Well I really don't have anything to say here aside from I hope everyone had a great charismas' and hope you guys have a great new years as well. I guess I will talk to you guys next year!
Chapter 43: Father vs. Daughter and Key to Dreams
Before long we made our way back to boot hill. Here we would search for clues to find out where my old man…I mean where Virginia's father really is; then we quickly headed inside the village.
We slowly made are way up toward Virginia's house. But then we turned toward the small grave yard to the east. We found a letter resting on Ekatrina's grave. Virginia quickly picked up the letter. Virginia got the Last letter. Then she quickly started to read it.
If you find yourself reading this letter, there's a good chance something has happened to me. I have headed for Mimir's well to seal the information library Hyades to cut off its communication with Filgaia.
Mimir's well is an access point meant to transmit accumulated data from Hyades. This link up is transferring the lost wisdom of the demons to Yggdrasil and other Terminals.
If I can shut this down, communication with Hyades can be easily cut off. But if for some reason I cannot destroy Mimir's well, I would like to entrust this mission to you.
Once you reach Mimir's well you must be brave. Face truth with open eyes…and pull the trigger at all cost. Virginia, you are the one who must do this…and forgive me for having to ask you to do it.
All my love, Dad.
Virginia slowly shook her head. "A letter from daddy…mimir's well…and…this mission he entrusted to me. I'm scared and anxious, but I have to trust daddy and continue forward…" Virginia whispered to herself.
Mimir's well a location not known by many. A place unknown; A place of many secret that would soon be told out loud. We found Mimir's well north-west of gunner's heaven at X: 435 and Y: 19464. Then we headed inside the building.
But as we entered we found Werner lying on the ground. "Daddy!" Virginia yelled as she ran up to him. But her hands when right over him like a ghost. A laugh was heard as Beatrice appeared before us. "Surprised? Hee hee…you sure look it…" Beatrice told her. "The dream-demon…Beatrice…is this you're doing, too!?" Virginia asked her. "My doing? Oh puh-lease…you've been calling this phony 'daddy' all this time." Beatrice told Virginia.
Then Beatrice knew that man wasn't really Werner as well.
Werner then slowly got up. "You don't have it in you to destroy Mimir's well. You're not capable of sealing Hyades…" Beatrice told us sounding so sure. "How can you be so sure!?" Virginia asked her. "Well, if you really want to know; why don't you ask that phony directly?" She told us as she dropped a key in front of us. "But if you do destroy this place. I'll be waiting for you in the Castle of dreams…the final grand ball is approaching. Don't be late…you'll be one of my distinguished guests…" Beatrice said before disappearing.
"Daddy…what did Beatrice mean by that? I won't be able to destroy Mimir's well or Hyades? What does she mean? Answer me, daddy!" Virginia asked her father. "I am not your father…your father Werner passed away that fateful day ten years ago…during the Yggdrasil incident…" He told her. "WH-What…? What are you talking about daddy…?" Virginia asked lost. "Let me repeat, I am not your father. Your father died ten years ago." He told Virginia again.
"I-I-I don't understand…I don't understand at all…If my father's dead…then who are you? I thought it was my father who supported me all the way here. Who are you?" Virginia asked him. "If you are willing to face the truth with open eyes and accept it…follow me…" He told her. He led us down a long hallway.
It was out now…the truth.
"Asking who I am is the wrong question. I am the whole personality data of Werner…the one he saved inside Hyades, before the Yggdrasil incident…yes, I posses his memories up until that point. In some ways, I am your father Werner Maxwell, but at the same time, a different entity. A deep seated delusion…a remnant thought…? Theses may be the appropriate terms to call me now…properly speaking. The suspended terminal project a hologram basked on, Werner's records which were written inside Hyades…furthermore, mass and repulsion are simulated through gravitational manipulation enabling a projection of a virtual image. In other words…I am like a ghost with mass and…" He started to tell us. "That's enough…" Virginia whispered.
"Then, that ability you used to save us on a number of occasions was…" Clive started to say. "It was the repulsive force being expanded and deployed for a brief time, acting as a barrier…" He told us as we continued are way down the hallway.
"Do you remember the incident at the Sacrificial Altar?" He asked gallows. "How could I forget? That dream-demon took advantage of my innocent little brother…" Gallows said looking annoyed. "She was probably trying to release the high density energy generated by the surge of Gaia…I believe she planned to gather the energy needed to create her own planet…in order to inject the yggdrasil system's generator with a high-level life force energy…" He told us. "Which means Beatrice still hasn't carried out her plan…" Gallows said.
"For the time being, no…but she will make her move before long…if the Final grand ball is to take place in the castle of dreams then we do not have much time." He slowly shook his head. "…there is one other place she can get the energy she needs to carry the plan out she will need the Key." Werner said looking toward me. "I believe you know whom I am speaking of…right Jet?" Werner asked me. I slowly nodded to him.
"Sara…" I whispered. "Sara?" Clive asked. "Yes…the power of her that Siegfried tried to use…is filgaia's power of destruction. It holds a great energy. That is why it was sealed away…it was far too dangerous. It would all be over if Beatrice tried to force the new seal on her to break." Werner told us. "Do not let her fall into Beatrice's hands…jet." Werner told me.
He was asking me to protect her; in his own way. She was the target all along and even now.
Werner then when to a console and typed in a password. "T.O.M.O.R.R.O.W…?" Virginia asked. "Yes…the password is Tomorrow. It was also our mantra—the Successive council of seven who yearned for the tomorrow of filgaia inside this facility…it is ironic how we utilize the artifacts of yesterday to seek a tomorrow, yet we find ourselves entwined in its heavy chains…" Werner said then gave the tiny flower to Virginia. "Daddy…" Virginia whispered to him. "You would still consider me your father?" Werner asked her.
"Daddy…it was you who placed these flowers on mom's grave…so mom wouldn't feel lonely, right? You were always so kind and caring…that unmistakably the daddy I know…" Virginia told him. "Forgive me, Virginia…I just wanted to deliver a tomorrow for my two girls and your mother…" Werner said as the two of them entered the next room.
Clive held gallows back. But I had a feeling that she would return alone from that room.
"Though I may have died physically, my spirit and my heart lived on…that day ten years ago…Filgaia's spawn had miraculously survived the incident. I took jet to a similar laboratory with a nurture pod, and reconfigured him so that, he may interact with people. After that, I brought Sara to boot hill then, I embarked alone in search of the cause of the accident. And then I met you…I had no intention of revealing my identity. But…since our paths kept crossing, I figured I couldn't hide any longer…I want to hunt down Beatrice and stop this calamity from happening. At the very least I consider this atonement for my sins, however…" Werner said as he fell to his knees.
"Daddy!?" Virginia asked him out of worry. He held out a hand telling her to stay away. "The suspended terminal that makes up my current structure seems to have been damaged by Beatrice…I don't have much longer…Virginia…this is my last request to you…I want you to destroy this facility. So that the point of contact between filgaia and Hyades can be severed…" Werner told her. "But…but if I do that now…and sever the connection between filgaia and Hyades…" Virginia started to say. "Yes…as a memory existing only within Hyades, I will no longer be able to exist in this world. But either way I'll be gone. The suspended terminal is damaged…that is why I entrust this task to you, my beloved daughter…so that your last memories of me will be sealing of Hyades…" Werner told her.
"No…no…I can't…I can't do it!" Virginia cried. "I am already a fragment of data stored within Hyades…nothing more than a mere memory….I am but a shadow of the past….your hesitation may cost the memories of those who live and exist for today, do not let me waver your decision. For as long as Hyades is in contact with Filgaia, the threat will never end. You must sever the connection, now! Cast away your hesitation! Face the truth with open eyes!! Virginia!! Once you cock your ARMs do not be afraid to pull the trigger…" Werner told her as she pulled out her Arms.
"Daddy…why did you teach me how to shoot ARMs? And don't say because you wanted me to shoot you…" Virginia asked him. "I wanted you to think for yourself, to know what it meant to have the power to harm others…by doing so, not only does it make you a kinder person…I wanted you to have a strong heart…one that would lead you to do what you believed was right, no matter how confused or doubtful you may be…be strong, Virginia…do what you believe is right…" He told her. "Be strong…Rrrrraaaaghhhh!" Virginia yelled as she fired her Arms.
"Daddy…" Virginia whispered. "I put you through hardship, yet again…and made you cry too…" Werner slowly shook his head. "Long time ago, I cried so much I thought I was going to shrivel up…and I'm doing it again…all the tears I've been holding back must have all gushed out at once…see?" Virginia told him. "I was a terrible father, it may have better had I not come to you…" He quickly said.
"No, that's not true…even though I was overwhelmed with grief when you disappeared…the joy I felt when we revinited doesn't even compare…I was so overjoyed, I couldn't express; it emotionally with words…" Virginia told him. "And yet, I sadden you once again…" He said with a sigh. "I'm okay…well…maybe not really; put…I'll hang in there. You told me to be strong…that's what will keep me going, no matter the obstacles that I face, I'll do my best and be strong…" Virginia told him. "Do you really have to go…?" Virginia asked him.
"At some point, memories are meant to fade…if not, people would not be able to establish a future." Werner told her. "But even so, memories will live on in my heart…so that they may guide me in the future…" Virginia said as she held out her hand. "Uhh…here…but it's not to say goodbye. This is a handshake that signifies our bond, so that we'll be together no matter how far apart we are…" They shook hands then Werner disappeared leaving behind a tiny ball in her hand.
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Back in Humphrey's peak…
A cup I was drinking from quickly broke and fell to the floor. I just stared at the broken pieces of glass lying on the floor. This was a warning.
"Sara are you alright?" Catherine asked sounding worried. "I-I'm fine…" I quickly told her. "…I don't see why the cup broke it was new…how odd. Are you sure you're alright?" Catherine asked me again. "…I'm f-fine…" I whispered as I felt tears roll down my cheeks.
"…why are you crying? Did you cut yourself on the broken glass?" She asked me. "…No, I didn't cut myself." I told her. "Then what's wrong?" She asked me again.
"…He's gone." I told her. "He?" She asked me in return. "That shadow of my father disappeared from filgaia. But…I still hate him even if he was only his shadow. I-I hate him so much…" I cried as I broke down in tears.
He never was anything like a father to me. All he did was lie. He lied about everything to me.
I hate him. I hate him.
But if I hate him so much why am I cried this much?
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A bit later back in boot hill…
We stood in the graveyard again. Virginia builds a grave next to her mother's for her father Werner Maxwell. Then she turned around to look at us. "This may sound cliché, but my father is alive…a memory inside my heart. I can say that with confidence now. But there's someone out there who's trying to take this dear memory of my father away from me. Not just mine, but everyone else's precious memories, too! It might not be as grand as saving the world…but my goal right now is…to protect everyone's memories, that is my reason to fight. And my reason to live on filgaia! If that's okay with you all, I need to ask for your support!" Virginia told us.
I slowly shook my head. "You really need to bring this up now and ask for our confirmation? Gimme a break! C'mon, you're embarrassing me." I said shaking my head toward her. "I guess it cannot be helped…we shall accept you mission as for our reward, we would like a world that will carry over our memories into the future." Clive told her. "We are the ones who make our own memories, they're ours! No one's gonna take that away from us!!" Gallows yelled. "To protect all our important memories…we must defeat the dream-demon Beatrice!" Virginia said, we nodded to her.
The others quickly left the graveyard as I stared down at Werner Maxwell's grave stone. "I-I never got the chance to thank you, but I appreciate all you've done for me…" I whispered as I stood in front of the stone. "You done so much for me…that I don't even know how to thank you in words. But…I promise to protect her from Beatrice. I will protect her without…faint." I told my old man grave's before hurrying after the others who stood at the end of the village waiting for me.
But as we started to leave the village gallows spoke up. "W-w-wait. Hold up a sec…" He quickly said. "What's up?" Virginia asked him. "I've got a plan. If all goes well, we might be able to find out where Beatrice is…" Gallows told us. "Really?" Clive asked. "Well see…but let's stop by Baskar colony first. Heh, I'm pretty sharp today." Gallows said with a grin across his face.
"…Aren't you forgetting something?" I asked him. "Nope don't think so." Gallows quickly said. "For the love of…" I growled. "Sara." Virginia quickly said. "Daddy was calling her the Key. Beatrice will target her. So we have to protect her or…" Virginia started to say. "Beatrice's plans will move head if she gets a hold of Sara. We must bring her to Baskar colony." Clive quickly finished. "Alright, alright I was just kidding! It's not like I forgot about her!" Gallows cried. "…yeah right…" I rolled my eyes at him.
Beatrice needs energy to move forward with her plan. And Sara has the energy sealed away within her.
But…could Beatrice truly force the new seal I made on her break? If Werner was really this worried maybe she can. Who knows what powers a dream-demon truly have.
"So then we are off to Humphrey's peak first for Sara. Then we will hurry to baskar colony, alright?" Virginia asked us. We quickly nodded to her. With that we left boot hill and hurried are way onto Lombardia. Taking to the skies toward Humphrey's peak.
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Back in Humphrey's peak…
"…!" I couldn't breathe. It hurts. But I…I'm the reason why…so many bad things have happened.
It's all…It's my entire fault. I'm the one to blame.
Because she's after me.
Beatrice's after me.
Because of my…I started to think as I started to cough. I covered my mouth with my hand. But as I slowly pulled it away from my mouth I saw blood on it.
"…I'm getting weaker. The more energy I use to fight this. The weaker I get. Raftina…? Why can't I hear your voice any longer? I-I still have so much I don't understand. I wish you could help me understand more. But…I can't hear you anymore…" I slowly shook my head. Acting like this wasn't helping.
"…If I get weaker will I still…able to walk? To move on my own? I…I'm making myself feel more depressed. I'm acting so selfish." I shook my head again. "I should be trying to think of away to stop Beatrice. After all she wants what sealed within me. Because of me…so many things have happened to this planet and its people. And only I am to be blamed." I told myself.
I can't sleep.
She may try to attack me if I do. I must stay awake. I…I don't know what to do. I can't stop her with my weak body.
Do I? Do I have to leave it to them? The ones who have the guardians' trust?
I feel alone…here and lost. I kinda wish that boy was still alive. That boy who I saw in that tube so many years ago.
"Adam…Kadmon…" I whispered to myself as I closed my eyes.
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Just then I felt a chill come over me. It wasn't like me to get cold out of nowhere. "Jet, is something the matter?" I Clive asked me. "…I felt a cold chill come over me…" I told him. "Hmm?" Clive looked a bit lost. "I know! Maybe it was some really hot lady talking about you! But I dunno why they would talk about you when they could be talking about me!" Gallows said with a laugh. I quickly glared at him. "What?" Gallows asked.
I quickly hit him in the face. "Ah, my eye!" Gallows yelled as Clive and Virginia shook their heads a bit. He will never learn when to shut up; after all his idiot.
Soon we landed outside of Humphrey's peak; then we hurried inside. We quickly made are way into Clive's house. Catherine greeted us as we entered. "Welcome back." She quickly said. "Thanks honey, but do you know where Sara is?" Clive asked his wife. "Yes, she when upstairs a bit ago to rest." Catherine quickly told us. "I'll go get her…" I whispered making my way upstairs.
Catherine gave Clive a worried look. "Is something wrong?" He asked her. "…She was upset about something. She kept saying 'he's gone.' But she wouldn't tell me who she was speaking of." Catherine told the three. "Daddy? She knew when daddy disappeared then?" Virginia asked. "It wouldn't be surprising if she knew. She may even…know that man was really Werner Maxwell's shadow. But she had….uh what's the right word for this? A hard…relationship with that man." Gallows said.
"Yes…after all she hates him…and I can't blame her for that…" Virginia whispered. "Leader…" Clive whispered to her.
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I stopped in front of the room she was in and knocked on the door. "…Sara?" I called out to her. But I got no answer in return. I pushed the door open to fine it unlocked. And I slowly made my way inside. I saw her staring toward the window. Have she not have heard me?
I slowly made my way up to her. "Sara…we need too…" I started to tell her but stopped when I saw her crying. "…?! What's wrong are you in any pain?" I asked her. She slowly shook her head. "…I hate him." She told me. "…I know you do." I whispered back to her. "But…if I hate him so much…why am I crying like this? Why am I crying over someone I hate?" She asked me.
I didn't know how to answer her. In truth I hate him as well…but as the same time…I am grateful to him. He had done so much for me. So I…I had mixed feelings about this whole thing.
She was upset but…there was no time for this. Beatrice could try to go after her in any minute. We had to get to Baskar colony now.
I quickly took a hold of her hand. "We have to go Sara…" I told her. "…go? Go where?" She asked me. "To baskar colony." I told her again. "No. I will not go!" She yelled freeing her hand from mine. "…what? Why?" I asked her.
"You just want to bring me there…so Beatrice can't get to me. Stop protecting me!" She yelled. She knew? Cent when? When did she find out that Beatrice was after her? "…when did you find out…she was after you?" I asked her. "…It wasn't hard to put two and two together. I have been her target along. Everything has been my fault form the start. If I haven't been born Filgaia wouldn't be in this mess. Everything has happened because of me. I am to blame and no one but me can be blamed." She told me.
"Sara…" I whispered to her. I quickly shook my head. "You can't really believe it's your fault you have that…" I quickly cut myself off. I shouldn't be even talking about that matter with her. "…have what? The power that she after? That's sealed away within me?" She asked me. She knew that as well? "H-How?" I started to ask.
"How? How can I not known? Of the seal that has always been on my right hand? But it was red seal before. But now it's blue. I take it…this is your work?" She asked me. I couldn't answer her. I could only answer by looking away from her. "I'll take that as a yes." She quickly said. "It's not that I'm not grateful for all you have done for me, Jet. It's just I feel like you done far too much for me. That's the problem." She told me. "Plus so much has been taken away from this planet and its people. So no one will have to feel pain…I will go to baskar colony. But only for that reason only." She told me.
I couldn't take it any longer. I couldn't stand to hear her speak this way about herself anymore.
"Stop it…" I quickly said to her. "…what?" She asked me. "Stop treating yourself like this! Nothing that has happened was your fault! So stop treating yourself this way!" I yelled to her. She looked shocked toward me after I said that. Had I gone too far?
"hehe…it's funny to hear you say something as that. But your right, Jet." She told me. "…then?" I asked her. "But I still have to go to baskar colony to protect the people of filgaia as well as they memories. This war against Beatrice needs to end. So…will you help me get there?" She asked me. "Yes…" I quickly told her.
"The only way to fight her would be to go to the Castle of dreams." She told me. "…Castle of dreams?" I asked her. "…It's a place in the dream world where Beatrice lives. But no human has ever step foot in there awake that is…" She told me.
She was telling me this would be a very dangerous mission.
"…What do you plan to do in baskar colony?" I asked her. "…I will seal myself within a barrier to buy some time for you and the others. In that time stop Beatrice before she can location me." I quickly my head at her. "…you can't be serious. Is that all…we can…?" I started to ask. "Yes, it's all we can do. My barrier can only be broken with ones who have high spiritual energy. In others words when she finds me she will break the barrier and try to break the seal on my power to use it…" She told me.
Buying time…was all that could be done? Then it would be a race against time then.
"…let's go then…" I told her. She nodded to me and we made are way down stairs. I didn't like this plan at all. But it was all we could do.
We found the others looking toward us as we got down stairs. "…Sara are you alright?" Virginia asked looking worried toward her. "I'm fine. But never mind that we should hurry to baskar colony." Sara said quickly changing the subject. "Indeed we should. We need to take care of the dream-demon before she can make her next move…" Clive spoke up. We nodded to each other then left Clive's house and hurried are way out of the village.
I couldn't help but wonder if her plan would truly work. I mean how long could she really hide herself inside a barrier from Beatrice?
Soon we made our way to baskar colony and hurried are way inside. We quickly made are way into gallows' house where we found Halle and Shane.
We surrounded the fire as Gallows spoke up. "Okay, hear me out guys! Beatrice went to the Sacrificial Altar and used an Acolyte, Shane to try and extract the planet's life energy. But that energy is most likely much too huge and impossible for her to utilize…but even still, Beatrice came empty-handed when she tried to obtain the energy! Which leads me to believe that she must have already had a means of utilizing this energy! And the secret to that is, the sacrificial altar itself! What do you think of my theory!?" Gallows asked us. I slowly shook my head a bit as Halle hit gallows with her staff. "OWWWWWWWWWW!! What gives, granny!?" Gallows asked Halle. "I'm stupefied by your stupidity!" Halle quickly told him. "What'd you say!?" Gallows asked her.
"Brother, please calm down!" Shane cried. "Shane…why don't you explain." Halle told him. "That Sacrificial Altar has always been an energy transmitting device. It's no secret…" Shane told us. "I-I-I didn't know that! Memory loss!?" Gallows asked. Halle quickly hit him again. "It's not that you don't know…you didn't keep up with your studies! I have explained this to you and Shane in the past!" Halle told him.
"There is a cloister atop the structure of the Sacrificial Altar, said to be left behind by the Elws. Supposedly it is a mechanism which can reduce a life-form to its energy level, and transmit it to a faraway place." Shane told us. "This 'supposedly' sounds fishy." Gallows said. "There hasn't been any record of the cloister activation…I really don't know…" Shane said shaking his head a bit.
"Ah, whatever…we know enough." Gallows quickly said. "Hold on, there. Where do you think you've going?" Halle asked him. "Don't stop me, granny…if we don't do this, everyone's memories will be taken away. And the dream-demon will go after the shaman's power! This is something I have to do! My lineage as a priest will activate the cloister!" Gallows told her. Halle quickly hit him again.
"Stop trying to take all the credit. You're not the only one entrusted with this mission. I can't' leave the activation to a good-for-nothing like you. Shane, you will activate it." Halle told him. "I…get to help brother with his fight?" Shane asked. "Hmph…they can't afford to be down a man, just when they're about to attack the enemy's throat. I'm just taking the most definite and reliable approach. Come now, time is ticking. Let us head to the Cloister!" Halle yelled.
"Halle?" Sara spoke up before we could leave the house. "Yes, shaman?" Halle asked her. "…Would it be alright to set up a barrier here?" She quickly asked Halle. "Yes, indeed that is fine. Use anything you need to shaman. But don't push yourself to hard now. Even if you are the demon's target." Halle told her. Sara slowly nodded to Halle. "…A barrier? Why do you need to set up a barrier?" Virginia asked her. "To buy some time…to try to hide myself from Beatrice. Within that time try to stop her. Before she can find my location." Sara told Virginia as she started to prey.
Energy quickly surrounded her body. "Yo, wait! I s this really the only way? Don't ya have another plan?" Gallows asked her. "No. I do not. This is the only plan that would help Filgaia as well as you all. So please do what is needed to stop her." Sara told Gallows. "Sara…" Virginia whispered quietly.
This was the only plan. No other plan would do or work. Maybe she had thought about this for some time. And only could come up with this one.
"Will do. We will take care of Beatrice so you can rest easy soon." Clive told her. "Yes I know…but please hurry…" Sara told us. The other quickly hurried out of the house. But I couldn't move. I couldn't help but just stand there and watch her.
"You should go as well…Jet." She told me. "I-I know that." I told her. "…then why are you still here?" She asked me as the energy around her started to shape into a circle. "…Because I couldn't help it again. You shouldn't be doing something like this in your condition…" I quickly shook my head.
"…You always worry about me now. Thank you…it means a lot to know that you're always thinking of me…" She told me. "…I-I'm not always…" I quickly started to say as I felt blush take over my face. "Hehe…still thank you. And…be careful...Jet…" She whispered to me as the barrier quickly surrounded her. She wasn't moving inside the barrier. "Sara?" I called out to her.
She didn't answer. She really did seal herself away within the barrier. She wouldn't move not even breath. It was like time had stopped within the barrier. It was painful to look at her like that.
She had just sacrificed her freedom…
I slowly shook my head. "…I…er…we will be back soon. And Beatrice will be gone by that time. So you can have your freedom back. So…just wait, alright? I will not let her do anymore wrong to you. I-I promise you that…" I told her before leaving the house.
I met up with the others outside of town. We took Lombardia north back to the sacrificial altar; then we hurried to the top of the Altar. We entered a door on top of the Altar. Inside we found machines around the room and a big circle thing in the middle of the room.
"Even if we are able to activate this shrine, do you really believe it will take you to the enemy's stronghold? You would risk your life over my good-for-nothing grandchild's silly little speculation? Hmm?" Halle asked us as we entered the room. "Well…I don't think we have any other options at this stage. We have to believe or else there'd be no point in doing this. And…" Virginia started to say. "I think we are the only ones capable of defeating this intangible dream-demon, Beatrice." Virginia finished saying. "I see…but what makes you so confident you can beat this dream-demon?" Halle asked Virginia.
"The four of us have been bestowed the power of the Ark scepter. You once told us that this qualifies us to fight Guardians, which in turns means…that we are capable of communication and interacting with an intangible force. We don't have a plan or scheme to defeat the dream-demon, but…All I know is that we are the only ones who can fight her!" Virginia told Halle. Virginia then pulled out the dream key. "This key is like an invitation from Beatrice. I'm sure this will take us to her!" Virginia yelled. Halle quickly shook her head. "This is foolish! Absolutely foolish!! Even if you do make it to her stronghold, you are most certainly bound for the jaws of death…yet, you still wish to go?" Halle asked.
"One can still survive in the field of death. That's what it means to fight. We will prevail…we have too! For filgaia and its people! And it's the only way to save Sara!" Virginia yelled as she stepped onto the middle circle thing. Me and Clive followed her onto it.
Shane then turned to his brother. "Brother takes this…" Shane said handing him a bag. Gallows got the Exodus orb. "It's a sacred artifact of Baskar. It allows you to escape from any labyrinth or dungeon." Shane told him. "Whoa…awesome…I'll take good care of it. And when we're all done here, I'll get back to return it. Just you wait." Gallows told Shane. Shane nodded to him. Then Shane started up the machine and we quickly disappeared.
"They say a fool may go to any extremes, but…that may just mean it takes a fool to do the extreme…" Halle said. "Should we return to baskar, Grandmother?" Shane asked Halle. "Yes…we must protect the shaman in their place…" Halle said as the two left the Altar.
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Beatrice grinned as she got off her chair. "The guests have arrived. Let the Grand ball Commence." She quickly said. Then a monster appeared before her.
"I am the fortress of seven; no one shall penetrate our fortress of disasters…" The monster said. "I have confidence in you, my disasters. I need a Sacrifice to carry out my plan. My filgaia need to draw energy from the sacrifice in order for it to exist. Now go, and help me create my planet. But do not underestimate their abilities, they have invoked guardians." Beatrice told the monster. "Guardian! They will meet their match when they face the Disasters! Please witness the power of our destruction!" the monster yelled as it disappeared.
"Yes…the grand ball is proceeding according to plan…everybody must perform their own dance…Everybody, including the rowdy gang, the Disaster and Even…the Man that gave life to the key in the dance…" Beatrice said with a laugh.
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With a flash we reappeared somewhere I had never seen before. "Th-This sensation feels as if…" Virginia started to say. "We're inside a dream. So fanciful and surreal…" Clive said. "Looks like we made it to the dream-demon's domain…" Gallows quickly said. "This is where it all started…" I said. "And this is where it all ends!" Virginia yelled taking out her Arms.
We found a castle in front of us. What this…the castle Sara, spoke of? Soon we heard a voice.
Welcome to the twenty-fifth dimension…A sea constructed only by electric signals. In your words, the dream world. I'm glad to see you the dream key will come in handy…
We knew that voice far too well. It was the voice of the dream-demon. The voice of Beatrice!
"Beatrice!" Virginia yelled. "As a dream-demon, I'm unable to exhibit my abilities in your physical world…but here in this dream world, I would be more than happy to dance with you. You're here to do just that, right? Because I know you all posses the power to kill me…" Beatrice said with a laugh. "Don't think you can play around with people live, because we can't see you! We're here to stop just that! And we've come here by our own will!" Virginia yelled.
"Hee hee hee…I'm really glad you could make it. We'll have so much fun together! Welcome to my nightmare castle!" Beatrice yelled as the door opened we made our way inside.
It was finally the beginning of the end of the battle with the dream-demon. But for now…it was hard to say what side would come up on top.
Would we beat Beatrice before she could find Sara? Only time would tell.