Epilogue

Gimmy Adai sat at his desk, the open air of his burned down HQ office was a good view that day. He didn't see the blue skies he could on Earth, but thank the stars that Neo Neptune hummed a melodic buzzing of their neon signs to lull him to a certain peace. He looked down the burned down remnants of his building to see the room where Darry used to work happily. She was gone. Today, Gimmy Adai sat at his desk covered with ash and soot, and decided to fill out the paperwork. The title of the paper he was signing said it all.

"Request for Resignation: Inspector Darry the Overseer."

Gimmy found it a little bittersweet, but he knew he was doing the right thing. He signed the line beneath the subtitle - "Superior approval" but there was still one other line which needed to be signed, this line read "Command in Charge Approval." "Guess I need to call him too," Gimmy sighed. He picked up his mobile device and conjured a holographic screen in mid-air. He pressed a couple of buttons, no obvious tactile feedback, but the screen seemed to reflect his actions. The line began to ring.

On the other end, a familiar face appeared, he had glasses and a bowl shaped blue haircut. "Chief Advisor Guinble Kite," Gimmy saluted, "It's been a while." Guinble saluted back. "First of all let me say it is with great pride that I salute you for a mission accomplished, not too many could bring down the leader of the AHR and Diamond gangs." Gimmy was humble, he really didn't deserve the praise. Besides, Gimmy had been down in the dumps since he nearly lost Darry in the fire. "I'm sure you've heard already Commander," Gimmy revealed the true identity of the man, "Darry has submitted her resignation." Guinble fixed his glasses from the bridge of his nose, "I have heard. She told me so in the hospital the other day."

Gimmy grew a concerned look on his face, "How is she?" Guinble gave him a light fist pump, "Still strong as ever," he smiled, "You know you twins are the most headstrong. You guys will outlive all of us, you're all too stubborn to die." Gimmy chuckled. "Chief Gimmy," Guinble called his attention, "I hope you haven't completed the paperwork for Darry's immediate resignation, have you?" Gimmy shook his head. "Good! Because before you do that, you need to know that sister of yours is a workhorse, she looked into the data you forwarded us and she hasn't stopped researching since getting back here on Earth." The pride on Gimmy's face was clear, but he downplayed it a bit, he found it humorous that Darry would quit the team, but would still find some way to stay attached to the team in some way. "Just like her," he thought.

"So what's turned up?" Gimmy asked inquisitively. Guinble's face got serious, "We managed to decode the fluctuations in the Spiral nemesis black hole you witnessed that day. Your body cam happened to pick up the whole incident. Darry found something weird appearing in the black hole." It didn't make any sense. Black holes by nature would absorb light, how would Darry be able to pick up an image? Was the computer vision algorithms defective? Did they pick up something else? Guinble relayed the footage, it was processed through numerous filters but there was no doubt. Within a replay of the footage, the colors were inverted, the black hole became a white hole and a face was clearly seen whenever a black hole sucked up a piece of Scourge's body.

Gimmy looked in terror, the face appearing as if it was some form of apparition speaking to whoever watched the footage. He saw the mouth move repeatedly, he couldn't read its' lips. "Just what is it saying?" Guinble pulled up another doc sheet on his tablet next to him. "Per Inspector Darry, she's managed to decipher the speech. It's lip movements are reciting something in an ancient language of the universe, she's cross referenced the speech patterns and syntax and I'm playing back what could be the message being sent," Guinble flicked a media file over to Gimmy's mobile device screen, a media player with the play button ready to be pressed appeared, "Have a listen." Gimmy was nervous, the face shook him up briefly, he'd never seen something so unsettling before, but he needed to hear the message, he pressed the button.

"Foolish humans," it said in a low modulated voice, "Spiral nemesis is inevitable every day. With your race at the helm, we cannot trust any further reach of the universe in your hands. This universe will not be yours, we'd rather see it in Spiral nemesis instead of you claiming and raping everything that encompass it. We tried to warn you with Revolution, you didn't listen. Now you will comply to the Order."

"The Order!?"

"Yes, we are called the Order. The Order is as old as the universe itself, we've maintained it with the Anti-Spirals at the helm. We understand humans are a bigger threat than them. If you do not bow to us, you will face the four demons of your apocalypse." Gimmy had heard enough, but before he managed to stop the transmission, he heard one final bone-chilling statement that would haunt his nights,

"The Revolution will lead to Order. Comply - or you will die."

Arc 1 - "Revolution"

End

Author's Post-Face

Thank you so much for reading Arc 1 of Lagann: 2nd Spin. I've staggered the releases as I continue working on new chapters for this story. Regardless of views, reviews, and a slowly dying community of TTGL on this site and others, I intend every ounce of my fiber to finish this work. It is something I explicitly want to do in the coming year in order to pay my tribute to this awesome awesome franchise that had just hit 10 years of release. Please take the time to enjoy this work I've provided you, more is coming, but dropping me a line to let me know that you are also enjoying this will definitely let me know that the TTGL community is still out there, and we're still doing the impossible and seeing the invisible...

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