A/N: A quick update? What's the world coming to! Ah, don't worry about it…I'm pretty sure everyone wants to know what happens right? But, we're about halfway there! Keep reading and thanks again!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Xenosaga; otherwise, I would continue Xenosaga until it was in league with the Final Fantasies.

Dedication Time: Alright, this next chapter is dedicated to cktedmon! Thanks a bunch for reading and hope that this story is up to your standards!

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Shion walks around the room, showing Abel around. "…and I think that's about it for the room. If you need help, just call on me, okay?"

"Um, Shion?"

"Yes? What is it?"

"Do you know of the story about the Last Supper?"

"I believe so…isn't it where Jesus sat with his Apostles and feasted with them…kind of like a last get together or something…but…one of the Apostles, I believe his name was Judas, was going to betray him afterwards, leading to his death and resurrection."

"Yes, that's right. Did you also know that Judas had to betray him in order for him to be resurrected?"

"What do you mean?"

"Jesus had to be betrayed in order to be sacrificed on the cross. In other words, if Judas hadn't betrayed him, Jesus would've never transcended death and be picked upon by the people. People and scientists have been talking about whether God preordained his death or if it really happened out of coincidence. But when Jesus told his Apostles about the traitor, he knew. So he knew that God, his own Father, knew about his future. He knew what had to happen in order to achieve new life. Even though he knew, he still went along with it but that's the truth…at least that's what I believe."

(Just who is this boy…? He seems a lot more mature than kids his age…too bad the same doesn't apply to Jr.)

A slight pinging sound is heard and time stands still for Shion.

She looks around and sees the person she always expected to see when this happened.

"Nephilim."

"Shion…listen to the boy's advice. Betrayal...it is a part of life. It will happen…in the future…"

"What…? There's no way…"

"You claim to know everyone because all of you have worked together quite a bit in the past, yes? But despite that, things will change; circumstances will occur where it seems that betraying is the only choice left in the situation. Tiny ripples that are created only by uncertainty can affect the entire ocean."

"But…why?"

"It…is destiny…" She slowly begins to fade.

"Nephilim! Wait!"

Time resumes its course and Abel and Shion are staring at each other.

"Well, I should get going…" Shion says quickly, heading to the door.

"Shion?" She turns around to look at him. "Heed her advice...and keep your eyes open."

(He knows about…Nephilim?)

"I will. Don't worry." The door closes behind her and Shion looks at the ground. (A traitor…among one of us…it just can't be….)

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"You've played with my head long enough!" MOMO releases an arrow but Citrine catches it between two fingers.

Citrine throws the arrow aside and starts walking towards her. "You're going to have to do better than that."

MOMO starts focusing her ether power into her right hand. It starts glowing with a red light. "Fire Bolt!"

A flame erupts beneath Citrine, causing her to fall back. She quickly backflips and jumps again to dodge another Fire Bolt.

Jr.'s eyes go wide. (Wow…MOMO is dangerous when she's angry…hot…but dangerous…)

MOMO raises her bow in the air. "Rain Arrow!" She shoots an arrow and when it's above Citrine, it breaks into a million arrows raining down upon her.

Citrine manages to jump out of the way but is hit by some of the arrows. "You stupid bitch!" She raises her hand at MOMO and fires a psychic blast. MOMO is knocked back to the wall. She tries to aim her bow at Citrine but to her surprise, none of her parts were complying.

(What is going on…? I can't move…!)

Citrine smiles as she slowly walks towards the powerless Realian. "You're probably wondering how you can't move, huh?"

(She knows…? Then…this is…)

"Seems you've caught on…I can divert my power into the palm of my hand to be released at my enemy. When it contacts them and they're a mechanical object, I can stop their movements completely."

"MOMO!" Jr. raises his guns to fire but is halted by Citrine's hand.

"If you care for this girl's life, then you will stand there and watch."

Jr. puts away his guns and clenches his fists. (Damnit…)

Citrine slaps MOMO across the face. "Just give up. There's no way you can win."

MOMO's fingers move a little as she slowly regained her control over herself. (I…won't…let her beat me…I…won't…let…her…!)

Citrine and Jr. notice that MOMO was suddenly starting to glow again but with more power. She releases it and Citrine is blown back to the console. She slams into it and then falls over unconscious.

Jr. is shocked at what happens but then quickly runs up to the exhausted MOMO. "Hey, you okay?"

MOMO slowly tries to straighten up only to fall over right into Jr.'s chest. "I'm…sorry…"

"It's alright. I don't mind." Jr. wraps her shoulder around his neck and they start to move towards the train station. "We should…head back to the Elsa…I think that the others already handled Yuriev by now…"

"Yes…I'm sorry again for putting you through this trouble…"

"It's alright…though I don't get what the power of yours is…"

"To tell you the truth, neither do I."

"Maybe Shion can find out what it is inside you that gives you that power…"

"Yes…I will."

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KOS-MOS lands in front of the Elsa and drops chaos and Ziggy. She then walks quickly into the Elsa leaving Ziggy and chaos.

"She must be tired." chaos says.

"I'll say. She must've used all of her strength to lift all four of us."

They both head into the Elsa and to Ziggy's room. They bump into Shion who quickly left them to go get some nanospray. They both quickly laid Canaan and Jin onto the bed and sat down on the couch.

"Whew…I'm glad that's over with…" chaos says.

"As do I. But…I wonder where Yuriev went to."

"He's most likely on Michtam."

"Then we should pursue him as soon as possible. I feel rather uneasy with him out in the open like that."

The door opens and Shion runs in with a med kit. She sees Canaan and Jin and quickly pulls up a chair right next to them. She pulls out her nanospray and uses it on both of them. They both quickly recover and Shion leaves them to rest to go sit with the others.

"Well, how's Abel doing?" chaos asks.

"He's staying in my room for the time being so I decided to ask MOMO if I could stay in her room." Shion thinks about her for a moment. "I wonder if she and Jr. are okay…"

Ziggy slowly stands up and heads for the door. "I wouldn't worry too much. Those two…are definitely a pair not to be underestimated." He leaves the room.

"You're right…I can't believe I would doubt Jr…."

"Well, let's just wait for them to come back." chaos says, standing up. "Then we'll head for Michtam and stop Yuriev from fulfilling his plan. Take care of those two." He exits the room, leaving Shion.

"Well…I guess I'll go check up on KOS-MOS. There's nothing left here for me to do."

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A hologram of Margulis kneeling appears in a dark room, lighting it up a little. "All is going according to plan, Heinlein."

"Good. Then as soon as your E.S. is repaired, wait in Michtam to strike."

"Understood, sir." Margulis disappears.

A man in a flying handicapped chair lands in front of the desk. "Are you sure that Yuriev will be able to pull this off?"

"Of course he will. He'll stop at nothing to eradicate U-DO from this world. He is fueled by his own foolish desires and that's what will lead him to success."

"Still…I'm a little uneasy of him having the power of the Emulators."

"There's still your Emulator…"

"Ah, yes. I totally forgot."

"The Zohar will be ours. Don't worry, Sellers."

"Heh, with a plan like yours, I won't."

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A little boy with blue hair is walking through a burning city. A woman is with him…most likely his mother. The support pillars of the building right next to them crumble and the building falls behind them, blocking their escape. The Gnosis are scattered throughout the city. Some are ravaging on the people's insides while others are destroying the planet they're on.

"Come on, Kevin…it's over there…"

"Okay, mommy."

They both head into a shuttle dock. The mother puts Kevin into it and the door shuts behind him. Kevin starts pounding on the door.

"Mommy? Mommy! What are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, son…this is the only thing I can do for you…" She puts her hand on the glass door separating her from her son. (You must survive…)

"Mommy! NO! Let me go! I wanna get out! Let me go!"

The mother slowly starts turning into one of them, a Gnosis. Her body organs begin twisting, the sound of bones began twisting and turning, her outside features was slowly becoming red and white. The very being she used to be was no more. Now she was nothing more than a monster composed of a common household ingredient, sodium chloride…plain old salt.

The shuttle blasts off into the cold darkness of space. Kevin looks out his window and sees his planet destroyed through the middle by a large beam. "Mommy…"

Kevin opens his eyes and sees total darkness. He quickly takes off his beak-like mask and gets up. "Just a dream…"

He moves to look outside his window. He was currently resting in the Dammerung, in one of Wilhelm's private quarters he had arranged for him and the other Testaments.

"It's been awhile…since Michtam was destroyed…"

"And then it was rebuilt by the Federation, right?" A raspy voice said from behind.

"Yeah. The Federation does nothing but interfere with everything."

The blue Testament sat down on the couch and took off his mask, to reveal Virgil, with a huge scar across the right side of his face.

"Where's Albedo and Voyager?" Kevin asks.

"Who knows where Albedo is…and Voyager should be making his move."

"Is that right?" Kevin asks. "So…she will awaken again."

"Apparently that's what Wilhelm wants…"

"I know. You don't have to say anymore."

"Reminiscing, huh?"

"Sort of."

"You were the one who made her. And you made that other one, didn't you? T-elos?"

Kevin nods.

"Well, why won't you unleash her yet?"

"Because…it's not the time."

"Heh…just trying to be cool."

"Whatever you say."

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Shion walks into KOS-MOS's room. She sees her pod connected to the wires near the back of the room. She walks up to the pod and places her hand on it. "Kevin…"

Just then, a large explosion rocks the ship in the next room. "What was that…?"

"Yo! Tony! Hammer! Check it out right now wherever you are!" Matthews voice booms through the speakers.

She sees the wall glowing right next to her and she quickly rolls out of the way. Flames burst as the wall is blown down, revealing a person in a black robe. "It's that…Testament…"

She hears the door open and she sees Jr. and Tony charging in. Jr. takes a shot at Voyager. It is absorbed into Voyager's ethereal shield. Tony and Jr. start firing more bullets but they vanish like the first one. Shion pulls out her M.W.S. and jumps into the air. She raises her left arm with the M.W.S. to stab him with it except he stops her in midair with his hand using an unknown force.

Shion floats in midair in front of Voyager. She feels her neck being grabbed by something. (What's…going on…?)

"Shion!" Jr. says. He lowers his gun. "Damn you!"

(I'm starting…to feel…light-headed…someone…help…KOS-MOS…)

Voyager grins evilly as KOS-MOS's pod begins to shake up a little bit. A blue electrical aura bursts from her pod enveloping it and it slowly opens, revealing KOS-MOS. She slowly gets out and opens her eyes. They weren't the deep red that they were before but were now an oceanic sapphire color.

"Let go of her." KOS-MOS states firmly. She sounded a lot more human.

(What's going on…? KOS-MOS's voice just now…and what's with those blue eyes…?) Jr. wonders.

Voyager tosses her aside and as soon as he does, KOS-MOS runs forward and punches him in the face, knocking him back.

"She hit him!" Tony exclaims. "Whoa, she knows how to rock the house!"

Jr. puts up his guns and folds his arms across his chest. "Just shut up and watch."

Jin and chaos walk into the room.

"What are you guys doing here?" Jr. asks.

"Well, Matthews sent me because he figured something had gone wrong since you guys didn't report back. I ran into Jin so he naturally decided to come along."

"Keep up your guard." Jin says, putting his hand on his sword. "We don't want a repeat of what happened to Ziggy."

KOS-MOS watches Voyager closely and reveals her R-Blade, ready to strike.

(This is amusing…so this is the girl that Wilhelm was talking about...I wonder why he's so obsessed with her…?)

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Wilhelm stares at his Compass of Order spinning on his desk. "Are you watching well, Yeshua? Or are you afraid to see her again? The Sleeping Beauty…Maria…"

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A/N: Muwahahahah! Another cliff! I just love doing this. I know I know…shouldn't do this often but have to have fun other than just typing it. ;) Anyways, hold on till the next update, it'll be soon!