Transported

"This is interesting," a small child's voice said in a shadowy realm, "That Sample of Filgaia made by the Council of Seven, and the Royal Princess of Adlehyde. Perhaps I can make use of them. Since he has the imbedded memories of a green Filgaia, and she has her people's racial memories hidden deep within her brain, then those two could provide wonderful images for my own world. All I must do is bring them here."

S...S

Around this time, Jet and Virginia were again beginning to make use of their legs. They walked around the room a little, and found they could do it. It would be the ideal time to make their escape. So they slowly but surely began walking towards the air ducts. Jet lifted Virginia into it, and then got into it himself. They crawled along until they could find the entrance to the Cradle of the Metal Gods. The two exited that air duct, and stumbled a little bit. Finally, they left the door and were back in the Wastelands.

Suddenly, the sky turned black. The blackness began to consume the entire backdrop of the area as if it was a flood. No matter where the two turned, they only saw the darkness. Virginia cast Saint, but it was unable to break through the shadows. She grabbed onto Jet's arm; not wanting to get separated here.

At that moment, they saw a large beast appear before them. It had the body of a lion along with the heads of a lion, dragon, and goat. The ancient legends called this monster a Chimera; the Elw word that meant hybrid. Jet held up the Airget-lamh, and blasted it with his Gatling. Virginia followed up with Saint. Still the beast stood, and it lifted up its enormous left paw. Then, it prepared to crush Virginia with it.

"Leave her alone!" screamed Jet. The fire that had risen when he fought Leehalt became present once again. He pushed the girl to safety, and fired off another Gatling. If you're wondering how he had the power to do so without eating a Full Carrot, then you're underestimating the power of Filgaia inside him.

Once the Gatling killed the Chimera, the fire went down again. He sunk to his knees, and began to breathe heavily. It was a wonder to the young man why he had done that. She was a simple girl. So why had he suddenly called upon inner strength when she was in danger? It all confused him. Jet didn't want to deal with it any more; he was tired of all this uncertainty. If he didn't get out right away, he would lose it.

Virginia was blushing. No matter what Jet told her, he always made her feel secure. The boy had too many unjustified fears. Only by embracing his own feelings could he live in happiness. She was going to make him feel better no matter what. It was the least she could do for all of the times he protected her.

Jet suddenly told her, "I'm leaving Virginia. This is too much for me. All you do is confuse me and make me feel funny. It's not so bad when we're with Clive and the big lug, but when it's just me and you I almost lose myself. No way I'll let that happen. From this point on, we're both going to be going it solo."

With that, he slung Airget-lamh over his shoulder and walked off. A bewildered Virginia stood there, wondering what had happened. Why was he running off like this? It paralyzed her for a few moments. But in just that small amount of time Jet had vanished into the encroaching darkness of the mysterious void.

S...S

As Jet walked, he encountered many more monsters. However, none of them were as strong as the Chimera he killed before. Thus, the boy slew them with ease. 'I don't need her; I can do just fine on my own. All I get from her is talk about justice and memories. I don't care about either. The only place I truly exist is inside of a ruin searching for treasure. That's where I feel alive, when holding a fistful of Gella and letting it fall onto the floor before me. That feel, that sound, that sight, is my only joy. She doesn't really understand me at all. So what if I'm an android? As long as I can still find Gella, I will be a happy man.'

But no matter where he went, a vision of Virginia followed close behind. She was scolding him, telling him to let her help. He only knew it wasn't the real Virginia because she was back in the clothes that the Prophets had taken from her. Jet simply ignored her, killing the monsters before him with indiscriminant rage. It felt like therapy to him; to take out his feelings towards what he really was on those that stood in his way. Once he found his way out of the void, Jet vowed to go to the first ruin he saw and clean it all out.

"Do you here me Virginia!" he screamed, "I don't need you! I can get by on my own!" With that out of his system, Jet continued onwards. However, the hovering specter didn't want to ignore him. He was beginning to think it was simply a figment of his imagination brought on by being with her for so long. Or she might have powers to send images like this in order to make contact with other beings far away. In fact she could, but only through telepathy at an extremely short range. No images went into that either. Not once did it occur to him that he was seeing Virginia before him because he knew that he was really lying.

Suddenly, a growl was heard from behind. Jet shot and killed the Baskerville that had shown up, but was unable to see what was creeping up in its place. A huge serpent with two heads called a Tiamatt had spied the boy. As Jet was distracted with killing the small fiery beast, Tiamatt attacked with its head.

Jet felt the pain in his back, unable to see what struck him. He fell to the floor in pain. As he turned around, he finally noticed the great golden serpent. But before he could shoot it, to take it down with him, a hail of ten bullets were aimed at the beast. As the boy looked back, he could see Virginia standing there. Rage and anger shown in her face. She jumped in front of Jet, as if shielding him from attacks.

"No harm will come to him. I'm not going to let anyone deny this boy a chance at having a normal life like anyone else. Now, you will feel my wrath!" she screamed at the monster. Once more, she began to bring forth the Dist Dims. And again, she threw all of its energy into the Teardrop. Finally, she chanted, "Schturdark, lend your power to drown my enemies. Hi-Aqua!" At that instant, Tiamatt was surrounded by a torrent of water. Being of the fire element, the creature was greatly injured. Then, it self-destructed.

Virginia extended her hand to Jet, who took it. She healed his wounds, and took him in her arms. As her head rested on his shoulder, and his on hers, the girl began to cry. "I thought, I thought I was going to lose you forever. Never leave me again Jet. If you died, then I don't think I could ever live with myself."

Jet didn't know what to do. He had never felt this way towards anyone before. She was a special girl, that's for sure. Nothing he said or did seemed to make her go away. Perhaps it was better to stick with her and figure out his confusion that way. But he didn't say anything; this is Jet we're talking about.

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Teefa's Last Words…

That's our Jet. Tries so hard to hide his feelings. But we know otherwise.