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Summary: The Prime Mover watches as Ecco attempts to destroy the heart of the Engine of Death. These are some the thoughts she may have.
The Last I Saw of You
I swam in the direction Ecco was, even though we were separated by glass, and after minutes of non-stop swimming, I met up with a member of the Circle that I have only met through these tunnels, the last of the Crimson, a Mover I only saw here, too, and my son Pilot. They all followed me to the end of this dark place, where we were free in the ocean as we used to be before man enslaved us, and where the light of the sun shines its brightest. Unexpectedly and unfairly, however, four sharks appeared in front of us. "Kill them!" I commanded my companions. "Show them no mercy!" It has not been the first time I have battled these creatures. Long ago, I used to fight them all the time when we were living in the ocean. They weren't that hard to defeat. They had yellow fins and tails, but most of their skin was bluish-white, and their eyes were a dark, evil red. Again, I magnified my sonar, damaging the predators with it, and after three hits, one shark was dead, sinking to the rocks below us.
"Ah! Mother!" I heard Pilot yell in utter fear. "Help me!"
A shark was chasing him, but I used my loud sonar on it three times, killing it. "Are you alright, Pilot?"
"Yes, Mother," he replied in relief.
"These two are ours to take on!" all the other dolphins said.
"You go and see what is going on up there!" the Circle suggested.
"Right! Come on, Pilot! Let's go!" I told him, heading in the direction the Chosen One took. My son followed me, eager to see what Ecco was doing. We peeked our beaks to the surface of the ocean water, finally getting much-needed air. I started to tailwalk, trying to see the action above us better. Many tunnels led to back underwater, but only one (which was the one Ecco went through) led to the very top of the volcano of the island we were trapped in, where the heart of the Engine of Death resided. I heard and saw many explosions up there, which, I supposed, was made by him. You will make it, love, I thought. You have to… Save us all, Ecco!
"Will he win, Mother?"
"He should," I assured my young Mover.
Soon, everything was in an agonizing and intoxicating silence, as if something occurred to end the battle above. My heart skipped a beat as I saw Ecco emerge from the inside of the machine, touching some sort of magical, bright and pretty sphere. Suddenly, my soul again felt something in it being obtained, born, and opened, but it was not great knowledge like last time; it was the will to gain whatever I desired, or (as I've heard of only in legends as well as the Trait of Intelligence) the Trait of Ambition... I saw the Chosen Dolphin enter some stream of light (perhaps the Temporal Vortex he mentioned), the two Globes of Intelligence and Ambition in front of him. I somehow had a final glimpse of the four sacred stars atop Ecco's head, and my heart was in joy that we were free and had new parts of us opened, but I was also in pain, for my lover was parting from me and everyone else, never to return. Good-bye, Ecco! May you be happy where you go! I wished him luck in my thoughts. He disappeared into the Portal through Time, leaving us for the final time… Sadly, this was the last I saw of Ecco our savior, and my lover…
Author's Note: I really hope you liked this, folks! I just need to do one more chapter and I'm done! Review, but no flames, please!