The Nativity Project

Chapter 7

0(Back at Trampoli)0

"Is everybody ready?" Camus said as he loaded his crossbow,

"Aye.." his marine comrade said,

"Ready." Mikoto added,

"I'm here to help.." Sgt. Wilkes came out, "But I have no weapon... The Norads must have taken my handgonne!" he groaned, "That's top secret Sechs technology!"

"Here." Camus passed him a repeating crossbow, "It may not compare to your lightning sticks... but its better than nothing."

"Alright." Sgt. Wilkes growled, "So... what's the plan?"

"Ok..." Camus said, "It's going to be me and Lt. Kings to the Norad capital... and you with Mikoto to wherever the Sechs have their little Earthmate dealio going on!"

"Will we save Aden and Sonja?" Mikoto asked,

"Who?"

"The Earthmates you all took from Fennith." Mikoto grumbled,

"More like, saved." Wilkes responded, "Trust me, they're better at the Black Eclipse facility than with you all."

"Black Eclipse?" Kings asked in curiousity,

"The Sechs Earthmate program.." Wilkes said, "If you trust me enough to join your little entourage so quickly, I'll at least tell you what the name is."

"Alright." Camus added, "Well, the Noradian program is called Dark Moon... There.. Even?"

Wilkes nodded his head,

"I'm guessing that's were your friend will be." Kings told Camus, "We better be extra careful, they expect us dead..."

"I took that into mind." Camus chuckled.

"Then let's go..." Mikoto said, "And best of luck, Camus."

"You too." Camus nodded his head, and they parted ways.

0(Dark Moon Facility)0

"Alright..." the head surgeon said, "Pass me the scalpel.."

"Here.."

"Good.." the man said and started to cut Iris' belly,

"AHHH!" Iris, who was still semi-conscious, screamed in pain,

"You fools!" the head surgeon yelled, "Who's in charge of the anesthesia?"

"I thought she was out!" a surgeon responded,

"RAGUNA!" Iris cried as she tried to get out, "They're taking our baby!"

"He can't hear you!" the head surgeon told her, "He's out of it!"

"Raguna!" Iris continued, "Please help!"

Inside the capsule, the sound waves of the cries made their way into Raguna's mind,

"Shut up!" one of the surgeons slapped her,

"Raguna..." Iris was reduced to tears as they continued without anesthetics, probably to torture her.

The liquid in the capsule started to churn, capturing the attention of three surgeons and the soldiers guarding,

"Huh?"

Raguna's eyes shot wide open, and when he shot out his arms, the glass capsule broke into pieces, making all the liquid rocket out.

"What?!" the head surgeon said in fear as Raguna stared at them with his cold, blue eyes.

"That shouldn't be possible!" another surgeon said as he trembled,

"Leave my wife... alone.." Raguna growled in anger,

"Try me!" the head surgeon said with such audacity and continued to cut,

"AHH!" Iris continued screaming,

Raguna boiled in anger,

"Ha ha!" in one final act of defiance, the surgeon snipped the developing child from Iris and quickly placed it in a container of the same blue liquid that held Raguna.

"You monster!" Raguna roared and dashed with such velocity towards the group,

"Here!" the head surgeon handed the capsule to the chief scientist,

"AHH!" a surgeon screamed as he was struck with his own saw by Raguna,

"Hurry!" the head surgeon pressured the scientist,

"I HEREBY GIVE MY RUNE FORCE!" the scientist yelled, and a huge wave of blue energy flowed from him to the child,

"I got it!" a soldier ran up to take the capsule, and bolted for the exit.

The scientist fell, dead.

"Rah!" Raguna yelled in rage as he turned to the Head Surgeon, having finished everyone else,

"Ha ha ha!" the surgeon laughed as Raguna laughed.

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"Beloved..." Iris cried on Raguna's chest, "The... child..."

"Here..." Raguna said, and a wave of blue energy flowed from him to the huge cut in her belly, and after a few seconds, the wound was gone.

"How?"

"These powers can be used for more than destruction." Raguna smiled, "Iris... I can't fathom the fact..." he held her,

"I just... why?" Iris wept,

"HEY!" a booming voice yelled, it was Commander Viscen with Ivan at his side, "Stop it!" he raised the Earthmate control staff,

"Ah!" Raguna held his head as he succumbed to the spell,

"Take the woman!" Viscen said as he kept the control on Raguna, then a group of soldiers came,

"Beloved!" Iris screamed as she was literally dragged away,

"Argh!" Raguna held his head in pain,

"What!?" Viscen said as the most amazing thing happened, Raguna was fighting the mind control!

"Leave her alone!" Raguna yelled and charge at the soldiers, then proceeded to annihilate them with their own weapons.

"I-Impossible!" Viscen stood in shock, "How!?"

"The love of family is stronger than any form of control." Ivan said in regular speech, which shocked the commander,

POOM!" Ivan delivered a nasty punch to the man's chest, sending him flying to a wall.

"ARGH!" Viscen yelled in pain as he crashed down, knocked out.

"Brother!" Ivan reunited with Raguna, "I am your ally!"

"Bro fist!" Raguna held out his fist,

POOM!

"Yeah!" Ivan laughed, "Now.. I know the way out of here, maybe we can get you two back to Trampoli."

"Thanks.." Raguna said, "You hear that, Iris?"

Iris stood silent, still under the great trauma of losing her baby,

"Make that a no, Ivan." Raguna told his brother, "I want to catch the monsters who took my child..."

"Very well..." Ivan said, "But I do not know where they went..."

"I think I have a pretty good clue..." Raguna grumbled...

0(Royal Castle at Nisan, Capital of Norad)0

"You are serious?" King Gilbert inspected the capsule with Iris' child, "This is a Vampire-Earthmate hybrid?"

"True to my word." the soldier responded, "It was the scientist's parting gift... We should send it to the Greater Dark Moon Facility..."

"Yes..." King Gilbert muttered, "Yes... We may have lost two Earthmates, but we gained the Ultimate Lifeform! At least we still have three Earthmates at our disposal. Let us move!"

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"Gilbert!" Raguna roared as he entered the throne room, looking for the monarch, "Show yourself like a man!"

However, the throne hall was empty, only the groans of the soldiers they attacked brought life to the empty abode.

0(Deep in the layers of the Greater Dark Moon Facility... Unknown location)0

"Let's do this..." King Gilbert said as he placed the Child on a large device, which the other three Earthmates were hooked up to as well...

Dear ShinyEevee, thank you once again for your constructive criticism and I will take that into mind... As you see I have put location markers now... So I got that going for me, which is nice.. And I will try to get more in depth later on as the secrets of the Dark Moon and Black Eclipse Programs unfold.

Right now I wanted to make it more action oriented, but it will change later on.

So I thank you and all my readers for their support on this new story!

So Sayonara! (I'm learning Japanese... That's part of the little I know.)

P.S- I know it might have gotten a little bit graphic with what they did to Iris, but I tried my best to tone it down to a suitable level.