I'm sorry, I'm so cruel but I just don't know how to end Lala' time in the past. So, we get a little bit of a peek into what occurred at the end of Chapter Six. Go on, go back and read it. you know you wa~n~na~
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When Roido awoke to the darkness of his bed, he finds the wide eyes of Mau staring into his own. "Roido-sama!" Mau states in excitement, "Lala-san and I thought you were never going to wake up!" Roido widens his eyes and grabs Mau by the shoulders, as he hauls himself up and out of his bed.
"Mau, how much time has passed?" he asks, quite serious, "I need to know, how long have I been out?" The answer was imperative, he had to know how much time he had left to complete the sword. Mau merely raises an eyebrow at his Master's eccentric attitude, but shrugs nonetheless.
"You've been out for about two days, nothing has happened since you fell asleep, Lala helped me with the chores around the house, I cooked her some food," Mau states, as Roido stands from his bed and starts to stretch his half asleep body, "She started to work on a way home, since she should have been recalled by her Robot, or one of her friends, back into the future already." Roido raises his eyebrow at that, but if Mau was right, it was imperative he make sure that girl made it back to the future. She was too young, which meant somehow she not only traveled back into the past to see him, she needed to return to complete the future he saw in his vision, or else she would be the cause of a massive paradox.
Roido ran his hand through his hair, sighing as he weighed the possibilities in his head. Currently the Devilukean, as Lala had identified him as such, was halfway across the continent, scouring every village, town, and kingdom for a yet unknown purpose, which he now realizes must be for his sword. He, of course, doesn't know why the invader wants his sword, but he knows that once the man finds it, somehow he manages to kill himself, but a future version of Mau on Mistletoe. The curse that his ability gave him was twofold, of course, in a situation like this. He couldn't reveal too much, otherwise he would risk unintended contamination of future events, like ripples in a pond, but give too little and things either work themselves out, or even bigger ripples could occur by inaction. Lala's very presence in the past, meant the future was already in jeopardy until she made it home safely. Roido knew what he had to do.
"Ah, Roido!" Lala states, upon seeing the elder Charmian walk into the room, "You're up, that's great!" Roido immediately notices that she has pulled apart junk items from failed tests or useless items he had accumulated over the years. A lot of the items were just broken because they failed after being used to forge his weapons. It seemed, though, that Lala's intelligence and ingenuity was able to surpass whatever obstacle faced her, something that caused Roido to pause. "Roido?" Lala asks, as she watches him from her seat, "Is something up?" Roido merely kneels in response and puts his hand to her head.
"I need you to close you eyes, Lala-san, and I want you to clear your mind as best you can," Roido states, "I need to check something..." Lala complies, much to her confusion, but Roido can tell she is doing the best she can. He smiles, and concentrates, trying to sense the faint vibrations, the pulse within her heart... There! With a smile, Roido now knew why she traveled back into the past, why she came here, and his suspicions were confirmed upon finding the evidence he needed. "Thank you, Lala," he states, removing the back of his hand from her forehead, "I know believe I know why you came here, along with why I saw you in my vision."
"You saw me in your vision?" Lala questions with wide eyes, "How, why, where, and when?" He smiles at the excited Devilukean girl, but merely puts his hand on her head and ruffles her hair, like he used to do with his sister.
"I can't tell you, not now, but I know who can help you in your quest to return home,"
he states, brimming with confidence, "My sister Michella, she has access to a plethora of technological marvels that I don't have out here, I'm going to send you and Mau to her, and come up to join you once I'm done forging the sword." Lala is brimming with excitement, knowing she was about to meet Charmian Royalty, possible family members that were her mothers ancestors!
"All right, Roido, what do we need to do?" Lala states, determination set on her face. Roido smiles, and begins to stroke his chin in thought.
Days Later, Outside the Royal Castle
Lala was possibly abuzz with excitement, while her partner was less thrilled. "Lala, do I have to keep wearing this stupid blindfold?" Mau complains, for the fifth time that day, "I know Roido-sama said I wasn't allowed to go out without it, especially around female Charmians, but can't I just take it off to enjoy the view of the city, I promise I won't look anywhere but up!" Lala merely sighs, and pats Mau on the head.
"I'm sorry Mau, but Roido is right, you can't view a full blooded Charmian, without going mad with lust!" she states, matter-of-factly, "You'll have to stay blindfolded once we meet Michella too, once we get you a private room with no windows, then you take it off!" Mau merely sighed, knowing the lack of sight went against his very social and inquisitive nature. He had to see something, anything, or else he would go crazy! Finally, the guards stopped Lala and Mau at the gate, and Lala slipped them the first of the three letters they were required to bring with them, when they decided to go into the Royal Castle. One was for the Royal Guard, enclosing direct instructions detailing that they were Roido's personal guests, and to direct them to Michella immediately. This they did, and Lala and Mau found themselves facing a tall Charmian woman with a kind smile.
"Ah, you must be Roido's kid, Mau, I know we've never met, but I was always told by Roido how you loved the flowers!"Michella states, "But you, miss, I don't believe we've met?" Lala nods and introduces herself, before handing her the second letter, which was addressed to Michella. Reading it, she found herself smiling at her brothers messy handwriting, before laughing out loud. Finally Mau had had enough, hearing such a melodious voice, after walking or riding blindfolded, that he tore off his cloth and threw it to the ground. Lala was shocked at Mau's sudden change in mood, and before she found herself wondering what he had in mind, he had already locked eyes with Michella. "Are you okay?" she askes the teenage plant, "I know you're probably being exposed to a lot of feelings right now, I knwo you are probably wanting to act on your impulses- but Mau, I'm your aunt, and I can't have you XXXX, or XXXX, me, as I want our relationship to be healthy!" Mau just blinks for a moment, before laughing out loud, much to the confusion of Lala and Michella.
"That- this is supposed to be the famous Charmian bewitchment?" he says, in between laughs, he wipes away at the forming tears, "Oh-oh- oh, gosh, I-I thought I was really going to be in trouble there Lala, form the way you and Roido-sama described it!" Lala and Michella merely stare in astonishment at Mau, before Michella snaps her fingers in front of his face, whcih causes him to pause in his laughter. "What?" he asks innocently, before crossing his arms, "I'm fairly hearty, maybe your pheromones don't work on me the same way they do men or animals?" Lala merely nods in concern, before she turns back to Michella.
"Will you help me build my way back home?" she asks Michella, "I need to return to my time, and Roido said you would help me build a way back to the future!" Michella nods, before leading Lala and Mau into another room.
One Week Later...
"There, after five failed tests, six various times we reconstructed the telepad, and one successful test, we're ready!" Lala states in joy, "I can go home now!" Michella stared in awe of the machine, as did Mau, who watched as Lala walked in front of the machine, to begin her presentation to the two other members of the design committee. "Lady Michella, and Mau, may I present to you the Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun DX, Fast-Forward Mk. Infinity!" she states loud and proud, "With this, I will set my time and destination in, and after returning to my present, the machine will burn itself out, so as to prevent you all from being tempted to use it to visit me in the future!" Mau sighs at that and Michella merely pats him on the shoulder. "Oh, that reminds me Michella!" Lala states, before pulling a third letter out of her pocket, and giving it to the ambassador Charmian, "Rodio wanted me to give this to you when the machine was complete, he says its instructions he wants you and Mau to follow once I leave!"
Michella takes it, and looks it over, noticing her brother warns her not to open it until after Lala has left. "Very well, Lala-san," Michella states, "I will follow these instructions to the letter; should you not hesitate and return to your time this very instant, so as to not disrupt the timeline any further?" Lala nods, and gives both Mau and Michella big hugs.
"Thank you, for helping me, really, and tell Roido-sama I missed him before I left!" Lala states, "Mau, take good care of all those plants, I hope to learn more about you all once I get back home, and ask my mom about you all!" Mau and Michella both laugh, as Lala gets onto the Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun DX Fast-Forward Mk. Infinity. "Goodbye!" Lala waves as she activates the device, "I hope to hear about you real soon!" In a flash Lala is gone, and her machine is melted into the floor.
Michella laughs, happy that the child had returned home, before looking to the letter her brother left her. Opening it up, she begins to read it:
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Dear Michella,
I hope this letter reaches you, as I instructed Lala to hand it off to you, to read once she had returned to the future. I am sorry, sister, but I have failed you.
The Ninth Blade will remain incomplete, for I will be dead by the time you read this letter. There is little doubt the man arrived shortly after they left, maybe a day or two later at the most. I do not know why he has killed me, nor will I likely find out, though perhaps it was fear, of the unknown, of the dangerous weapons I made, of how they would be used if put into the wrong hands. I hate to think that as you read this, I am making you sad, but I must to warn you.
You must flee, now, and do so quickly. I fear the Devil will have corrupted the sword, its hunger will be insatiable, as the Devil craves battle like no other. Lala has informed me of her peoples conquering ways, of bloodlust in battle, tempered by a code of honor. The sword is incomplete, it will yield to no man or beast, and it will consume the Devil and our people, and finish what the famines and diseases don't.
Take the Royal Family, whoever you can, and evacuate. Order the colony ships to be launched, the ones you thought I had no clue you were building. Markos always took my words to heart, he knew as well as I that war would come to us. I am afraid that it has come in the form of a devil. But there is hope. Mau, he must go to Mistletoe, there he must find the back-up forge and use it. He doesn't know it yet, but he will do the unthinkable, he will surpass my greatness and forge the Tenth Weapon. I will not tell you what it is, as it will affect the outcome, but I can tell you it will be a true Hero's weapon.
We have hope, trust me.
The future will be bright and our people will survive. Lala assures us of this. She is of our people, I could sense it in her, she is your descendant Michella. She has the power within her, even if she doesn't realize just how it manifested within her. She will be the crux, the turning point of the future. She must live, Michella, or all we did, was for naught.
I have hope.
Your Brother
Llyod 'Roido' Goldwynne. Jr.
Michella is crying, and Mau takes the fallen letter from her hand. He too begins to cry, and they comfort each other in their sadness.
Lala's Future,
Ten Years Too Late
The Deviluke flagship spins over the carcass of a gray and dying world. They had just left before the acid rains could make repairs to the ship worse, as they had to stop for emergency repairs on the only habitable planet in the nearest system. Of course it had been the only planet that was also quarantined and illegal to dock at or trade with. Having the current princess of Deviluke on board helped with that though. The purple eyes stare out the nearest window in curiosity, showing the retreating planet as the uninhabited remains of the biggest war in history is left behind. She had been told that that place had been in ruins since the King of Deviluke fought for his life there, leaving the desolate remains as a reminder to all those who oppose him.
Earth was a planet of scars and bad memories that made her head hurt. Uwe was thankful to leave that place, the pink haired Charmian/Deviluke girl quite content to live her life in the palace, under the adoration of her Father and King. It was the best life she could ever have after all that her mother had sacrificed for her. She turned away from the window and sighed, content to close the window into space and sit in darkness until the dreams took her. Uwe then stopped, when she heard the distinct crackle of lighting, followed by a flash, and a smell of burnt atmosphere. She turned the lights on, and found an intruder on her bed. The long, pink colored hair gave Uwe pause, since she recognized the girl from the stories her Mother had told her. This was Lala, this was the missing eldest Princess of Deviluke, this was her Aunt!
"Lala?" Uwe asks cautiously, the unconscious girl had landed perfectly in the middle of her bed, "Lala Satalin Deviluke?" The girl stirred a little, and to Uwe, she had her proof. She quickly ran to the intercom, buzzing her Handmaid into her room. Her servant found her way into the room soon enough, before taking sight of the passed out girl and going for a a rag and some water. The mousy women was once beautiful, there was no doubt, but the toil under the hard thumb of the King of Deviluke, had turn once lustrous brown locks, into fraying shades of gray. She hid her body under the dull, earth-toned robe that hid her figure, Uwe trusted her Handmaiden as to what to do, knowing how this discovery should be handled.
"Get your Father," her Handmaid stated, as she washed Lala's forehead with the rag, "Tell him to prepare an extra plate of food for dinner; it seems his dead finacee will be joining him for dinner." Uwe nods, before leaving her room to go report to her father. Once she was sure the child was gone, the maid relaxed, before pulling off her hood and staring at the girl before her to make sure she was real.
"Oh, Lala, what have you done now?" she states, her eyes full of worry, "We just leave Earth on the anniversary of your death, and you show up here out of place, out of time?" She dabs at her forehead some more, before sighing out loud. "Either he is the unluckiest b- around, or you had the misfortune of coming here by mistake," she says to now one in particular, "I don't know how we're going to get you out of this, Lala, but we have too; if you're from before..." The maid shudders to think of that outcome, then she hears footsteps outside the room. Quickly replacing her hood, she steps up and back, as the King of Deviluke accompanied by his daughter, Uwe, steps into the room.
"Is she who you think she is?" the King asks in his deep and throaty voice, "Is she really Lala Satalin Deviluke, the one that got away?" The handmaid nods, bowing as the King passes her. He steps up to the bed and grabs her by the chin, she still doesn't respond as she is unconscious. "How long I have waited for this day, Lala-san," he states, "You were the only one I never had the satisfaction of stealing from him, that day!" With a twirl of his prehensile tail, he drags the tri-tipped appendage over her body and breasts, enjoying every moment. He turns to Uwe's Handmaiden and addresses her directly. "Prepare her to join us for dinner, do not inform her of my identity," he states, "I want to surprise her, after all!" The Handmaiden nods, as the King leaves. Though Uwe notices the tears in her Handmaiden's eyes, she chooses to ignore them. She was once one of Lala's friends, after all.
End Intermission: Back to Lala's Future, Pt.1