Twisted Secrets
By RubedoFan
Disclaimer: I don't own Xenosaga no matter how many times I haggled with the owner of it. –Sighs- (Maybe I shouldn't have gone below a dollar)
Recap: Junior and Gaignun reach the final room, where they witnessed the destruction of the Durandal as a U-TIC Fleet attacked it mercilessly. Unfortunately though, Junior had trouble brewing behind him. Meanwhile, Shion, Ziggy and MOMO have made it to Abel's Ark on the Dammerung, but like the Elsa, they received an SOS from the Durandal.
Author's Note: No more plans until August 4 for me, so you should see the chapters coming somewhat fast. Thanks for the reviews like always. It makes it my day and encourages me more to write. Now onto what's next.
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Chapter Three
----Dammerung----
(Later, after the commotion on the bridge- in an empty part of the ship)
Allen: I guess, that dream of yours with Nephilim wasn't actually a dream of pure fantasy.
MOMO: Nephilim? What did she say this time? Is something bad going to happen to the people of the Kukai Foundation?
Shion: -Sighs- it's hard to say as her voice was either muted from my mind, but the entire event seemed to take the words out of her mouth.
Ziggy: What was the event?
Shion: The person you called "Voyager" was ordering a… "Monster" of some sort and Gaignun was screaming to you, Ziggy to not hurt the "Monster."
Ziggy: Describe this monster.
Shion: Wings of red and appeared to be nothing more but a boy with brown hair, blue eyes, and-
Ziggy: I see. Let's get going.
MOMO: How are we going to get off the Dammerung?
Allen: You'll see…
Shion was already walking down the hallway with Ziggy right behind her and soon Allen followed, leaving MOMO following last, but soon catching up to Ziggy.
Shion led them into an Elevator and hacked it with her handheld, and while she was at it, she input the code to wake up KOS-MOS. The elevator's light flickered as Shion gain control over the elevator and made it go down to the forbidden area of the Dammerung like before.
Allen: -Sigh- here we go again…
MOMO: Again?
Allen: She snuck out of the Dammerung once before with the same plan and succeeded. We were very lucky that we didn't get fired, all thanks to Wilhiem. Though on this go round, I have a feeling we won't be getting out this easily-
Shion: That is why I called KOS-MOS.
Allen: -Hand slaps his face- Argh…
The elevator stopped at what appeared to be the lowest level and they charged out, heading down the hallway that was dark, but then…
Soldier: Stop right there!
Shion: Great.
Soldier: Shion Uzuki please return to your department at once and resume your post. You are not allowed on this restricted area.
KOS-MOS: Please step aside or else, we will be forced to cause unneeded harm.
Soldier: I am warning you. –Points his laser rifle-
Ziggy did a Cyber Kick on the soldier, who was instantly knocked out.
MOMO: Ziggy! –Shocked-
Ziggy: We better be on our way. A minute can be a minute too late.
Shion: -Nods- Let's get going. The Dinah should be just ahead.
Allen: Whoa! Wait a second, the Dinah only has two seats available if not including the one KOS-MOS immediately takes to pilot the A.M.G.S and there are five of us!
KOS-MOS: There is storage room on the Dinah that can leave the other two people.
Shion: We can handle our "assigned seats" later. We have to get there first!
They then continued on their way, handling some more soldiers and robots, but soon enough reached the Dinah. Inside the Dinah, Allen with Ziggy stayed in the cramped storage room on the Dinah, which was filled with the artillery- leaving barely any room.
Allen: -Clutches his head- Argh… why me?
Ziggy: It made since for the ladies to get the seats. It can get worse if one of them already had a cramp of some sort and-
Allen: AHHH! I don't even want to know! I didn't want to think about THOSE KIND of cramps.
KOS-MOS: Preparations complete. Are we ready for departure?
Shion: Yes.
MOMO: Setting coordinates to the last place the Durandal transmitted their SOS.
KOS-MOS: …
The Dinah forced its way out by firing at the gate that blocked and warped immediately when it was clear to do such an action, leaving the Dammerung and its crew quite mad but amazed by the stunning event.
Miyuki: Go Shion!
Captain: Damn that Shion Uzuki!
Wilhiem: -In his office, chuckling: watching them warp- what will you do when you discover your fellow ally is your enemy?
----Elsa----
Tony: Darn! There's a lot of U-TIC Battleships!
Hammer: I don't know how long we can dodge all these blasts and that beam of theirs nearly hit us!
Tony: -Steam comes out of his ears and fire burning in his eyes- is someone doubting my piloting abilities?
Hammer: Uh… -Nervously chuckles until…-
Matthews: -Hits Hammer on the head with his foot- Get back to work you slackers!
Hammer: OW! Right! Right! Understood!
chaos: Durandal spotted- two kilometers straight ahead.
Tony: Gotcha!
Tony made a severe turn and dodged all the firing with endless spins until they went behind some asteroids.
Tony: Yahoo! That was awesome!
Hammer: -Head down on his control panel- I feel sick…
Matthews: Get a grip Hammer! The job isn't done yet! –Kicks Hammer on the head again-
Hammer: OW! Okay! –Turns to chaos- how close are we now to the Durandal?
chaos: It depends on which part of the ship you want to know?
Tony: Which part? Whoa! Whoa! You mean it was obliterated?
chaos: -Pushing some buttons on his control panel- the Durandal appears to have been hit by the beam that threatened us earlier and was not prepared as their shield was completely down and survived critical casualties. The Durandal has been divided into two major parts.
Matthews: We better hurry and help them get their damage to a minimum.
Hammer: But it was-
Matthews: Knowing the Kukai Foundation, they have walls that block openings from the inside to Outer Space. The people are okay. Maybe a few went flying out by the terrible sanction of air going out, but needless to say, the majority is safe. Hammer, chaos, I want you two to get on the A.W.G.S.
Hammer: WHOA! Those haven't been used for quite some time due to the updated versions!
Matthews: I ORDER YOU to use the A.W.G.S to assist the people on the Durandal! Is that clear Hammer! –chaos already at the launch pad, boarding one of the A.W.G.S-
Hammer: Understood! –runs and bumps into the door, but quickly got up to meet up with chaos-
Shortly, Hammer and chaos were outside and contacted the Durandal.
chaos: This is chaos from the Elsa. Please contact as soon as possible for Hammer and myself to know you are all right.
Inside the Durandal, Mary got up from leaning on the wall and went to her sister's side as she responded to chaos.
Shelly: This is Shelly from the Durandal. Everyone on the bridge is all right as well as the half of the ship we are on, but the other half of the ship, we do not know their status. Please check on them first.
chaos: Understood. –turns to Hammer- You work on this side of the ship. I will go check on the other side.
Hammer: All right. Be careful now, chaos. We don't want to lose you at a time like this.
Hammer quickly went on with the damage, which was not as bad as Captain Matthews thought as it was minimal damage. Other than the previous cannon blows on the hull and all over the ship and that it was separated from the back of the ship, it was in good condition.
Meanwhile, chaos went to the other side, finding it quite hard to picture without the front as its two separate pieces that appeared to be wings for the Durandal- continuous twirled around the back of the ship. Like before, chaos contacted and found everyone was all right, but were panicking due to losing contact to the bridge suddenly.
Chaos told them to calm down as he contacted the Elsa.
Matthews: What is it?
chaos: We need more help Captain Matthews. In the present condition of the Durandal, we either drag it with our cable cords to the nearest port to get it repaired which is highly going to work that well, or we get a bigger ship to come and-
Tony: Captain!
Matthews: WHAT?
Tony: The U-TIC Fleet is being destroyed!
----Battlefield----
The Dinah, carrying KOS-MOS, Shion, MOMO, Ziggy, and Allen had arrived. KOS-MOS quickly dodged the rain of blasts like Tony, but returned the firepower, using X-Buster after stocking and headed toward the other ships.
Meanwhile inside…
Allen: AHHH!
Ziggy was sitting down like before, not moving an inch with his eyes closed- taking a nap while…
Allen: HOW CAN YA SLEEP THROUGH THIISSSS!
Allen was flying all over the storage room and soon into the piloting part of the Dinah.
Shion: Allen!
Allen: SA-SORRY!
Shion kissed him on the cheek and pushed him inside the storage once more, but this time locked it.
MOMO: Shion?
Shion: -Reddening- I'll- I'll explain later MOMO. –Talks to KOS-MOS- we better check on the Durandal. Leave the fleet to the Federation ship that is right on our tail.
KOS-MOS: Understood Shion.
The Dinah soon stopped firing and returned into evasive action… meeting up with chaos.
chaos: Long time no see, Shion and KOS-MOS. Ah, as well to you MOMO and I would reckon Ziggy is there with you.
Shion: How's the Durandal?
chaos: Everyone inside are all right even though the ship was divided into two segments, but we need to transport them out of the ship or else, the Elsa will end up dragging the two segments to the nearest port, which isn't as guaranteed of safety as the first one.
Shion: A Federation battleship is on the way.
chaos: Splendid news! I see they're already here. –Looking toward the U-TIC fleet that was soon fleeing-
----Inside the Abandoned Colony----
Voyager: It seems we better be on our way. –Sees the Federation ship coming from warp- are you nearly done with the preparations on U.R.T.V 666, Doctor?
Dr. Yuriev: -Finishes something on a steel table of some sort with a Red coat on the side, next to a hand, holding a pistol, and gets up from his crouching position in whatever he was doing to Voyager- whatever I could do in this facility is completed. All that is required is U.R.T.V 666 meeting with UDO and your plan would be ready to go.
White Cloaked Testament: -Comes from the shadows- we better be on our way the U.R.T.V. I'd reckon Shion and the others would be here soon, once they get the news. It is best we do not leave abruptly and get them suspicious.
Voyager: Understood. –nods and goes up to Junior that was on the steel table, simply touching him on the head and making him vanish, leaving the red coat behind-
Dr. Yuriev: Don't forget our deal.
Voyager: Of course, until we meet again Doctor Yuriev.
Voyager vanished into the shadows, following behind the White Cloaked Testament, and left the doctor alone. He smiled and then turned to the table, where he worked and soon his hair turned brown/black as well as his eyes turning green like before. As the changed continued, the Doctor slipped the glasses into the suit's pocket, and was gone in a matter of seconds, leaving Gaignun on the floor.
----Federation ship: Letting the Durandal crew board as the Officials talked on the bridge of the Federation ship----
Captain of the ship: We deserve an explanation of this.
Mary: -Sighs- you sure do after helping us from that jam we were in.
Shion and the others were there with chaos as well, listening to the conversation and also there to comment.
Shelly: The Durandal received a message from Doctor Yuriev who was said to have passed away fourteen years ago during the Militan Conflict. We have had a message sent before from the doctor, but was actually able to speak with him. With this, we knew the doctor was still alive… somehow.
Mary: This time we were able to track down where the message was sent and so we went to check it out. That led us to the abandoned colony, Bizarre. Master Gaignun and Little Master went off alone to interrogate Doctor Yuriev, but during their stay, the U-TIC Fleet ambushed us. They weren't there before and so we had no choice but to retreat. We contacted Master Gaignun and Little Master about the crisis, and they remained on the colony.
Shelly: As we tried to escape, our hull got damaged and we lost our shield completely. When they shot their beam at us, the Durandal was nonetheless how it is now.
Federation captain: I see. Well then, we will teleport the crew of the Durandal to the Kukai Foundation at once while leaving to the Elsa, I believe the name of the ship kid, to bring the remnants of the Durandal there. –Had been looking at chaos- -turns to the Godwin sisters- as for Gaignun and his son, we'll-
chaos: Leave it to the Elsa.
Federation Captain: All right. We'll be leaving this area immediately.
The captain headed back to his post, leaving the Godwin sisters and Shion with the main cast.
Mary: Take good care of Master Gaignun and Little Master for us.
Shelly: Please meet up with us at the Foundation ASAP.
Shion: We'll get those two back to the foundation immediately.
With that said, Shion and the others headed toward the Elsa, which was left with the dirty work.
----Elsa----
Matthews: I can't believe this! –Hand over his face-
Allen was on the floor, leaning against the wall, and still dizzy from the ride there while everyone was talking to the captain.
Matthews: We have to "drag" the remaining parts of the Durandal to the Foundation?
chaos: Unfortunately so.
Matthews: Well then, let's get to work. They pay us back!
Shion: We also need to go inside the colony to search for Junior and Gaignun.
Matthew: All right. Tony, you heard Ms. Vector.
Tony: On it!
----To be continued----
Author's Note: Phew! That was long. Anyhow, I hope you liked it. I can already say the characters are more than "quite" OOC. Sorry, I guess I can't stop that as it's been awhile not having my PS2 to recall the characters' personalities and etc. Hope you liked it! R & R!
Next time: The main cast has finally come together again due to the SOS of the Durandal. With the Durandal's crew being teleported to the foundation by the Federation, it leaves the Elsa with taking the two parts of the Durandal back to the Foundation, which the Federation could have done themselves as well as rescuing the Gaignun and Junior. Little do they know, Junior isn't there. What does the Testament have planned for Junior? What is this "Monster" that Nephilim showed Shion? What was the deal the Testaments made with Doctor Yuriev?