Legacy
Evening: March 4, 2190 AI
The others in the council heard the explosions too. Realizing something must be wrong with Duran, they all panicked. Melody began lamenting about not being able to apply a last coat of blush for her corpse, while Malik whined about not being able to save his mother. Elliot worried for Adam and Pete worried for the planet's state. And Leehalt blamed the whole mess on Werner, just because he wanted to have an excuse to yell at his rival. Only Virginia's father was able to keep his cool throughout the disaster, he had a plan.
Over the last few days, he'd felt the energy was beginning to build up too much, and Duran seemed to be going insane over his imaginary friend. Knowing that his death was imminent, he had decided to make a backup copy of his memories in Hyadas. Everyone had one, just so they could tell the future generations what had went wrong with their experiments, so they would not be repeated. But Werner had taken it one step further, creating a device to make those memories come to life as a hologram that could take his place in the event of a disaster. Regretting there was nothing he could do for his comrades, daughter, and their experiment, Werner activated the device at the very second an explosion ripped through the meeting room.
The copy looked just like his former self, except he was wearing the travel clothing that Werner had on when he would leave home every day. He stood in the wreckage of the machinery that had brought him to life, in conjunction with the remote control. Looking around, the man hoped to find at least one survivor of the deadly accident, someone who could help him to atone for the mistakes that led up to this sad tragedy.
"Foolish human," a childish female voice said from behind, "You are trying the impossible by living on in this world. You'll never be able to atone for what you've done, now Filgaia has become even worse off than it was before Yggdrasil was turned on full blast. Watch what I'm about to show you." Werner looked ahead of him, seeing what appeared to be an image of the area around Boot Hill. The forests that had once been scattered over the land were gone, but at least there was still grass. Another scene was shown, this one of Little Rock. There, only scattered plants had survived the blast of Yggdrasil. But the worst was yet to come. As he looked out over what had once been a beautiful sea, now there only lay miles of dry sand.
He turned around to face the source of the voice. There stood a young girl, with yellow eyes and long purple hair. The child wore a black dress with a red shirt underneath, and red shoes. She looked to be no more than five, but he could tell differently. This was no child, this could only be the work of a Demon.
"Who are you?! And what are you doing here?! This is a private laboratory, no outside personnel are permitted in this place. So how did you get here, Demon child?!" he demanded. Werner then aimed one of his Duel Pistols at her, and fired. But the shot was ineffective, going right through her and into a wall.
The girl replied, "Well that's very rude of you. You should really not be so trigger happy all the time. My name is Beatrice, the Dream Demon. I live inside of the Information Library Hyadas, which is the only way I can exist in this world. I'm lonely, there's no one else to talk to. But, if I gather enough energy, I can create a new Filgaia for myself, a planet where Dream Demons can exist. Then, I will create more friends for me to play with. This energy is only the first step, it should have been the last. But that fool wasted it."
Werner steamed, this was the woman who Duran often spoke of. He'd been expecting more of an adult figure. But this girl had taken advantage of Duran's weakness to the female gender, and exploited him for her own use. Now, all his friends could be dead. He couldn't do anything, only watch as she faded out.
* * *
For the next ten minutes, Werner was calling for survivors throughout the facility. He'd found that it did no good, everyone had perished. And they didn't even leave bodies, the flames had burnt the bones so they were nothing but dust. The man clenched his fists, somehow, Beatrice would pay for what she did.
As he walked on, he arrived at the specimen chamber. Not looking where he was going, Werner bumped into some sort of clear barrier. He originally thought it was one of the cylinders, but then he saw they had all been blown apart. Looking ahead at the barrier, he saw it bore a greenish tint. Lying inside, he saw a miraculous sight. Both Virginia and Adam were laying there, still alive, albeit badly wounded. If he could heal them up, there would still be a chance of saving the lives of both of them. It looked like it would be time to take a trip to the Leyline Observatory, the only place he could resuscitate Adam's broken form.
Giving Virginia a Mega Berry was able to stop the bleeding, and buy him the time to get her to the machines that would save her life. Pulling Adam on his back, and holding Virginia in his arms, Werner took them to the Council Chambers. There, in the dust, lay the Teleport Orb that the original Werner Maxwell had dropped in his final moments. Using its power, he went to the other laboratory, and their only chance.
* * *
On the third floor, behind a hidden door in the wall, lay the place where they had started to gather the energy of Filgaia into a cylinder. Placing both Adam and Virginia in separate chambers, without any clothes on, so they would not be damaged, Werner started the machines. The sounds of Panakea Fluid being pumped into the capsules could be heard throughout the room. Soon he could see both of them had begun to breathe steadily, instead of shallow gasps. But it would take time, Virginia would be in a coma for a few years at least. And Adam, he wasn't even completed. It would be five more years with this archaic technology. Werner wouldn't even have to worry about it for awhile, he could relax for a little before going on his next mission. This would be even more sacred than his last, he would save Filgaia from Beatrice's evil.
Imputing the codes that would make the cylinders break open when they had revived the person that rested inside, Werner left the lab. He had to learn more about Dream Demons, so the first place would be the Mimir's Well. From there, he would search out a way to reverse Yggdrasil, to return Filgaia to what it was before the accident. Who knew, maybe there would be a way to revive it all together waiting out there.
As Werner walked onwards searching for that brighter tomorrow, Virginia dreamed. She thought about the outside world, the world she missed so much, and the time when she would see it again. She thought about her parents, aunt, and uncle, hoping to one day play with them again. But most of all, she thought about Adam, and how when they awoke they would finally be able to be the best of friends like in her dreams. It would be awhile, that's for sure, although the girl had no idea just how long she would sleep.
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Teefa's Last Words…
And that will set us up for the next installment. Be warned, it was inspired by listening to music. Took the format from listening to songs over and over while waiting for Graduation.
