Chapter 18: Back To Aura
Omega came out still not in the best moods as Zero walked up to him and looked at Omega who is giving that 'Come near me and you will die look'
"It seems that you also have the same fate as me," said Zero. Omega stopped and looked at Zero.
"We are still different Alt. I had one person that I loved while you have two. For you it is easy for you than it is for me," said Omega.
"Who said it was easy. Nothing is easy. Finding both of them alive I was in total confusion that I did nothing but think. You had it easy with one person. But when Iris died. I have that mixed feeling way worse than before. So bad that Ceil is seeing it more. You can still cherish her memories and who knows she may come back to you. Iris can't since she is a cyber elf now. What I am saying is that just because one person died does not mean you can shut the world out. You know she is still alive and there is a chance she can come out and loved you," said Zero.
"I…. I should not be acting the way I am. I must have hope that she will come back to my arms," said Omega.
"Just you knowing that you loved her. She will find a way to come back to you and be in your arms," said Zero as he left. Omega now has the look of relief.
"Thank you Alt," said Omega. Zero have the urge to be in a place to think but his normal place would be outside and in a high place where he is alone. At this point outside can mean floating in space for all eternity. He surely missed being back on Earth where he can find a place where he can be absorbed by the silence with the wind blows few times. Meanwhile… Darkona and Cassandra return to normal after looking at Sky's condition and treat him partially. Darkona and Cassandra still cannot move but they were glad enough that they are alive. They checked the monitor of Sky.
"That stupid kid. He must done something to get himself like that," said Cassandra. Darkona sighed.
"He was in the same condition as us. We should consider ourselves lucky that we did not die. Sky may have a chance of death but we better not wish for that," said Darkona.
"Heh, if anything I do wish him alive so I can scold on him again," said Cassandra. Darkona smile weakly.
"I guess even bed ridden you still act the same Cassandra," said Darkona. Cassandra smiled weakly.
"If it is not scolding at the kid then it is blasting Thor. I can't blast him in this condition," said Cassandra.
"You can blast me some other time," said Thor as he walked in and looked at the two.
"I would leave both of you alone but I am in no condition to move," said Darkona. Thor sighed.
"Actually you should hear this as well. Priestess and Athena found out our DNA that makes us Megaman is the one being affected. Hence why we are dying. The DNA that makes up our abilities to become Megaman is being desecrated hence killing us from the inside out. Meaning I may die sooner than the setting I was supposed to. However, I am not dead yet or it does not desecrate because I did not use the password transformation. I do not know more about the relation of that and our abilities to become Megaman and the password, but I know that we are in no better situation. The previous Megaman may still be ok. However, the human generation bloodline of Ashe still be ok. So Arwen will lived or so the theory goes. I know the rest of us were implanted by the previous Megamen," said Thor.
"So meaning people like Sky, Sardine, Darkona, Jean, Rondae, you and me are more likely to be short lived?" asked Cassandra as she forced her facial expression to look pissed.
"I do not know. Though I do know that we have to warn Sardine. He was implanted when he was about to be an adult body. He does not know about Master Thomas using Master Albert's genetics like that," said Thor. Cassandra tried to move her body as she tried to get up. Thor looked at Cassandra as she managed to get her upper body up in a sitting position as she forced her hands to grabbed Thor's neck. Thor felt the weak choke as it was getting stronger and stronger. Soon Cassandra started to feel like her heart is working over time and let go. Thor got her and put her in a resting position.
"Save your energy. I will not go anywhere," said Thor. Cassandra want to strangle Thor.
"Get back here. I am not done strangling you," said Cassandra. Darkona started to laugh at Cassandra as Priestess came inside and check on the three. Meanwhile… Alouette sighed as Trance send a message to all the guardian base. Alouette picked hers up first then saw Alia on Artemis Guardian Base, Freya on Zeus Guardian Base, and Bomber on Ganymede Guardian Base.
"Hey did anyone picked up a weird jamming signal? Somehow Hades cannot picked up calls but something was sending a distress call but I cannot get it," said Trance.
"Hold on I will see if Artemis can find that signal," said Alia as she disconnect for a while.
"I haven't had any weird communicators. Then again I have other things I am worried about," said Freya as some people felt like she is hiding something.
"I know it is not my business Freya but what is going on? You have been acting like this for couple of days. We travel around space trying to get within virus calls which every place is like several days to get with the speed of the guardian bases. It is not like Rhea which it has a build in mobile warping system and pressure system that will release pressure when people reached a certain speed and internal pressure. I know you are hiding something and I know you may not want to tell other people but at least tell me," said Alouette as Alia got back online.
"I found it. The distress call is coming from Aura. And Horace Guardian Base is there," said Alia. Freya has a worried look on her face.
"How far is it from our current position since we are all together," said Bomber. Trance sighed.
"From our current location and the star chart I have. We are 16.2 km away," said Trance. Freya hanged up and started to change her course to the direction.
"Oh no Freya changed course of Zeus. Come on everyone we better follow her," said Alouette as Bomber disconnects and have Ganymede follow Zeus. Alia hanged up and have Artemis following Ganymede and Zeus. Trance disconnects and have Hades followed Artemis, Ganymede and Zeus. Alouette cut communications and have Orion change course and followed the other Guardian Bases. Soon they are in range and contact Zeus. No one answered. Alouette did not want to take any chance and went down. She found Freya with her rifle ready as she ran. Meanwhile… Sardine huffed and puffed as he kept himself hidden as Terra went man slaughtered the galleons. Kira protected Coretha from the massive attacks that was heading their way from the piles of metal that Terra made flying from the galleon hunters and mechanaloids. After the area was clear Sardine came out.
"Ok now I think the coast is clear," said Sardine. Coretha and Kira got out of their hiding spot as Terra still held her scythe in a firm grip.
"Terra, it is ok if you stay here and let us go to the computer," said Kira as garbage hit the group Terra again with red eyes started to go on a rampage and knocked the trash ball who had just hit her.
"Wow I never thought some idiot will come after me in a cold blood rage. Then again my silk shall knock you back down," said the pile of junk. Terra still with her scythe in hand. She then wasted no time and with every damage she takes she went berserk on the spider-like pile of junk hanging from a string. Then the junk dissipated into a reploid like moth. Terra tried to attack it but her sensors were messed up from the moth.
"Hahahaha! You are funny girl. You cant reach me but I can reach you with my powder. Unlike other times there is no wall for people to wall jump to me," said the moth.
"Great my bullets cant reach that far I can wall jump but that itself is limited," said Kira.
"Do not look at me. I am even lucky if I had any abilities," said Coretha. Sardine looked at the moth.
"I can do something. I am still a Megaman so Model H code can deliver a blow so the rest of you can," said Sardine.
"Go ahead. At least let I got some hits on him," said Terra. Sardine sighed as he looked at the moth reploid.
"None of you can touch me, Morph Moth," said the moth as he was coming down using his powder.
"Password Sequence Ventus Airus, Engage. MEGASYSTEM ONLINE MODEL H MEGAMERGE!" shouted Sardine as he is in his model H armor. He then use the thrusters to reached up to the flying moth. The flying moth tried his power but Sardine uses the wind to blow it back to him.
"Wind user huh? Well lets see if you can dodge this," said Morph Moth as Sardine is now using electricity on Morph Moth as he got struck and paralyzed for few seconds which was enough for Sardine do the X slash. Sardine then used every arsenal he had with the feature he knew of the model's function and Morph Moth fell down to the ground. Sardine landed on the sky scraper as Kira gave a ride for Coretha and Terra wall jump up to Sardine. The two three watched as Morph Moth came back up. Sardine started to fly as Morph Moth looked pissed.
"You are a very annoying wind user. I am going to kill you now," said Morph Moth as Sardine use his power cells of the suit to shock him to stunned him again and gave another X slash. Morph Moth fell down stunned. Sardine started to feel pain as he tried to land but instead his armor dissipated as he exploded in the mist of air. Freya saw the explosion as she ran more toward the direction.
"Oh please oh please. Please is not you Sardine. Please is not you," said Freya as she kept running. Alouette saw the explosion as she followed Freya. Freya got up to the sky scraper via stairs and open to the roof top. She shocked Terra, Coretha, and Kira. She ran towards the edge of the skyscraper as she saw the bits of the armor destroying Sardine.
"SARDINE!!!" shouted Freya. Alouette also saw this and cannot believe it. Sardine smiled at Freya as he completely destroyed and turned into a cyber elf flying away.
"Oh no we are too late," said Alouette as the others watched the cyber elf once was a reploid floating away.
"SARDINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Freya as she ran too close to the edge and fell down. Alouette and the others were trying to stop Freya but no one can reach her. Kira came down using the wall as a safe ground landing when she tried to get Freya. Morph Moth came back up as Freya shot him to let her not fall on top of him.
"Oh sh-" said Morph Moth as he did not see the blast coming as he was getting ready to be destroyed. Kira used her thrusters to another wall as she grabbed Freya. Freya then stood there frozen in tears.
"Kira, Freya are you alright," said Terra as she gives Coretha a piggy back ride down the walls. Alouette used her yo-yo to get down from where she is at.
"I am fine but Freya," said Kira as she want to skip the commander part of her. Freya had tears coming down.
"Sardine… He is gone… He left me…" said Freya as she is in her knees crying. Alouette looked at her.
"Freya you want me to take you back to the ship," said Alouette as Freya did not answer until she found something within the pile of junk she went to it and took it off and found Sardine's gun blade. Freya held it tight to her.
"Lets keep on going. I want to finish what Sardine has left off," said Freya as she put the gun blade within an attachment to her rifle. She lead the two and to their surprised the virus is gone. Mother Elf appeared to them as Kira looked at her.
"Hello Kira. It is been a while we haven't seen each other," said Mother Elf. Kira looked at the cyber elf and knew who she was.
"Mom…" said Kira as she is about to be in tears. Mother Elf floats down to Kira as she looked at her.
"Yes it is me. I did this to myself for the fact that I am the only one who can stop the viruses before people will suffer. I did not want others to suffer from my mistake of not destroying it all when I had the chance," said Mother Elf.
"Why? Why leave dad and me," said Kira as she is in tears. Mother Elf looked at Kira's eyes.
"I will not or going to leave your dad and you. I am going to be inside of you here. I may not have a body anymore but I am always watching," said Mother Elf. Kira now have Freya's look before.
"Kira…" said Terra as she know how she felt when her mother had died and she felt alone.
"Kira do not be sad. I want you to be there with the others. I am still around just not in a body. Please do not cry," said Mother Elf.
"You can say that many times Iris but that does not change the fact we cannot see you more often. My parents are probably cyber elves or even worse not existing," said Terra.
"I cannot die. I only be around here as long the virus exist I am still around. Though Kira go see Ceil. She had something to keepsake from me," said Mother Elf as she looked at Freya.
"Do not worry Sardine will watch you too as a cyber elf. He lived long as 600 years old he even outlived his setting," said Mother Elf. Freya took this information in as she looked down.
"Still even if he is old and such. I still loved him," said Freya. Mother Elf looked at her.
"And he loves you back. Like I told my daughter I am going to tell you the same. He is around as a cyber elf but he is not gone. He will watch over you and will keep you safe somehow," said Mother Elf as she disappeared. Kira saw Mother Elf disappeared and started to cry some more.
"Come on everyone lets head back to base," said Alouette as the two sorrow people followed as a shadow watching over them.
"Well that was interesting. He did not died by my revival creation but by the power of the biometal sequence. Oh this is rich. Well that means my plans to kill Fefnir will have to be a short and sweet. I would like to keep Athena with me forever and I will do that," said Vern as he kept taunting Chrono who cannot move at all.