With Folken's help alliance found out about plans Zeibach had, and they planed a diversion attack. The main attack will be directed strait on Dornkirk and his machine; an attack Folken will do himself.
Van was on board of Crusade when Merle walked to him, and Van noticed that for the first time she didn't prance on him but stood aside looking at what people were doing with sad look.
"Merle what is bothering you?" he asked concerned that maybe she was sick or something like that due to her drastic change of behavior.
"Did you talked to Lord Folken about his mission to kill Dornkirk?" she surprised him with the question completely and Van simply shook his head. Seeing that Merle lowered her head and softly said "Well you should. Your brother might die and you will lose the last chance to hear him out. Just listen to what he has to say, and after that make your decision if he was to trust or not."
Dryden and Allen looked at her confused as much as Van but decided to stay out of the conversation. In Dryden's opinion Merle was right and Van really should forget about his pride if only for few minutes after all Folken is willing to die to prevent any further blood spill.
Two pairs of cat ears flicked as the footsteps were heard as a person walked down the metal stairs. Nariya turned towards the newcomer and pointed to her sister they should leave and give the brothers privacy to talk.
Van watched after them before he turned to Folken who was doing something with the ledges and buttons of the fate alternation machine but didn't said a thing. He didn't come here to talk; he only came to listen just like Merle said he should.
"I wish I could say with words everything that went through my head when I faced the dragon that took off my arm, but that is impossible. Many things I don't remember myself. All I know is when I woke up I saw I was given a new chance and in my eyes a person who is willing to save another is good and should be respected for that. Oh how wrong I was." Folken sighed and turned to his younger brother "I know I was a hero in your eyes when you were a child and I am sorry you had to realize just what an illusion that was in this way."
"I believed in you Folken. I believed you would return to Fanelia as a winner and a new king, but instead I lost you and mother." Van sat on the bench where the leopard-women were sitting just few minutes ago and observed his own hands "For years I had no one till…"
"Till you met the young girl from the Mystic Moon." Folken finished what Van couldn't make himself to say "Have faith Van and perhaps someday she will return to you."
Escaflowne was on the head of the army leading the alliance forces against Zeibach's army. Right away he was attacked by the red guymelef piloted by Dilandau. And while one brother fought on one battlefield, the other used the fate alteration machine pulled out from the Vione to create a light pillar that lead him in the heart of the Empire.
Unfortunately as much they have tried to hide their plans Dornkirk was awaiting him "I know why you came. What are you waiting for? Kill me."
Dornkirk stood up from the platform showing how truly old and weak he was awaiting the blow of Folken's sword. But it never came. Folken stood still on the floor watching his former ruler.
"What are you waiting for? Don't you want to kill me? You hate me, so kill me!"
"I want to kill you, but I'm not gonna." He saw the question written on Dornkirk's face and chuckled "I don't hate you old man. I pity you."
"I will change the fate of this world! I will create the perfect future for everyone!" Emperor jelled as Folken was leaving the hall.
"Only thing you will ever create is hate, destruction and pain." Folken said stopping, but not ever bothered to turn "I have seen it in the eyes of my brother. No man should lose so much in the name of a better future."
"Folken! I will have the perfect world!"
"You will have nothing…" turning on his heal older Fanel brother throw his sword that hit the glass orb of the destiny machine. The orb cracked and pieces of glass started to fly in what it seamed slow motion for Folken. He held his breath as one piece of the orb strike Dornkirk in his chest, and piercing through him.
And so, the Emperor Dornkirk ended his terror on the world Gaea.
With the destruction of the Destiny machine the changes that were made with it were undo and many solders watched in awe as they opponents from Zeibach fell on their knees and in excruciating pain begin to change in a way no one ever thought was possible. Many solders were still fighting though ignoring they comrades and simply wanting to kill as much alliance enemies as possible, but even they had to give up under the pressure of their opponents and lower their swords in surrender.
Van was about to finish Dilandau off when the door of the control chambered opened. Young king watched confused as instead of the albino general that tried to kill him so many times before a young girl came out of the red guymelef. Somehow she managed to get down from the machine before she collapsed on the ground.
"Van what happened?" Allen asked running to his royal friend who just came out of Escaflowne and was about to check if the strange girl was all right "Was that some Zeibach trick?"
"I don't know Allen." Van stopped before he squatted and gently turned the girl to see her face and if she was all right. Her eyes were closed and he was now sure this wasn't Dilandau even though the foreign girl was wearing his uniform.
He turned to Allen to ask him something when he noticed how strangely the knight was looking at the girl before he looked up at Van and actually smiled "I found her. I finally found her."
Van looked at the girl and than back at Allen "Who is she?"
"My sister Celena."
A short creature dressed in black walked down the corridor to the main production hangar when the person that supposed to follow him suddenly stopped "Something happened?" he turned to the taller girl that was hiding a wide smile under the hood.
"Yes something happened. The war's end."