The students at Yokai Academy were continuing with their day, all of them still in class as they were learning about how to properly coexist with humans once the two worlds finalized a peace treaty. Students and staff were going about their usual day, however all the teachers knew about recent events in the human world, and how peace may no longer be an option with the other world. They were however instructed to keep the students occupied with their studies until the dark lords could formulate what should be done next. The headmaster of the academy knew that once the truth was out the students would likely panic, and he didn't want a distraction right now as he was already busy with dealing with the impending crisis of both the human world declaring war on them and with this mysterious threat that was hiding in the dark world beyond.
In the cafeteria three girls were seated at a table near the window, all of them dressed in the Yokai Academy uniform. One had short black hair with silver clips to the sides, her teal colored eyes looking at one of her friends with worry. Even though Kyouko was from the human world she had opted to stay at the academy, both to wait for her cousin to return from wherever he was being held during his vampire trials, and to remain with her friends during their troubled times.
She was watching her friend with concern as the other girl was looking out the window with a distant gaze. She had short black hair and red eyes, the chronofly's attention being far from the conversation at the table as so much had happened to her that day. Falla had woken up that morning with only one eye, no boyfriend, and had only the goal of helping a boy she had fallen for open a mythical relic known as Pandora's Box. That had changed as Falla now had both her eyes, was in a relationship with a catalyst mage, and was horrified about how the world was already falling apart around her even though the mythical box her boyfriend was after hadn't even been reached yet. Her sister Luna was known to no longer be up in heaven, but had disappeared into a dark world of sorts. Not only that, but the world where she had disappeared was ruled by a strange and powerful monster, one that would use the rare chronofly he would have captured to breed more of the time altering monsters for the rest of her life. And on top of that the human world now had declared war on the monster world after this strange monster sent her original evil self along with two evil witch sisters after her, the dark being having taken their souls right out of hell apparently. Although Falla and her new friends from the human world managed to stop the three evil souls and destroy them once and for all, the damage from the battle caused the human world to turn against all monsters. Now she was known to be hunted by this strange monster due to her race, and was confined to the academy for protection until the group returned from rescuing Moka and the others.
And the one assigned to protect her was also watching the chronofly, the siren sister Rin. She had long hair that shifted from yellow to an orange tint at the bottom, a silver treble clef clip to one side of her bangs, and large headphones over her ears, the device having a good amount of black duct tape holding it together after it was nearly destroyed the other day in an incident. Her blue eyes were watching Falla with worry as the chronofly had been quiet ever since the three girls came to the cafeteria to get something to eat.
"Falla?" Kyouko asked gently. The chronofly kept looking out the window with a distant gaze, having not eaten yet as her tray remained untouched before her.
"Hey, are you alright?" Rin asked. Falla glanced to her then looked at the girls with a small forced smile.
"What? I'm sorry, did you say something?" she asked. Rin and Kyouko looked to each other then to the chronofly with concern.
"I know you're worried about them, but we have to remain positive here. I'm sure they'll be back soon with Moka and the others," Kyouko reassured hopefully.
"Yeah, your boyfriend has that scary pet with him; he can get my sister back for us. Right?" Rin asked worriedly. Falla smiled a bit and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm sure he can Rin," she said softly. Kyouko and Rin nodded then looked down to their trays as well, having only eaten a bit since they arrived there.
"I still can't believe so much went wrong today. It's like a bad dream," Kyouko said softly. Falla nodded and held a hand up to her left eye, remembering how Ceal had torn the eye right out of her evil double's head and gave it back to her, the catalyst mage having given her back not only her mind and magic, but her eye as well. She had a boyfriend, a dragon slayer even, and yet was still weighed down by how much the world had gone to hell around her. Her sister was captured and possibly being used as a breeder for more chronoflies, the human world was declaring war on monsters everywhere, and Moka and the others were scheduled to be executed that night as enemies of humanity.
"I would trade it all…" she said softly. Rin and Kyouko looked to her as she closed her eyes.
"I would give back my eye and my magic… to set things back to how they were before," she said remorsefully.
"Falla," Kyouko said quietly.
"What about your boyfriend?" Rin asked. Falla looked to her then to Kyouko. After a pause she looked down.
"I…" she said quietly.
"Would you really trade him away to end this?" Kyouko asked. Falla hesitated then glanced back up to her.
"If it meant my sister… would be safe again… I…" she said reluctantly. She paused for a moment then sighed and shook her head.
"I don't want to think about that, I… I can't choose something like that," she said sadly. The other two girls looked to each other then to her again.
"Ceal… I wish you were here with me right now," Falla said before looking down with closed eyes, a tear rolling down her cheek as the other two girls watched her with concern.
"I'll take that as a no then," Kyouko said softly.
"Don't cry Falla, that angel from before said they'll save your sister too, along with mine. It'll be ok," Rin said softly. Falla nodded as she sobbed a bit.
"Why is this happening? I was going to start a new life in the human world. I found a cute guy, and he does the most amazing things for me. I mean he healed my mind, put me back together after that other me tore me to pieces, and he even gave me back my eye. And then everything falls apart," she whimpered as she covered her face with her hands and cried. Kyouko got up and walked around the table, sitting next to her friend and holding her in a hug.
"Don't cry Falla, Rin's right. It'll be ok. Your boyfriend and the others will fix this, I know they will," she said reassuringly.
"Yeah, don't cry. Otherwise… you're going to get me going too," Rin said as she started crying. Kyouko and Falla looked to her as the siren started crying as well, the girl holding a hand to her eye and rubbing away the tears. As she did Falla looked at her curiously, the image of a blonde haired girl with headphones crying flashing before her eyes… along with flames flaring around behind her.
Falla stumbled back off her seat and fell to the ground with surprise, staring at Rin with wide eyes as Kyouko and the siren looked down to her.
"Falla? Are you ok?" Kyouko asked. Falla slowly got back into her seat as she looked at Rin with wonder, the image being gone as she sat back down again. After a moment she slowly nodded.
"Yeah… just…" she said looking at Rin cautiously.
"What is it?" the siren asked as she wiped her tears away. Falla looked at her closely and shook her head a bit.
"I know I've seen you somewhere before, I'm positive. I just can't remember where for the life of me," she insisted. Kyouko looked to the siren as the blonde haired girl showed a puzzled expression.
"You have? But when?" Rin asked.
"Was it when your people made those headphones for her?" Kyouko asked looking to the device on the siren's head. Falla looked to it, the image of the headphones seeming to drive at something.
"I don't know, but… a girl with headphones and long blonde hair that shifted to orange at the bottom, I've seen that before. I know I have…" she said looking down in thought. She grabbed her head and shook a bit, closing her eyes with frustration.
"Why is all this happening at once? If there's one thing we chronoflies hate its headaches and all this crap is giving me a bad one," she groaned while shaking her head. Kyouko held her worriedly as Rin showed a concerned expression.
"It'll be ok Falla. The others are going to be ok, and your sister as well. They'll put an end to this nightmare, I just know they will," Kyouko reassured gently. Rin nodded and looked down to her tray.
"I hope so too," she said softly. She sighed and stood up as she picked up the tray.
"I'm not hungry anymore, all this worrying has ruined my appetite," she said as she started to walk off. Falla looked to seeing the siren walking away, her blonde hair swaying gently behind her as her headphones rested on her head. The image of the girl with her white feathered wings flashed before Falla's eyes, along with flames and screaming surrounding her. The chronofly shook her head with closed eyes then looked back to see Rin walking away normally again.
"Falla?" Kyouko asked.
"Something's not right Kyouko," Falla said softly. Kyouko looked at her worriedly then to Rin as the siren dumped her tray in the trash and looked up with a worried expression. Falla felt a cold chill run down her spine as she looked at the siren that was going to be guarding her from the dark world.
"Something about that girl… it's not right," she said shakily.
"What do you mean? She seems so nice," Kyouko said curiously.
"Yeah, but… I know I've seen her somewhere before, something about her… I'm just getting a bad feeling," Falla said worriedly. She trembled a bit and looked to the window again.
"Ceal… please come back to me soon," she said quietly.
"DARK!" Arial screamed out as she ran into the large empty chamber that used to be the holding cells in the HDA command center. The entire atrium had been lowered down below on large tracks as high level blast doors had sealed shut above it. The snow angel ran onto the large steel door and looked around at it with fright. Complica and Sun ran in and looked down with fear as sirens continued to sound off in the adjacent hallway.
"Oh no! Oh no oh no oh no! They're going to be blown to bits down there!" Complica cried out. Arial looked around with fright then to the chronofly angel.
"Dig Complica! Use your time magic and cut through this thing, hurry!" she yelled out. Complica looked around then gripped her bat, shifting over slightly as a crevice tore apart below her from her swing through time. She looked down to see that she tore apart a good chunk of metal with her swing, but didn't break through to the other side. She shifted over slightly again, the girl's hands appearing over to the side as she held her bat while more of the ground below her seared off into fragments. The girls looked down to seeing the crevice had grown larger and deeper, but still did not come out on the other side.
"Oh no, how deep is this anyway?" Complica said as she shifted again, tearing apart more of the steel below them with a powerful swing through time. The crevice turned into a small hole of torn metal as the girls looked down into it. Sun looked at the ground with frustration then ran back out into the hallway, examining the monitor that showed the layout of the building and the decent of the holding chamber. The second set of bay doors over it had closed and the third was slowly starting to.
'When all four gates close… it's going to blow!'
She waved to the other girls, the two running out quickly and looking at the monitor.
"The third gate… if they all close that bomb will explode," Complica said with fear.
"We have to get Dark out of there!" Arial cried out. She grabbed Complica and started shaking her.
"You have to dig down to them now! Hurry!" she yelled out. The chronofly looked at with wide eyes then broke free from the girl's grip.
"I can't cut through that much in time! And even if I did how are we going to get them all out of there? We can't fly them all out in time!" she cried out.
"You're a chronofly; can't you do all that in a single moment in time?" Arial yelled out.
"I can't use my magic properly you know that! I can't stay shifted too long without something going wrong and if I shift and try to carry them I might do to them what I did to those soldiers earlier!" Complica whined while shaking her head. Arial stepped back and gripped her hair, screaming as the ground below her froze over.
"NO! DARK!" she screamed out as a cold blast of air shot around the hallway. Sun and Complica looked at her with sorrow then at the monitor as the third gate closed.
"No… one more and it's going to blow!" Complica cried out. Arial screamed and ran back into the empty chamber, swiping furiously at the ground with her ice claws.
"NO! DARK! DARK!" she shrieked as she started crying. She struck at the metal barrier with all her might then started pounding her fists on it.
"DARK! PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM FROM ME! PLEASE!" she cried out. Sun and Complica looked at the angel with sorrow then to the monitor as the fourth gate started to close.
"The last gate…" Complica said holding a hand over her mouth. Sun shook her head with sorrow then looked back to the gate on the ground.
'We can't get to them… we can't get them out in time.'
"DARK! PLEASE DON'T DIE, I LOVE YOU!" Arial cried out as she dropped to the ground crying loudly, the ground around her freezing over as she screamed loudly. Sun and Complica looked to the monitor as the fourth gate was almost closed.
"No, its closing!" Complica cried out. Sun held a hand over her mouth and shook her head as Arial screamed loudly.
"DON'T LEAVE ME DARK!"
Complica shut her eyes and buried her face into Sun's dress as the siren looked at the monitor with remorse. She blinked then looked at it curiously. Complica paused then slowly looked up to her, then over to the monitor. Arial cried a bit then looked around slowly as nothing was felt or heard below.
"What… wait, what happened?" she asked quietly. She looked back to seeing Sun and Complica looking at the monitor with puzzled expressions.
"What happened? It… it didn't blow up?" she asked standing back up. Sun just shook her head then tilted it slightly. Arial ran back over to them and looked at the monitor. The fourth gate had stopped a hair from closing all the way, the icon showing a red exclamation mark flashing by the side of the wall where the gate came from.
"What happened?" Complica asked.
"The gate… it stopped?" Arial said with surprise.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Render shouted out, pulling on one of his swords as the angular blade was caught between two giant gears to his side. Ruby and Razico's group were on a small walkway suspended over large gears and pistons, the group looking back to the battlemage as he tried pulling on his sword that was caught between two large gears that were mounted on the side of the spacious underground room.
"What happened?" Gabriel asked.
"My sword got caught in these stupid gears, that's what happened! I mean what's the point of having them so damned close to the walkway anyway, that's gotta be a safety hazard or something! Who designed this place?" Render barked out as he put his foot on the gear and tried pulling his blade out, the sword stuck in the gears tightly yet holding strong. Creaking and squealing sounds echoed out as the gears tried to turn while nearby gears and pistons were moving faster now.
"Can't you watch where you're waving those things around?" Leon said tiredly.
"Hey, it's not like I wanted to feed my beautiful sword to these things!" Render shouted out as he tried to pull his sword out still. He struck his other sword into the walkway, the blade's edge protruding out the bottom, and then grabbed his trapped sword with both hands.
"C'mon you… give it back!" he yelled as he put both feet to the gears, now pushing off from the wall as the group watched with blank expressions.
"Um… Render? Is that… safe?" Apoch asked nervously. Should the boy manage to free the sword how he was going about it he would be launched off the walkway and down into the moving gears and mechanisms below in the room, something that clearly wasn't registering in his mind at the moment.
"Are you crazy? Get down from there," Ruby said shaking her head.
"I'm not leaving my sword here like this, it took forever to carve it just right," Render grunted as he tried to pull his sword out from the lodged gears.
"Would you hurry up already?" Ceal asked with annoyance.
"I'm trying here!" Render barked back.
"You have plenty more of those things in the magical ether, losing one won't kill you," Leon said tiredly.
"Plenty more? How many of those swords does he have?" Kokoa asked looking to the battlemage.
"He has dozens of those things," Leon said shaking his head.
"Dozens?" Razico said looking to Render with surprise, the battlemage still trying to pull his sword out of the gears with both feet against the wall.
"This is my 28th sword, it's special to me!" Render shouted out.
"28th?" Apoch said with wonder.
"Why do you have so many?" Gin asked with surprise.
"Hey, it's a passion of mine alright?" Render barked out while glaring at the group. He resumed trying to pull the sword free as the group just watched him with wonder.
"Just let it go man, we've got to keep going," Leon said with exasperation.
"Never! Each one of my swords I put my heart and soul into! Polishing and forming into perfect blades of awesomeness, I can't let one of them go like this! They're a part of my very being!" Render called out with energy. He got down onto the walkway and tried pulling on the sword with both hands as she growled loudly.
"I remember the exact day I made this sword; it was on a Thursday after school, the day we tried making those homemade fireworks. I needed to relax after we nearly burned our place down to the ground, so I got to work on this beauty," Render grunted as he tried again and again to yank the sword free.
"Homemade fireworks?" Astreal asked.
"Yeah, didn't turn out well. Fire everywhere, nearly died, not my fault," Render said simply.
"It was entirely your fault, you were the one making those damned things," Leon said looking up with a tired expression.
"Not the point here buddy, the point is that each one of these things I put my heart into, and no way would I leave one behind. Never!" Render said as he gripped the handle to his blade and pulled with great strength. Apoch watched him with wonder as the battlemage growled loudly.
"It's just a sword Render, you have plenty more. And by the sound of it you can make another to replace it anyway," Razico said shaking his head.
"Just leave it, we have to find my big sis and the others," Kokoa said with urgency.
"No way!" Render shouted as he kept pulling on the handle. He blinked then looked to see Apoch running up next to him and grabbing on as well, the witch putting her foot to the wall and pulling alongside him.
"Apoch what are you doing? We need to keep moving," Ruby said shaking her head.
"He wants his sword back, so I'm going to help him get it back," Apoch said as she tried pulling with all her might to get the sword. The boy glanced to her and smiled then looked back to the sword with determination.
"Sister it's just a sword, he's got dozens more," Astreal said.
"Rason has dozens of feathers on his wings, but you cherished each one didn't you?" Apoch quipped while glancing to her with narrowed eyes. Astreal jumped a bit and looked at her with surprise as Leon raised an eyebrow.
"But… that was different," Astreal said shaking her head.
"No it isn't, he said it himself. Each one is part of him, he made them all himself and put his heart and soul into them. To leave it behind is to leave a part of him behind, and I won't do that," Apoch said as she strained to pull the blade free. Astreal looked at them with wonder then down a bit.
"Rason? The other angel that's here?" Leon asked glancing to Astreal. The girl jumped then smiled nervously at him.
"Well… yeah. He's my… ex-boyfriend… sort of," she said with a weak laugh as she rubbed the back of her head. Leon looked at her curiously then to Apoch and Render. The two kept pulling on the sword as gears started to squeak and whine around them as they spun faster. The blade started to budge as the gears trembled a bit nearby.
"C'mon… just let it go already!" Render yelled out. Apoch growled loudly as she helped pull on the blade, the sword budging a bit as the group watched them curiously.
"Almost got it," Apoch grunted as she kept pulling on the handle. Render pulled as he put a foot against the wall, using all his strength as the sword started to slowly budge. The gears started to creak and tremble as the two kept pulling on the blade.
"Just… give… it… back!" Render yelled, giving one hard yank on the sword. The blade struck out and the two gears shot off from the wall, the metal objects just missing Render and Apoch as they flew down onto the moving gears and pistons below them, the broken cogs jamming into more of the working gears and jamming them instantly. Apoch stumbled back a bit then looked to see Render holding his sword proudly. He smiled coolly and winked at her with a confident expression.
"Thanks for the help babe," he said. Apoch just stared at him as she felt her heart skip a beat, slowly nodding as she smiled softly at him.
"Babe?" Ruby said with an amused smile. Render chuckled and pointed his sword at Leon.
"You see? I never leave a sword behind," he said proudly. Leon rolled his eyes and looked at his friend with a dull expression.
"Fine, you got your sword back, now we can all sleep tonight without any regret. Since that crisis is over with, can we get going now?" he asked dryly.
The place started rumbling as steam began to shoot up around the area. The group looked to see a few gears spinning quickly while others fell off their handles and crashed down below. Other gears were jammed shut and started squealing as their motors started smoking.
"Um… what's going on?" Gin asked worriedly. A large gear dropped down behind the group and smashed through the walkway, with everybody stumbling forward as the narrow walkway started swaying and rattling with the tremors. The remaining gears on the walls started spinning wildly as a few jammed into place and cracked slightly.
"I think we should get out of here, now!" Gabriel called out looking around. The group ran down the walkway as a few pipes and broken gears dropped down behind them and smashed apart more of the walkway. They ran across the area and jumped through the door out of the large room, just as the walkway gave away and fell down with a loud crash. Metal screeching and crashing sounds echoed out as the room seemed to fall apart. The group regained themselves out in the hallway that had stairs leading up to the ground level then looked back to the room as the area seemed to collapse into itself. They watched large gears and metal beams drop down while dust kicked up inside the engine room then looked to Render, the battlemage watching the chaos inside the room before looking to the angular blade in his hand.
"Way to go man, we're supposed to be sneaking through this place, remember?" Leon said looking at his friend with annoyance.
"Yeah, we finally lose the HDA soldiers down here and then you destroy more of their base, I'm pretty sure they know we're down here now," Razico said shaking his head.
"You nearly got us all killed for that damned sword, what the hell man?" Gin yelled out. Render examined the blade and breathed out in relief.
"Thank god," he said softly. The group looked at him puzzled as he looked to Leon with a smile.
"Not a scratch on it. Lucky break huh?" he said playfully.
"Lucky break? I'll give you a lucky break! You nearly got us crushed all for a piece of metal!" Kokoa yelled as she swung at him furiously with her giant morning star, being held back by Gin as the weapon just missed Render with each swing. The group jumped away from the wide arc of the weapon as Render just watched her curiously.
"What's her deal?" he asked puzzled. Astreal and Ruby looked at the battlemage with dull expressions then over to Apoch, the girl looking at her boyfriend curiously. The raven haired witch blinked then glanced to them.
"Well… he wanted it back. Nothing wrong with that," she reasoned with a nervous smile.
"He nearly got us all killed," Ruby said flatly. Apoch twitched a bit and looked back to him worriedly.
"But… it was his sword," she said softly.
"He has dozens more," Astreal said flatly. Apoch looked down then glanced to them timidly.
"But he looks hot with them," she said quietly. Astreal and Ruby rolled their eyes then looked back to seeing Kokoa still swinging around at the battlemage with fury in her eyes.
"Kokoa, calm down, he's on our side remember?" Gin said as he held the raging redhead back.
"Our side? He nearly got us all killed!" Kokoa yelled out.
"Hey c'mon, I didn't mean for the place to fall apart like that," Render said defensively. Ceal just stared at the battlemage with a dull expression, wondering if Falla would be alright with him killing the mage under the circumstances. Gabriel looked around from inside the doorway at the destroyed engine room.
"Well… not like we should care what happens to their base here anyway. For all we know us breaking that place may have been a good thing," he reasoned with a shrug.
"It's a miracle, the gate stopped. It stopped!" Arial cheered with a bright smile. She laughed a bit and looked to the others, both looking at the monitor with wonder. The flashing red exclamation mark was showing right next to the fourth gate, just before it had closed all the way.
"It stopped, I wonder what happened," Complica said curiously. Sun looked at the monitor carefully then to the doorway leading into the empty chamber.
"Who cares how it happened? It's the answer to our prayers! Now we can free my Dark!" Arial cheered out. Sun looked to the monitor and examined the flashing red area on the screen carefully. Arial jumped up with a cheer then grabbed Complica's arm.
"C'mon, now's our chance to bust them out!" she said tugging on the chronofly's arm. Sun shook her head and pointed to the screen. The two angels looked at it curiously then to her.
"What is it Sun?" Complica asked.
"Yeah, it's broken. We can see that, now let's bust them out of that place while we can," Arial said looking to the doorway. Sun shook her head and brought out her sketchpad, writing something down quickly as the girls watched her. She pointed to the screen then showed them the pad.
We need to get down to where that failure happened quickly.
"What? Why would we want to do that?" Arial asked puzzled. Sun wrote down something else and showed them the pad with a worried expression.
That gate is an inch away from closing. If they fix the problem it'll blow before we can get anybody out, maybe even with us along with it.
The girls read the pad then jumped a bit, then looked to the monitor with worry.
"What? But… Dark," Arial whined while looking back to the doorway.
"If they fix the problem it'll finish the final gate's closure right away, we'll be killed for sure if we're down there. No! If we die Arial then we're gone forever!" Complica cried out. Arial growled with frustration then looked back to the monitor.
"But… he's right down there! I can't just leave him like this!" she cried out. Sun shook her head and wrote down something else.
We can't get down to him without some serious digging, even with Complica's magic. We need to make sure they can't close that gate ever; this might just be a slight mechanical problem. They might be trying to fix it right now.
Arial read the pad then looked down with frustration.
"No… I'm so close. He's so close! I'm so close to being with my husband again!" she yelled out, with snow flying around her in a small torrent. The girl growled with rage and looked to the monitor.
'Dammit, but she's right. If that gate finishes closing Dark's a goner. It could be fixed any second now; we need to make sure that bomb can't go off.'
The snow angel growled as the ground below her froze over slightly, the girl's eyes shifting to white briefly before back to normal.
"Alright, fine, let's get going then. My husband's waiting down there for me right now, I'm not going to keep him waiting long," Arial said looking around. Sun nodded then looked at the monitor carefully.
"Ok, so where do we go then?" Complica asked. Sun looked at the layout of the building then pointed down the hall, clipping her sketchpad to her hip and running off with the two angels right behind her.
Inside the holding cell chamber the group was looking around as all had fallen dark inside the atrium. All the lights had flickered then shut off after the entire chamber had shaken wildly. Monsters that were still in their cells were yelling and shouting out as the group slowly regained themselves.
"What the hell was that? An earthquake?" Kurumu asked as she tried to stand back up.
"It felt like… we were moving," Yukari said as she stumbled back to her feet.
"I can't see anything, what's going on?" Moka asked as she slowly stood up again. There were no emergency lights or anything, the group only seeing total darkness around them.
"Is everybody ok?" Rason asked as he helped his girlfriend stand. The girl squealed a bit then giggled.
"Oh Rason, you know just how to check for my vitals don't you?" Kurumu said coyly. The boy jumped a bit and stammered as he felt he was holding onto her arm and breast with his hands.
"What? No, I wasn't trying to… I mean I just thought… um, glad you're ok?" he said nervously with a smile. Mizore sighed softly then glanced down.
"Dark? Is… that you holding me?" she asked softly.
"Whoops! Sorry!" Ahakon said stumbling away and holding his hands back.
"Ahakon!" Yukari yelled out.
"I'm sorry, I can't see anything, I thought she was you," the boy said defensively.
"I'm over here! How could you think she was me?" Yukari yelled out.
"Actually, he thought my thigh was you," Mizore said simply.
"Ahakon!" Yukari shouted out.
"I said I was sorry! I can't see any of you!" the boy cried out defensively.
"Going to pretend that didn't happen," Dark said flatly.
"I didn't know!" Ahakon cried out.
"Is that why your hand was moving upwards?" Mizore asked curiously.
"Start running kid," Dark said with a tone of annoyance.
"Wow Ahakon, touching Dark's wife during a blackout, you've got some balls," Kurumu said with a laugh.
"I didn't mean to!" Ahakon shouted out.
"Would everybody calm down, we need to figure out what happened here," Moka called out.
"Well, the whole area was sealed off, the place shook like an earthquake, the lights went out, and Ahakon felt up Mizore," Rason said simply.
"No I didn't!" Ahakon cried out with tears forming.
"That's not what I meant! Wait… where's Ran? Ran?" Moka called out.
"Ran? You still here?" Kurumu called out. They heard the yelling and shouting of the prisoners all inside the atrium, and a quiet whimpering sound nearby.
"Ran?" Yukari asked. She held up her wand as is started to glow. Rason's wings extended out slightly and glowed brightly as well, the two sources of light illuminating the area around them. They saw the sealed blast door near them along with Ran curled up into a ball on the ground. The siren was trembling while whimpering quietly.
"Ran? What's wrong?" Moka asked kneeling down next to her. The siren shakily glanced over to her as she remained curled up into a ball.
"Too dark… too dark… make it stop," she said fearfully.
"What's wrong with her?" Ahakon asked. The siren trembled then stumbled over to him quickly and held him close, the boy's face being lodged in her chest as she cried out.
"I hate the darkness! I don't want to be in here, get me out get me out get me out!" she shrieked as she shook the boy in her embrace, the mage flailing about as he couldn't breathe. He pried the girl off and leaned back, only for the siren to immediately hold him closely again, this time around the waist as she had her head next to his.
"Get me out of here! Please!" she cried out.
"Ran? Calm down, it's just a blackout," Ahakon said worriedly.
"Let go of him, it's just a blackout," Yukari said with annoyance while pulling on the siren's arm.
"I hate the dark! I hate the dark!" Ran cried out.
"What's wrong Ran? Why are…" Moka said before she looked at the siren. Everybody stopped and watched as the siren trembled with her eyes closed, the girl holding onto Ahakon for dear life. It was more than apparent the girl was scared out of her wits.
"Ran? It's ok, it's just a blackout. Why are you so scared?" Ahakon asked.
"It's… it's just like before!" Ran cried out shaking her head.
"Before?" Kurumu asked. Moka looked at the siren with a gentle gaze then down.
"When they were slaves to that evil monster," she said softly. The group looked to her then to Ran. Yukari paused for a moment then showed a sympathetic expression.
"When… you and your sisters were kept in the darkness," she said softly. The siren trembled while holding onto the young mage tightly, fearing being trapped in the dark once again.
"Get me out of here! Get me out of here I hate being in the dark! No more! No more!" she cried out.
"Ran, it's going to be alright. We'll get out of here, just try to calm down," Ahakon said gently. Ran shakily leaned back and looked at him as he smiled a bit.
"I promise, you're not going to be trapped in the darkness again," he assured gently. The girl slowly nodded then looked down worriedly. She let go and slowly stood up, trembling still as Moka walked over and held her gently. Yukari looked at the siren with a bit of sympathy then down. She couldn't get too mad at the siren for clinging to her boyfriend like that, the girl was scared to death of the darkness and needed her hero's comfort. The group looked at the frightened siren then around as crashing sounds were heard echoing out. Rason and Yukari walked over towards the edge of the walkway and looked down to see red flashes streaking by below along with howls. They looked to their side as a cell door smashed outward then blasted off as a large horned brute charged out, the monster roaring as he looked around with yellow eyes.
"Looks like everybody's breaking out now," Mizore said looking around. Sounds of cell doors being knocked open echoed out as the prisoners started shifting into their monster forms. Some took to the air with wings while others charged around on the walkways towards the blast doors, all the rampaging monsters hardly seen as only flickers of fire and flashes of magic were seen around the atrium.
"Well that's great for them, but what about us? We're still trapped in here," Kurumu said looking back to the blast door near them. Yukari looked back to it then aimed her wand at the door, the girl's magic flaring up as the group stepped away.
"Magical BLAST!" she yelled out, sending out her trademark burst of magical energy. The ball shot over and struck into the door then exploded into a bright flash. The group shielded their eyes then watched as the light slowly faded. The impact site was burnt and smoking, however the door remained standing strong.
"Damn, not even a scratch," Yukari grunted shaking her head. The group looked around to hearing banging and roaring sounds, the other prisoners trying to bust through the blast doors as well. Fireballs were shot at the doors while larger brutes tried smashing against them.
"Everybody's trying to bust out of here now," Moka said worriedly.
"Doesn't look like they're having any better luck," Rason said shaking his head.
"What do we do? We're trapped in here. We're trapped. Trapped in the darkness," Ran whimpered while she was shaking. Moka held her worriedly then looked to the door.
"There must be something strong enough to get through that door," she said worriedly.
"My magic didn't even make a dent, what else could we use?" Yukari asked looking around. Rason looked around then to his girlfriend.
"Kurumu, what about you?" he asked.
"Me? How am I going to break that door down?" she asked with surprise.
"She may have oversized boobs, but I highly doubt she'll be able to knock the door down with them," Yukari said shaking her head.
"Hey! Watch your mouth you little brat! At least I have assets for my boyfriend to enjoy, unlike somebody!" Kurumu yelled out pointing to her. Yukari growled and raised her wand before Rason grabbed her arm. The angel shook his head then looked to the blast door with a focused expression.
"No, I mean with her full power. She managed to stop Tsukune with that much strength, maybe she can bust through that door as well," he reasoned hopefully.
"My full power? Wait… no. I can't do that. Every time I use that much demonic power I… I…" Kurumu said shakily.
"You lose it and rape anybody you see. But your demonic energy is enormous then, with that much strength maybe you can tear through this door," Mizore said simply.
"She's right, if you use just enough power to break the door you can stop yourself and calm down before you go out of control," Ahakon said looking up in thought. Kurumu shook her head and grabbed onto her boyfriend with fright.
"No! I can't risk that, I'm not ready to use that much power in a fight yet, what if I lose control again? What'll happen to my poor Rason? I don't want to lose control and turn into that demon again; I have to protect my angel! There's no way I'm doing that again, I can't put him through the torment of an out of control succubus," she said fearfully.
"Yet you're ok with suffocating him again?" Dark asked raising an eyebrow. Kurumu blinked then looked down to seeing Rason shoved into her breasts and slowly losing consciousness. Yukari watched with a blank expression then looked to Ran.
"For the record, if you ever do that again to my boyfriend I'll kill you," she said flatly. Ran jumped a bit and nodded fearfully. Kurumu cried out and let go, the angel then dropping to the ground gasping for air. Mizore just looked down at the angel as he slowly regained himself then shrugged.
"He's in grave danger either way, I say give it a try," she said looking back to Kurumu.
"Rason? Rason are you alright?" Kurumu asked as she quickly knelt down next to the angel. He shook his head a bit and smiled weakly.
"Yeah, I'm alright dear, don't worry about it," he said with a small chuckle. He slowly stood up with Kurumu's help then looked to his girlfriend with hopeful eyes.
"But please Kurumu, you have to try. We all know with your demonic blood you can get incredibly powerful, you might be the only one who can break down this door," he pleaded. The succubus bit her lip and looked around. Other monsters were crawling/flying/running/slithering/oozing around the area while many were banging or charging against the doors that had them trapped here. However they too weren't making any progress in breaking out of the darkened atrium.
"But… I can't. What if I lose control again?" she asked fearfully.
"Just hurry up and break down the door, please!" Ran cried out with fright.
"You'll only need a quick second's worth of power to break through the door, you can stop the power from building up any more after that," Moka said reassuringly.
"Yeah, and if you do lose it I'll just knock you out like always," Yukari added with a bright smile, looking forward to the opportunity to do so again. Kurumu looked around at the group then to Rason.
"Please Kurumu, I know you can do it," he said gently.
"Rason…" she said softly. She looked to the door then down a bit.
"Alright. I'll give it a shot at least," she said unsurely. She breathed out then looked to the door as the group stepped away from her. She focused on her demonic blood, the girl's eyes staring at the door intently as she clenched her fists. Her monster aura started to build gradually and flare around her, the group watching her carefully as she tried to bring out her full demonic energy. Her wings and tail started to smoke as the group watched the girl stand there, her purple eyes glowing softly as her muscles started to tighten slightly. She concentrated on her demonic blood, focusing on bringing out all the energy she could from within. After a while her wings and tail ignited with purplish flames, the fires burning wildly as her power skyrocketed. Monsters around the atrium stopped what they were doing then looked up towards the purplish glow and to where they all felt a massive amount of monster energy just appear out of nowhere.
"Kurumu…" Rason said softly as he watched his girlfriend stand there, seeing a massive amount of dark energy flowing around the girl wildly. She narrowed her eyes then darted towards the door, striking out with a powerful punch. The group watched as the door seemed to crush in as a large indentation was shot into the heavy steel. The mangled door shot back a bit then stopped, the succubus then punching forward again with a powerful strike. The door smashed in further as it was crushed back into more steel behind it.
"What? But… where's the exit?" she said as she punched again. The heavy blast door was crushed inward and pushed back into a wall of steel, the metal bending in a bit as the group watched with wonder. Kurumu backed up a bit as her purple flames lit up the area around her, staring with surprise at seeing nothing but more steel behind the blast door.
"What is this? Where did the stairwell go?" Yukari said looking at the solid wall of steel.
"There's nothing but more steel behind it? Where did all that come from?" Ahakon said with surprise. Kurumu looked at the wall of steel cautiously then around.
"I don't get it, what did they do? Where did the stairs go?" Rason asked scratching his head.
"We felt the place move earlier after that announcement. They said they were going to remove this place from the facility. The entire holding cell sector was removed from their command center," Dark said looking around.
"But… then where are we?" Moka asked worriedly.
"Best guess, under the command center," Dark said looking up. The group looked up with surprise.
"They buried us?" Ran screamed with fright. She started breathing heavily as the thought of being trapped in the darkness while deep underground wasn't doing wonders to stop her fear.
"Holy shit, they lowered the entire holding cell block underground?" Rason said with disbelief. Kurumu growled then darted out into the open atrium through the metal fence, then shot up towards the ceiling as the group looked up at her. She yelled out as she struck up at the concrete ceiling with her fist, shattering apart the stone slabs with great force. Behind the concrete was more reinforced steel and severed wiring, the succubus then gearing back and punching up at it again. The steel indented upwards and creaked loudly as more concrete blocks dropped around her. The group watched as the succubus struck again and again at the ceiling with great power, the girl smashing the steel upwards with each hit.
"Look at that… just how strong is she now?" Ahakon asked in wonder.
"She's the Lord of Hell's daughter, she's in a league all her own like that," Moka said softly, still in awe about how strong her friend really was. The succubus struck again and again at the steel barrier then with one more strike blasted up through it and into the air. She looked around to seeing the ground below her having flashing red lights, with giant gears on the four sides of the lowered chamber that were situated against heavy steel tracks. She looked around at the empty space then up to seeing a large set of steel bay doors a few feet up, the two large thick gates almost closed all the way. Behind them she saw another set of steel gates that were already closed.
"They tried to seal us away underground," she said in wonder. She then flew down through the opening and back down to her friends, landing down before dropping to her hands and knees.
"Kurumu, are you ok?" Rason asked. The girl nodded as she took a deep breath, then shakily looked up to him as her fires died out. She slowly stood up and walked towards him, then collapsed into his arms as he held her worriedly.
"Yeah… just… so hot," she said quietly as she buried her face into his chest. She had stopped herself from going out of control completely, yet was still greatly turned on and was trying to calm her mind. She took a few deep breaths then looked around at the others, having a blush on her face.
"They tried to seal us away… there's more giant bay doors above us. One of them isn't closed all the way, but the one behind it is," she said looking up. The group looked up with worry then to each other.
"So that's what happened. That's a bit extreme to stop a prison break isn't it?" Moka asked worriedly.
"We're monsters, they must have thought sealing us away would be the only way to stop us from getting out into their city," Mizore reasoned softly.
"So now what do we do?" Yukari asked.
"Can you break through what's above us?" Ahakon asked Kurumu. The succubus took a deep breath then looked down with a heavy blush still.
"Not… right now. I nearly lost it just getting through the ceiling to this place. I need to cool down first… my body still feels so hot right now," she said weakly. Rason held her gently as the girl looked up to him.
"You did great Kurumu, thank you for trying," he said before he kissed her. She closed her eyes as the bond shot through her like lightning, the world around her turning into a blurry haze as she relished the feeling. When the kiss ended she looked at him with a deep loving gaze.
"Rason…" she said under her breath.
"Kurumu…" he said gently.
"Rason…" she said softly.
"Kurumu…" he said gently.
She looked at him for a moment then down with closed eyes, holding him around the waist as she fidgeted. She trembled a bit and shook her head.
"Dammit I want you so bad!" she cried out as she held onto him, the boy smiling weakly and holding her still. Her hips started fidgeting from side to side as she rubbed her breasts against his chest, the girl wanting to go wild with her Destined One with every fiber of her being.
"It's so unbearable, I can't stand this! I need you I need you I need you!" she whined loudly. The angel smiled a bit at her and held the girl close, the succubus whimpering as she tried to calm down her libido.
"You can have all the quality time with him you want once we get out of here Kurumu," Moka said looking back up to the ceiling as she held the frightened siren still.
"So now what do we do? We're trapped underground unless Kurumu can break through whatever's above us," Ahakon said looking up to the ceiling.
"How long before she can do that?" Ran asked nervously. The group looked to Kurumu as she was dry humping Rason, the girl's legs wobbling as she was looking up at him with pleading eyes.
"Please? Can't we find an empty jail cell or something? It's dark here, nobody will see," she whimpered quietly. The boy smiled weakly and shook his head.
"Now isn't the time for that my dear, just… try to control yourself," he said as he held her gently. The girl whined and bounced up and down, her breasts rubbing against his chest vigorously.
"Please please please please," she begged quietly. Moka sighed and looked back up to the broken ceiling. Other winged monsters were flying up through it, though the vampire knew they wouldn't be going anywhere beyond that.
"Might be a while," she said shaking her head. The group looked up to the opening in the ceiling that was just barely visible. They were trapped underground in the dark while their fellow imprisoned monsters were running around in a riot. Only Kurumu seemed able to break through the reinforced holding chamber, although she nearly lost it due to using too much of her power. There was no telling how much of her strength would be needed to break through whatever was sealing them in from above, or how long it would take her provided she needed to cool off before she lost control of her body and mind.
Sun and her two angel companions were running down the hallway as alarms were sounding off and red lights were flashing about, the three girls rushing towards where the final security gate for the holding chamber had a malfunction of some sort. They had to make sure that the final gate couldn't be closed at all; otherwise the bomb to the holding cells would go off and kill everybody inside. As they ran down the hall Arial was growling with frustration, knowing where her beloved demon was yet not being able to reach him yet.
'Just wait a bit longer Dark; I'll get you out of here no matter what. I swear as your wife I won't fail you.'
They rounded a corner at an intersection and looked around quickly as sirens continued to go off. Complica held her bat tightly in her hands as Arial glanced to Sun.
"Which way?" Arial asked quickly. Sun looked around carefully then ran down a hallway with the two angels following after. They ran up to a T-intersection just as two HDA soldiers rounded the corner. In a flash Complica shifted forward and swung down with her bat, blasting off the arm and right shoulder of a soldier with a strike through time. Arial fired out an ice shard and pinned the soldier to the wall through the left shoulder, the snow angel then racing up and striking her frozen claw into the man's chest. Sun ran up and kicked back the other soldier, grabbing his rifle then bashing him with it. He stumbled back into the wall as the girl aimed at him with the gun. The man shook off the hit then raised his hands up as the three girls glared at him. The siren narrowed her eyes a bit as the soldier glanced from the gun to her quickly.
"Easy there girl… don't be stupid," he cautioned slowly. Arial and Complica watched him carefully then glanced to Sun as the girl was looking at the soldier with a bit of frustration. He lunged forward to grab the rifle before the girl fired the weapon, shooting through his chest and neck repeatedly. He flew back and slumped down against the wall as the siren lowered the gun. She glanced to the monster angels before looking around carefully, and then ran down a hallway with the two angels right behind her. They ran up towards another four way intersection, the three girls then jumping against the wall as they heard gunfire echoing out while bullets shot out ahead of them. The intersection and part of the corner was shot apart as the girls watched with surprise. Yelling and shouting along with gunfire was heard around the corner, the three monster girls looking to each other then towards the corner.
"How did they know we were coming this way?" Complica asked. A grenade exploded from around the corner, the girls moving back a bit as smoke flew about around the intersection.
"Just run over there and hit them with your bat Complica, you can go through time. They'll never see you coming," Arial said nudging her friend. Another explosion blasted from down the hallway as more screams of agony were heard. Complica blinked then shook her head.
"No… I'd rather not right now. They seem busy," she said nervously. The girls waited as the yelling and gunfire slowly stopped, then they only heard the sirens going off around them. Sun glanced to the two angels then inched closer towards the corner. She paused then darted around it while aiming her rifle down the hall. Arial and Complica watched as the siren slowly walked out while aiming at something. The two angels walked out carefully and saw the siren pointing her gun at a lone figure in the hallway. HDA soldiers were torn apart and strewn around the hallway, their bloody remains dripping from the walls and ceiling while bullet holes were everywhere. And standing in the middle of the corridor was a single boy who was looking at the siren with cold blue eyes.
"What… happened here?" Complica asked looking around at the slaughtered HDA soldiers. The two angels looked at the boy as he raised an eyebrow at them.
"Well well well, what do we have here?" Ceal asked curiously. Sun glanced around at all the dead humans then back to the boy, then noticed his reptilian hand.
"His hand… he's not human," Arial said looking at the limb with wonder.
"Who is he?" Complica asked looking at the boy while holding her bat nervously. Ceal looked at the girls curiously then smirked a bit. Sun narrowed her eyes and shook her gun towards him in a threatening manner. The boy chuckled and tilted his head.
"Oh? Are you going to try to shoot me?" he asked with a tone of amusement.
"You're not part of the HDA… are you?" Arial asked cautiously. A bloodied dismembered arm dropped from the ceiling and plopped onto the ground along with a crushed skull of a soldier. Ceal glanced down to the remains of the human then back to the girls.
"What was your first clue?" he asked flatly. Sun looked around at the ravaged hallway then back to the boy with caution. He looked at her for a moment then glanced to Complica.
"Butterfly wings," he said looking at the girl's wings. Complica glanced back to them then to the boy nervously. He looked at her curiously with a raised eyebrow.
"I've only seen one type of monster with those wings before, however I was under the impression that only two were left in existence," he said thoughtfully.
"You know about the chronoflies?" Arial asked cautiously. The boy merely nodded as he eyed the young chronofly carefully. Complica looked at him with wonder then down the hall behind him to see more soldiers rounding the corner. The five armed humans aimed their guns at them as Ceal merely glanced back to them. Sun and the two monster girls watched with surprise as the men fired at them, with gunfire echoing out as shell casings dropped around the soldiers. The bullets flew at them and collided with a wall of flickering light before them, with Ceal chuckling a bit in amusement. Sun and the two angels watched with wonder as the gunfire was blocked by some sort of barrier.
"What… happened?" Arial said looking to seeing that nobody got hit by the many bullets that were shot at them. The soldiers stopped firing and looked with surprise before a blast of red light shot by the monsters, the projectile striking through a soldier as a purplish blast of light shot by and took down another. Sun and the two angels looked to seeing three figures walking past them. Astreal had her arm extended out while Ruby had her wand held out, the two witches glancing to the other girls while Apoch held her barrier up before them still.
"Who are you girls?" Ruby asked.
"Who are we? Who are you?" Arial asked looking around at the newcomers.
"There's more of the intruders! Call for backup!" a soldier yelled out. Before the men could move a figure darted out from behind them around the corner. Render swung his straight edge blade and sliced a soldier diagonally through the chest then spun around and struck his angular blade through the chest of another soldier. As the battlemage whipped his blade up and out the side of the man's neck gunfire echoed out from around the corner and the third soldier was pelted back and dropped dead. Leon walked out from the corner with his gun held at the ready while Render whipped the blood off of his blades. The boys then looked down the hall as all eyes fell onto the three other monster girls.
"Who… who are all of you?" Complica asked looking around at them. Before anybody could say anything they all heard a loud whirring sound, the group then looking behind to see an armored walker aiming it's mini-gun at them from down the hall where the three new girls had come from.
"What the hell is that?" Ruby said as Apoch turned to face them and held up her barrier, the wall of light forming as the large gun fired off its rounds at them. The hallway lit up as streaks of light were seen flying at the group before sparking wildly against the barrier. Sun and the two angels looked around at everybody with wonder as Render and Leon ran towards the group. Ruby and Astreal took aim and fired their magical bolts of energy again, the projectiles flying down the hall and striking at the powered walker. The armored suit took the hits to the shoulder and arm, the metal scorching and tearing apart slightly as the soldier continued to fire.
"It's strong, that's what it is," Astreal said with worry. Apoch growled and formed her barrier sword, with the three new girls looking at it with surprise.
"Whoa… how did she do that?" Arial asked in amazement. Before the witch could move Kokoa ran over from behind the corner and swung her giant morning star down on the suit, smashing it down into the ground and crushing in the gun. The vampire geared back and swung down again, the large spiked weapon slamming down onto the suit and crushing it into the ground. The vampire growled and lifted up her weapon then looked to the others as the armored suit sparked and smoked a bit in its new crater.
"Hey, you guys alright?" she called out. She blinked then looked at the new girls curiously as she walked closer.
"Who are they?" she asked. From behind her two more soldiers rounded the corner and aimed at her with their guns.
"Ms. Kokoa! Behind you!" Astreal said as she aimed her hand out and fired a shot. Kokoa looked back to seeing the attack flying by her and striking through the skull of one of the soldiers while another aimed at her. Suddenly a black chain whip flew out and grabbed onto the man, the soldier then being thrown over into a corner with a thud. Fire ignited along the links towards the man, the soldier then screaming as fire ignited around him wildly. He thrashed and screamed before dropping down while the chain-link whip vanished. Razico walked out from the side hall and smirked at the young vampire.
"You missed two," he said playfully with a chuckle. She scoffed then pointed to the smoldering wreckage that once was the armored walker.
"Hey, I just took out the big guy that was attacking everybody, I thought I could trust the smaller weaklings to you," she quipped arrogantly. The warlock shook his head amusingly then looked down the hall.
"You guys alright? Um, who are they?" he asked pointing to the new girls. The warlock and Kokoa walked over as Sun and the two young angels looked around at everybody.
"What happened here?" Render asked looking around at the dead soldiers that were strewn about in the hallway.
"They were in my way," Ceal said casually. The group looked to him then to the new girls.
"Who… who are you guys?" Arial asked looking around. A loud wolf's howl was heard as the group looked down towards where Render and Leon came from. A soldier was running while firing backwards with his gun, screaming for his life before a large werewolf darted over and swatted him into the wall with a powerful swipe. The wolf then sent a punch towards him that crushed the human into the wall, the beast then flinging the dead soldier down the other hall with a snarl. He looked around quickly then down the hallway towards the others.
"Hey, there you guys are. Why did you all run ahead like that?" he asked shaking his head. He blinked then looked at the girl that was staring at him with wide eyes. Sun slowly turned to face him as the wolf froze in place at seeing her.
"S… Sun?" he asked in disbelief. The group looked to the siren who dropped the gun she was holding as she stared at the werewolf with wonder. Gin started walking towards the group as he shifted back into his human form, looking at the siren with wonder.
"Sun? Is that you?" he asked. Kokoa looked at the siren curiously then to her boyfriend.
"You know her Gin?" she asked. Sun slowly took a step forward then ran towards Gin with a bright smile. She leapt into a hug with him, the boy catching her with surprise as the group watched with wonder, except for Kokoa who was staring with shock. The siren held the boy tightly then pulled him into a kiss, something that caused him to look at her with wide eyes while Kokoa's jaw dropped. The group looked to her as her aura flared up and she growled furiously.
"What the hell is going on here?" Razico asked looking around at everybody.
Sun broke from the kiss and looked at Gin with loving eyes as he had a stunned expression on his face.
"Uh… Sun?" he asked shakily. The siren smiled at him before she was grabbed by the hair and thrown back into a tumble. She rolled to the ground then looked to see Kokoa swinging down at her with her giant morning star with a furious yell. The siren rolled to the side as the vampire slammed her weapon down into the ground, the redhead growling loudly as she yanked it up then swung it towards the siren again. Sun leapt back towards the others with a tumble as the large weapon crashed into the wall with a fierce impact. The siren stumbled back to her feet and looked over to seeing the vampire glaring at her with fury.
"What the hell bitch? Who do you think you are kissing my boyfriend like that?" Kokoa yelled out. Sun blinked and looked at her bewildered, then slowly over to Gin with a raised eyebrow then back to Kokoa. The vampire growled loudly and glanced back to Gin who still had a stunned expression.
"What the hell was that about? Who is this bitch?" she yelled out.
"Who are all of you?" Ruby asked looking to the monster angels.
"Complica?" Gabriel cried out. The group looked back towards where Gin had come from to seeing the angel walking towards them. He was holding his rifle down to the side and staring at the two young angels with wide eyes. He blinked then looked to the snow angel.
"Arial?" he cried out. The group looked to the snow angel as she waved at Gabriel nervously.
"Um… hi Gabriel," she said weakly. The group looked at the snow angel with surprise as Gabriel walked up to them. He looked between the two and stammered something.
"That's… that's Arial? The Arial?" Kokoa said looking at the young angel with a jump.
"Oh my god… it's her," Ruby said holding a hand over her mouth, stunned to see the famous snow girl that was responsible for Dark's freedom. The snow angel looked around at everybody as they were all staring at her with surprise.
"You know who I am?" she asked.
"Never mind that! What are you doing here Arial? And you Complica, why are you here also? You're supposed to be in heaven still!" Gabriel yelled out with frustration. Arial cringed at hearing that and looked at him worriedly as Complica stammered something while shaking her head.
"I'm sorry I just wanted to find my sister and find Arial and I tried to save them but I was attacked by all these dark monsters and I ran and I ended up down here then I couldn't get back so I went looking for you and I thought I found you but it wasn't you and it was another monster and I found Arial and I'm sorry!" the chronofly cried out.
"Holy crap, there wasn't a single comma in that entire sentence," Render said shaking his head.
"What… what's going on here?" Razico asked looking between the two young angels. Kokoa looked at them with surprise then to Sun, the siren glancing to her cautiously.
"I can't believe this Complica; do you have any idea what you've done by coming here?" Gabriel yelled out. Ruby blinked then looked to the butterfly girl.
"Wait… Complica? Complica… Cii?" she asked with surprise. The butterfly girl looked at her curiously.
"You know my last name?" she asked. Ruby stared at the girl with amazement.
"You're… you're Luna and Falla's little sister," she said pointing to her. Ceal looked at the butterfly girl curiously at that remark as the group looked to her with wonder.
"Wait, the one that cast the Chrono Displacement spell and died?" Kokoa said looking to the young angel.
"She did what?" Razico said looking to Complica with a jump.
"Enough of all that!" Gabriel yelled out. He grabbed his hair in frustration then pointed to Complica.
"You are in serious trouble Complica, do you hear me?" he said sternly. The girl nodded nervously and gripped her bat worriedly in her hands. Gabriel shook his head then looked to Arial.
"And you… explain yourself! Why the hell did you go into that rift like that? What were you thinking?" he yelled out. The group looked to her as she showed a determined expression.
"Because that rift was my way back into this world, it was my only chance. I needed to come back to be with my husband!" she declared proudly. Gabriel growled and shook his head with frustration.
"Dark is not your husband!" he yelled out. Arial growled loudly as her hair froze over, the group stepping back as the temperature dropped around her.
"Yes he is!" she shouted as her eyes flickered white a bit. Sun and Complica stepped back worriedly, the group noticing this then looking to the snow angel cautiously. Gabriel looked at the girl with caution and slowly shook his head.
"Arial, stop this," he said carefully.
"NO!" the girl yelled as she stomped her foot down, the ground below her freezing solid as ice spires shot up around her. The group jumped back as the girl screamed loudly.
"I'll never stop! I'll be with my husband again no matter what!" she yelled out.
"Oh no… Arial please… calm down," Complica said before she ran behind Razico and trembled a bit. The warlock looked back to her then to the raging snow angel.
"She really is obsessed with him?" Kokoa said with a bit of fear.
"Enough of this Arial, I'm taking you two back to heaven right now," Gabriel said sternly. Arial growled and shook her head.
"No no no NO! I'm not going anywhere without my Dark!" she yelled out. From down the hall three soldiers ran around the corner and looked with surprise at the sight.
"What the hell happened here?" one of them called out seeing dead soldiers everywhere. They looked to the group then aimed their guns at them.
"It's the intruders! Kill them!" another yelled out. Arial screamed loudly as the corridor was blasted with cold air, the group stepping back from her as they shivered while the soldiers shielded their faces with their arms as snow flurries flew around wildly. The snow angel looked over to the soldiers then stomped her foot down furiously. Frozen ridges and cracks shot out erratically from her foot and raced towards the soldiers. The group looked over to seeing the intersection suddenly erupting with giant ice shards from the ground. One soldier was sliced into two as another was struck up through the leg and out his neck, the two remains of the men being shot up into the ceiling with a crash. The third soldier was struck through the legs and chest as the spires jettisoned up around him. The group watched as the intersection was demolished by gigantic frozen spires then looked to Arial as the snow girl yelled out with fury.
"Oh my god…" Ruby said with wide eyes.
"Did you see that? She… annihilated them all," Razico said with a stunned expression.
"Don't make her angry Gabriel! I don't want to die and be gone forever!" Complica cried out from behind Razico, shaking her head and holding onto the warlock's cape fearfully. Arial growled furiously and looked back to Gabriel, the angel watching her with caution. Sun took Gin's arm and backed him up more, the boy looking to her with surprise then back to Arial. Kokoa glanced to them then backed away as the group did the same. Arial growled loudly as the ice started to build around the snow girl, the temperature dropping even more as a cold chill and snow flurries were flying around in a torrent.
"Arial, stop this. This isn't a game, I need to get you back to heaven where you're safe," Gabriel cautioned as he slowly shook his head.
"Never… I'll never stop…" Arial growled as ice spires slowly erupted from behind her. The group watched the snow girl as the ground and ceiling above her froze over solid, the girl growling with rage and frustration.
"I'll never give up; I won't let anything keep me from my Dark!"