Chapter Twenty-Nine: Memory of Lightwaves

Everyone on the bridge watched the crew as they tried to fix the descent of the Elsa. Shane gripped her fists tightly. "External hull temperature exceeding maximum limit!" Hammer exclaimed. The silver-haired girl looked to everyone: MOMO held onto Jr. while the red-head held her protectively, Shion had her hand over her mouth, Allen typing hurriedly on the console that chaos sat at. She looked around. ''Wait...''

Where was chaos?

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In the hangar, chaos stood by himself as he looked to his gloved fists.What will you do? He heard Nephilim's voice say in his inner thoughts. That's when the white-haired young man heard the sound of the elevator and looked back. KOS-MOS walked off the elevator, walking past him and looking straight ahead. "You're…? Wait!" He reached for her.

"Relinquish your pain…unto me,'' she said slowly as she left the hanger. Back on the bridge, a warning came onto Hammer's console screen. His eyes widened. "The aft hatch…it's open!" He yelled. "What?! Who's the moron doing that?! Is he trying to burn all of us from the inside out?!" Shion looked around then gasped. "It can't be…?!" She looked up at the monitor as the camera outside showed KOS-MOS floating to the Elsa's rooftops.

"KOS-MOS! You can't…!"

"Shion, I will proceed to shield the Elsa with my energy shield,'' the android said in her monotone voice. "Please stabilize the ship during that time." The brown-haired woman shook her head frantically, watching the android position herself at the front of the ship. "Don't be ridiculous! What can you possibly accomplish by doing that?!"

"Do not worry. Maintaining this position for one minute and 20 seconds will save the Elsa."

"But you'll be incinerated if you do that! Stop this at once!" KOS-MOS held out her arms, blue hair billowing around her. "I am happy…to be of service." She said finally as the outside cameras were incinerated from the heat. "External cameras destroyed!" Tony yelled.

"KOS-MOS!! Please, KOS-MOS!! Please stoooop!!" Outside, KOS-MOS' headgear came off as she activated her energy shield. She looked up, her red eyes now blue. Bright lights appeared in the Elsa as everything turned bright. Everyone shielded their eyes. Shane felt a warm sensation run through her, her hands glowing a blue light. Is it that time already? She thought to herself.

No, just...a little bit longer...

The bright light soon dimmed down as the Elsa made it safely in Second Miltia. They flew across an open sea, the sun rising from the waters. Everyone let out a sigh of relief but Shion held her face in her hands. "Are we...okay?'' Captain Matthews used the console to lower his seat and stood up, taking his red cap off. Shane looked to Shion them looked outside.

''...Shion..?''

"H-hey! Ms. Vector!'' Shion lifted her tear-soaked face up, looking at the captain and Shane. ''...Huh?'' The silver-haired girl helped her up to her feet. Captain Matthews turned to Hammer. ''Activate the secondary bow camera!'' The navigator looked at him then nodded. ''Roger!'' He brought up a monitor onto the large screen as everyone eyes widened. Shane smiled to see KOS-MOS standing on the Elsa, her blue hair waving. She looked like a heroine in the light.

"KOS-MOS...'' Shion began to cry again, but this time they were tears of happiness. ''KOS-MOS...!" MOMO walked over to Shion and held her hand. Shane looked away as she tried not to cry. ''Geez, this part always got to me...''

Chapter 29: End

This isn't the last chapter, just so you know.