Elysium's Heroes

Chapter 9. Rex's surprise

"Rex Rex, Rex Rex, Wakey wakey, please wake up!" "Huh Wha…?" Rex woke up in his old hut on his bed. "Ngh…" Pneuma woke up next to him. "What happened?" Pneuma asked Nia who was holding her. "You tell us, you were taking an awful long time talking, so I came to check up on you. Only to find both of you unconscious on the floor. You were unconscious until morning!" "We must have passed out while talking to Klaus." Rex stated. Pneuma nodded and transformed back into Pyra and Mythra. "Wait Klaus? What do you mean? I thought the Architect was dead?" Nia asked, "Father talked to us from his resting place in Elysium." Mythra stated. "What? Well… what did he say?" "He told us we need the help of Ophion and Siren in order to change reality." Rex said.

"But how will you do that? Ophion is still corrupted by Malos." Nia asked, "We have to… Reprogram him… somehow." Pyra stated. "No offence Pyra but every time you tried to talk to Ophion you failed. How will you go so far to entirely reprogram him if you can't even talk to him?" Nia asked. "I don't know yet. But we will find a way." "Right, for now let's just head home and think of a plan, we might need to fight Ophion in order to get to his senses." Rex stated. The party nodded and Azurda proceeded to carry them to Fonsett in Leftheria.

Rex looked over the sea in Fonsett village. everyone was at the house, but Rex wanted some fresh air. Feeling the sea breeze, he was once again reminded of how things have finally calmed down. "We are fighting for a better future." Rex thought to himself. That is when he noticed a very familiar Nopon walking up to him. "Rex Rex?" "Oh, hey Tora, did you come for the fresh air too?" Rex asked. "not quite." The Nopon stated. "Tora thought he could help Rex Rex on big mission." "What did you have in mind?" Rex asked. "Tora is working on upgrade for Poppi to rework Poppi's boosters to Ether Furnace itself so Poppi will have bigger supply of energy to boost friends up to big scary robotic snake monster."

"I See" Rex stated. "That might help us in the long run too. And Pneuma might need to get close to Ophion in order to reprogram him." "That's why Tora wanted to work on upgrade for Poppi." Tora enthusiastically flapped his ear wings around. "Okay what do you need for the upgrade Tora?" "Truthfully, Tora already wanted to work on this upgrade. This is why Tora wanted to look for parts in Tantal but black market is very expensive Tora don't want to spend money on such lowlife scammers." "So that's why you wanted me to salvage the parts." "Precisely!" The Nopon said. "Tora need very specific Ether cable, well it not really Ether cable yet but want to make one out of sunken machinery. Those cables they used for Tantalese engineering can be very easily converted to Ether cables. Tora just need one with enough Inch to withstand huge amounts of Ether energy from Poppi's Ether Furnace!" Then we better travel to Tantal and find some. "Will Friends join us too?" Tora asked. "No, I think this will just be a mission for you, Poppi and me. I have dragged them all over Alrest for this so I think they would like a rest."

Rex and Tora walked towards the house to find their friends. "Ah Rex you are just in time for Lunch." Pyra said. "Oh, uhm do you mind if I eat later? I need to get to Tantal with Tora and Poppi to salvage some specific parts for Poppi to help us get to Ophion to reprogram him. "What…? then you better get some good food in there to…" UHH... A... Actually…" Mythra interrupted Pyra. "It's okay, you can eat later. After all its a bad idea to go eat before swimming isn't it Pyra?" "Uhm… I guess so…?" "Great then we will see you tonight. Shouldn't be long before we return. Stay safe!" The Master Driver and Tora got on Azurda's back and flew away. "Why did you do that Mythra?" Pyra asked. Mythra nervously turned around. "Uhm… Sis… I need you to do me a favour…"

"Is this what you were looking for?" Rex asked as he pulled one Tantalese Ether cable out of the Genbu's stomach water. "Yes yes, Tora needs about 6 in order to upgrade Poppi. "Poppi is waiting with uncontrollable anticipation." Poppi said. Tora got his toolbox out and opened Poppi's chest. "Tora just need to relocate Ether Poppi produces towards yet boosters with Ether cables. Should need around six to fully work." "Okay here is 2 I'll go look around for the remaining 4.

As it got darker the only light that was shining in the darkness was Poppi's orange Ether Furnace. "There, that should do!" The Nopon Stated while closing Poppi's chest. "Really? So can she fly without worrying about running out of gas?" "As long as Ether Furnace is Active, Poppi can fly without limit!" Tora bragged. "Well then… Let's head back. I'm quite hungry and I'm sure Pyra and Mythra are getting worried."

As Rex, Tora and Poppi got back home Rex noticed everyone was still at the table, talking and laughing. "We're back! I hope we didn't make anyone worried." "Finally, he's back! can we eat now?" Nia asked impatiently. "Okay okay we can eat now." Pyra and Mythra put everyone's plates on the table. Rex noticed his favorite Meal was once again on his plate. "Thanks for the food." As everyone sat down, Rex took a big bite. his expression turned into curiosity. "Uhm… Pyra… Did you… perhaps… put too many spices on it?" "DAMMIT!" Mythra angerly slammed her fist on the table. "Wait Mythra… did you make this?" "Yes…" "Wow this is very good!" "No need to sugar-coat it for me smarty pants. You just said there were to many spices on it." "Well… besides that it's still delicious! I thought Pyra made it. you have improved a lot Mythra!" Mythra blushed a little. "Mythra took some cooking classes from me you see." Pyra said with a smile. "Did you make anything else?" "Mythra made the main dish and the deserts. While I made the salad." "Can't really go overboard with sugar now, can you?" Mythra said with a smile. "Hehe well thanks for the food both of you. as Rex took another big bite. Seeing Rex enjoy her food so much made Mythra feel a lot better about herself. "Well just you wait until you taste the desert." "Which is?" as Rex finished his plate. "Pie!" Pyra pulled out a big pie from the other room. "Wow Mythra you made the entire thing?" Rex asked. "Pyra wasn't exactly honest here… She did most of the work I just helped a little." "Don't give yourself too little credit here Mythra I couldn't have made it without you." Pyra said. "Well? What do you think?" Rex took a big bite and just stared at Mythra. "Well?" "I should have known…" "What…?" "Deserts are your specialty after all." Rex said with a satisfied laugh. Mythra smiled.

"Well, I am going to sleep. we might have the biggest fight of our lives tomorrow." as Rex got up to walk to his room. Rex sat in his room for a bit, looking out the window and thinking of all the adventures he had with Pyra and Mythra and his friends. That's when suddenly he heard a knock on his door. "Come in."

"Uhm hey Rex?" Pyra and Mythra walked in his room. "What's the matter?" "We want to sleep together with you if that is okay. We uhm… don't want to be separated anymore since we spoke with Father." "Uhm… I'm afraid my bed is a little too small for the 3 of us…" "You can sleep with us! We just have to push our beds together and put a topper mattress on top." Mythra said. "Okay then, No man would ever pass on an opportunity like that." Rex tried to flirt smoothly, but the girls weren't buying it. "Come on Rex…" "okay."

As the duo pushed their beds together. Mythra put a topper on the bed. they both invited Rex over to sleep in the middle. "Ahh this is nice…" Pyra said as she rested her head on his chest and put her arm around him. "Are you enjoying this?" Mythra asked as she rested her head against his shoulder." "How could I not… to be sandwiched by you 2." "Heh… goodnight" Mythra said "Sleep tight." Pyra added. Rex looked at the roof and closed his eyes as he put his arms around his most trusted blades. "Goodnight girls."