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The Other One
chaos led the children to there rooms, Sky was tired and went to rest, Tau as well, but Coral wanted to explore the Elsa some more. chaos looked at the Xenos-look-alike run from place to place checking everything to see what it did, from the vending machine to the robots. chaos sighed softly"Um Xenos, don't you think you should rest" when the Coral heard chaos say this she stood there with a very odd and confused look on her face"I'm sorry did I say something wrong" chaos asked the girl.
Coral shook her head"Well, no. It's just that, just now you called me 'Xenos'...my name is 'Coral'." chaos' expression turned sad just a little bit, his disappointment filled his face"I'm sorry did I upset you Mr. chaos" She asked him, but chaos remained silent.
Silence"No, I'm sorry about that Coral. It's just that you look like someone I used to know." chaos smiled gently at her"Well, just be sure to rest when you're done wandering around. Ok, Coral" Coral smiled and nodded, perhaps to do some more exploring; perhaps not. Coral ran off, as she did chaos' light smile quickly faded away. It's not her...figures, Xenos is...sigh So why am I so mad, I shouldn't have hoped...expected that she would say she WAS Xenos. He turned and headed for his room.
Elsewhere...
Nephilem stood alone, in the area that appeared to be where she contacted Shion in her sleep before they were sucked into the Cathedral Ship"You can come out Febronia, I know you're there." Febronia slowly formed out of thin air and landed silently next to the "child", there was moment of silence, the only sound was the wind gently rustling the leaves of the tree's.
Feb looked at the "girl""I thought you didn't want them to meet" Nephilem turned around slowly closing her eyes, and then answered.
"You're right, I didn't want them to meet...but it's too late now. They've already made contact, and now the 'other one' has arrived. I...I no longer have the power to keep them from meeting. The time for Shion's decision is growing ever closer." Nephilem's expression turned sad, Febronia frowned.
"You really expect her to make such a difficult choice? I myself can't help thinking that in one sense that's toying with someone's life. I'm sure Shion will feel that way." Nephilem's sad expression became even sadder, she knew that fate that would soon befall our heroes, as well as the fate that could befall them if this choice was not made.
"Yes, this will be a hard and sad choice indeed...a very sad choice...because one of them will have to be 'sacrificed' in exchange for the other." Nephilem sighed deeply, Febronia looked at her; Nephilem noticed her stare"Is there something you want to ask me" Febronia seemed to hesitate before answering her.
"Well, your real name is 'Nissan' right? Why'd you change it" Nephilem looked at her and smiled.
"Nephilem...originally they were fallen angels who were thrown out of heaven for rebelling. After that they wondered the earth, I call myself that because I feel like one, a spirit that wonders the earth." Nephilem smiled again, Febronia nodded to show she understood.
Second Miltia, Uzuki home...
"Wow, I can't believe the Chief actually left KOS-MOS behind." Allen mumbled scratching the back of his head"Man, I can't believe she left without me" He mumbled again as he stared at KOS-MOS. KOS-MOS stood in front of the widow by the door, her expression was her usual no-emotion-look but in her eyes seem to be a deep sadness. Her mouth was moving, she was saying something that Allen could just barely hear. He approached KOS-MOS slowly to try to make out what she was saying.
KOS-MOS' mouth moved quickly and silently as she was babbling"She's here...the other me...Shion who will you choose" KOS-MOS didn't seem to be talking to anyone in particular, just babbling it she then kept repeating "who will you choose" over and over again. Like, she was broken. When Allen heard this he was very confused, he put his and on KOS-MOS' shoulder.
"Hey, KOS-MOS what are you talking about" Allen shook her gently, but KOS-MOS did not respond, this puzzled Allen even more. Better tell the chief... Allen backed away slowly and left to contact the Elsa perhaps; perhaps not.
Back on the Elsa...
Coral looked around some more, now she had covered the entire Elsa"What fascinating place! Oh wow, this is so amazing" She jumped around happily, this of course caught the attention of Shion, she followed the noise to see what was going on.
Shion saw Coral jumping around"Um, Coral...what are you doing" Coral looked at her is a strangely happy zone-out-look, she tilted her head to the right before answering.
"Hmmmmm? Me? I'm just exploring! This place is so amazing! They never had anything like this at the lab" Coral yelled in excitement, obviously not paying attention to what she was saying, this made Shion even more suspisious.
"What do you mean, 'the lab'? Are you a realian, Coral" Shion asked, her suspicions seeming to grow with each word Coral said.
"No...I don't think so. I'm a highly classified exper! I mean, I'm a human whose genetic code was altered at birth. A mutant if that's what you call it, but I prefer modified human." Coral replied, but to Shion's disappointment Coral caught herself saying too much, Shion nodded to show she understood. "Well, I'm tired I'm gonna go rest now; bye" Coral yelled as she ran off. Shion watched as she headed toward the rooms, So she's a highly classified experiment...I knew something wasn't normal about them! I wonder if that's true for the other two? Did they...run away? Shion thought to herself, her thoughts were interrupted when one of the robots on board the Elsa talked to her.
"Miss Shion Uzuki, you have a call from a Mr. Allen Ridgeley regarding KOS-MOS. He says it's urgent." The robots words shocked Shion, in an instant she took off for the communication console just outside the bridge, Kos-mos? What's going on with her now? Shion finally reached the console.
"Allen! What's going on" Shion sounded frantic and worried, Allen scratched the back of his head.
"Well, I'm not sure Chief! She's just babbling, you think she's malfunctioning" Allen said a bit worried.
"I'm not sure, just keep monitoring her till I get back, the Captain should finish paying off his debts soon." Shion, answered"Be sure to report any further abnormal activity me, Allen." Shion continued.
"Roger, understood Chief." Allen replied, end transmission.
In chaos' room...
It was...stupid, to think that she'd be Xenos. Then...why? Why did I have all those flash backs when she came? Is there some connection? What's going on? What is all this? Someone help me...I've...I've never been so lost...Xenos, I miss you so much. chaos rolled over on his bed and drifted to sleep.
Everything is connected...
In Wilhelm's office...
Wilhelm watched the compass of order turn in awe"What's this now" the compass turned the light in the compass had grown and almost took up the entire compass now. Strange symbols appeared on the rings around the green cube in the middle"What? When the symbols align" The light flickered almost as if it were trying to say something to Wilhelm"When the symbols align what will happen" However, the light stopped flickering, but the rings continued to turn. When the symbols align...Xenos, are you trying to tell me something? What is it?
...think of the answer yourself...
On the Elsa...
"Wow you serious? We're actually out of debt" Tony couldn't helped being surprised at this, but Matthews nodded.
"Yeah, it's true I salvaged that ruined ship those kids were in! Turns out the thing was worth a ton-o-money" Matthews said excitedly.
"Wow, I can't believe it! I didn't think we'd ever pay it ALL off, but captain won't the kids be mad that we sold their ship" Hammer quickly received a kick in the back of the head.
"Of course not, ya moron! The thing was damaged beyond repair! You could call it payment for us saving their lives! Yeah, that's totally fair" Matthews replied swiftly.
chaos' dream, the ruined city...
chaos found himself in the ruined city once again, he saw the girl and chased her down to the look out point"Xenos! Wait, I know it's you" chaos yelled out behind the girl. She turned around to face him, this time he saw her face, she looked about 2 or 3 years older than Coral, but still the resemblance between the two was astonioning.
"I see, so we finally meet, Malachi..." chaos flinched when the girl mention his name"It's been so long, I've missed you so much." Xenos smiled at him"How have you been? I hope it wasn't too lonely without me. I'm sorry, having left you and Wilhelm all alone. You must've been so scared." Xenos' expression saddened"Forgive me." chaos shook his head, and smiled.
"It's ok, I...still don't remember what happened exactly, but...I know you had our best interests in mind. Thank you, for that" chaos smiled again. Xenos smiled back"I'm so glad I can see you again. There's so much I want to tell you" Xenos interrupted him.
"I'm sorry Malachi, but my time has already run out. I have to go." Xenos noticed the sad look on chaos' face when she said that"Please don't be sad, I hope to be back soon. Just you wait and see." As she finished she began to fade away.
On the Elsa...
"Sky? Are you up? Oh, she's still asleep...so is Tau! Oh! I hate being alone" Coral said to herself as she walked into the room where she'd be staying with Sky, Sky lay on the bed fast asleep, it didn't appear that she would be waking up anytime soon; I hope I didn't say too much to Miss Shion. If we get sent back to the lab...it'll be all my fault! Hmmmmm, Sky won't be up for awhile so I guess I'll have some more fun! Coral looked around the room until she came across a permanent marker"Hmmmmm, I wonder...ah, Sky probably won't mind" Coral approached the sleeping girl"Sky? Skyyyyyy. Sleepin' like a baby, well then..." Coral took off the cap of the marker and began to draw little swirls, glasses, smiley faces, a mustache, and random shapes on Sky's face. Once Coral had finished her "work" she left to wonder around some more.
In chaos' dream, the ruined city...
Xenos faded away before chaos' eyes, he ran toward her"Xenos! Wait! Where are you going" However she was already gone by the time he reached the location where she was standing. chaos' normal melancholy expression returned"I finally get to talk to you again and this happens..." End of dream.
In chaos' room...
chaos opened his eyes slowly, What a dream...maybe that's all it was...a dream, his thoughts were interrupted when he heard Coral's voice humming a tune from down the hall, Huh? She's STILL wondering around? chaos got up and left his room"Coral? You're still up? I thought you'd be resting by now." chaos stopped her in the hall, she smiled at him.
"Well, I was gonna, but I think I did something I shouldn't have." She said with a big smile on her face"Well, I'd love to stay and chat but I gotta run" She said happily as she ran off.
"Coral! Hey wait! What did you do" chaos almost yelled after her, It's just the same...we finally get a chance to take and this happens, you just runaway. Maybe...it's just me.
In Coral's and Sky's room...
Sky awoke and yawned"That was a nice nap" She walked over to the door, but as she did she noticed her face in the mirror"Wha? WHO DID THIS! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! CORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL" Sky was enraged, she couldn't believe that Coral did this to her, but at the same time she knew that only Coral would. "WHERE SHE! I'M GONNA GET HER" She ran out of the room screaming down the ship looking for Coral, who was probably in hiding"WHERE IS SHE? CORAL! YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS CAUSE WHEN I FIND YOU I'M GONNA" Sky was interrupted by chaos.
"Um, Sky why are you screa! Oh my! Sky, what happened to your face" chaos asked in a bit of a concerned-tone-but-really-trying-not-to-laugh-kind-of-way.
Sky turned around still enraged"YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FACE? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FACE! CORAL IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FACE" Sky yelled angrily, chaos backed away, obviously she didn't want to be asked any questions right now.
"Um, ok then." chaos said still backing away, "...I think I did something I shouldn't have." So that's what she meant, chaos thought as he back away. Good luck, Coral!
Later...
"You sure it'll be all right" Matthews asked Tau, who'd been sleeping earlier, Tau didn't answer he only nodded. "Um, ok. Now you're sure" Matthews asked again, Tau nodded again. "See, I told you there was nothing to worry about" Matthews turned to Hammer and Tony, hoping this would ease their fears.
In chaos' room...
The door opened with a hiss, chaos entered, he walked over to his desk when heard a painful groan he looked under"Coral? What are you doing under my desk" He asked, although he already knew.
"Well, you see, Mr. chaos, I'm hiding." Coral, said quietly in case Sky was outside the room.
chaos smiled gently at her"Well, you would deserve it." Coral nodded.
"I know, but still...the only reason I did that was because I was bored and she is very lazy she needs to get up" Coral answered, chaos smiled ever so slightly.
"Maybe, but still...what you did was not ok, Coral. Come with me, you can't hide here forever. I'll go with you, so she won't be too hard on you." chaos said giving the girl some room to get out from under his desk.
On the bridge...
"ALL RIGHT" Sky stormed unto the bridge, a worried look came over the crew of the Elsa's face's.
Matthews in his panic tried his best to explain"Well, a Sky you see it's like this."
"I don't care, if it's the ship you're talking about! JUST TELL ME WHERE CORAL IS" This shocked the crew even more.
"Well, uh...she's not here" Matthews replied, it was apparent that she was far too angry to care about anything else, they watched in shock as she stormed out of the bridge. Tau just stared with an emotionless look on his face, his usual expression.
The silence on the bridge only ended when the intercom came on"Elsa, you are clear to land now." A realians voice came on.
"Uh right, Tony take us in for landing. Gee what happened to that girls face" Matthews said taking a seat.
On Second Miltia, the landing port...
Jr. and MOMO waited patiently for the arrival of the Elsa"Hey look, Jr. there they are now." MOMO said pointing up to the sky, the two watched the Elsa descend unto the run way.
"Well, we didn't have to wait very long at all." The two approached the now landed Elsa.
On the Elsa...
"CORAL! There you are! You're gonna get now! Why'd you do this to me" Sky yelled at her, Coral cringed at the sound of her voice. chaos stepped in front of Coral to keep Sky away.
"Please calm down, Sky. Coral said she's sorry" chaos tried to calm Sky.
Sky shook her head angrily, and took a few deep breaths"Fine, Coral! But from now on you have to do ALL my laundry, clean my room, and make MY dinner...and anything else I can think of" This made Coral cringe again, chaos turned and smiled at her, this cheered her up a little.
Instantly Sky dragged Coral off to do her chores, chaos stood there watching them, Well I suppose it could be worse...
Matthews came on over the P.A. "Ok everyone we're docking now so prepare to leave the ship."
"All right Coral, you can start by packing MY things" Coral groaned as she went about doing as her "Master" commanded.
The Launch/Landing port...
The Elsa's air lock opened the three kids, Shion, and the crew of the Elsa stood in front of it, Jr. looked up at the kids; he noticed Sky's face"Whoa MOMO what do you think happened to her face" He whispered over to MOMO, MOMO shook her head.
"Um, so how'd it go" MOMO asked, hoping to change the subject before Sky realized what they were talking about.
"It went great, we're totally out of debt." Hearing this shocked MOMO and Jr., they shook there heads in disbelief at the captain's words.
"Uhhhhh, well uh, that's uh great! So um, who are these three" Jr. asked still in shock, Matthews out of debt? No way! Not possible!
Coral began"I'm Coral, this is Sky, and that is Tau." Jr. nodded. "Pleased to me you Mr. ...um..."
Jr. cut her off"Jr., and this is MOMO." Coral nodded then looked over at sky, she expected that Sky would be hiding somewhere so no one could see her face but instead she seemed to just stare at Jr.
"Sky? Sky? SKY" Coral yelled at her, but there was no response, she just kept staring at Jr. "I wonder what's wrong with her"
Xenosaga Sister: Whoo! What a chap! This has gotta be the longest chapter I've ever written...whoa! Rahkshi sister better fork over a ton-o-muffins for this! Mai-chan says I got messed things up with Dr. Masuda...are you sure you're not getting a little confused with Dr. Mikado? Cause I only mentioned Masuda in the prologue...I think...maybe it's me? Is it me? It's me! NOOOOOOOOO, I'm too young to go senile!
