to a sudden halt, jerking everyone who was on it.
"What in the moons just happened?" Scott asked, turning to Vyse.
"I don't know!" Vyse said, kicking the control panel a few times. "It doesn't have any power!"
"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" Aika said, putting her hands on her hips.
Then the support beam for the lift began to fall apart. The occasion called for some quick thinking, but Vyse came up with a fairly good idea.
"Come on!" He said as he jumped off the now useless lift and onto the beam.
"You can't be serious." Scott said.
"Oh yes I can!" Vyse replied. "We're going to run up the beam!"
"Well, alright." Aika said.
"Come on and get down here!" Vyse called to them.
First, Fina jumped off. And Vyse, knowing she wasn't as acrobatic as Aika or himself, caught her and set her down gently. Aika came second, swiftly jumping of and gracefully landing on her feet like it was nothing. Scott came last, doing a misty-flip off the lift and onto the beam.
"Show off." Aika scoffed.
Scott would have laughed, but he had no time. "Come on! Let's leg it! Double time!" He heard Vyse say. So he ran behind them all, occasionally looking back to see a big piece of the beam collapse right behind his feet. He gulped and prayed to the moons that they wouldn't slow down any more.
They eventually reached the top and jumped off. Vyse came running in last, the beam crumbling under his feet as he ran and jumped off it. Aika positioned herself to catch him, and he landed right on her.
"Oh, ouch." Scott said, looking away.
But there was no time for jokes as they ran all the way back to The Delfinus, from which they watched Soltis rise from the mud of Old Sky and fly right up into the air, getting level with Shrine Island, which seemed to fit right into a spot in Soltis.
They were about to try to get into the island, but a big protective energy dome surrounded it. The Delfinus rammed it's hull right into the dome, bit it didn't even make a crack.
"Damn!" Vyse exclaimed. "What is that?"
"It's a protective dome the Elders used to protect themselves from The Rains Of Destruction. It's impenetrable, and now Galcian is using it to keep us out." Fina said.
"Great! He boasts about being the ruler of the world, and now he hides from us?" Scott said, crossing his arms in disappointment.
"We'll have to head back to Crescent Isle, and try to plan something." Vyse said, shaking his head.
"Well, get on with it then!" Scott exclaimed.
"Don't rush greatness!" Vyse snapped back as he turned and sailed in the direction back to Crescent Isle.
But something made the sky go dark, shaking the lands almost. They only looked back for a minute, and they were shocked. Galcian was using The Rains Of Destruction. Fina couldn't believe her eyes, and the rest thought it was going to be the end of the world all over again. All they could do was sit idly and watch this time, as The Rains Of Destruction were started. But to their surprise, nothing had hit them, or any of the islands close. Instead, they had hit Vulua, dead on. They were relieved that they were okay. But then the thought came to their minds.
"Enrique!"
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Whee! This is fun! I love writing this sooo much! ^__^ And I know you all love reading it! Well. actually, lets put it this way. You better!... Just kidding! I just hope you have as much fun reading it than I've had writing it!
A special thanks to all the reviewers so far, you don't know how much it means to me to have some positive reinforcement. Not to mention pointing out my flaws for future reference.
Got any questions or comments? E-mail me at Luigi_640@hotmail.com
"Go as fast as you want Fina, we'll be fine." Aika responded.
So she picked up speed, gradually going higher and higher. Until she was going higher than any Yafutomian ship could ever hope to go. The others looked around in awe, never before had they been so high up in their lives.
"You're finally going to see what lies beyond the sunset Vyse." Fina said calmly as they broke through the clouds.
Although the sun was just setting before they went into the clouds, it was a clear black sky with many stars that were visible in it above the clouds. But when they looked down, they saw the clouds. Could it be, that they had gone beyond the clouds? We'd call it outer space, but they called it "The Silver Civilization."
"Wow." Vyse said. "This is beyond the sunset?"
"This is amazing." Scott said, still clearly shocked by the stunning sight.
"What's that Fina?" Aika asked, pointing to a small metal structure.
"That is The Silver Shrine. It's where I grew up." Fina answered, going full speed towards it.
They docked at The Silver Shrine, and it was certainly a sight to behold. Though it seemed that they were all upside down. So they all quickly preceded to a beam of light, which teleported them to the inside of the shrine. It was almost more breathtaking than the outside. It looked like a big maze, leading up to a lone room in the center.
"We want to get up there." Fina said. "That's where the Elders are."
So, they began what would have been a long venture towards the center room, if Fina weren't guiding them. It made Scott dizzy, all the twists and turns, and going upside down. Sometimes he didn't know whether they were straight, or sideways. (As you can see, he gets confused easily.) There were no monsters around, it seemed that this was going to be the easiest Moon Crystal of them all.
When they reached the center room, Vyse, Aika and Scott were again amazed by the look of the room. But it was creepy to see old people behind a window, looking right at them.
"Fina, you've returned." One of them said. "Was your mission a success?"
(A/N: I'm not entirely sure how this part goes, so stay with me.)
"Not yet Elders. Ramirez came and took the Moon Crystals from us. We had all but the Silver Crystal." Fina informed them.
"Ramirez!" One of the other Elders exclaimed. "He's turned has he?"
"When we lost touch with him, we figured something was wrong." Another said. "But knowing now that he has turned, it's grave news."
"I brought these Sky-Dwellers with me Elders. They've helped me since the beginning. I've learned to trust them." Fina said.
"That's nice to know Fina. But you should send them back, they have no place in these affairs."
"Yes we do!" Vyse said.
"Silence." The Elder said.
"Elders, I have a question." Fina said. "I want to know the truth. Ramirez told me that you do not care for the Sky-Dwellers, and called The Rains Of Destruction on them that long time ago. Is this true?"
"It seems that you have discovered the truth." The Elder said. "We tried to be rid of the Sky-Dwellers. They were riding on the wave of greed and desire. They were burning alive in the flames they themselves had started! We called down The Rains Of Destruction on them, hoping to rid the world of their presence."
"But why?" Fina said.
"Maybe if I showed you, you would understand."
He transported them to a room. Though it wasn't so much of a room, more like a vast nothing. There seemed to be no limits, no gravity. It was just like outer space, except for the beautiful blue dancing around them. They were floating, weightless with no gravity, as said before. Images of The Rains Of Destruction appeared before their eyes, and the Elder explained that they had to get rid of the Sky-Dwellers, or they would have destroyed the world anyway. They said they used the Silver Gigas, Zelos, to do it.
Then they were transported back to the Chamber Of The Elders.
"That is why we must gather the crystals again. To finally be rid of the Sky-Dwellers, for good this time." The Elder said.
"You mean they used Fina?" Aika asked, confused.
"Who do you think you are?" Vyse said.
Tears welled up in Fina's eyes. "You have no idea what you're talking about!" She exclaimed. "Not all Sky-Dwellers are like that! There are people like Vyse who stand out from the rest. People who will do things to make the world better, against all odds, and never give up!"
As the Elders pondered what she had just said, Ramirez appeared in the Chamber.
"Ramirez!" The Elders exclaimed. "What have you done? Why did you abandon your mission?"
"Because I've found a new leader, one with a better vision of the world!" Ramirez said as he drew his sword and slashed at the Elder.
The Elder's plane of glass shattered, and he fell to the ground, dead. Vyse and Co were shocked, and Ramirez immediately drew a piece of the Silver Moon Crystal out of the Elder.
"I thought I'd do it the easier way." He said, and then disappeared.
Fina kneeled by the deceased Elder, crying a little. But the Elders to hold not to cry, she was right. The Rains Of Destruction were too dangerous, and now Galcian was going to use it to rule the world. They said it was up to her to stop him. They teleported them back outside, and they headed back to Crescent Isle.
After a quick and short meeting, they decided to go to Dangral Island and take Galcian's elevator down to Old Sky and beat him to the lost continent of Soltis, before he could revive Zelos.
With little to no hesitation they headed straight for the island. Going the same way they did the last time they were there. But this being the first time that Scott had ever been there, he had to follow behind everyone else. Until they got to the lift leading to the elevator, the path seemed obvious at that point. They started it up and headed downwards. But somehow, Virgo managed to catch up to them.
(A/N: Again, I have no idea how the fight here begins, so yeah.)
He challenged them to one last fight. And Vyse accepted he didn't have much of a choice anyway. The only difference between this time and the last time is that Virgo had a big cannon with him.
"Uh oh." Scott said. "One blast with that and we'll be obliterated!"
"Not today, it's time you learned how to use 'Prophecy!'" Vyse said.
It used all their energy, but they managed to use "Prophecy."
Vyse: In dire need.
Aika: We call for.
Scott: The power.
Fina: Of the ancients!
Vyse: To battle our foe!
It wasn't exactly positive that it happened, but the gods might have heard their plea. Because the result was a random moon (not one of the colored ones) came crashing down onto Virgo. Yet he survived through it! So they had to do it quite a few times before he finally fell.
He let them off the elevator safely, finally accepting defeat.
"What are you gonna do now Virgo?" Vyse asked once they reached the bottom.
"I'm not sure." Virgo responded. "Maybe I'll become an Air Pirate, like you guys."
"That's a good idea." Vyse said.
"Well Red, I guess this is where we say goodbye." Virgo said, looking at Aika.
"Well gee, maybe if you didn't come on so strong, you might have been appealing." Aika said.
"Nah. I say that the better man should keep the woman. Vyse beat me fair and square. I've always thought no one other than Lord Galcian could best me. Galcian and Ramirez are down below, good luck kid."
"Hey thanks!" Vyse said.
"As long as there's beautiful women out there, I'll keep fighting." Virgo said, as he started the elevator and left.
Vyse and Co went into a room that appeared to be the elevator shaft. They made their way to the elevator and started it up.
"So this is supposed to lead to Soltis?" Scott asked, looking at Fina.
"Yes, the lost continent." Fina answered.
When they got to the bottom, Soltis was no different than the Silver Shrine. It looked as if it were in space, though it was actually way below on the ground. And just as the Silver Shrine, it looked highly advanced in it's technology. It had teleports and an odd core. It was certainly something to see.
They quickly made their way to Zelos's chamber, only to find that Ramirez and Galcian were already there, trying to awaken the Silver Gigas. They were in the center of the room; they had placed all the Moon Crystals on pedestals surrounding a sphere of energy. Fina knew it must have been Zelos's container, but she didn't see a way of stopping them from awakening it.
"Ramirez, don't!" She called out.
"It took you long enough to get here." Galcian said, looking towards Vyse. "We were about to raise the Silver Gigas, Zelos. Did you come to watch the show?"
"Oh and what a show it will be." Ramirez said. "But I doubt you'll live long enough to see it."
As if on cue, a sentinel of sorts appeared. It was called "Eliminator" unknown to the others. It was almost exactly like the one Aika and Fina had fought on Shrine Island. But they knew this one had to be much stronger.
Vyse and Co attacked it with all their might, trying to give as much damage as they could to it. But it did a target search, so Vyse and Aika braced themselves. Fina, knowing that Vyse and Aika knew what they were doing, defended too. But Scott had no idea what they were thinking, so he continued to attack it. The sentinel unleashed a large and powerful beam at them, Vyse, Aika and Fina weren't hurt much, but Scott was hurt a lot. Almost to the point where he was limping, he used a Sacarum Crystal on himself as the other's attacked. They defended every time it did a target search, and used their strongest attacks otherwise. Repeating the process many times, they eventually defeated it.
"Ha! Was that all you could muster?" Scott said, smirking at the two.
But they had already summoned Zelos, and rising Soltis at that point. Everything was shaking, and debris was falling everywhere. Ramirez and Galcian had simply just, disappeared, while Vyse and Co had to leg it back to The Delfinus. They made it to the lift where they fought Virgo okay, but on the way up, it stalled. It came to a sudden halt, jerking everyone who was on it.
"What in the moons just happened?" Scott asked, turning to Vyse.
"I don't know!" Vyse said, kicking the control panel a few times. "It doesn't have any power!"
"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" Aika said, putting her hands on her hips.
Then the support beam for the lift began to fall apart. The occasion called for some quick thinking, but Vyse came up with a fairly good idea.
"Come on!" He said as he jumped off the now useless lift and onto the beam.
"You can't be serious." Scott said.
"Oh yes I can!" Vyse replied. "We're going to run up the beam!"
"Well, alright." Aika said.
"Come on and get down here!" Vyse called to them.
First, Fina jumped off. And Vyse, knowing she wasn't as acrobatic as Aika or himself, caught her and set her down gently. Aika came second, swiftly jumping of and gracefully landing on her feet like it was nothing. Scott came last, doing a misty-flip off the lift and onto the beam.
"Show off." Aika scoffed.
Scott would have laughed, but he had no time. "Come on! Let's leg it! Double time!" He heard Vyse say. So he ran behind them all, occasionally looking back to see a big piece of the beam collapse right behind his feet. He gulped and prayed to the moons that they wouldn't slow down any more.
They eventually reached the top and jumped off. Vyse came running in last, the beam crumbling under his feet as he ran and jumped off it. Aika positioned herself to catch him, and he landed right on her.
"Oh, ouch." Scott said, looking away.
But there was no time for jokes as they ran all the way back to The Delfinus, from which they watched Soltis rise from the mud of Old Sky and fly right up into the air, getting level with Shrine Island, which seemed to fit right into a spot in Soltis.
They were about to try to get into the island, but a big protective energy dome surrounded it. The Delfinus rammed it's hull right into the dome, bit it didn't even make a crack.
"Damn!" Vyse exclaimed. "What is that?"
"It's a protective dome the Elders used to protect themselves from The Rains Of Destruction. It's impenetrable, and now Galcian is using it to keep us out." Fina said.
"Great! He boasts about being the ruler of the world, and now he hides from us?" Scott said, crossing his arms in disappointment.
"We'll have to head back to Crescent Isle, and try to plan something." Vyse said, shaking his head.
"Well, get on with it then!" Scott exclaimed.
"Don't rush greatness!" Vyse snapped back as he turned and sailed in the direction back to Crescent Isle.
But something made the sky go dark, shaking the lands almost. They only looked back for a minute, and they were shocked. Galcian was using The Rains Of Destruction. Fina couldn't believe her eyes, and the rest thought it was going to be the end of the world all over again. All they could do was sit idly and watch this time, as The Rains Of Destruction were started. But to their surprise, nothing had hit them, or any of the islands close. Instead, they had hit Vulua, dead on. They were relieved that they were okay. But then the thought came to their minds.
"Enrique!"
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Whee! This is fun! I love writing this sooo much! ^__^ And I know you all love reading it! Well. actually, lets put it this way. You better!... Just kidding! I just hope you have as much fun reading it than I've had writing it!
A special thanks to all the reviewers so far, you don't know how much it means to me to have some positive reinforcement. Not to mention pointing out my flaws for future reference.
Got any questions or comments? E-mail me at Luigi_640@hotmail.com