ok before anyone starts to read this chapter I am going to point this out and make it very very clear. This chapter and chapters after this will have spoils from the game about jet! This is a warning for those who haven't played the whole game. If you do not want to read the spoils then go back to the game before reading this alright? As well as huge! Very huge spoils of Sara are in this chapter. You finally learn who she really is. And as you all can see I did type up the chapter very early this month; mainly because my birthday is next week. And I know I will not feel like typing next week. ; well that all onto the spoil chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own wild arms 3 and if I did…Fan girls would kill me.
Chapter 25: Yggdrasil tree of Life; Part 2
Soon the five of up we're making are way toward a tower that was on the other side of the lake. That had to be Yggdrasil the tree of life.
For being the tree of life; it looked nothing more but like a man made tower. A metal tower at that as well. "This is yggdrasil?" Virginia asked as she stared up at the tower in front of us. "Looks…that way." Clive said. "Let's just get this over with…" Jet said sighing a bit to him self. We slowly nodded to each other then headed inside Yggdrasil the enemies' base.
Shortly after we entered; we heard a loud sound. We all quickly looked around the area. "Gimme a break…" Jet whispered to him self. "Yggdrasil is operation…" Gallows said staring at some machines before us. "Yes, the prophets' scheme has been set in motion…" Clive said shaking his head a bit. "We have to stop it! Or else this planet will stop breathing! C'mon, let's go!" Virginia yelled; as we nodded toward her.
"My what a speak…" A voice said as we entered the middle of the room. We quickly looked around the area. We watched malik appear on some stairs to are right. "Malik!" Virginia yelled quickly drawing out her arms and pointing them toward him. "I welcome you all to Yggdrasil…but that isn't the reason why I have come before you." Malik said with a smile across his face. "What do you want Malik?!" Virginia quickly yelled toward him. Jet stood back a bit. He couldn't believe it. Everything from his dream was coming true. But…why was it?! "I have come for the lady behind you…" Mailk said pointing toward me. "F-For me?" I asked. "Yes, lee halt wishes to see you, you see." Malik said stepping toward us. "Over my dead body!" Virginia yelled stepping forward a bit. "Very well…I can make that happen…" Malik said as he started to summon a monster.
"Stay back Sara!" Clive yelled toward me. I slowly nodded as I did as I was told. Soon the four we're battling the monster malik had called before him. But…after they started fighting the monster…I didn't see malik anywhere. "Then that monster….is nothing but a…" I started to say. "A trap?" a voice asked.
I quickly turned to my left to watch malik appear. I drew my arms and pointed it toward him. "Very good…you have become very good as a drifter lady…" Malik said as he circled around me. "Why…does lee halt wishes to see me?" I asked as I kept an eye on him. "Because he desires it…his' obsessed over her. Makes him desire you…" Malik sighed a bit to him self. "Who are you talking about? Over who?" I asked. I had no idea who he was speaking of. "You really remember nothing…do you? Well….I guess I shouldn't be surprised after all that has happened to you, lady."" Malik smiled a bit toward me. What in the world did he know? That I didn't? "…What the hell are you talking about?! Stop calling me lady! That isn't even my name!" I quickly yelled firing some shot at him. He shook his head as they passed right by him.
"And you believe…your real name is Sara Maxwell, hmm?" Malik asked. It was my name! Wasn't it? "…If you come with me, sir lee halt will help you remember everything you have forgotten." Malik said holding a hand out toward me. "And you believe I would trust the likes of you? After all you have done?!" I yelled toward him. "…As stubborn as she was. No wonder….he desires you." Malik said with a sigh. "Very well…if you will not come with me under your own free will. Then it will have to be by force…" Malik said summoning two monsters to his side. "Well…this is fair…" I said. "No one ever said it would be fair, my dear." Malik said as he ordered the two to come after me.
"…Great…" I whispered to my self. I fired some shot toward the two but they just kept on coming. "It can't be hurt…by my arms…" I whispered to my self backing up a bit. Then I guess…It was finally time to try out my Shaman magic. I pulled out a small piece of paper and drew a star inside a circle on it. "Great guardian of filgaia….I child of Filgaia call to you for your help to repeal this monster that stands before me…I ask of your powers that none may block out!" I yelled as I threw the paper into the monster. "Devastate!" I yelled as a huge magic attacked explored on the monster then it quickly disappeared. Malik quickly stopped the other monster. "…So you got some magic back." Malik said. "Some?" I asked. "Very well…I didn't want have too…go this low but…" Malik snap his fingers as the other monster disappeared. I didn't understand what was…he doing?! I gave him a weird look. He slowly smiled toward me. "What's wrong? Don't understand lady?" Malik asked as he watched the monster appeared behind me. I watched him slowly grin. I quickly tried to look behind me but as I did; I felt something hit me in the back. Then slowly I fell to the ground.
Malik nodded to the monster as to tell him to pick her up. And the monster did so. "Very good…Let's be on are way." Malik said as him self as well as the monster carrying the girl disappeared from the room.
"Damnit what kind of monster is this?!" Jet asked as he quickly reloaded his arms. "I can not say, Jet. First time I have seen anything like it." Clive said as he fired a lock on the monster. "Whatever it is…it just will not give up!" Virginia yelled firing her dual arms at it. Just then the monster quickly stops moving. All four stood still looking confused toward the monster. "Uh…why did it stop?" gallows asked looking to Jet. "How the hell should I know?!" Jet asked. "Something isn't right…" Clive said keeping a close eye on the monster. Just then the monster started to glow with energy. "Get back! It going to explode!" Clive yelled as the four quickly made a dash from the monster as it when off the four fell to the ground.
A bit after that…the four soon came too. "Uh…I felt like a train ran me over…" Gallows said as he slowly sat up. "As do I…is everyone alright?" Clive asked looking to the others. "I think so…" Virginia whispered quickly looking around. "Hey…w-where's Sara?" Virginia asked. All four of them quickly searched around not finding her anywhere. "S-She's not here!" Gallows said. "I see…that's why malik summoned that monster for us…" Clive whispered. "Come again?" gallows asked. "He needed something to keep us busy so he could go after her without unneeded trouble." Clive shook his head. He couldn't believe he didn't see it to start with. "Then Sara's…" Virginia started to say as she covered her mouth. "At…Lee halt as we speak…" Clive whispered.
"Damnit…" Jet whispered to him self. He couldn't stop it from happening. Then could that dream had been a warning about this?! Clive slowly looked toward the silver hair boy. He was kicking him self over this. Clive could tell. But this…wasn't his fault of anyone's fault. But Clive couldn't help but wonder why they acted like they needed her. Could…they may have known something about Sara?
"We need to hurry…" Virginia quickly spoke up. The others looked toward her. "We have to hurry and stop Yggdrasil as well as save Sara…before they do something to her…" Virginia cried. "Yes, leader…we do not know what they need her for. But…we need to stop they're plans before they make any more progress." Clive said. The others slowly nodded toward him as they started they're way up the stairs toward they're right.
If…that bastard even lies one finger on her I'll…Jet started to think. Jet blinked a bit. Why had he not seen it before?! The reason why…he acted the way he did around her was because. He was somehow…in love with her?! When the hell had that happened?! Jet couldn't help but feel a shock look come over his face. Why…had…he been so stupid?! He knew what Clive had been speaking about in….Humphrey's Peak.
"Jet? Is everything alright?" He heard Clive's voice ask. "Not really…" Jet whispered. "So…you finally found it out. But…now you do not have time to be thinking of that." Clive pointed out. "Hell I know that! I freaky know Clive! …It's just…I don't understand why." Jet whispered trying to hide inside his scarf. "…It doesn't always have to make sense. Sometimes…it just happens without reason. Or you're just attracted to her…for some reason…" Clive said smiling toward the silver hair boy. "Clive…" Jet said with a sigh. "We need to move or something will happen to her…" Jet quickly nodded to Clive as the two ran up the stairs where gallows and Virginia we're waiting.
After joining up with the others they headed a bit west; where the four found a lock door. Clive nodded to him self as he hopped off a shelf and landed on a switch. Then the door opened. Then Clive circled back up and around to us waiting at the now open door. Then after Clive nodded to us; we headed inside.
Inside the next room we in courted a weird machine. "What in the world is this little thing?" Gallows asked as he jumped in front of it. Because…gallows never was the smartest apple…he would stop in front of an unknown machine. That just shows how stupid big and tall really is. "Gallows wait…!" Clive yelled. But it was far too late; as we watched him just get shocked by the machine. I rolled my eyes toward him. What a dumbass…he really is. "Maybe…he will learn something from this…" Virginia said rubbing the back of her head. "Virginia…you are talking about gallows. I'm surprised he ever learned anything from school!" I said with a grin. She quickly glared toward me. I knew what she was thinking. Jet how could you be so rude?! Rude? For telling and speaking the truth? Well…then I guess I am. Like hell if I care.
"I heard that!" Gallows yelled toward me. "And I could care because?" I asked. "Because I'm going to kick your little ass…!" Gallows yelled. "I don't…think your leg can really go up that high." I said watching angrier felt gallows face. Clive coughed a bit as we looked toward him. "I believe…I can destroy these little machines with some bombs…" Clive said as he pulled some bombs out of his jacket. Clive when ahead and placed a bomb by each little machine. And he had been right. Bombs did the trick so no one but gallows would be getting shocked today. Now with the little machines gone we made are way down a hallway in front of us; then into a door a bit north. In the next door we headed up some stairs and into a door at the top. In this room we found three of the little machines blocking the way. Clive couldn't get close to place bombs. So I threw my boomerang and destroy them all. Clive nodded toward me. Then we made are way into a door a bit north of us.
We found Melody waiting for us as we entered. "The land, the seas…and all life-forms…this planet is so unsightly and distorted." Melody slowly opened her eyes looking toward us. "This planet is like a pupa, and someone needs to help it develop into a beautiful butterfly." Melody said holding her hands out to her sides I had no idea what the hell she was even talking about. But…I didn't really care as well. "And that someone is you?" Clive asked her. "Yes…we are the only ones capable of that. It is an easy task for us to transform the Bessel in which a life-form takes shape. Ten years ago…the Yggdrasil experiment ended in tragedy as the explosion blew our bodies into pieces. Even so, the wisdom of Hyades helped to restore and condition our forsaken forms allowing us to live on." Melody said as she held her arms out to her sides.
"Even though our bodies were no longer suited to this planet; we clung to our will to live. Malik has managed to retain his original figure, although ten years have passed. But lee halt wasn't interested in appearance. He opted for strength, keeping restoration to a minimum." Melody said with a sigh. Clive shook his head a bit. "You're obsessed with beauty, I see. You have abandoned your previous figure for a new one." Clive pointed out. "I had the power to become the butterfly! I didn't want to live lonely, desolate life as a pupa, inside a dark depressing cocoon anymore!" Melody yelled toward us. Gees…Clive really know how to push melody's buttons.
"You only value physical beauty. It is your perception of beauty that is depressing I know of many people who live diligently with a positive mind set and many who are always eager to do their best. The superficial beauty you talk about does not even compare to the beauty of others. You are pathetic. I would appreciate it if you leave this planet alone. You can take your pitiful values and shove them!" Clive said. Clive can be harsh when he wants to be.
"How dare you lecture me about Beauty!" Melody yelled. "You intend to evolve filgaia with the lost wisdom of Hyades? That is merely a misperception." Clive said rubbing his head a bit. "It's like painting a lousy picture with expensive paint. And that lousy painter is you." Clive finished saying. "I HAVE HEARD ENOUGH!" Melody screamed. I stepped back a bit. Maybe…Clive had gone a bit too far? Even if it was all true. Melody came toward us. You could tell…Clive had gone just a bit too far. Melody would attack lot with venom strike. A poison attack. Damn…I hate poison. Normal attacks wouldn't cut it. But Gatlings did. And after her taking some Gatlings from us; then she soon fell. "Ugh…my stamina is diminishing…could this be because filgaia is eating away at my body?" Melody asked as she looked up toward us. Then she disappeared from the room.
"Whoa…I didn't know you could be so harsh, Clive…" Virginia said sounding surprised. "Yeah…I would've been crying home to mommy if I were lectured like that." Gallows added in. "Was that a little too childish? My apologies. I vented as I did back when I was a student." Clive said as he nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Better be careful not to piss Clive off…" I whispered under my breath. And hoped I would remember that.
We headed forward into a door in front of us. Then up some stairs in the next room and into a door at the top. We found weird rods of light in this room. Red and blue ones. But…what the hell was the meaning of this? Hell I don't know! Clive headed over to some stone table on the wall. "Red is the color of Fire, and Blue is the color of water. Water does not float on fire." Clive said reading the stone table. "Uh…what does that mean?" Gallows asked. "Maybe…something to do with the lights under those lighting rods?" I asked shrugging to my self. "…You just hit the ball jet." Clive said turning toward us. "I did?" Clive nodded toward me. "Virginia light only ones with red under them with your tinder crest." Clive said pointing toward the lighting rods. "Okay!" Virginia said as she when ahead and did so then the door on the other side of the room opened. We entered it and founded it to be an elevator. We headed up more into the tower of Yggdrasil.
"I hope Sara's…alright…" Virginia whispered. "I'm sure…she's fine Virginia." Clive said placing a hand on her shoulder. "I hope your right Clive…" Virginia whispered as she sighed a bit. I kept silent listening to Virginia. I hoped…she was alright as well…but with her being by lee halt. I had my worries with someone like him…being by her. How could she be alright?! With his kind of power? Damnit…we have to get to the top of this damn tower soon!
Soon the elevator stopped and we stepped out. We headed down the hall way in front of us then into a door at the end. We headed up some stairs in the next room then into a door at the top. In the next room air was blowing across the walk way. With air that strong…it could clearly knock us all off; even big and tall gallows. "Hmm…this could be trouble…" Clive whispered to him self as he thought for a second.
I was starting to get annoyed by this place. I wanted to just bolt ahead and get to the top of the tower. I didn't really care how danger this fucking place was. Was I really that worried over her? Okay…I guess I was. But for now; I had to hold this feeling back and try to stay somewhat claim.
"Gallows can you freeze those holes with your freezer doll?" Clive asked pointing toward them. "Dunno…I'll give it a try." Gallows said as he splashed some ice over the air holes. And it did work. "Uh…looks like I can…" Gallows said as he froze up the second air hole as well. We started to make are way down the path where we found two more air holes gallows froze these up as well. We keep following the path. And soon we found a door at the end of it; and headed inside.
We found Malik inside this room. He was standing in front of a test tub with a floating woman inside of it. "I see you made it past Melody. But I will not let you through. There is still much I need to do. I must create life…so, I will not lose…watch me in action, and try to recall who I am…" Malik said staring at the woman inside the tub. We looked around the room and clearly saw they're more then one tub with a floating woman inside. "WH-What are all these?!" Virginia asked as she covered her mouth. "Oh…right now, they're just vessels of flesh. Even thought they appear the same; I do not consider them perfect clones until they're endowed with memories." Malik said placing his hands on one of the tubs. Clones? Of someone who was gone?! Hoe the hell could this be real? It sounded like something out of a horror book.
"My next goal is to regenerate memories. To revive my lovely mama, the one who loved me…" Malik said. "Oh, man…you are just nasty! A lowlife scum! I don't wanna know what you're planning to do with them later, but resurrecting the dead!? That's blasphemy! You need to get a good spankin' from your mother! A lowlife like you needs to be taught some manners!" Gallows said with a shrug. For once…gallows was right. This was very wrong. Making…something live even if…it wishes not too…just isn't right.
"Bite your tongue…!" Malik yelled as he turned toward us. "Having a lung head like you disrespect mama is blasphemy!" Malik yelled. Malik came toward us. He was pretty pissed off thanks to idiot gallows. He would keep going after gallows in battle. Well…as long it isn't me I don't care. We couldn't really hurt him with are arms so we kept on casting Arcana spells on him and soon he fell. "I am losing…my strength…how ironic that I must cease to exist on this planet in return for accepting power from the panakeia fluid. But I will not die! I shall return to prepare a new world…Ahh hah hah hah hah…!" Malik said then disappeared from the room.
"You know, with a pretty face like that, I suspected he might have perverted tastes…and I couldn't be more right." Gallows said nodding to him self. "Well aren't you the genius. C'mon let's just get going. This place gives me the creeps." I said quickly moving toward the door. But quickly stopped looking toward the woman inside one of the tubs. It really did give me the creeps. I don't know why I headed up to the last tub and started to stare up at it. "Jet aren't you coming?" Clive asked from the door way. "Yeah…in a minute…" I said waving toward him. Something about seeing…this just got to me. "What is this feeling…?" I asked as I touched the tub. Just then my left arm started to feel like it was burning. I let out a loud yell as I fell into my knees. "Jet!" I heard Clive yelled as he ran over to me. "M-My arm!" I yelled as a light started to come from it. "What in the world?!" Clive asked.
In lee halt's room inside Yggdrasil. "You look so very much like her when your asleep…lady. Or should I call you Sara Maxwell?" Lee halt asked with a laugh. Just then he stared down at her arms. It started to glow. "What?! Your arms…it's reacting? No!" Lee halt yelled quickly stepping back as energy quickly surrounded her. He watched her quickly start to scream. "The seal…on the arms…it's reacting to something…but what?!" Lee halt knew very well…if this kept up. She would end up going hey-wirer again. Just as she did then years ago! "This shouldn't be happening! The seal should only react to her or…" Lee halt started to say. Just then the energy around her disappeared as she stopped screaming and passed out again. "…What in the world was that….about?" Lee halt asked him self. Something…had made the seal react…but what had that kind of power?
I felt my self breathing heavy. That feeling in my arm was gone now. But…why had it felt that way to begin with? "Jet! Are you alright?" Clive asked me. "…I'm fine…" I whispered climbing to my feet. Clive only nodded toward me. Then I headed into the next room. "What in the world was that light?" Clive whispered to him self. But he had no idea. He then headed into the next room as well.
We headed up some stairs in the next room then into a door at the top as we entered the middle of the room two walls trapped us in the middle. We we're just lucky; they weren't moving walls. Clive nodded to him self as he placed some bombs by each wall clearing are way. We slowly nodded toward each other as we headed into the door ahead of us. In this room; Virginia gale crest us across a thin bridge. Then Clive moved two blocks with his mighty gloves. Moving one just to are right. And the other one he pushed over one then across the thin bridge where it stopped on a switch on the other side. Then we heard a door open on the other side of the bridge. Virginia then gale crest us back across the thin bridge. Then we headed inside the now open door.
Then headed up more stairs in this room; then inside a door at the top. We found two more of those little machines in this room. So I threw my boomerang at them and quickly destroy them. Then we headed inside the door before us.
We found my old man…I mean Werner and lee halt inside. "What is it you want, Werner? Are you here to make amends?" Lee halt asked him. "If I could, I would. But as a spirit of the past, it is too late to atone…" Werner whispered as he fixed his hat. "I want you to give Sara back…" Werner whispered. "Give her back? When she returned here on her own free will?" Lee halt asked. "Lee halt…you much not touch her! You know what may happen if you do!" Werner yelled toward him. "Hmp…I don't have to touch her for that to happen. You're a bit late. She had a reaction…minutes ago." Lee halt said shaking his head a bit. Werner stood back a bit. "A reaction?! But…she shouldn't because the seal is…" Werner whispered. "The seal isn't safe any longer…what you made to protect the seal is no longer alive…so it's no surprise…but even so you dare stand in my way?" lee halt asked.
"Why do you wish to activate the Yggdrasil system? What are you planning to do!? You know as well as I do that regeneration is impossible with that system. You will not be able to evolve the world!" Werner yelled toward lee halt. "Maybe so…but with her powers…that could change…" Lee halt said as a smile came across his face. "No…you can't do that! Her powers are too un-stable! If you would link them together! Who know what may happen! After all…Yggdrasil is a transgression…an ill-fated tree…I will not let you forget that it was the sever of us who transformed filgaia into a wasteland of desert seas!!" Werner yelled as he heard a voice from behind him.
"What? What did you just say!?" Virginia asked looking toward her father. "Non sense Werner…there is only one way to activate Yggdrasil…by downloading! To bring forth to this planet the one responsible for the wisdom of Hyades!" Lee halt yelled. "Are you planning to summon the legendary demons to filgaia!?" Virginia asked stepping forward a bit. "Precisely we have everything needed to do so now. With the key in are hands now; with Lady, this goal will become easy." Lee halt said holding his hands out to his sides. "Lady?" Virginia asked. "I believe you know her as…Sara Maxwell." Lee halt said with a laugh. What? What did he just say? They needed her…?! That why lee halt of the others never attacked her. She was the final thing needed in they're plans! "Not only does hyades contain the wisdom the demons left behind…It also stores the personal data of the demons themselves! We shall use the life energy collected from this planet to bring them back to life! And with lady powers…and her sealed away information…the legend will become reality!" Lee halt said.
He had planned this all of the beginning. He had just waited for us to bring her to him! It had been a trap to begin with! Damnit…Sara should have just done as Werner told her too! And returned to boot hill!
"It is no longer the wisdom left behind by demons that will evolve filgaia…It is the demons themselves who will lead filgaia to its predestined form!" Lee halt yelled as he started to laugh. "…No there no way. I will let you misuse her powers like this! Are you trying to go down in infamy by summoning demons!? Dream on!" Werner yelled feeling his hand shake. There was no way…he would let this happen to her. Her powers we're fat too dangerous to be used at all! Especially in a way lee halt had planned. "And you will stop me?" Lee halt asked. "No! It's just that the demons have already…" Werner started to say; As Virginia quickly ran in front of him. "Run, Daddy! Hurry! Stop the Prophets from carrying out their plan!" Virginia yelled.
"We don't really understand what's going on here, but you do! Go on ahead! Go and save Sara and filgaia!" Virginia yelled pulling out her dual arms. Werner quickly ran into the door behind lee halt. Lee halt tried to follow but Virginia stopped him. "We're not going anywhere! If you want to go after my father, you have to get through us!" Virginia yelled. "I didn't expect a tomboy like you to be Ekaterina's daughter…" Lee halt said looking toward Virginia. "You knew my mother?" Virginia asked. "Of course…I adore her just as much as your father. Heh heh heh…you seem to be full of vigor. Did Werner give you anti-bodies toward against the curse? Such a laudable flower you are. But flowers are meant to bloom, then wither…" Lee halt said with a laugh. "I'm sick of listening to you!" Virginia yelled toward him.
Then lee halt came toward us. Lee halt did his rules of vengeance when ever we attacked. Does back the same damage we did to him. But after some Gatlings he soon fell. "It's not enough…we were so close…but I must do whatever it takes, until the roots of yggdrasil draw enough energy to download…" Lee halt said staring at his hand. Then melody appeared beside him. "I have increased the yggdrasil operation rate to 166 percent. We won't know whether it will reach its required value first, or malfunction. All we can do now is pray…" Melody said. Then malik appeared as well. "We have already paid the price in carrying out our goal! We can't let it end here, or else our flesh and blood would be for naught!" Malik said. "We have granted the dark spear to the sacrificial lamb, just for situations such as this…at the very least, he should shield us from this perilous situation. Come forth, Janus!" Lee halt yelled. Then the three disappeared as Janus appeared.
"So the loyal lapdog makes an entrance…but we all know you're walking the wrong path. Janus Cascade…with your wicked power!?" Virginia yelled toward him. "After acquiring the demons power, everything just stopped. That's when it hit me. How boring unlimited power and everlasting life can be. Up until now, there was so much I wanted to do…I was so desperate and busy trying to cross everything off my list. But I have all the time in the world now. I can just put off what I could do today until tomorrow. I have attained transcendence. Each time I remind my self of this, everything I've wanted to accomplish all seem insignificant. That's why I've been devising something big…bigger than you can ever imagine..." Janus waved the dark spear at his side.
"It's not uncommon for a dog to bite the hand that feeds it." Janus pointed out. "I don't mean to speak for the other blokes, but filgaia sure is a stinking, messed up planet…and who better to fit the role of ruler then me? What do you think of that princess!?" Janus asked. Janus was off his rocker that was for sure. But…he quickly came toward us. I guess no break or rest for us huh?
On Janus' second turn he let out a Negate rainbow attack from his dark spear. Hitting all of us. But as always Janus was a pain in the ass. But because gallows and Virginia kept on healing us we lived. As well as my self and Clive knocked Janus back with some Gatlings. Light started to come from Janus' body. "Heheheheh HAH HAH HAH HAH! My body is overflowing with light. Show me the light and guide me as the ruler!" Janus said laughing to him self. Then his body exploded. Was…this really the end of Janus for good? "He had been defeated—along with his evil intentions, But…" Virginia said looking toward the floor. When the others we're busy looking at are so called leader; I hurried into the door in front of us. After what lee halt…had said…I had to get moving. Before…they truly did start they're plans.
"The evil swirling around Yggdrasil still remains!" Virginia yelled. "….where's jet?" Clive asked looking around the room. "Oh man…don't tell me…he ran off ahead!" Gallows yelled. "…After what lee halt said…I don't blame him…we should hurry as well to save Sara as well as this planet!" Virginia yelled. Clive and gallows nodded to her as they hurried into the door in front of them.
I slowly opened my eyes feeling a bright light over me. Was I? Was I lying down? What in the world had happened?! I was having trouble in getting my eyes to force for some reason. My arms and legs felt like they we're tried down as well. What…the hell?!
"Oh…your finally awake I see…" I heard a voice say. That voice…I knew that voice. I found lee halt's looking down toward me. "Lee halt?" I asked. "…You just look so much like her." Lee halt said with a grin across his face. "Like her?" I asked. "You still remember nothing…even after ten years." Lee halt said shaking his head a bit. "Oh well…It matters not. You will help us with are goal key of filgaia." Lee halt said with a grin as he placed a hand on my cheek. "Key of filgaia…?" I asked. "That is one of your many names…we gave to you…when you we're born…" Lee halt said rubbing my cheek a bit. "When…I was born?! You knew me when I was just born?" How could he know me that soon?! What could he really know about me? "Yes…I guess you could say…I am your uncle in a weird way. But…without my help you wouldn't be here today." Lee halt said as he started to look me over.
"What the hell are you looking at you old pig!?" I yelled glaring toward him. "My…what a mouth you have. Just like Ekatrina did…" Lee halt said with a laugh. "Ekatrina? Aunt Ekatrina?" I asked. "Aunt Ekatrina? Heheh…Werner is sure keeping secrets from you my dear…" Lee halt removed his hand from my cheek and started to laugh like crazy. "Why the hell was he laughing? I have no idea at all. And what did he mean by Werner keeping secrets from me? "Aunt Ekatrina…yeah that's good one. I'm sure you even believed him. Think about it…my dear why do you think you never met her?" Lee halt asked. "Because she passed away, isn't that the reason?" I asked. "Only part of it; you we're born two years…before she passed away…as her final wish. "Lee halt was going to tell this child all and the whole truth; Even if Werner didn't want her to hear it.
"Final wish?" I asked. Lee halt nodded to me as he touched my cheek again with his hand. "Yes…you see her final wish was to have…" Lee halt started to say. Just then I heard a gun shot and lee halt quickly pulled his hand away from me. "Keep your dirty hands TO YOUR SELF!" a voice yelled toward us. That voice…I knew that Voice. Lee halt started to laugh a bit as he backed away from me. "So…one of the drifters made it this far huh?" Lee halt asked. I heard foot steps run up beside me. I slowly looked up to see purplish eyes staring down at me. "J-Jet?" I asked. I watched as he slowly nodded to me. Then he quickly glared toward lee halt pointing his arms toward him.
"Jet?...She called you jet huh? But there no way you could be…after all he is…" Lee halt whispered to him self. "But…you do look like him…" Lee halt whispered under his breath. "Lee halt…you are not used her! As something to start Yggdrasil to it full power!" Jet yelled keeping his arms pointed on him. "Full power? Heh…hehe that isn't what she is needed for. You misunderstand me boy." Lee halt said rubbing his hand that had been shot. Jet didn't understand…what was she needed for then? "Don't understand boy?" Lee halt asked. "She will act as a link to connect Yggdrasil to this very planet! Even if it is again her very will!" Lee halt said laughing like crazy. "Yeah…right. That's not going to happen." Jet held his arms ready for whatever lee halt would send his way. "If you stand in my way boy…then your punishment will be nothing but death!" Lee halt yelled holding his hands out toward him.
Just then another Gun shot was heard as lee halt quickly drops his hands to his sides. "Lee halt! Do not…do this! Her powers much not be used!" A voice yelled from behind. "Werner…so…you finally made it here." Lee halt said with a grin. Werner quickly ran up in front of jet. "Jet thank you for buying me sometime…but I will deal with Lee halt…so you free Sara…" Werner said looking back toward Jet. "What? Hell no! I'm dealing with the son of a bitch!" Jet yelled toward Uncle Werner. "Jet! I am not telling you to untie her! I am ordering you to! Now do it!" Werner yelled out of angry. I heard jet cuss a bit to him self. "Fine…!" Jet yelled. I watched him hurry over to me. He didn't say a word as he started to untie me. I slowly sat up when I was finally untied. "You…alright?" Jet asked. "I think so…" I said as I looked my self over. "He-He didn't do anything to you did he?" Jet asked sounding a bit nervous. "…I don't believe so. Aside from confusing me." I felt confused watching him. This was Jet…wasn't it?
"Werner I am not letting you destroy this chance!" Lee halt yelled. Me and Jet quickly looked toward them. "Chance? Of destroying the world?" Werner asked. "Destroying? Ha ha ha! To save this world…the only way is to destroy it first…It is the only path…" Lee halt said holding his hands over his head. "Even if it means millions and millions will die as well?" Werner asked. "Well…yes. They will be sacrifices for the new world soon to be born…" Lee halt said with a laugh. I slowly got to my feet glaring toward him. He was crazy! There was no way in hell this plan would happen. "Your too late…Lee halt. It's over…your link has been freed. So there's no way for your plan to go as planned now!" Uncle Werner said as he held his arm pointed toward Lee halt. "Is that so?" Lee halt asked. The machine behind lee halt was starting to move. "What?!" Werner asked.
Damnit…I Hope big mouth and the others are having better luck then I am…I thought to my self.
We hurried up the stairs in the next room; then into a door at the top. Sara…you have to be alright! And I will kill you later Jet for running off ahead! I thought. "Hurry leader!" Gallows yelled to me. I hurry into the door as well. We found 8 lightning rods in this room with a switch in the middle. From the look of it; we would have to touch the rods as a patens showed to us. And we did have to do so. Then finally after getting all the order right the door in front of us opened. "We have to hurry! I'm worried about Sara!" I cried as Clive and gallows nodded toward me. "Yes, let's hurry on!" Clive yelled as we hurried into the door in front of us. We found are selves in another elevator and going higher up. Then soon the elevator stopped and we stepped out. We saw a switch far away lighted up. From the look of it; Jet had been here and had opened the door ahead of us in a hurry.
"It shouldn't be far now! Let's hurry!" Gallows yelled. We raced into the door in front of us. We found more stairs in the next room. "More stairs?" I whined. "Come, it can't be too far too leader." Clive said. I nodded toward him. I knew he was right. If I had made it this far; I could keep going…and I would! I hurried up the stairs with Clive and gallows close behind me. Hurry…I have to hurry! I thought as I raced into the door at the top of the stairs. I don't even know how Jet made it pass this room. As soon as we enter the floor ahead of us started to move. I quickly gale crest us across it; just making it in time. "Talk about a close call…" gallows said with a sigh. "Indeed…" Clive whispered. "Come on…!" I yelled hurrying into a door a bit south.
Lee halt quickly disappeared from the room as; I heard foot steps run inside. Me and jet quickly turned around to look. We watched as Virginia and the others entered. "V-Virginia…" I whispered. Virginia quickly raced over to me. "Sara! Are you alright?" She cried. "I'm fine…thanks to jet and Uncle Werner…" I whispered. Virginia then looked toward the computer in front of us where her father was. "Daddy!" She cried. "The yggdrasil system was constructed to rejuvenate the environment of filgaia. It was the collective efforts of science, magic, the wisdom of Hyades and technology spanning over a hundred-year period. And that fateful day, then years ago…Lee halt, Malik, Melody, and the rest of us were to have accomplished a triumph to go down in history. But the outcome proved otherwise. The activated Yggdrasil did not supply the earth with energy, but did the exact opposite! It began devouring the remaining energy of the planet from its roots!" Uncle Werner quickly closed his eyes.
"I'm sure you've witnessed the surrounding environment of yggdrasil." Werner whispered to us. "The flush greenery, the deep forests, the crystal clear lakes…that beauty is a sweet tune that can only be played by sin! Then years ago, there were no wasteland or desert seas on filgaia!!" Werner yelled toward us. We all shook back a bit hearing this. T-that couldn't be true…could it?! All this…made in so little time?! "What?" Virginia asked.
"It is true that the great war of ages past has left battle scars from the use of science and magic. However, plenty of verdure did cover the lands, and the oceans were blue. The truth is…it was Yggdrasil system and the council of seven that drove filgaia to its death bed." Uncle Werner finished saying. He slowly turned back to the computer. Virginia quickly shook head head. "Daddy…no…that can't be true!" Virginia cried as she closed her eyes. But…what reason…would Uncle Werner have to make up something like this? Then…It had to be true.
"The yggdrasil system was out of control. It consumed all the energy it could from filgaia. The generator couldn't handle the load, and ultimately exploded. I though all seven of us perished, but…it appears Lee halts, Malik and Melody miraculously survived and restored the system to its current state in the last ten years." Werner said as he hit his hand down on the computer. "Damnit…! The Hermes Trismegistus!? Pretty clever, Lee halt! You may have fallen, but you're still one heck of a programmer. Gematria, Notarikon, Temura…No, damn it! How can I break into the system!?" Uncle Werner asked him self. "At this very moment, just as the time of the accident, yggdrasil is still ingesting the last remaining energy of filgaia. The area surrounding Yggdrasil is the only place where water and verdure are preserved, because that is where all the planet's life force is focused! We can't afford to wait any longer." Werner said. Werner knew what he had to do. There was no other chance.
Even if…it did mean waking his powers now. He had too. Uncle Werner quickly headed over to jet; and grab into his hand and pulled him toward the computer. "H-Hey! Let go! What's your problem!?" Jet yelled at Werner as they got to the computer. Werner handed jet something that looked like some kind of cable to the computer. "This is the terminal cable that connects to the Yggdrasil system. The make-up of this machine differs considerably from others ARMs. It's the same system as your Airget-lamh…it is an arm that only you can operate. Squeeze this terminal cable tightly and yearn for filgaia!" Werner said looking at jet in the eyes. I didn't understand. What good it would do for jet to squeeze that cable? It's part of a machine! It wasn't like it would react to a human!
"Huh? I Know you're desperate but gimme a break, mister…" Jet said giving Werner a weird look. "Do as I say! We dong have time!" Werner yelled glaring toward the silver hair boy. Jet shrugged to him self as he started to squeeze it. "Like this?" Jet asked. "Yes." Werner said nodding a bit. "Just as when you're aiming the Airget-lamh, envision the system as an extension of your self. Not a mass of iron, but a part of your body…Jet…Communicate your spirit into the system's structure; just as you do when you interface with the Airget-lamh. Yearn for filgaia! Not the planet covered in wasteland and desert seas, but the filgaia filled with verdure and oceans!" Werner said as he watched the silver hair boy close his eyes. "Filed with Verdure and oceans!? What like the surrounding area of yggdrasil?" Jet asked keeping his eyes closed. "Not an artificial place like that! You know it as a filgaia back when it was full of life! It's a filgaia from your memory!" Werner yelled to jet. From his memory?
Just then jet saw it inside his mind. "Where…am I?" He whispered to him self. Jet quickly looked around him. "What the…?" He saw green grass everywhere with flowers as far as he could see. "Why does it look so familiar? Where have I seen this? From a distant memory…?" Jet asked him self. "There you are jet!" A voice behind him yelled. He slowly turned around to only stare in shock. It was the little girl from his dream. "It-It's you!" Jet said stepping back a bit. "…What's the matter? You're acting funny today…" The little girl asked. "Uh…" Jet was at a lost of words. Was this girl too…a distant memory? "Well…come on! Let's go!" The little girl said quickly taking hold of his hand. "Where?...And who are you?" Jet asked not moving from his spot. "You having memory problems today? We have to go…or your father will be worried." The little girl pointed out. "My father?" Jet asked. "Yes silly! And if you really forgot my name…It's Sara! Remember now?" Little Sara asked as she disappeared.
"W-Wait!" Jet yelled. "Sara? She said her…name was Sara? But…How could that…?" Jet started to ask him self. He quickly shook his head a bit. "Memory…? I don't have any memories! I don't need 'em! How can I have a memory I don't even know about!? Why…? Why…!? What's going on!?" Jet asked him self. "WHO THE HELL AM I…!?" Jet yelled. Jet quickly let go of the cable shaking his head a bit He couldn't shake way…how confused he felt right now. He just didn't understand anything right now.
Soon Uncle Werner did override the system of Yggdrasil. "We were able to override the system. The reprogramming worked." Werner said staring toward the screen. Me and Virginia were too busy making sure jet was alright. "Jet…Jet! Are you all right?" Virginia asked him. He was laid on the floor. And he looked pretty pale. Jet quickly made his way to his feet and hurried toward Werner. "What the hell was that!? Why do I have memories of a previous filgaia? I want answers, mister! Who the hell am I!?" Jet yelled at Werner. "You are a life born on filgaia. Are no satisfied with that?" Werner asked. The room quickly shook a bit. "It appears to be from above!" Clive yelled. "It's probably from the top floor, where the core generator is located. But the system override should have made it in time!" Werner then hurried up to the top floor. "Daddy, wait!" Virginia yelled. "Let's follow him." Clive said. "Sara wait here!" Virginia yelled toward me. "No way, I'm coming with you! That old pig tired to use me as part of his plans after all!" I yelled back toward her.
"It is safer to keep her with us, they do still need her after all, leader." Gallows pointed out. "Ok then, let's go everyone." Virginia said. We nodded to her then headed into the door to are right. We all knew lee halt's and the others we're waiting at the very top for us. And hell…I sure was going to pay him back. He acted like I was a thing and nothing more.
In the next room we started are way up some stairs. I guess…I never did really thank jet for showing up when he did. But jet looked pretty out of it. I wonder…if it was because of what he may have seen with that cable. "Jet?" I asked waving a hand in front of his face. "Huh?" He asked blinking toward me. "Umm…thank you for showing up when you did to stop Lee halt." I said smiling toward him. "I-I didn't really stop him. I-I just made him back up a bit…that's all." Jet said sounding a bit nervous for some reason. "Well…Even so. Thank you, Jet." I said still smiling toward him. "Uh…no problem…" jet whispered feeling his face turning deep red. He could only hope…she wouldn't get the idea that he liked her. But…it also made him feels embarrassed being thanked for some reason. What that reason was…he had no idea. But at the same time…he liked getting attention from her. But…feeling so many mixed feeling at the same time; made him forgot all about what he had seen from the cable wirer.
"Jet! Sara! Don't fall behind come on!" Clive yelled toward us. "Alright! We're coming Clive!" I yelled up to him as I took hold of jet's hand leading the way up the stairs. "Don't fall behind Jet!" I yelled back to him. "…Alright! Alright! I'm not a child…" jet said from behind me. Clive smiled as he watched the two of us come up to him. "What?" I asked giving Clive a weird look. "Nothing at all…just you two look good together." Clive said still smiling toward us. "Clive!" I yelled quickly letting go of jet's hand. "I didn't mean anything bad about it. I'm just saying you two do." Clive said quickly turning toward the door in front of us. "Come now, Virginia and gallows when on ahead." Clive said making his way inside the door. "I can't believe he said that!" I yelled waving my arms at my sides. "…" Jet didn't say a word as he keep silent watching the girl in front of him. "Jet…aren't you going to say anything?" I asked glaring toward him. Jet felt a sweat drop roll down the back of his head. "…Uh…we really should get moving to the top floor…" Jet said quickly changing the subject as he headed inside the door in front of us. "Why did he change the subject?" I couldn't help but wonder as I entered the door as well.
In this room we had to turn all the blue tills red. This took sometimes to do so; but so we did turn them all red. Then the door a bit north of us opened. We nodded to each other and headed inside. We found the three inside staring at the core of Yggdrasil. "The generator…The core Generator has been gouged out." Melody said. "Does that mean there is someone else within Yggdrasil beside us and them? We cannot carry out the download procedure in this state." Malik pointed out. "Who would want to steal the Yggdrasil's generator? This is a product bestowed by Hyades, understood only by us…Do you mean to say there is someone else who has access to the forgotten wisdom!?" Lee halt asked.
"Lee halt, what did you…what the…?" Werner said. "Heh heh heh heh…It is all over for us. All our hopes have been severed. There is no future…" Lee halt said turning around to look at Werner. "However, Werner…there is still one duty we must carry out. That is revenge…I was always envious of you. Your work, the fruits of your research—you were always one step ahead of me. And you even took from me Ekatina, the only woman I ever lost my heart too. So to repay…you I will do the same! I will take what you treasure and make her hate you!" Lee halt yelled toward Werner. "Lee halt's that's….you can't mean your planning too…" Werner whispered looking toward the ground. "You can't tell her! If you do! Her mind as well as her spirit wouldn't be able to take it!" Werner yelled toward him. He couldn't let Lee halt speak the truth! This Truth….head to be kept a secret! "So? Why should I care? It's what you should get…you had it coming for a long time now! And you can blame no one but your self! By stepping all over me, you were flaunting your superiority, you did it all for self-gratification!" Lee halt yelled toward Werner. "That's ridiculous! I…!" Werner started to say as we entered the room.
"So…they have come as well." Lee halt said grinning toward us. "Lee halt! Don't even think about it!" Werner yelled as sweat rolled down his face. "What wrong Werner? Worried for her to hear the truth? The truth…you kept sealed away from her for so long?" Lee halt asked. "What…? Are you talking about?" I asked. "Well…about you my dear." Lee halt said with a smile across his face. "About me?" I asked. "Yes…you see your uncle has kept so much from you for far too long. I believe It's finally time you heard the whole truth." Lee halt said laughing a bit. "No! Sara! Don't listen to him! Cover your ears!" Werner yelled toward me. "Uncle?" I asked. Why? Did I hear fear in his voice? "You see Werner doesn't want you to hear the truth. The truth is your real name is not Sara Maxwell at all. We never gave you a name…we just called you lady. Werner named you Sara much later on." Lee halt grinned watching the look on her face quickly chance.
"…M-My name isn't Sara? Never give me a name? But…you make it sound like…" I whispered feeling fear quickly take me over. "…That's right…you we're born here…in Yggdrasil as the very first human born from the power of science…!" Lee halt started to laugh like crazy. "W-what?" I asked shaking my head quickly. T-that…couldn't be true! "T-That can't be…" I whispered feeling my self back up a bit. "Y-you're lying! How could you lie about something like this?!" Virginia yelled toward Lee halt. "Lie? Ha ha ha…this is no lie…that child of filgaia was born from DNA of your mother Ekatrina! You could even go so far to call her an in-perfect clone of Ekatrina!" Lee halt finished saying. I quickly fell into my knees. "No…your lying…you have to be lying…I couldn't be…" I whispered feeling my body shaking all over. "Still don't believe me? Why don't you ask your uncle? Or should I say father?" Lee halt asked. "…What?" I asked. "It was Werner idea to start with…anyways. He was filling Ekatrina's final wish…having another child. That child being you." I quickly looked toward Werner. He hadn't said a word for sometime. "Uncle Werner?" I asked. He didn't say a word as he looked toward the ground.
No…please say anything Werner tells me…nothing that said is true! Please say something! I thought. But nothing but silent came from him. I quickly covered my eyes staying there kneeing on the ground. "I told you Werner…I would take what you treasured away from you! And I have your second daughter! But even…so this time…I thought for sure I would be able to surpass you with my work. Never did I imagine you would come back from the dead to stand in my way of evolving filgaia." Lee halt said. Werner didn't say a word as he kept looking toward the ground.
I couldn't believe what…Lee halt had said about Sara. Was it all really true? If so…that why…he couldn't be forgiven; could this be what he had been speaking of? It if was…how could he? How could he do this to his wife? As well as to Sara?!
"Stop being so selfish! Don't force your distorted reasons and excused onto my father! The true reason you're so wrapped is because you're just weak and insecure!" Virginia yelled toward Lee halt. "The offspring of Ekatrina…too bad you look just like your father. Your mother was beautiful…and Lady shares this…" Lee halt grinned a bit to him self. "It's all over…we have nothing to lose, so let's get started…Even if my body should decay from the panakeia fluid, I will at the very least carry out my revenge. I don not care if I am nothing but a fleeting shooting star…I do not need a tomorrow…we shall fight solely for the moment!" Lee halt yelled toward us.
Then Lee halt, Melody and Malik came toward us. "Daddy! Take care of Sara!" Virginia yelled. Werner nodded and ran over to her. I heard the others head to face the three. "Sara…just listen to me alright?" I heard Werner ask. I slowly nodded. "Everything…Lee halt said was all true. That why I can never ask for you or Ekatrina to forgive me…I never thought of you as an object…not even once! I always thought of you as my real daughter. And you truly are. That's why all I can really say to you…is that I am sorry, my daughter." Werner voice whispered to me. "I…wished for so long you would never learn the truth. Because I knew…It would be far too much to bear. I felt I had no right to be calling you my daughter as well. That's why I told you…that I was your uncle. I still have no right to call you this; Or to be called father from you. I very well know this." Werner whispered slowly stepping away from me.
"Uncle…Werner…" I whispered feeling tears rolling down my cheek. I didn't know how to felt at all. I-felt so mixed up with so many emotions at one time.
Virginia and the others we're busy dealing with Lee halt, Malik and Melody at the same time. All of them have the same attack this time; Eliminate scanner. They when after melody first; after about three rounds of shooting at her. She fell. "No…Don't look at me! Don't look at my ugly self…!" Melody cried as she fell. Then they when after Malik next. After shooting at him close to four rounds he fell as well. "I don't want to die…I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!" Malik cried as he fell. And then finally they when after Lee halt. After doing some Gatlings on him; He fell as well. "It's over…my demise is the death of this planet…Heh heh heh…GW AHH!" Lee halt yelled as he fell.
"Without any hope for tomorrow; you can't win for today. It's really sad when you have to hurt people, just because you can't accept the future…" Virginia said shaking her head a bit. "…Where's your old man?" Jet asked looking around. "…huh? He left?" Virginia asked as the others started to look around the room as well. I quickly ran out of the room. If he thought he could just walk away without me getting to say anything…He was getting another thing coming. "Yo…anyone seen Sara?" Gallows asked.
I found so called Uncle Werner slowly making his way out of the tower. "Wait!" I yelled to him. "I said wait!" I watched him quickly stop in his tracks. "Tell…me one thing. Tell me how you could do…this to Ekatrina!" I yelled toward him. He kept silent. "Just…how could you do this…? Not only to her…but to me as well?!" I asked still hearing silent in return. I quickly entered the room and found Sara. It looked like she was yelling at her old man. "What gives…you the right to play god?! You have no right to do so! And don't you ever think I will ever call you 'daddy or father!' I could never call you that ever!" I yelled feeling my hands shaking at my sides. "I hate you…do you hear me!? I HATE YOU! I NEVER EVER WANT TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN!" I Yelled as I quickly fell toward the ground.
I ran over to her as she fell into the ground. "SARA!" I yelled as I sat her up. "…It was too much for her…she mental couldn't take the truth…as I thought." Werner said as he started to walk away again. "That…all you can say? After she told you…that she hates you?" I asked him. "…She has every right to hate me. And she should." Werner answered quickly leaving the room.
I'm not…But it true I should have known it all along…I'm not human…am I?