Chapter. 7

After Lance recovered Paylor called him to his office. The door slide open and the Gods Eater entered. "You called Paylor?"

"Indeed! I found something I need you to take a look at for me. It seems as though another singularity."

"Another one?!"

Yes! In fact it's giving out the same signal as Torri. Isn't that interesting."

"Another Torri. Okay I'll take a look." Lance dashed out to the hall and called Alisa telepathically. The couple grabbed their god arcs and went to the roof, there Lance called his griffin and the two rode off into the sky. They arrived in the wailing plains Lance sensed the singularity. It was similar to Torri but it felt stronger.

When they were at their destination Alisa spotted someone fighting a vajra. "Down there!" Alisa pointed to the fighting. As they came closer they saw the person was using two god arcs, the right arc was the same as Alisa's, the left was a pale white blade that latched onto her arm.

Lance and Alisa leaped from Kirito and landed just as the person slashed the vajra's face to end it's life. Getting closer the couple saw that the person wore a green combat outfit and had pale shin and hair.

"Who are you?" Asked Lance and the person spun around to him, she looked just like Torri only older.

She turned to Alisa and smiled. "Mother!" The stranger's left arc retacted into her arm and flipped her right arc into a reverse grib as she ran to alisa and hugged her.

"Torri?"Alisa asked in confusion.

The person let go and stepped back. "You already know me? Good, that should cut down on time." The pale girl spoke in the same tone as Torri. "Yes. I'm Torri, the one you took in sixteen years ago. Or maybe just recently in this time point." Torri looked to Lance and squinted. "Father?" Torri tackled Lance to the ground. "Father! You're here, you're alive!"

"Alive?"

Torri climbed off of Lance. "Listen, this might be hard to believe, but..."

"You're from the future."

"Yes. How-"

"Ren told us." Stated Alisa.

"Ren's here?" Torri held her hand on her chest. "Good, he made it through as well."

"As well?"

"Listen to me. There's a monster, an aragami that will destroy the far east, and if not stopped the world."

Lance's phone rang to cut off Torri. Lance answered, nodded then hung up. "We need to get back to the den, Soma has some news for us, also this sounds like something everyone should hear." Lance redialed his phone to call a chopper.

...

The first unit waited for it's leader to return in Paylor's office. When the door opened everyone was surprised to see the older Torri come in with Lance and Alisa.

"Found the singularity Paylor. Turns out to be another future warrior."

"What!?" Everyone stood up.

"Hello." Torri waved to the group, she spotted Ren then jumped and hugged him. "Ren you made it too!"

"Wha, who are you?" Ren shoved Torri away.

"It's me, Torri. We grew up together, you always called me big sis. We went through the time gate together to change the past."

"I don't know you! I came here alone to stop the virus."

"Virus? You mean from the nova?"

"Nova? What nova?"

"Do, do you really not know?"

Kota raised his hand. "Uh, can someone tell me what's going on here?"

"We have some more help." Stated Lindow.

"Anyway." Lance spoke to get everyone's attention. "Torri has some news about the future that might go along with Soma's. Torri, if you will."

"Thank you father."

"Father?" Asked Lindow and Sakuya. The older couple looked to Torri.

"There was a virus that almost got out but it was stopped by doctor Sakaki."

"No it wasn't! It infected Lance and he killed everyone, destroyed the den!" Ren stood up and pointed at the younger Torri. "And if you really are that thing, then you're the cause of the virus!"

"Ren! Sit down!" Shouted Lance.

"No-"

"Sit! Down!" This time Lindow shouted. Ren looked away and sat down. "I got it that you're upset but this Torri is proof that your time has been saved. and you didn't need to kill her."

The older aragami spun to Ren. "What?!"

Ren stood up again. "That's right. I wanted to kill you, and I still do. That thing is the very reason I'm here, it's a disaster waiting to happen. You being here just means it's been on hold."

Torri stepped back from Ren. "What happened to you? You were so... bright and kind. You believed we could defeat the nova and save everyone!"

"The world isn't a fairytale. People die, that's the law and logic of the world. Anyone who thinks other wise is a fool." Ren stormed out of the lab.

"Ren!" Lindow and Sakuya chased after their future son.

Lance and Alisa stood beside the girl, Lance held her arm and Alisa held her hand. "What are you feeling?" Asked Lance.

"I feel, hurt. That's not the Ren I know." Torri shook her head as she cried. "That's not Ren!"

"It is Ren, just not the one you know.

"I'm sure you see him again when you return to your time."

"Thank you father." Torri wiped away some of her tears. ...

The younger Torri approached the older version and tugged on her pant leg. The older Torri kneeled down to the girl. "Hello there."

"Who are you?"

"I'm Torri."

"That's my name."

The older Torri smiles warmly. "Do you like that name?"

"Yes."

"I do too." Torri ruffled her younger self's hair. "Listen, do you love your mother and father?"

"What's that?"

"They're the ones who look after you, protect you, make you feel like you have a home."

"Yes."

"Do you want to protect them? Make them happy?"

"Yes."

"Then be a good girl, okay? Protect your mother and father."

"Okay!"

"Everyone." Soma, who had been quiet finally spoke up. "I have something I need to tell you all."

Lance gives a nod. "Shot."

"As Torri said. I have reason to believe that a second nova has been born in the Far East."

Alisa gasped. "Another one?! Soma..."

The older Torri stood up. "That has to be it. The aragami that ruined everything."

"Since the events of the ark project, I've been gathering any unstable nova fragments I could find. I wanted to have them accounted for. A temporary facility was constructed aegis, to hold them in stasis and eventually dispose of them. Then, yesterday, we discovered a hole had been gouged out of the containment field."

"Say what?!" Spoke Kota.

"Most likely, one of the fragments deteriorated to a point where it could no longer be contained. Kick starting its drive to devour."

Lance crossed his arms. "We have any intel on this thing?"

"Speculation suggests that the fragment is still in the far east, and has taken the form of an aragami." Soma glared to the floor and tightened his fists. "The inspections weren't thorough enough... The response wasn't fast enough... I failed. And another monster was unleashed upon the far east."

Paylor glanced to Soma. "Now, now, Soma... We'll accept none of this. The fault lies on more shoulders then you know. I was responsible as well. Knowing you were overworked and understaffed, I gave you yet another massive project to undertake."

"You didn't let the beast of of it's cage!"

"Neither did you Soma." Lance stepped up to Soma and rest his hand on Soma's shoulders. "You did what you could, that's all anyone can ask. It's out now so let's just go kill it. It'll be no different then what we did before."

Paylor cleared his throat. "In any case... This presumed nova has not been roaming free for very long. Its power is still potential, contained in its larval stage. However, should it manage to reach adulthood... I doubt even the entire first unit could defeat the beast. Suffice to say, we must slay the creature. The sooner the better."

"Doctor Sakaki, I beg of you... The fault is mine. This disaster is my-"

"Stop it!" Lance shook Soma. "You have nothing to feel guilty for, you hear me? Nothing! Now let's find this thing and bury it."

"This nova is an incredible threat to us here in the far east. I expect you to proceed with caution. I will do all that I can to track the beast."

Lance nods to Paylor. "Thank you doc. Torri can you tells us anything on this?"

"Yes. It'll take the shape of a vajra but white with some pink. It's looking for fragments of the nova to grow and become whole again."

"Wait, when Aly and I found I had a vision. It said 'I will be whole again.'."

Torri looked away. "Yes. Because, I'm one of the fragments."

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