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Lending A Hand
"Ace you fucking vengeful idiot!" Mira screamed being held back by her brother and Hydron while Ace hid behind Mylene for dear life. "Please calm down." Serena said placing a hand on Mira's shoulder stopping her outburst. "When do we head to Gundalia to rescue Fabia?" Keith asked as he and Hydron let go of his sister. "We do not. I do hate the fact that my sister has been captured but we can't just leave Neathia in this situation." Mira turned to Serena in shock and tears in her eyes. "What? But who knows what could be happening to her right now. Why would you say no?" She said feeling hurt and betrayal in her heart as her lovers sister would simply stand by and do nothing. "Believe it or not but this is not her first going to and from Gundalia. In the year that the shields went up sometime after Jin died she took a Gundalian soldiers uniform and sneaked aboard one of their ships. When she arrived on Gundalia she went straight to Kazarina, Jin murderer and tried to assassinate her but failed. She hijacked a small cruiser and returned to Neathia in which I scolded her after. I want my sister as much as you do but we have to make sure that she has a place to return to. I have faith in her. I have faith that she will return home safe and sound like has before." Serena said with nothing more than hope in her heart. Mira saw how tight she clenching her fist and felt a pang of guilt in herself for accusing the queen.
She is her sister and she had to make the choice to wait for her return. "Oh right when that Jesse guy had me on the ground he said something about a ship arriving later to night. What should we do?" Ace said still behind Mylene who elbowed him in the face to push him away. "Jesse? You mean the ventus brawler for the lower circle of the Twelve Orders said that?" Serena said seeing Ace rub his face. "Yeah. He whispered it to me so his commander wouldn't hear and when he looked to his bakugan he throw the fight. Also when he saw Fabia get captured I heard him mumble something about things never go according as plane." Ace said. Serena touched her chin thinking of what this meant. "If you want to know so badly then just wait for the time the ship comes. It's not like we have much choice if it comes regardless." Hydron spoke up getting everyone's attention before he walked out the door. "He has a point. We don't have any other options but to wait." Mira said looking back to the queen. Serena nodded and everyone left the throne room.
It is unclear if another attack would happen but they hopped none would come. Mira walked through the castle halls thinking about what's happened. She has lost her partner and now she has lost her lover. Looked around and saw Serena sitting on a bench in the royal garden where Jin's grave lies. Mira walked in and sat next to the queen earning a smile. "I'm sorry if I sound cold before." Serena said looking at her hands in her lap. "No it's fine. You have to think about everyone not just one person. I had no right to overreact like I did." "Okay well that's enough of that. You must really love my sister." Mira flushed at those words and started playing with her fingers. "I spoke to your brother and he said that after Vestal royal family was removed from power and you managed to harmony between your race and the bakugans that you were given a chance to be the royal family. Is that true?" Serena said looking at Mira with curious green eyes. "Yes I was. But I have no interest in being a queen or princess. Besides what happened with Hydron's family is a clear effect of what corrupted people of royalty can do. Besides I have no qualifications of a true ruler. In reality all I did was use force to get what I want even though what I fought for was right. I'm no princess, I'm no queen. Just a rebel group leader. That's all." Mira explained now looking down at the ground.
Serena went over everything that the Vestal had said and only smiled. "You know the one who should be a ruler is someone who knows that they are not truly qualified. Someone who knows their false and still does what is right regardless of that. Tell me, you said that you have no interest in becoming royalty but would you do if Fabia proposed to you. Getting married to her would make you a princess of a alien planet you know." Mira flushed and tried to turn her gaze away as Serena had a teasing smile. "Getting married is still sometime away. We love each other now but who knows what the future holds. Besides I love Fabia for who she is not because she's a princess. If she asked me to marry her I would say yes because she wants to be with me. Not because she is a princess. I'd marry her for her." Mira smiles feeling a warmth in her heart that made her whole world brighten. "Listen when you become her fiancee I want you to accept the proposal that was given to you and become the Vestal queen. Unit our people and brings a new beginning so that your people can move past the former royalty treachery. This is my only condition. If you fail to do that then I will make sure you never marry my sister." Serena said taking Mira's hands and looking her in the eyes. Mira could only nod and accept the conditions. 'Mira.' A voice rang and her eyes went dull and she started into space. "Good and I really hope that you two continue to love each other. I look forward to having you as family" Serena said seeing Mira stand up. Her happy smile faded see the Vestal's soulless eyes. "Mira? Are you okay? Are you feeling well?" She asked standing up and touched the girls forehead now filled with worry.
"Yes I'm fine." Mira droned with no emotion at all in her words. "Don't worry. I just remembered something I have to do." She said with a empty smile and walked away and vanished in the halls before Serena could follow.
Back on Gundalian the ship Airzil commanded docked in the hanger and the ship ramp opened and Fabia with her arms bond to her sides stepped down from the ship with Airzil and Jesse behind her. She had a healing red mark on her cheek from when she tried to escape when she awoke. They walked out the door and Jesse noticed Lena standing outside the door. He gave her a nod and she walked off down the hallway. Airzil pushed the princess to keep her moving and they walked until they came to the throne room with the emperor himself sitting in the throne. Airzil pushed her and she fell to her knees, she looked up with hatred in her eyes which only made the emperor laugh. "Well isn't this a sight to behold. The princess of Near his kneeling before me." He said as a sinister grin came to his face making Fabia want to vomit. "I would never kneel to a Gundalian. Especially scum like you." She said spitting at his direction to have her head driven to the floor by Airzil. "Watch your mouth girl. This is the emperor your talking to so you better show respect." He said baring down on her head but she didn't dare let out a sound. "I could care less about respect from someone who is going to die. Your death will be quiet the show." Barodius said standing up gathering generating electricity in his hand preparing to execute her himself when Gill walked in.
He came over and whispered something in Barodius's ear making him glance in his direction. The electricity vanished and he gazed back to the princess who had her pressed to the floor. "Well it seems you are quite lucky. I have other matters to attend to at the moment. Airzil you and your student take her to the prison cells for now." "And what about her bakugan?" Jesse said glancing up from his book that he started reading. "Take it to Kazarina's lab. She has never dissected a Neathian bakugan before. Well one intact on arrival that is." He said before heading out the room with Gill. Airzil grabbed Fabia by the hair and pulled her to her feet. Walking out the room and through the halls Jesse saw a opportunity. "Master Airzil." He said making Airzil and Fabia turn around. "Perhaps I should tale the bakugan to the lab." Airzil raised a brow and Fabia struggled in the generals grasp.
"You won't lay a finger on Aranaut you bastered!" She screamed before getting slapped by Airzil. "Why is that Jesse?" "Because surly making sure the princess is more important than that. You are obviously far strong and smarter than she is and you have already defeated her. Surly letting your student do such a meager task wouldn't be such a problem. Also if we split the task between us we'll be done much faster." He has explained and Airzil thought it over. "Very well but I will come and see if you completed your task." He said tossing Aranaut to Jesse who inwardly smiled. Airzil took Fabia and walked away leaving his student to his job. "You heard that correct. Do not retrieve this bakugan until after his inspection is over. Jesse said to Lena who stepped out the shadows. "I was planning to make sure the humans got off world safely but now I have to help a scornful princess. This just got a whole lot more frustrating." Lena said in annoyance.
"Come now it won't be that bad." "Easy for you to say. Your not rescuing her." "Very true." Jesse said opening his book and walking down the hall.
On Neathia the castle was on high alert do to Mira's complete disappearance. Keith and Mylene walked through the castle halls searching for the girl. "I'm surprised your not more concerned about this." Mylene said gaining a slight chuckle. "I'm completely losing it on the inside but letting it control me won't solve anything." He said looking out the hall window they came to. "And being level headed can have its rewards. Look." Mylene came over and looked outside seeing Mira walking in a daze towards what seemed like a cave with stone status coming out of it. When Mira went inside the Vestals leaped out the window, sticking the landing and chased after the girl. The cave was dark with a light at the end of the tunnel. After some time of following Mira the two heard splashing sounds but figured that they had stepped in a puddle so they ignored it continuing after Mira. Some the two Vestals found themselves in front of a large rainbow glowing orb with Mira standing in front. She extends her arms out to the orb and the orb glows radiating a brilliant rainbow light.
It was so bright that Keith and Mylene had to turn away to keep themselves from going blind. When the light faded and they were able to turn back they saw that Mira was gone and this time they felt that there would be no finding. Not this time.
Back on Gundalia Fabia was pushed into a cell by Airzil and fell to the floor cutting her head on bumpy and slightly sharp floor. She sat up watching the general walk away with blue blood running down her head until the Gundalian vanished completely. She sighed and struggled to get free of her bonds but failed and laid back on the floor. She heard a sound and staggered to her feet facing towards it to find her being stared at by two girls who looked similar to Vestals but with different eyes. "Wow your beautiful." Taylor said as Miu pulled a handkerchief out and cleaned off the blood. "Are you two Vestals too." Fabia said reviving shaking heads in return. "No we're human. Is that what you are?" Taylor asked. "You seem nice. Why are you in here?" Miu asked. "First of all I'm a Neathian, second the I'm in love with is a Vestal. Her race looks just like yours but their eyes are just different. Lastly I'm a princess from my home world of Neathia. These Gundalians attacked out of nowhere. My name is Fabia and I was captured in the war defending my home." Fabia said with pain in her heart for happened. "How did the both of you get here?"
"We don't really know how we got here. One day we were out seeing a movie and the next we wake up here." Taylor said scratching her head. "Miu." "Taylor." Three voice cried out as three bakugan floated out their pockets hovered in the air. "Who are they?" Miu and Taylor looked the alien and smiled. "This is Ventus Harpus and Darkus Fure-ris." Taylor said holding out her hand and the two bakugan hovered there. "This is Haos Lars Lion." Miu said and the haos bakugan bowed politely. The princess said her greetings before something hit her. "Wait if you have bakugan with you why haven't you broken out of here by now?" Fabia asked and the five looked at each other. "Well we wouldn't have anywhere to runaway to and the girl who brought us here said she had a less alarming way of escape." Taylor said as she leaned against the wall of the cell.
"And you believed a Gundalian? The ones who waged war against my home and who put you in here!" Fabia raged on at the girls who looked at each other. The sound of a woman screaming and a cell door closing stopped the conversation. The three girls and bakugan looked and could see what seemed like Gill and Barodius leaving the prison. 'Just what were they doing here?' Fabia thought trying to figure out what is happening.
In Kazarina's lab was Jesse waiting for his teacher to show up and just as Jesse was warned in walked Airzil checking to make sure the bakugan was were it was suppose to be. "Good job Jesse. Now come we have things to do to prepare for the little princess's execution." Airzil said having Jesse follow him. This news enraged the awakened Aranaut who was floating in a containment field unable to do anything. "You harm the princess in anyway and I'll make sure you never see the light of day! Do you hear me?!" He screamed struggling and failing to escape his prison. He floated there for about twenty minutes when the lab door opened and a female Gundalian wearing glasses walked up to him. "What have you done to the princess!?" He said seeing her gaze down at him.
"Be quite. I'm going to make sure your with her again so stay quite." Said Lena as she deactivated the containment field confusing the castle knight. "Follow me." She said walking out the door with Aranaut watching her closely. At times she grabbed Aranaut and shoved him in her pocket when she saw guards coming the halls. After some time they finally come to the prison quitters and walked through until they found the one they were looking for. A cell with two human girls close to each other and a certain Neathian leaning on the wall. "Princess!" Aranaut said and Fabia and the humans turn to see them standing there. "Lena." Miu and Taylor said with smiles on their faces. "Aranaut get away from her!" Fabia glared at the girl.
"Calm down girl. I'm here to get you back to Neathia." Lena said opening the cell as the princess looked at her with anger. "It's nice to see you again. How are we getting out and where are we going?" Miu asked as she, Taylor, and Fabia walked the cell. "Well YOU are going to Neathia with the princess. I'm staying." Lena informed undoing the restraints on the Neathian. "Why is a Gundalian helping us?" Fabia said working the numbness out of her arms that were now free. "Just as I thought. Just because our so called emperor declared war on your home world you think all Gundalians are evil. Don't you?" Lena as she gestured for them to follow her down future into the prison to get out through a back door. "Well you are! You declare war, you take my home bit by bit, you cause my people pain and despair! Evil is what you are!" "That sounds kinda childish." Taylor said making the princess turn to her with shock. "Yes that is how a immature child would see things. Simply as black and white. That's just being blind to how the world really is." Miu with disappointment towards the Neathian.
"You condom all Gundalians to death all because of the acts of one person. I may not be one but that is not how a princess should see things." Lena said and Fabia looks at ground thinking about it all until she hears something. She heads to the sound and Lena tries to get her to follow her. Fabia finds that the sound is a woman's voice and stops in front of a cell just staring with wide eyes. Lena and the other girls come up and she too sees the person while Miu and Taylor wondered who it was. "Mistress?" Lena said gazing at Kazarina who was being held up by her wrist in chains with her clothes damp from sweat and her hair a mess. "I don't get it. She is one of the Twelve Orders why is here?" Fabia asked looking to Lena only to see that her wide eyes had the same question. At the sound of her name the imprisoned scientist looks up and sees Fabia looking at her again. The look in her eyes made the princess's heart ache and feel sad.
"You have to go." Fabia and Lena jump at this still confused. "Leave now. While you still can. They return for me at any moment. You have to be gone before then." Kazarina said and the sound of a door opening reminded the girls of the current situation. "Come on." Lena said grabbing Fabia's hand and forcing her down the hall and out the secret passage. Kazarina just watched as they left a warm smile on her face seeing that the princess is safe. Not long after she saw Barodius and Gill standing above her outside her cell. "It's time to start the 'process' again." Barodius said with a evil smile.
Running as fast as they could to the ship hanger Fabia's mind was still foggy only able to try and comprehend what she saw in the prison to war they escaped. "Here." Lena's words yanked the princess back to reality. Lena opened a small cruiser boarded with the girls behind her. She started the engines and programmed the auto-pilot to head straight to Neathia before getting off the ship. "Wait your nor coming with us?" Miu asked as she and Taylor looked at her with worry. "No I have very important things to do." Lena said seeing the princess look at her. "Why would you betray your emperor?" Fabia asked and received a death glare in return. "That bastered is no emperor of mine and he never will!" Lena screamed making the girls flinch and she regained her composure. "Barodius has no right to have the throne and that is all." She said as the door closed and the flow up and speed off to Neathia.
Back on Neathia night time has come and after being told what happened to Mira the queen called off the search saying if the sacred orb took her then it would return her in time. Castle knights along with Spectra, Mylene, and Hydron waited out side for the ship that Jesse said would arrive. It was long and irradiating but as promised the ship came and to their surprise it was just a small cruiser. The ramp door opened and walked Miu and Taylor with Fabia behind them. They walked to the knights and Fabia explained everything that happened,, including the fact that a Gundalian helped her. Before she could relax Keith had to tell her. "Princess Mira is gone." Hearing this and misunderstanding his meaning she fell to her knees and broke down crying.
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