A/N: OK we're on ch.6 now this should clear some things up, I kinda wanted to leave everyone in the dark on purpose. So the few people with me let's get on with the show!

Disclaimer: Oh yeah I don't own Star Ocean


Chapter 6: Revelations

October 29th, SD 772…Somewhere on Earth in the Federal City, 02:00 hours

A short girl and a tall man stood at the intersection of Brand Ave and La Cienega Blvd. Everything was quiet and the two spoke in whispers. God knows why they were out at this time…past curfew. A small boy looked out the window from across the street. He quickly closed the curtain to avoid suspicion.

"Isn't it about time John?" the small girl asked. She asked, checking her watch.

"Yeah Peppita, it seems that good for nothing is late," John said irritably.

Suddenly they heard a huge tank rolling down the road. The two gasped and tried to find cover. The tank stopped in front of them, it bore the Tri-Umbulum Seal on it's armored body. It was basically an Oso with a new paint job.

The hatch opened and a man, a young man no older that 18 jumped out. "Evenin' Sir! I got you a gift!" he said cockily.

"God damn it Kian! We're supposed to be operating stealthily!" John yelled at him. The young man only smiled once more, he had spiky hair and he wore a bandana over his head. He wore a battered peace of armor and a sniper rifle was slung around his back. A pistol hung at his belt. He walked a little flat-footed towards them.

"Take it easy Captain! No one saw us. Me and my boys will clear the way for you and divert their attention. After all it is a big tank," he said furiously.

"OK fine! Let's just get on with it damn it!" he yelled. Peppita shrugged and they clambered into the tank. 6 other men sat inside the vehicle. They were some Marines they had found one night past curfew. They rescued them.

Peppita had joined some sort of Rebel group that operated quietly to try and annoy the new government. This organization was formed by John, but humbly let other people lead. He just led teams in the field.

The tank plowed along and the streets were quiet, of course not for good reason. The group was confident they wouldn't be ambushed. The tank stopped at a corner. In front of them a huge black building stood in front of them. A military garrison/ prison.

"Alright lock and load men, we'll meet up at the detention level, good luck!" John said. Kian smirked.

"Don't worry about it!" he said as he got back into the chair. John and Peppita exited the vehicle. And hung in the shadows. They waited for the tank to move into position. The tank's huge barrel whirred to life and began to roll. It suddenly fired without warning. It shook and inched backwards from the recoil. It blew a massive hole in the thick doors.

Alarms started blaring and the automatic guns on the roof got ready. The faciltity instantly came to life and bright lights flashed to life to find the agressor. They took aim and shot at the tank. Kian and his men were under heavy fire so Kian drove the tank through the wall and into the Garrison.

"He is crazy! That wasn't part of the plan!" Peppita exclaimed.

"Ahh Kian is a lose cannon, but a damn good fighter, he'll take care of himself, now we gotta do our part." John said. They scrambled down the manhole in the middle of the street. They jumped down onto the dirty old sewer. This thing was ancient!

"That smell is wonderful!" Peppita exclaimed sarcastically. She pinched her nose.

John seemed unphased. "Don't worry its not far," he said. Peppita followed the soldier thorugh twisting tunnels and passages.

"I can't believe that those horrible people are pinning the blame on me and my friends! How can those horrible people lie so bad to so many people! And who do they think they're fooling! The only reason people are taking that bull is because they're too afraid!" she cried angrily.

"I know…I know those news casts are a bunch of bologna, it was obvious that Federation troops were defending the innocents! But those invaders…they're technology is frightening!" John said with a shudder.

"I know…its like living through the whole Executioner incident again!" Peppita said.

"Yeah ok here we are, ready?" he asked.

"Yeah!" she said confidently. She powered up her bangles and put a clip into her rifle.

"Look, I'm sorry for making you fight…you're so young and one's innocence shouldn't be lost quickly," he said sadly.

"Aw just shut up and give me a bosst," she replied. She punched the manhole above her open. And jumped up. She glanced around to check if there were any hostiles.

"Area secure?" John asked.

"Affirmative," Peppita replied. She crouched down on the floor by the manhole and pulled him up.

"Alright, follow my lead," he said. It was a little dark so he turned his shoulder light on, Peppita followed suit. She held her rifle in front of her and breathed slowly.

"Where are we?" Peppita asked.

"Should be below the detention level," John replied. They trooped on silently and reached a flight of stairs. Halfway up they heard a huge explosion upstairs. John checked his watch.

"Kian?" Peppita asked.

"Kian," John replied. They ran up the stairs and reached a sign that said 'Detention Level'. An arrow pointed down the hall to the left, they heard footsteps coming down the 'up' stairs. Enemies.

John took aim and expertly took out 2 soldiers. Peppita fired her rifle, attempting to keep it steady. The enemies returned fire and John got singed on the leg.

"Arghh!" he screamed and grabbed his leg.

"John!" Peppita yelled. She fired her gun at the enemies on the up stairwell as she ran toward John. He pulled out a painkiller syringe and thrusted it into his leg. He screamed again but, was able to get up.

"I'm fine!" he yelled. The soldiers had the upper hand with the higher ground. They also heard men coming down from the left end of the hall.

"Damn! They're surrounding us!"-he pulled out his com and yelled into it-"KIAN! Where the hell are you!"

"On the way sir," Kian replied. John aimed his gun again and took out another soldier on the stairwell. Peppita trained her gun on the darkness, waiting for the other soldiers. She saw a foot and then released a burst of lead into the darkness. She heard several grunts. She turned on her shoulder light and saw the last one. She jumped up and gave him a good kick. The guard grunted. There were more shrieks and she looked up, Kian and his men had dispatched the soldiers on the stairs.

"Evening Captain," he said cockily.

"Git the hell down here, we got a job to do, did you raid the weapons cache?" He asked angrily.

"Yessir, we got them bag of weapons right here," he said and pointed to a big black bag.

"Alright let's move, how hot is it up there?" John asked. They walked down the corridor. They all switched their lights on.

"Hot as hell sir! There's an unholy amount of god-forsaken bitches up there, we were lucky to get down here,"-Kian paused-"better hurry too, they comin' down, an' they ain't happy."

"Alright we gotta work quick," he said and they trooped down the hall. John immediately spotted a lone guard at the gate of the detention block. He shot the man in the knees, then walked up to him. He took the man's keys, than brutally clubbed the man's head with his gun. The body fell limply to the floor.

"Gotta watch out, the good 'ol Cap'n gits angry sometimes," Kian said in a hushed voice. John opened the door and went through, he flicked on a switch. The lights flickered on and revealed thousands of cells. Peppita closed her eyes and then slowly opened them.

John seemed to be looking for someone particular and led the way. They passed cells full of Federation soldiers. The levels above, full of convicts. He stopped at one cell.

The soldier looked up, "Cap'n?" The man said then he squinted and then smiled.

"Yeah, it's me, at ease men, we're busting you outta here," he said and opened the door. The men clambered out and Kian handed them all weapons. John walked to a large switch that looked like an old handbrake. He pulled it and all the low level doors popped open.

"John? Are these all Federation Soldiers?" Peppita asked.

"Yep, alright boys let's get the hell outta here!" John barked.

The soldiers all yelled in agreement, he was pulled aside another soldier.

"Sir we have to rescue another, prisoner!" he yelled.

"Who?" John asked. Who is that important that they get their own cell? He thought. Then…he had a hunch.

"Just follow me sir," the soldier replied. They disappeared down the hall, then came back out 10 minutes later, with a woman. She looked beaten, bruised and downright ragged. Everyone gasped.

"Isn't, isn't you supposed to be dead?" Kian asked stupidly.

"Sorry to disappoint you," the voice said weakly. Then she coughed. Her dark brown hair no longer sleek and shiny but frizzy and matted.

"Madam President, you're alive?" Peppita said. All the soldiers averted their gaze to the President and everyone gasped.

"Uh hate to break it to you guys, but we got company!" one of the Marines from Kian's group yelled. He came running from the entrance of the detention block, with his gun swinging wildly at his side.

"Hellllll, alright Marines lock and load!" John yelled. The armed soldiers followed him. Peppita sighed, back to work, she thought. She pulled a fresh clip from her belt and loaded it into her rifle, replacing the old one.


"The 10 Wise Men?" Maria asked. Fayt just sat their awaiting Cliff to answer Maria's question.

"That's what I said when Mirage first hacked into the Federation database, then she dug even deeper," Cliff explained.

"My dad said that they nearly conquered the universe a long time ago…he…he said that the basis of our powers were derived from the 10's Symbological Construct," Fayt said slowly.

"That's right…Mirage said that the 10 were completely derived from Symbological Genetics, creations, they aren't human. Unlike you three, plus Sophia; who merely had the gene imbedded in you…Hang on when did your dad tell us that?" Cliff asked suspiciously.

"Well…" Fayt explained what had happened on the Moonbase. He said he forgot about it after the 'incident' with the door. Everyone in the room, except for Maria, howled with laughter, especially Albel.

After everyone calmed down and Nel convinced Maria not to kill Albel or Cliff. Cliff continued.

"OK, so lemme start from the beginning, these Wise Men were defeated 400 years ago. The Federation locked the Men. that could not be killed, away on the Moonbase. Soon after they fell in the posession of Doctor Leingod's team. They examined them and were able to duplicate the powers and put them into you two. As Fayt said, your powers are double theirs, as your powers got stronger as the cells with that gene multiplied and multiplied," Cliff paused.

"So how did they come into existence in the first place?" Fayt asked.

"Ahh I was just getting to that part,"-Cliff said as he took a gulp of water-" Now these creatures originated from the planet of Energy Nede, the farthest planet away. It sits alone in its own sector named the R Sector. Now on Nede a war raged hundreds of years ago. It was a Civil War, where no side had hopes of victory in sight. Then a man's daughter was killed by the other side. So this man creates these godly entities to kill the other side and end the war," Cliff grabbed some more water.

"Weak fool, overcome by grief!" Albel spat. Once again Nel smacked him across the face. "Oof!" he said as his head was thrown backward.

"Anyways these godly creatures ended the war, but the man was killed because of his creations. People killed the old man. They had become unruly and listened to no one. They believed if the man was killed his creations would have no purpose, then kill themselves. So the Wise Men rampaged across the galaxy and left Nede in a state of Civil War once again," Cliff stopped and resumed quickly.

"The first planet on the agenda was Expel, now at this time Expel was still Underdeveloped. There was also an offworlder that happened to be there at the same time, a Young Federation Lieutenant named Claude Kenni. He befriended the locals and helped them defeat the terror terrorizing them. Funny actually their story is similar to ours. Stranded on a Underdeveloped Planet and help them defeat a god-like entity," said Cliff.

Fayt snorted. "That is ironic," he said.

"Huh, so is there anymore?" Maria asked.

"What? Oh yeah so Lieutenant Claude becomes Captain Claude and reports to the Federation. He fully details his encounter with them. The Federation unleashes their entire navy and invades Nede. They released a biological sleeping chemical on the planet. Then they surrounded the planet in a virtual field-," Cliff got interrupted.

"Virtual Field?" Maria asked.

"Yes it is like a planetary shield, but causes the people on the planet to hallucinate. It makes it seem they were living normally but really its just a simulation. However some idiot forgot to keep it on after a maintenance check and well things just got worse," Cliff finished sadly.

"So what about those Aldians and Vendeeni outside the Moonbase when the Nedians attacked? We heard their governments were decimated," Fayt said.

"Yeah, just like the Earth, their forces were taken over, all just part of the Nedian Empire now. The Aldians and Vendeeni formed a sort of alliance to git you two guys. They probably wanted you for protection or something of that nature," Cliff said miserably.

"So the Nedians…what do they want now? Why are telling all these lies?" Maria asked.

"Well we've a hunch…Mirage thinks that they want you two to…to…revive the 10, and our Intel says they might already have Sophia," Cliff said grimly. "And well the lies were to make it seem nothing was wrong," Cliff finished.

Maria and Fayt looked dumbstruck at the news. Everyone in the room contemplated the information they just heard. Fayt slowly shifted around in his seat.

"So…what now?" Maria asked.

"Nothing we can do now," Cliff said grimly.

"Yeah it is getting late and with that fleet in orbit, we can't get outta here," said Maria. She looked at the ceiling and rubbed her eyes.

"Mirage said she'd contact me when she got help to bust us outta here for now, we rest. Maybe we'll head toward Aquaria after we get some rest. Earliest we'll be outta here is the day after tomorrow," Cliff explained.

"Ok, Nel could you prepare our rooms? We're really tired with everything that happened today," said Fayt.

"Of course, we always have guest rooms ready, Albel will lead you guys to your guest room. Maria, if you'd follow me that would be great," Nel explained tersely.

"Alright," said Fayt tiredly.

Cliff yawned, "Damn I'm tired from all this serious business, let's hit the sack!" he yelled.

The group chuckled and exited the room. They returned to the main lobby and walked past the broken statues of the King and Queen of Airyglyph and Aquaria, respectively. They walked to the Grand Staircase that branched off into two directions.

There were only a few people left, as it was late, and it was very quiet. Nel led Maria to the left and Albel led them right.

"Goodnight," a murmur of slurred voices said from the guys.

"Goodnight," the girls returned.


Albel led them into the room, quite simple but very clean. Just two beds and two small tables on the side of either one.

"Where do you sleep Albel?" Fayt asked.

"I have my own quarters you fool! A man such as myself has status within this kingdom,"-Albel spat then turned to the door. He turned the knob and it creaked as it opened-"Night," he spat.

Over in the girls' room lay two beds, exactly the same as the guys' room. Obviously the Elicoorians weren't too creative.

Maria threw herself on her bed and Nel on hers.

"This is actually my temporary room, my private quarters aren't finished yet," Nel said simply.

"Sorry to impose on you," Maria said, embarrassed.

"Hey, it's nothing!" Nel said, reassuringly.

"Haha ok," Maria laughed back. She looked at the ceiling and found herself thinking about Fayt. "I wonder what he's doing right now…I guess I admit I do like him…But he probably doesn't feel the same way…Oh well I'll just move on with my life…I always have and always will.." she thought. She felt a tightening feeling in her chest. She felt tears, but wiped them away.

Nel thought she heard something and looked at Maria. "Maria…you like Fayt don't you?" she asked.

"W-What! That's absurd…" Maria exclaimed.

Nel only narrowed her eyes and looked at her slyly. "Come Onnnnn," she asked sarcastically.

"OK…fine I do, but he doesn't like me so I'm moving on," Maria said hurtfully.

"Did he tell you he doesn't like you?" Nel asked. She moved onto Maria's bed. They looked like a pair of Gossiping teenagers.

"N-No but I'm s-sure of it," she said, her nose sniffing.

"There's always hope Maria, don't give up!" Nel said sternly.

"Nel! The chances of Fayt and I coming together are like you and Albel getting married and having a highly functional family !" Maria yelled.

"It's totally different, have you ever seen the way he looks at you?" Nel asked calmly.

"W-What are you talking about?" Maria asked, cluelessly.

"I won't say anymore, just think about that, I've seen him stare mindlessly at you…so goodnight Maria," she ended cheerfully. She went into the bathroom to clean up. Maria wiped her tears and dropped back on to the bed. She immediately fell into a deep sleep. A sleep mulled with dreams of a certain blue-haired protagonist.


Meanwhile in the guys' dorm….

"Man! I love Aquarian hospitality! Their beds are always so damn awesome!" Cliff yelled.

"Hmm yeah, Aquarian Beds kick ass," Fayt said raising his fist.

It was silent for a while until Cliff placed his arms behind his head. He looked over at Fayt with a glint in his eye. "Soooo how was gallivanting 'cross the universe with the captain?"

"Err misfortunate," Fayt said stupidly.

"Well duh doofus! I mean did you two like bond?" Cliff asked excitedly. He sprang up and was sitting on his bed now. He waved his arms in hysteria

Fayt considered his next words. "I have feelings for her but I'm not gonna tell him that!" he thought. "Er yeah! She's uh great in battle, saved my ass a couple of times and uhh she's a great person and umm-," Cliff cut off the stuttering Fayt.

"Cut the crap kid, I know you have feelings for her, I couldn't help but notice how you stared at her blond hair and her well everything. And its not the stare I give beautiful women. You gave her what I like to call the 'love' stare. You my friend have it bad for Ms. Traydor," Cliff said laughing.

"Cliff…get real, I don't have feelings for her…none at all and even IF I did she wouldn't like me either…" he said. He had lied about his true feelings…but he had to. Cliff could NOT know.

"Come on dude talk to me man-to-man," Cliff said sternly.

"Look…just drop it dude, I'm going to bed," Fayt replied angrily.

"Alright I'll drop it. goodnight.," he replied kindly.

Fayt drifted into a deep sleep and his dreams muddled of Maria. (The hopeless lovers, the author thought)


In Elicoor's orbit October 30th, SD 772 01:00 hours.

A huge ship hung in space above Elicoor. It was a golden one, and looked very beautiful.A small shuttle landed in the big golden ship's hangar. Four men stepped out onto the hangar bay.

"Why have you brought me here Indalecio?" King Nede spat.

"My lord I told you about the girl we found…how we could resurrect the others!" Indalecio replied.

"Yes…go on," King Nede said.

"I've found the other 2 based on the information from the Moonbase lab, they are on the planet we are orbiting," he replied quickly. King Nede was silent, and pondered over this.

"More power..." the man greedily thought. His eyes looked hungrily with power.

"Really…I see, tell Captain Stern to prepare his unit, send Jyril with them," the king said tersely.

"Yes my lord," smirked and bowed then walked away.

"Oh and Indalecio!" Nede called to him.

"Sir?" Indalecio asked.

"Good work," he said then turned away again.

"Th-thank you sir," Indalecio turned away again. "With the 10 at his command…he could overthrow the foolish king," Indalecio thought. He only chuckled. Jyril and Cyril aware of his thoughts.

"Mortals...so easy to bend...their greed and lust for power...so moritfying," Cyril said.

"What the hell you blabberin' about Cyril?" Jyril asked.

"Nothing, come on let's catch up with Indalecio, don't want to anger him," Cyril replied. Jyril shrugged and chased after their leader.


A/N: Woah that was a long one, 10 pages on Word. Okay so you got answers but only more questions, you'll just have to read to the end to find everything out. Mwahahahahahha, Erm, excuse me. So Read and Review!!