Three weeks had passed since the day that wracked the world. Mysterious creatures had appeared all over the planet, in addition to monstrous tears in the sky. Despite the best efforts of her new found allies in the form of JUDA, former scientist of Dragon Fang Island Kryska Agari, fell into a deep depression. Her personality shifted, becoming much more volatile and tendencies for violent outbursts became prominent.

Once a peaceful mind, her entire world was shattered and the truth was revealed to her. Vowing revenge for the lives lost at her hands, Kryska promised herself that she would destroy them.

Episode 08:

False Truce

The man on the monitor was old. His face was smooth with the exception of the sideburns and beard that covered most of the lower portion of his face. In his hands, or at least as far as the recording showed, he held a cane.

He spoke, his voice booming across the world.

"I would like to address this statement to every single human being born and raised on Earth. We call ourselves simply Celestial Being. We are a private armed organisation in possession of the mobile weapon Gundam. The main objective of Celestial Being's activities is to completely eliminate acts of war from this world. We do not act for our own benefit or for personal gain. We have chosen to intervene for the greatest goal of all to rid ourselves of the scourge of war. As of this moment I make this declaration to all humanity. Territory, religion, energy no matter what the reason or excuse if there is an evident act of war being carried out, we will commence intervention with our force. Any country, organisation or corporation that promotes war will also be a legitimate target for our intervention. We simply call ourselves Celestial Being. We are an armed organisation that was established to eliminate all acts of war from this world. I repeat…."

The man was quickly drowned out in the offices of JUDA by a large ruckus of unique individuals: from the holographic appearance of Tanaka, to the rather humorous actions of Kunio Ishigami, the company's esteemed founder.

"They're moving out?" Ishigami's face became stern and serious, a side of himself he rarely showed. "Then we need to move ahead ourselves. We need the fifth."

Tanaka adjusted his glasses. "That's true. If the rumours are true, then perhaps the fifth would indeed prove useful. Tell me, Kunio. What do you intend with Kryska Agari? She is currently in an unstable position given what she saw."

"I plan on giving her to Mr. Moritsugu's unit. I fear that if we let her see actual combat, though…"

"You're scared that those creatures might appear again?" Tanaka's face too became serious. "I've crossed referenced them with everything we have on Dragon Fang. I'm not getting results. Do you recognize them?"

Ishigama shook his head. "No. If you don't have any data on them, they must truly be Unknowns. Have you received any word from Team D?"

"Negative. It appears Miss Hidaka has taken things into her own hands. "Have you received word on Miss Kuga and her companion arriving safely on your end?"

"That, too, would be a negative. They very well might have arrived but they never checked in with us as to their next move. I would assume that Miss Kuga has a plan of her own."

"I see." Tanaka sighed. It was too much work. "F.S. seems to have an idea of what those creatures were however. He is more concerned with the announcement earlier, despite that."

"Celestial Being…" Ishigami's face twisted. "They believe that by creating conflict they will be saving the world. Little do they realize the actions they perform will very much have the opposite effect."

"What should we do regarding that problem?" Tanaka asked.

"Don't you worry about a thing. I have a plan in place for such an occasion." Ishigami smiled as he turned his chair to the reverse, facing the window that opened up towards the city of Shibuya. "Don't you worry about a thing, Tanaka. Just make sure you work on 'that other thing."

The two parted ways, but Ishigami's face remained stern. "Celestial Being… If they've started to appear, then the plan must be under way already. This is too soon. We don't have enough viable resources to start a fight with them at the moment. With only the first four, we wouldn't stand a chance if they attacked us directly."

Kunio Ishigami would dwell on the thought for the rest of day…

"I couldn't do anything!"

Kryska clenched her fists as tears streamed her face. "I couldn't save him! It's all my fault!" She felt absolute furious at herself. She had tampered with things that should not have been tampered. Was it her fault that Kazuma had died?

"Don't beat yourself over it. These things happen." Shizuna Endoh sighed. "Gee, you'd think someone like you would be smarter than this." The young girl was only slightly shorter than Kryska. She was twins with the black-haired boy that stood beside her, her brother Izuna. They both wore the JUDA uniform, a black business suit.

"Sis!" Izuna cried out. "You don't need to talk to people like that!"

"What?!" Shizuna responded. "It's not like she's strong enough to protect people on her own! If she was, Saver Guardian wouldn't have been destroyed!"

Kryska snapped. She clenched her teeth and threw her fist towards Shizuna. The young girl caught her hand mid-way. "Don't talk to me like that!" Kryska growled. "It's not my fault!"

"Of course it's your fault!" Shizuna returned the growl with her own. "Had you not tampered with forces beyond your knowledge, none of this would have happened! Aika would still be alive and Saver Guardian would still be together!"

Kryska wanted to deny it. She wanted so badly just to deny it. Shizuna's words, however, had struck a cord. She was right. It had been her fault. It was her fault that Aika was dead. It was her fault that Chroma had gone with him too.

"I'll…"

Shizuna returned her eyes to Kryska's face. "What? Haven't had enough yet?"

Izuna's eyes widened as he noted his sister get closer to Kryska. "Don't do it, Sis."

"I'll…"

Everything slowed to a halt in a mere second.

Kryska had reached up and grabbed Shizuna by the neck. Her fingers wrapped her around her throat. Shizuna screamed. Everything had happened so fast that she had no idea what was happening.

"Damn it!" Reiji rushed to Shizuna's side and took Kryska underneath his arm. Her grip loosened and Shizuna felt her feet touch the ground.

Despite being taken down by Reiji, Kryska's body still felt agitated. She saw his face as her vision returned after a moment of brief unsightliness. She noted Shizuna being comforted by her brother and her eyes as sharp as daggers looking at her. What had she done?

"See? She's not human. She's just like them. Why do we still have her in JUDA? She's….beyond help."

Kryska hated it. Shizuna was right. She wasn't human any more. She had no remorse, not to mention she no longer had any memory of what had just happened that had caused her to snap. All she remembered was her hands wrapping around Shizuna's fragile throat.

"I…"

She wrapped her fingers around her key hanging from her neck. She squeezed. It was the only thing she had left that reminded her of Kazuma or Chroma. Tears bean to run down her eyes again. "If only I could've saved them!"

The key grew warm, although Kryska didn't notice it. Reiji, however, did. He would have to bring up next time he spoke with the President.

It had happened without warning. Hisataka Katou stood inside JUDA's head office. He sat directly across from Ishigami, a stern look across his face.

"It seems that our conflict will have to wait, Kunio." Katou spoke, his voice dreading what would come next. "You have seen the news, correct? The Fifth has apparently joined forces with those other ones. The ones that never appeared, Celestial Being. I do not believe this conflict need continue. The world has already begun to change, even if our actions up until this point have not reached where they should be for it to be happening."

Kunio Ishigami, too, realized this. "It appears that what we feared may be coming true. Due to our actions here, things have begun to change."

"Not just our actions," Katou corrected, "theirs as well." Katou placed the papers he held in one hand on the desk in front of him. "Ikari has already begun to change things. He succeeded this time."

Ishigami's face became even more serious, a side that he had never shown. "If that's the case, the weapon he was developing…"

"Can become both a saviour and a death sentence."

They were referring to the synthetic humanoid weapon known as Evangelion, or EVA for short. One such unit had remained in production slightly under the city of Tokyo-3 for nearly a decade. It was a deadly machine, one that even the Machinas should fear. It possessed an ability that they couldn't penetrate if they were to ever engage in combat.

"The Fifth can penetrate the Field, correct?"

"It possesses the Executor, after all. Penetrating the Field should be no problem. It's what comes next that would be the problem."

Belphegor was heading directly towards Arkham City via the ocean. Accompanying him Silas Irene, the human man he had encountered on the Moon, Luna. Belphegor had shifted into what appeared to be a gigantic metal lion, capable of running on the water via the immense thrusters located beneath the humanoid claws that had covered its metal hands and the thrusters on its rear, located roughly a few feet away from the tail. Despite his initial protests of heading directly towards Arkham City, he had finally caved. Silas had recommended heading towards the island off the coast, G Island, first. That way, he could report back to his superiors in America and also gather information on the whereabouts of Belphegor's sister, the one it had called Chroma.

What the duo had reached the outskirts of the city, what they saw shocked them. The city had become overrun by creatures incredibly similar to the ones Irene had saw on the Moon. These ones were different, however, were different. They had wings, sharp claws and talons. Silas shivered.

"Birds…I hate birds."

"Do not fret, human. It appears we have reinforcements."

The machine was referring to the two large machines that stood at what appeared to be the remnants of the port to Arkham. One had a lion's chest, just like Belphegor. Silas could also make the other components out. "A high speed train for arms, a stealth bomber for wings, drill vehicles for legs…" He muttered as he saw one of the fists propel itself through the line of birds.

The other machine, however, was impossible to make out the components. It was clearly some new machine. It too launched a fist. This one, however, was tipped with a drill.

"Broken Magnum!"

"Graviton Tornado Punch!"

Belphegor leaped into action as well, nearly forcing Irene to hold onto the machine's metal mane. Its tail raised and revealed, much to Silas's surprise, a laser gun hidden beneath the actual tail component. It fired numerous times before the metal monster lunged forwards, leaping into the air as it did. Its claws connected with several of the beasts. As it did, Silas felt a surge run up through his stomach as he saw the creatures scatter blood in the air. He wanted to throw up. This wasn't what he wanted.

"Settle down, boy! If you cannot fight, you will be forced to leave!" Belphegor roared forward again, this time shifting its modes. Humanoid hands emerged from underneath the claws and the legs reversed in position. The machine slowly shifted its lion head into the center of the chest as well.

As it began to stand up, one of the humanoid machines drew a pistol from what appeared to be a holster located in its leg. The other machine, the one comprised of the different vehicles, began to spin the drill located on its knee.

"Graviton Rifle!"

"Drill Knee!"

The pilots of the other machines fought with much enthusiasm that it made Silas feel that he was dragging them down. They had to protect a new comer after all.

"Human, I requested you enter my mouth."

Silas raised an eyebrow. Did he hear what he had just heard?

"I insist. It will allow us to unify our strength and get rid of these fowl creatures instantly."

"The odds are against so if you think it will work…" Silas slid down on of the metal pieces of the manes and grabbed onto one of the metal fangs, working his way into the mouth. As he did, he heard a snap behind him. As he looked back, he noted that the opening had closed. Shaking his head, he continued onward.

When he finally arrived to the point where he couldn't travel anymore, he turned around. It was dark but Silas knew that it had to be here somewhere. He felt around. The sounds of crunching and gears shifting filled his ears. Lights began to flash as various screens lit up in the process, filling the dark space with light. "Great." Silas thought as he placed his feet downwards, below the newly lit console. He felt them hit something, which he assumed was a pedal. A screen lit up directly in front of him. It was a view of outside. He noted the two machines still fighting and the creatures still preventing themselves for being destroyed entirely.

"Do you feel that lever beside you, human? I want you to push it forward and push the pedal your foot is standing on at the moment."

Silas felt around. His hand had already been feeling something earlier. He reached towards where he thought it had been and pushed, while putting weight onto the pedal in front of him.

Acceleration soon filled his body. "This is…ridiculous! This is much more than a MS could do!"

Outside, the two machines were startled by Belphegor's startling speed. They ignited thrusters and got away out of the way. Belphegor's chest had started to glow. It stopped running as it neared where the vehicle robot had been standing. It turned its attention towards where the bird creatures hovered.

The chest had built up enough energy by now. Belphegor, reacting on its own, moved its hands out of the way and placed its metal reverse legs slightly wider.

"FANG BLAZE IMPACT!"

The machine's chest let loose. A steady stream of heat emerged from the humanoid head and the chest too released a massive ray of fire.

The birds scattered in an attempt to avoid the heat. They wouldn't make it. Each of them was caught in the heat and shortly after, disintegrated into a ball of pure fire. The only thing remaining was the feathers the creatures dropped.

"Guess I won't be having chicken for dinner today." Silas smirked, amazed by the recent turn of events and the power of his new found companion.

50, 000 Light Years Away from the Milky Way;

Red eyes snapped open. The feeling of its breath once again laid on the crater it had come to call home. Fangs drew fresh blood from a new kill.

The giant's body moved forward on what remained of a long cane between its hand. The fangs still dripping with blood, smiled.

"Its key had awoken already." A voice, old and victim of many conflicts, spoke. "This is the second time in nearly a micro cycle."

"What of the ones we sent before? If the key is sending out signals for the second time…" This voice was vastly younger, naïve and fresh. Most importantly, female.

A third voice spoke. "If that is the case, then we can assume the one we sent before triggered a reaction in the wielder's bio-rhythmic signals. The key alone holds control over the Shift. If it is already out of control,"

The first voice spoke again. "We may already be too late, my brother and sister. If the key has begun functioning without our input, the Beasts may have already awoken. We have lost the signal of the first one. The second, however, still lives on."

The second voice, "The Beasts alone can control the tears. If they've awoken and the signals have been interrupted, then that can only mean one thing is possible."

The first voice spoke again. This time, it spoke with a sense of absolute fear. The words of it spoke were forbidden but they were situations that they were called for. This one of those situations.

"Yes, the Amagi have awoken."