Chapter. 27

The lift doors opened and Alisa stepped out into the maintenance bay with her future children. Everyone opened the their weapon cases to take their weapons out, each giving them a few practice swings.

The gate to the outside opened and Lance walked in with the rays of the rising sun behind him. "Hello everyone."

"Lan where do you go?"

"I had to take care of something. Are we ready to move on the nova?"

"Paylor is finishing up on the weapon, Sakuya will bring it down when its ready."

The lift doors opened again, this time Raven stepped out with Soma and Nifa behind her. "Good morning everyone. Are you all going out?"

Vale rested his arc on his shoulder. "Yeah. Were going after the nova today. You three want in?"

"Of course." Soma went to check on his god arc.

"Are we ready for this?" Nifa rubbed her hands nervously.

Leo stood beside Nifa and slowly rubbed her arm. "We'll be fine, just believe in yourself and everyone around you. Can you do that?"

Nifa looks to Leo. "Thank you. I will." Raven smiled at the exchange while Soma frowned.

The lift opened again, this time Kota joined the group. "Hey guys, what's going on?"

What do you think? It nova hunting time!" Shouted Vale.

Leo groaned. "Not quite, we still need that weapon to harm it."

"Oh, so what do we do?"

Lance put his god arcs in their caes and took a seat. "For now we play the waiting game." Lance patted the steel floor next to him. "Everyone have seat. Team binding time."

The Gods Eater hung out in the maintenance bay talking about anything and everything as they waited. Hours had pasted before the lift door opened, Sakuya stepped out with a large vial in hand. "Here it is, the secret weapon that'll take down the nova's defenses."

"That's wonderful." Alisa held out her hand and Sakuya pulled it away.

"I'm going with you, you need a sniper to make sure it hits."

"But Sakuya you can't! Not in your condition."

Sakuya placed her hand on her stomach. "That's exactly why I need to go. I have to make a world where my little one can grow up in a better future."

"Lan!"

Lance folded his arms to think, then looked to Sakuya. "You'll find a high point for cover fire and stay there. At no point will you engage, if you agree then you can go."

"Thank you Lance."

"Lan!"

"She wants to fight, let her fight. She has her reasons as we have ours."

"But..."

Lance held Alisa's shoulders and gently squeezed them. "It's okay, she won't be in direct fire. Besides that means we'll be that much stronger. That aragami is strong but this time we'll be ready, and there'll ten of us against it."

"Make that twelve." Everyone spun around to see Lindow walking with Ren. "We're going too, gotta protect the misses, right?"

Torri waved her hands. "No way! I'm not trusting my life to a coward like Ren!"

Lance walked to Ren, the two stared at each other till Lance moved his head to Torri. Ren walked around Lance and went to Torri. "I'm sorry. I was scared, of dying I didn't know what to do." Ren bowed to Torri. "Please, let me help. Let me regain my honor and prove myself as a Gods Eater with the power to save something important."

Everyone was silent for no one knows how long until Torri turned away to her god arc. "You want to help? Get your weapons and fight with everything you have."

"Thank you." Ren stood up and grabbed his two arcs.

Raven walked to Lindow as she watched Ren. "What happened to him?"

Lindow just grinned. "Ask Lance."

Raven looked to said Gods Eater. "We just had a talk." Lance pulled his god arcs out of their cases. "Everyone ready?" The Gods Eater all gave varies sighs to prove their we willing to fight. "Alright. Gods Eaters! Let's make it happen!" Lance lead the way out, the final battle was at hand.

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Lance and Sakuya rode Kirito as the other rode on choppers to the mountain range, when they reached the top they saw a large grey egg resting on a peck. Kirito landed on a high point overlooking the nova. Sakuya climbed off of the griffin and took out her phone. "Sakuya reporting in. I'm on point Beta."

On the other end Lindow gave a nod. "Gotcha. We're closing in on point alpha now. Stay safe up there."

"Woooooowww!" Kota looked up at the moon and was enthralled by its size.

"It's amazing. I've never seen the moon so big before." Comment Alisa.

Vale made a whistling sound. "That's on big night light."

Soma looked over his shoulder to the other. "Admire later. We gotta move."

"He's right. If dad's right then the nova will be even stronger then before we faced it." Leo followed after Soma as he leaped off a small cliff.

The Gods Eater ran down the cliff and stopped when they reached an open area by a large hill where the grey egg rested.

"The nova..." Nifa stepped back when Leo placed his hand on her back.

"We made it this far. Just stick close to me, okay?"

Lance leaped off of his griffin and landed in front of his team. "Heads up crew, the nova's stirring in there." The mountain began to shack as the egg cracked open at the top.

"Hold steady guys!" Kota held his arc at the egg and everyone took up a fighting stance.

Claws broke out from the top of the egg as it spiraled open. The stood mightily and roar, the beast was twice the sizes that it was when it was last seen and the claws were the blades that made the wing on its back.

"Someone's been snacking." Said Lance with a grin.

Lindow raised his phone to speak with wife. "Sakuya hit it!"

Sakuya fired the core at the nova and hit its shoulder. Black vines grow out of the core and were absorbed into the nova's body.

"Did it work?" Asked Soma.

Lance turned to Torri who was shacking. "It did. The nova's defenses are down, but for how long?"

Lance turned back to the nova as it locked eyes with him, baring it fangs. Lance spun his god arcs and glared right back at the nova. "Long enough. This is our chance. Make it count!"

"It's time." Soma swing his god arc and the nova jumped down to face the Gods Eaters.

"Gods Eaters, fan out!" Everyone separated while Lance rushed in to attack. The leader slashed the nova across the face and leaped back as blood spilled out. "It worked!" The nova charged at Lance and swung its right wing at Lance, the duel wielder back flipped over the blades as he kept backing away. "Circle it! Strike from all sides!" Lance stopped and held up his arcs to catch the nova's wing blades.

Lindow and Ren attacked the nova's left while Soma and Raven attacked its right, slashing into its sides. The nova shoved its wings upward and launched Lance away. The beast roared as pink crystal spears formed around it. The spears launched towards every Gods Eater. Each of them dodging out of the way of the spears and returned fire. The nova howled as it leaped up and stomped on the ground.

large circles formed all over the area. Everyone ran to get out of the circles when pink crystal spikes jetted up and connected at the top.

Raven changed her arc to gun mode to shoot at the nova, the beast howls and stated to ran for her. Kota shot it from behind Raven as Sakuya shot the beast from above. The nova used its wings to cover its head as it charged. Soma and Nifa swung their buster arc into the nova's front legs to trip the aragami.

Vale and Leo triggered their blood rage and flew to slash at the nova's exposed stomach. Pink energy formed around the nova again. The twins backed away as a barrier of energy was formed around it. In the barrier the nova rolled over to get back on its feet. The nova roared and was shot in the head by Sakuya.

The nova glared at Sakuya and conjured two crystal spears to throw at her. "No!" Lindow fired at one to shatter it. "Sakuya!"

The other spear was shot by Kota. "I got you Lindow!"

Lindow let out a breath he held in and then ova dove at him. Lance slid in front of Lindow and blocked beast's blades. "Aly!" Alisa fired at the nova's face until the beast backed away from Lance and was struke in the side by Soma. "Lindow get your head in the game!"

Lance ran towards the nova as his arcs changed to gun mode to cover Raven as she sliced into the aragami's front leg. Lance kneeled down and Alisa jumped on to his back, she used him as a spring board to leap onto the nova and carve its back open.

Vale flew over the wound and fired it the was followed by Leo who slashed to make the wound bigger. The nova roared, creating a shockwave to stun the Gods Eaters. The beast howled and swung it wings to cut down its enemies.

Lance triggered his own blood rage and flew head first at the nova. The nova summoned orbs of red energy to hurl at Lance. Lance backed away to use his shields to block the attack, when he lowered his shields Lance was pushed back from the nova's paw, stopping with his wings. "Dad!" Vale and Leo hovered next to Lance.

The leader glanced to his sons and changed his left arc to gun mode. "It's time!" Leo changed his father's arc to gun mode and held it up with Lance. "Face judgement!" The two fired a sphere of light into the night sky. Two rays of light came down on the nova, the beast howled in pain caused by the holy light. "Vale!"

"With you dad!" The two raised their god arcs and and thrusted them into the ground. Stone spikes jetted from the ground and impaled the nova. "Not so funny when we can do it too, is it!?"

The nova roared as pink energy formed around it, turning into lightning to destroy the rocks embedded into it's body. The nova stood on shacking legs but still wouldn't back down as the gods Eater gathered around. Torri and Alisa gave stamina pills to Lance, Vale, and Leo to recover from their blood arts.

"Now we shall bury you, beast!" Shouted Soma.

The nova roared at the Gods Eaters causing each of them the raised their arcs to shield themselves from the force.

Sparks flew from Lance's back as he swung his weapons. "You think we're scared of you!?" The nova spread out it wings as their crackled with red lighting. Countless red sphere formed above it. "Alisa!"

"On it!" Alisa deployed her shield which then shined gold. orbs of light launched out to each of the Gods Eaters to form a barrier around them.

The red spheres were hurled at the Gods Eaters, each of them we thrown back by the force of the attack but none of them suffered any damage thanks to their barriers.

Ren climbed back to his feet and saw the nova charged at him and hurl Ren into the air. The aragami ran under him and stood in front of the gods Eater, swinging its wing it impale Ren.

Lance flew in and caught Ren just before the nov could hit him. Sakuya fired at the nova and hit it where the core was shot into it.

Everyone gathered around where Lance landed and let Ren down. "We're at you're command captain." Soma turned to Lance. "Orders?"

"What else? Drop this monster!"

"We're all ready to move!" Said Alisa standing at Lance's side. "Let's end this fight!"

"I'll slow it down!" Sakuya spoke over Lance's earpiece. "Leave the overwatch to me!"

"I'll rip this bastard apart!" Shouted Kota.

Vale spun his father's god arc as it changed to gun mode. "Hell yeah. Let's blow it back to hell!"

Leo sighed and shook his head. "Again I find it hard to argue. Let's send this thing back to where it came from!"

Lindow reached over and patted Lance's shoulder. "Alright leader, it's on you. your wish in my command."

"Ready when you are!" Raven waved her hand over her scythe blade to ready her blood art.

"Together. For a better future." Nifa took a step forward and slammed her buster arc on the ground.

Lance glanced to Ren who gave him a grin and nod. Lance closed his eyes then shot them open, awakening his psychic power. "Leo! Vale! You're with me! We'll keep it grounded!"

Lance kicked off the ground and flew towards the beast. The twins glanced to each other then followed after their father. Lindow! Soma! Cut off the wings! Aly, Sakuya, Kota! Cover fire!"

The Nova flapped it wings to take off into the air. Lance flew over the nova with his blades along its back. Vale stabbed his scythe into its back and fired his gun arc into the base of its wing. Vale thrusted his spear into the nova's shoulder and fired at the base of its other wing.

Lance changed his grip on his arc and landed on it back piercing the beast with his blades and sent the nova crashed down. The nova stood up and raised its wings when the gunners shot it in the face repeatedly. Lindow and Soma jumped at its sides and sliced off its wings.

"Raven! Nifa! Get it's hind legs!"

The two dashed towards the nova, Raven took its left as Nifa took the right. Raven triggered her blood art and summoned five blood claws, easily cutting its leg to shreds.

Nifa swung her scythe blade deep into the nova's hind leg then struke her scythe with her buster god arc to cut clean through the leg, severing it.

"Torri! Ren! Finish it!"

Torri ran ahead of Ren as the charged for the nova. The beast raised its front paw but stopped as Alisa, Kota and Sakuya shot at it. Torri jumped up to the paw and swung both of her god arcs down on it to cut it off. With the path cleared Ren new type arc switched to predator mode. "The nightmare ends here!" Ren's god arc took a bite out of the nova's face, ripping out the core.

The nova howled to the sky and stared angrily at Lance who grinned at the beast. The nova grinned back at Lance who quickly grew nervous. The nova launched a sliver vine at Torri which latched onto her chest.

Torri dropped her mother's arc and grabbed the vine while she chopped at it. The nova howled and started pulling her towards it.

Vale and Leo flew straight for the nova while Lance went for Torri. Hundreds of bladed tentacles grew out of the nova and waved about to keep the twins away.

"What's it doing!?" Asked a disturbed Nifa. "It's core was taken how is it still alive!?"

Raven's eyes darted back and forth between Torri and the nova. "It's trying to absorb Torri... The nova has latched onto her core!"

Soam and Lindow ran toward the vine connecting the two and slashed at it with their blades, but the vine wasn't breaking. "No way it's been an hour!" Lindow kept hitting the vine as his blade bounced off.

Lance and Alisa dropped their god arcs and grabbed onto Torri and the vine. Lance pulled on the vine against the nova while Alisa tried to pulled the vine out of Torri's chest. "Sakuya we need help!"

"Mother it's okay!" Torri placed her hand on Alisa's. "The nova is alive because of me now. You know what you have to do."

Alisa's widened. "No! There has to be another way!"

"There isn't. You have to kill me, take out my core and the nova will die. We'll save our future."

"By killing you!? You can't see the future you saved if you die!"

"I won't see it anyway! The future will change and mine will be replaced. I'll be replaced by another Torri, a better Torri."

"Torri..."

The singularity raised her arm and her god arc shrank to the size of a dagger. "In the time I've been here you and father have shown me tremendous amounts love. That's something I'll always be thankful for. Please, when this is over, she my young self just as much. More even."

"Torri no!" Torri brought the dagger straight down to her chest.

The blade pierced flesh but Torri didn't a thing. She opened her eyes to see her blade was stopped, piercing through Lance's right arm. "Father..."

"That's a selfish way of thinking. The future changed when you saved me, but you're still here. You're just gonna take the easy way out? What about us, the one who have to live with your selfishness." The nova roared as it used its only leg to drag itself closer to Torri. "Shut the hell up!" Lance tail morphed into a susano-o's to shot at the aragami. "Don't for a minute think that it's okay to give up on life. Don't give up on living, that's an order!"

"An order from your parents!"

Alisa and Lance grabbed a hold of Torri as their armlets started to glow. "We're never gonna sacrifice our daughter!"

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