"NDS: Book 10: Chapter 67: Awakening"

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Jet ran along the cold tundra as he made out the shape of a small ruin, the size of a shack. It was most likely steps leading into an underground ruin, Jet figured. He was still too far away to be certain, and it was still too dark to tell for certain. He let out a huff of visible breath, "That must be where Generator Eon is." Jet looked on with curiosity. "Just what is it though?" He wondered.

"Jet!" Emilia and Gallows were quickly catching up, with Emilia ahead of the slower Gallows. Jet stopped as the two caught up with him, and to give himself a chance to catch his breath.

"Is that where Nobuo went?" Emilia wondered as she jerked her head in the direction of the ruin.

"Must be." Jet simply said.

"So…" Gallows began awkwardly, to break the awkwardness that was coming across. "This is it, huh?"

Jet nodded. "This is the last battle. If we fail to stop Nobuo now…"

"…Who knows what will happen." Emilia finished what Jet had purposely stopped saying in an effort not to make their mission sound like a desperate one. "Together I'm sure we can stop him."

"But…" Gallows began. "What if he uses Generator Eon to do whatever it is he will do?" He asked, not usually being the serious one and the voice of reason or worry.

Jet shrugged. "We can't say how the outcome will turn out when we don't even know what Eon is or does."

Emilia nodded. "It's best we just get going." And the trio began in a jog for the ruin, which, deep within, in a standard-sized room of metal that was silver in color, held Nobuo and Carole. The two of them had just entered the room with clangs of boots on the metal floor that was the same as the wall, just duller and darker.

"My journey of eighteen years to destroy humankind is near-complete." Nobuo commented with a grin. He felt tingles flow through his skin, he was like a kid who had waited for a toy and now has finally gotten it; or a person awaiting a letter in the mail.

Carole followed, awkwardly, behind him. "Why…must all die, aside from us?" She questioned.

He laughed. "I will burn them like the trash they are, and when it is done, I will follow after."

"So…I will be the only one left?"

"That's your decision." He muttered as he continued for the wall before stopping before it. "What you do after all of this is none of my concern." He chuckled. "Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if a few others would survive this chaos."

"I see…" Carole trailed off. "But I don't like people. They are unfair, as is this world."

"Then we will just have to try our hardest to kill them all off." He laughed as he drew the Twilight Sun, and lifted it to a hole in the wall of the room. Three more on the same wall, with one to it's right, one below, and one diagonal. With his other hand he took up the Twilight Moon and placed it in front of the hole beside the one he had his left hand in front. With a gentle push he placed them in the wall which they seemed custom fit for them. "Starting with that group of Drifters who have been on our tails every last step of the way."

"Yes…" Carole agreed, but it may be a lie. There was doubt in her voice now.

"From this moment on, the Filgaia we knew no longer exists!" He declared, placing Twilight Gemini and Lone into the last two spots.

As Jet ran a fissure formed along the ground in front of him and the others. The ground shook tremendously causing the trio to stop as the ground ahead of them that surrounded the ruin shattered, and the ruin sunk into the ground. In it's place rose a much larger structure. As it came out the mountain they were within literally split in two and rained rocks down upon them doing so. Evading the barrage as the night sky and moon became visible the group tried their best to get closer, now that more light was revealing what they were dealing with. The light reflected nicely off of the silver metal object, illuminating the caves for some distance. As the structure, that was easily the size of a large mansion or a small castle, rose from the ground the object was becoming more defined and certain to the Gang.

"What the Hell is that?" Jet roared outwards as the rumblings tried to cover his words up. The rocks continued to rain and they were on the move again. The mountain, now split in two and whose top was torn asunder, finished it's downpour.

"It looks like a sandcraft." Gallows commented when it finally came into view and they could see how it was shorter in the bow than the stern and how it expanded outward. The way it was sort of sleek and sexy with smooth curves along the bottom and flat along the sides.

"Except…it's too big." Emilia muttered as the caves stopped shaking.

"So…that's Generator Eon." Jet simply remarked as if it did not surprise him in the least. "It was a sandcraft in the end. It was so large, the Twilight Elements could only power it, what, channeling emotions, a never-ending power source and all."

"And we have to fight that?" Gallows wondered.

"It's not going to be easy to stop." Emilia remarked observing the ship with an expert's eye.

Jet shrugged with a grin. "Well, we've come this far, and I'm not quitting right when the finish line is right there!" He pointed out Eon with emphasis in his language.

Gallows scoffed as he matched Jet's grin with one of his own. "It'd be a waste of the past year not to go."

"If you're going, I'm going to go." Emilia resolved. "Not only that, my mother is in there. I have to get her to stop this." She finally grinned as well. "Besides…I see a future in you guys. My fourth life will begin now, and all the other ones will be left here with Eon!"

There was silence among the trio as the doubts and worries departed from their minds. "Then it's settled." Jet stated. "We're going to Eon."

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END OF BOOK 10