Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 6

Chapter 40: The Fall of Project Ra, Part 2

(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)

The Road So Far…

Minara began to escort Mizuwa out of the secret communications area as they were walking towards a corridor. He was ready to use his angelic powers to transport his future beloved out of harm's way as he was about to do so until he saw several Ketch robots arriving without warning. They were surrounded as the Ketch machines were efficient into being armed with swords and guns up to the hilt, but getting past them wasn't an easy task right now. What Minara and Mizuwa didn't expect was that Julilla was waiting for them as she wasn't about to let them go right now, for they were her prisoners that were there to stay.

"Well, well; you two really screwed up this time…," she said as she had a smile on her face. "Sooner or later, I will destroy Drakonus and the Order with it and no one will stop me with Project Ra at the helm!"

Now…

Reiko arrived at the Order's main headquarters on Drakonus as she was concerned about my safety right now. She was fearing the worst as she saw the news on television in which she saw the crater where Manners Point used to be. She had a gut feeling that Julilla went too far this time as she wanted to tell everyone about it until she saw several members of the Garrison Corps rushing to stand guard against the next attack. What she didn't expect was that she noticed Clement arriving as he was there with some of the other members of the Order getting ready to stand their ground to defend the main headquarters from destruction.

"What are you doing here?" he said sternly.

"I was looking for my husband, but it seems that he's not here right now," said Reiko.

"Women are forbidden to take up arms or come here; you know that!"

"I'm here because I'll always wait for Sammy to come home just to look after us. I won't let him be seduced by Julilla and her cronies."

It wasn't long until Clement slapped Reiko in the face as she wasn't about to let her speak too much due to his pride of being an Elf man from the MacVicker Clan. Still, Reiko didn't move from her distance as she wasn't about to take another hit. Just as Clement was about to slap her again, she caught his hand as she wasn't about to let him do that to her, for she wasn't about to let him get away with it.

"You dare to defy a man as a woman?!" he yelled.

"I came here to find my husband, but I also came here to offer support for those in the Order," said Reiko. "You know that I am my husband's wife and I am aware of how the Executive Division works."

"If you think you can commandeer what you don't have, then you're in way over your head for a graceless lady like you."

"I'm a lot of things, Clement MacVicker, but I am never a graceless lady!" Reiko's hair begins to turn into a bright silver as she was letting him have it. "You may think that I don't do much other than being in the home, but you're wrong!"

"Shut it up, Reiko! Just shut it up! Women who refuse to be silent are nothing but screech owls who become loud and obnoxious! A woman's true duty is to stay at home tending to her husband and children so they won't become out of control!"

"I don't just attend to my duties as someone from the Order, but I do it for family and it will never end with blood! We're all there for a reason, even for you in which we fight for the right things!"

"You listen here, Reiko-"

"No, you listen to me!"

Reiko was relieved as she saw Dean rushing to her aid in which he was itching to punch Clement in the face. What he didn't expect was that her light blue hair turned into silver as she was not about to let Clement slap her around like that, for she didn't want him to do so.

"And you defend that snake who shed her skin when she's supposed to be at home with the children?!" he yelled.

"You better not be slapping her around or else I'll do more than just kick your ass in real time," said Dean. "You came here to defend this place, so I duggest that you act properly like a member or the Order or else I'll mop the floor with your ass!"

"Brother…," said Reiko as she saw his arm turn into his diamond form.

"You think that I can let you hurt a woman?! You're nothing more than an all-out sniveling man-baby who doesn't get his way the moment one ups the ante on your ass!"

"How dare you speak to me like that, Dean Winchester!" yelled Clement. "I'm here to offer support, not be interrupted by a woman!"

"A woman can be anything!" yelled Reiko as she released Clement's hand. "We aren't weak as perceived to be, so I suggest that you behave yourself!"

A powerful angelic aura surrounded Reiko as she was ready to let Clement have it without resorting to violence. In a brief moment of defeat, he cowered in her presence as he bowed down the moment he saw her to be more than just a High Elf from the Mitani clan and a member of the Winchester Family. She was putting her foot down as she didn't want Clement to misbehave in front of her due to the newly-minted status she just excelled to.

"I won't hurt you, but you should also behave yourself around women like me," she said.

"What the hell are you?" yelled Clement as he was cowering in front of her.

"I'm just a simple Woman of Letters and the wife of my precious Sammy!"

"We've got a problem!"

Dean rushed outside of the lobby as he saw a tank full of soldiers from the Executive Division. He was expecting it as he was also ready to defend the Order's main headquarters here on Drakonus, for this was just the worst on this battle right now…

Minara and Mizuwa were restrained by the Ketch machines as they were at the mercy of Julilla, who refused to let them leave quietly. The ice queen was determined to activate Project Ra once again as she was exuberant into doing so, but not without witnesses first. She wanted to see them cower in front of her as she was also wanting to get back at Minara for denying her what she wanted the most and that was a child.

"You think you can get away from me just because you bear a grudge against me?!" she yelled as she drew out her knife. "You won't leave the Sol-2 and I will make damn sure that my soldiers will kill you."

"The Order already knows about your malignance, Julilla," said Minara. "You're a murderer, a liar, and a deceiver!"

"I've been swindled once by that shapeshifter, but all I want is to be satisfied by you, my darling Minara… It seems that you get an erection just to see me, but your future bride-to-be will end up dead before you marry her."

"I would rather see you thrown out of the airlock than become your personal sex toy! You already killed two of my loved ones and you would do the same with Mizuwa?!"

"I bear no ill will towards you, but I still have feelings for you even after you stabbed me earlier. I also want you to be fervent towards me if you want to live out your golden years. If you do so, then you will be spared death."

"Go to hell!"

Minara saw one of the Ketch robots drag Mizuwa towards an escape pod chute as she was about to be shoved out of the airlock. She was fighting tooth and nail against her captor as she noticed Minara struggling to get free until he broke from his captor's restraints and saved his beloved from a troubling fate. He was not about to let that Ketch robot begin to press the button until he saw the power shut down briefly the moment he saved Mizuwa from certain death. Julilla, in her fury let out a piercing scream of anger as she saw the two escapees take cover the moment she sicced some of the Ketch machines on them in other places.

"You can't escape your fate, Minara!" she screamed. "Sooner or later, my soldiers will find you and your whore and this time, they will kill you the moment they see you!"

Julilla's fury was seen all over the place as she was determined to unleash hell all over the Sol-2. Her rage was absolute as she would stop at nothing to do away with those who rubbed her the wrong way in which she would do far worse just to get what she wanted. She was hell-bent on putting the Order out of commission as the time to do so was at hand, for she was itching to do so just to win the Second Galvanic Uprising in the process…

I was hidden in the vents as I was in the underbelly of the Sol-2. The place above Drakonus was bigger as I had to go and deactivate the space station's codes in order to have our troops advance to shut it down. Still, I had my work cut out for us as I also had to be wary of my decisions that I made. When I got towards the control room, I punched in the working codes as they worked without delay in which I was ready to advance. Still, I couldn't let anyone down at this moment until I saw Minara and Mizuwa on screen being surrounded by Julilla and her Ketch machines. The sight of them being put under the ice queen's whim made sent a chill to my heart as I wanted to rescue them badly. Still, I couldn't do anything right now as I also had a job to do in which it was vital to so so. When I came out of another vent, I entered into a medical lab as I noticed the previous scans of a humanoid body in which I noticed the scar below the stomach, but the further evidence I noticed was very damning indeed.

The chart indicated how the toxins from the Claudian tree frogs Julilla was injected with were beginning to take their toll as they were also very deadly indeed. The poisons themselves had eradicated her reproductive organs to the brink of even eating away at the uterus in slow strides. It was a troubling process for an ice queen, but I wasn't sorry for her actions due to what she had done to Minara. Just as I was about to leave, I saw a pocket rom disc on the table as I picked it up and inserted it into the projector. What I was about to see was more damning than what the Executive Division was doing in which I saw Julilla as a teenager naked and strapped down onto an examination table in which I noticed a young man standing over her all dressed in surgical garb, but what is he doing?

"This is wrong!" I heard Julilla say over the recording on the projector. "I don't wanna cooperate with any more experiments, Junius!"

"We are suffering a backlash after the last Orc War and the only way we can do it is to seduce and kill one's target!"

"What the hell are you trying to do to me?!" Julilla notices a syringe of green liquid in the young man's hand as he was ready to do his worst. "Are you injecting poison into me?!"

"This poison comes from the Claudian tree frogs in which their toxins are known to slowly kill their targets. I know that you don't want to cooperate, but your honor as a member of the Paxton Family is on the line right now! Our experiments will flourish and we'll be invincible against those in the Order and those who view us as pariahs!"

"No! I don't want this! Please, don't do this! I'm your flesh-and-blood sister, Junius, not your prized guinea pig!" The young man spread Julilla's legs open as he shoved the syringe inside of her the moment he injected the poison into her body. "No, this isn't right! NO!"

The recording stopped as it made me cringe to see Julilla being used in such dangerous experiments like that. Still, I had to confront her as I took the pocket rom disc out of the projector and put it im my pocket. Going back into the vent, I was ready to rescue Minara and Mizuwa as I was most likely to be stopped by a sight that worried me since the destruction of the Sol-1 last year. It wasn't long until I saw a familiar contraption that was similar to the one on the destroyed space station. It was a machine that was used to amplify any form of raw power that I has as I saw the strand of my hair glowing in a glass container.

I also noticed a map that targeted not only the Order's main headquarters on Drakonus, but Anzu Village and Skyward City as well. I had to stop it as I decided to do the right thing and shatter the container with the hair strand in it. It was worth it as I decided to go back into the vent until I saw the door open up without warning. What I didn't expect was that I noticed a group of Ketch robots arriving as they also had me surrounded in which I knew of them to be a bigger menace than that of the soulless dolls that were churned out from Darbus' leftovers. What I also didn't expect was that I noticed Julilla arriving as she was smiling with an ice-cold glee all over her, for she was ready to take advantage of me soon enough.

"I see that you took the bait as planned, but the rest of you will do, my beloved Sam," she said.

"Where are Minara and Mizuwa?" I demanded.

"They're about to be sent out of the airlock floating in space if you don't cooperate."

"You're bluffing and sooner or later, you will fail in your attempt to subdue me just like with what your superior did."

"Tobias knew the risks, but his temptation with the raw power that he wanted from you turned him into a deranged monster."

Julilla picked up the strand of hair as she put it back into a different container the moment she placed it into the contraption. She was hell-bent on trying to destroy the Order's main headquarters as she was targeting it without a smidgeon of remorse in her mind. With a smile on her face, she was ready to pull the trigger on the button until she noticed it to short out. Anger flooded her as she was shrieking at the top of her lungs due to my meddling that consisted of shutting down Project Ra and all that it stood for in which the time to end it was very near indeed. Once again, I shattered the container with the hair strand as I was also not about to let Julilla get her way, for I was ready to put my foot down. At that moment, I used my raw power to destroy the strand as I didn't want any more widespread destruction that came in the for of abuse that I had within me.

"You think you can stop me by destroying that strand of hair that contained your raw power?! You're sadly mistaken, Sam!" yelled Julilla as she drew out her knife. "You spurned me for the last time and now, you're gonna pay for doing that! I carried your child within me and-"

"There was no child to begin in which your body has been barren the whole time," I said. "As for the doppleganger you seduced, he's in the hospital recovering after he suffered from the poison you still have. As for your predicament into seducing people just to get what you want, the toxins that were injected into you are starting to take their toll in which they've eaten away at your reproductive organs. There's no way into obtaining a child now because of the fact that you were just an innocent who was used mercilessly to be a guinea pig when your handler injected the poison from the Claudian tree frogs into your body."

"You looked at the video of me, didn't you?!" I see Julilla's hands slowly become webbed as she felt her skin become slimy. "You should've never looked at it to begin with, Sam!" She feels a large boil bulging from her back. "You brought this calamity upon me for your insolence! You should've been mine, Sam! You should've made love to me when you had the chance, only to see me doing with that shapeshifter!"

I dodged Julilla's attack as I saw her slowly being turned into what she hated being the most the moment her lust and fury gave a terrible side effect in her physiology. She was turning into a frog as her body was getting out of control the moment I used my raw power to destroy the contraption that was used to operate Project Ra in the process. When I saw Julilla turning into a human-frog hybrid, she leaped up towards me as she even had her tongue become like a frog's. I sensed the tongue to be toxic as I dodged its attacks the moment I fled into the vents again. I was fleeing for my life until I saw the tongue extend the moment I was doomed until something unexpected happened.

"Red rocket!"

A set of twin knives slashed at the tongue as part of it withered the moment it was cut. What I didn't expect was that Dvora was there in which she was there for a reason, for she wasn't about to let me out of her sight just yet. I was relieved to see her here as I also had to make sure that she was protected from harm in this fight, for things were getting ugly on the sly. By the time we exited through into the hangar deck, we were home free

"It's about time I located and saved your ass, Sam!" I heard her yell as she put away her knives.

"Julilla's slipping and the more she aches for my raw power to abuse, the more she turns into what she is now."

"Talk about ugly..." Dvora sees Julilla in her frog-like form as she was reeling from the injury she had earlier. "I bet that no one will be able to kiss her in such a damning state."

"Dvora…, I saw what she went through and it was against her will when she had that Claudian tree frog toxin inserted into her body. The man in the video projection did some experiments on her in which he has close ties to her family as well."

"I know who the guy is, Sam. His name's Junius Paxton, who is Julilla's older brother and heir to his family. I heard all about him in which he is known to do experiments on other members of his family due to his intellect into the mad scientist trope. He even went too far into marrying his own twin sister and siring some inbred scum that would make Sylvanus turn in his grave. He's also dangerous in which you need to watch your back against him in the future."

"I used the same codes to deactivate the Sol-1 onto the Sol-2. That will give us time to find Minara and Mizuwa, avert the Ketch robots, and get out of here."

"We found them and they are safe for now, but we should also worry about the rest of those walking tin cans crawling all over the place."

We navigated the vent as we had to be aware of the danger that we were facing in which we had to tread carefully. It was a daunting task to stay alive as we also had to tread carefully the moment Julilla was there, for her monstrous form wasn't something to laugh at right now…

Minara and Mizuwa were hiding away in the vents as they had to be careful of the Ketch robots that were wandering around the space station. The two of them were aware of the constant danger at every turn as they made it towards one of the hangar bays where a shuttle was waiting for them. They were ready to leave as they also wanted to flee this place abouve Drakonus, for their troubles will be over once they flee towards solid ground below.

"We have a slim chance to get free once we take this shuttle," said Minara.

"I hope that we go far away from this place," said Mizuwa.

"As soon as Sam deactivates this space station's defenses, the better we go home. We're not about to become slaves to the Executive Division, nor will we bow down towards them. I've lost loved ones because of them and I won't lose any more of what I have right now."

"Minara..."

"We're going home this time and we'll marry because of the fact that I won't let that void in my heart leave me vacant forever. Perhaps it's time to move on after all that I've been through so far..."

Without warning, a group of Ketch robots burst through the doors as they had their guns in their hands. Taking cover, both Minara and Mizuwa were hiding away as they saw the rain of gunfire hitting the walls of the hangar bay. They were safe for the time briefly until they saw a sword cut through the wall of their hiding place. They saw a Ketch robot armed with a sword as it was ready to kill them on the spot until they saw another one go through its head. What Minara and Mizuwa didn't expect was that Castiel was there as he was most likely to be taking out the Ketch robots that were shooting at everything, for this was going too far right now.

"We have to leave," he said.

"What about Sam?" asked Minara. "He should be here right now and I won't leave him to be Julilla's sex toy."

"Dvora's tracked him down, but they're experiencing trouble as we speak."

"We have our own troubles here, Castiel, for I won't let my mission go unfulfilled." Minara sees the Ketch robots advancing forward as they had their guns in their hands. "Okay, you walking trash cans, let's do this! It's between you and me!"

Minara displayed his angelic aura as he drew out the angel blade in his hand in which it turned into a katana that blazed brightly. With the Ketch machines getting ready to fire, he walked towards them as he began to slash at them in one fell swoop the moment Castiel finished off the rest in which the worst was over for now. Even though Mizuwa was watching in the distance, she was grateful that Minara had his dignity back as she saw him shining brightly from the brink of darkness at the last minute.

"We're going home," said Minara. "That's all we're going to do right now..."

"I hope that we make it safely," said Mizuwa hopefully.

"YOU ARE NOT LEAVING! I WON'T LET YOU!"

Julilla's voice was heard through the intercom as Minara dreaded her presence somewhere. With everything shut down in the hangar bay, he was fearing the worst as he had Mizuwa and Castiel in tow the moment he heard an alarm blaring in the background. The most was yet to come as it was also about to get ugly on the horizon, for there would be repercussions from a woman scorned on the sly.

"You think you can stop me, but you're wrong!" said Julilla as she was slowly on the brink of madness. "My army on the planet is on its way to the Order's main headquarters just to wipe it off the map just like the one on Alecrast! You're too late to stop it, for everyone down there will be caught in the destruction below! No one is safe! The Executive Division has won!"

The sound of Julilla's laughter turned from a human cackle to that of a monstrous guttural tone as Minara had a gut feeling that the ice queen was slipping away fast. Still, he had to find a way out as he noticed me and Dvora running in the nick of time to escort everyone out of the Sol-2 before it was too late. We all noticed that the alarm that was blaring was an unpleasant sight as I noticed a screen appear on one of the wall computers, for it was on a very destructive setting indeed.

"The self-destruct system has now been activated," said a computer voice. "All staff members must evacuate in twenty minutes."

"Julilla's gonna destroy us," said Mizuwa as she was shaking with fear.

"Perhaps Cass can teleport us out of here," said Dvora.

"Castiel needs to recover after bringing you here," I said. First ans foremost, the shuttle is our best bet right now in which I can use my raw power to open the airlock to get you out in time."

"That's too dangerous, Sam," he said. "You may be the god of the Ashizoka System, but nothing is worth losing you right now."

"Our lives will end up being nothing if we don't get out of here."

"Sam's right," said Minara. "The shuttle is our only chance just to get out of this clunker before we all die in it."

"I'll face off against Julilla… She's far gone now, but it was also her punishment and justice for her crimes against those we loved dearly, including your loved ones."

"You're taking a big risk, but let's hope that luck is on our side in this battle..."

"You better get going..." I use my raw power to temporarily activate the power in the hangar bay the moment everyone got into the shuttle. "I'll stall Julilla, for she's already far gone… We don't have much time left, for it'll be lucky enough to get out of here to avoid Julilla's madness indeed..."

I saw the shuttle starting up as it fled the airlock in which I was alone to face off against a raging Julilla, who was starting to resemble more monster than humanoid. I was in for the fight of my life as I also had to be aware of what she would do next, for she had destruction against the Order in mind…

Dean heard the alarms blaring as he saw a group of Ketch robots arriving with a group of soulless dolls that were near the entrance of the Order's main headquarters on Drakonus. He was aware of their precious as they were attacking the soldiers that were on the front lines. When he noticed the Ketch robots going in for the kill while taking out some of the members of the Cross Corps and Garrison Corps, fury raged within him as he wanted to be there to stop those heartless machines that were acquired by the Executive Division. He wanted to help everyone as he saw another volley of Ketch robots coming in which they were making their way towards the front entrance, for they were hell-bent on killing those in the Order in this ongoing war.

"Son-of-a-bitch!" he yelled.

"There's too much of those asshats already," said Kevin as he reported in.

"We've lost thirty of our comrades already and those bastard sons of Cybermen are gonna get another thing coming!"

"I just hope that our allies save us… Sam's already up there dismantling the Sol-2 while we're stuck dealing with the tin cans that are scurrying all over like rats."

"And we're the ones who can trap them!"

"I bet that Ryosuke's gonna be pissed when he sees those things running towards us..." Dean and Kevin see Reiko walking towards them as she was dressed in a white dress that replaced the one she wore earlier. "No way… Reiko?!"

"We need to have faith…," she said. "Sammy's up there facing off against Julilla, but she's slowly turning into a frog while losing her sanity."

"But we're getting our asses kicked on the front lines!" yelled Dean.

"We need to have faith as not only members of the Order, but as a family as well… It's what Sammy would want, isn't it?"

Reiko began to sing a familiar tune as she had an angelic aura in which the song, "Carry On Wayward Son," was heard all over the galaxy in which a gallant chorus was heard all over the place in the form of divine intervention. The sounds of a chorus blared from planet to planet as it gave the forces guarding the Order extra confidence the moment they fought at the mixed soldiers that the Executive Division had unleashed here in the main headquarters on Drakonus. In the blink of an eye, the Miyazaki arrived as it used its lasers to destroy some of the Ketch machines that were advancing towards the main gate, only to drop like flies while the rest of the forces put a damper on the rest of them in this battle. By the time that the song was over, the Miyazaki landed as Charlie rushed out of there in which she saw the plethora of Ketch robots on the ground, but the rest of the soulless dolls were still advancing until she saw them drop like flies in the form of both diamond projectiles and spores that dissolved their bodies. The battle was over for now, but the worst was yet to come as we all had to be aware of what was happening next in this ongoing war.

"Looks like the goddess of the Ashizoka System gave us a rallying call after all," said Charlie.

"It's about time that you got here," said Dean as he was in his diamond form.

"You can thank that Chonoid for helping out with the rest of us, but Sam's got a bit of a frog problem like the ass-backwards version of The Frog Prince to deal with."

"We heard the song from Lady Reiko," said C'Torrha as she was dressed in battle armor. "It wasn't just heard all over this planet, but from others as well."

"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Dean.

"It's been all over the news lately in which dozens all over the cosmos have sang that song that became a staple that was referenced in some of the books that you normally see in those popular Supernatural books you commonly find in train stations."

"You better be gearing up for the worst because the Executive Division has abandoned plans to being here and go towards the western part of the Ashizoka System," said Charlie. "Recently, they've set up shop on Stohess in which they won't stop until they abuse what Sam has within him."

"I have a bad feeling about this…," said Dean.

"You're beginning to sound like everyone in Star Wars. Still, we need to have our faith put in Sam or else we all fail in the end."

Charlie made her point clear as she saw the fighting from the Sol-2 from above. Still, we had to keep going as the Second Galvanic Uprising wasn't about to go down quietly, for the Executive Division was hell-bent on a thirst for power and no one was safe on the horizon…

I was facing off against Julilla as I saw her jump high towards the piping that was above the ceiling. It was a game of cat and mouse as I dreaded the self-destruct system already reaching down to fifteen minutes. My opponent was a crafty one as she caught up to me while she had her tongue extended towards me once again. This time, I got out a metal stick to curl it the moment I saw Julilla already becoming more like a monster due to the constant experiments that were done on her years prior, for she was in dire need of being put out of her misery the moment I saw her leaping towards me. It wasn't long until I was pinned against the wall as I was facing Julilla directly, who was on the verge of either seducing me or eating me. Still, I was caught in her grip as I was struggling to get free, for Julilla was too far gone in her moment of glory.

"I have you now, S-S-Sam..." I heard her say in a slightly reptillian voice. "You won't s-s-stand a ch-ch-chance againssst me..."

"You're wrong, Julilla," I said. "You're already slipping from your sanity in which there is no hope left for you, only to put you out of your misery..."

"No, S-S-Sam…, I won't let you s-s-slip from my clutchessss ssso readliy..."

"It's too bad that no prince can kiss you now…, but I have better luck than what you and your cronies will ever have!"

I threw Julilla off of me as I changed into my ultimate form in which I saw her changing further from her humanoid form the moment I saw her flying against the wall. She was ready to jump as she was leaping towards me the moment I drew out my sword and sliced off her long tongue when it withered onto the floor. It wasn't long until I saw her turning into a much bigger mass than what was expected to be as I saw nothing but maw and teeth that was once in the form of the ice queen I endured for a while. With tendrils coming towards me, I was tangled up in them as I was about to be eaten the moment I was slowly being dragged to the wide maw. At that moment, I heard Reiko's voice singing as it gave me more confidence just in time to break free while grabbing at the tendril that tangled me up in the first place. With my raw power up to full, I began to electrocute what was left of Julilla as I saw her being turned into a large mass of blood and bone the moment she cracked into pieces. It was over as I was feeling exhausted in which I saw the self-destruct clock down to three minutes as there was nothing for me to do right now. In that time of despair, I gravitated it to the unknown space as I saw nothing but space debris from the Sol-1 in which I was doomed to die in space as a hero in the end. With the alarm blaring and the clock now down to one minute, I did my part as I was waiting for my death to appear until I was being dragged out of harm's way the moment the Sol-2 exploded in space, but who saved me?

When I was brought safely towards Drakonus, I saw Minara standing in front of me as he was grateful that I was safe, but exhausted while sitting near a fountain near a street post that led to the Order's main headquarters there. Both of us were tired as we also had our work cut out for us, for we also had to pull our weight against the Executive Division in the near future. Staring up in the sky, I saw it to be dusk as I also looked at the pocket rom disc in my hand in which I wanted to show the higher-ups what I picked up, for it was the damning evidence that was too disturbing to see so far.

"You came for me," I said as I returned to my super-charged form that stuck with me. "The battle's over, but the war is still going right now… We have to pull our weight anyway, but the Executive Division's still out there waiting just to pounce in their own lust and greed for power and domination in their wake."

"Castiel told me to get you out of there before the Sol-2 exploded," said Minara. "It's the most I can do for now. I couldn't forgive myself for letting you die up there in that clunker and you did more than just stop Project Ra."

"The higher-ups are also going to have their hands full when I give them the evidence that they might want for their archives."

"What kind of evidence?"

"Have you heard of the Paxton Family?"

"I've heard of them before by Gramps during my days of training in the Medical Corps, but from what he told me, they are an aggressive inbred bunch who delved in experiments on things, including their own kin."

"Sammy!"

I saw Reiko running towards me as I saw her with silver hair that shined brightly like starlight while wearing a white dress. She was happy to see me as I saw her hug me warmly. I was glad to see her once again as I couldn't wait to go back home to our temporary place in Anzu Village, for everyone was waiting for me right now.

"I was so worried about you," she said to me.

"I was so worried about you, too," I said as I had tears in my eyes.

"The battle's over for now…, but our enemies are still out there..."

"We should all go home for now… Besides, I have a wedding to perform and a future to cement..."

I was confident into having my family with me as I saw the sun go down while it became night. As for the further situation I was in, the war wasn't over yet as the Executive Division was still out there plotting their next move while hiding in the shadows, for the further moves were about to be fresh in our minds so far…

Three days after the battle on the Sol-2, I was hard at work as I finally married Minara off to Mizuwa in which they kissed in front of the family members that cheered the occasion. With the festivities going in the form of dumplings and budae-jjigae, I was happy to see everyone here, including the Farragut Clan as we were celebrating the victory over the Executive Division for now. Life returned to normal as I was busy tending to the younger children in which two of them were lively while playing with their toys. I was happy to be with my family as I also vowed to protect them from harm, for there would soon be danger looming without warning.

When I noticed Reiko enter into the nursery where I was, I saw her with some food for the two of us as we were dining at the children's table near the window. Both of us didn't mind it as we began to eat at the food that was put in front of us. Even though the atmosphere was common for small children, it was suitable for us as we were there in our lodgings here on Drakonus.

"I'm hoping that Minara and Mizuwa have a much happier and healthier life," said Reiko as she took a bite of her budae-jjigae. "It's sad that Minara had to endure such tragedy, but he's been through enough after what that awful woman did to poor Lentulus and Penelope."

"I was the one who ended up killing her instead of him," I said. "When I saw changing into a much more monstrous form, she was overwhelmed by her desire to seduce me while trying to abuse my raw power."

"She turned into a frog, didn't she?"

"She became much worse in which she became one huge maw in which I had no other choice but to put her out of her misery. What I also found about her was that she had experiments done on her in which she was even injected with the same toxin that was derived from the Claudian tree frogs in the first place. All she became was none other than another victim who was abused in the form of such tragic torture. And do you know who did it? It was none other than her own family who delved in such dangerous experiments like that in which she was groomed to do so just to be a soldier in her reasons to seduce her targets and later kill them in the process..."

"Sammy, our family will never be like that because it's not who we are. We're here because we have hope in our hearts and that's all it matters right now..."

"And what makes you say that?"

"I'm more than just a wife and mother, for I'm just a simple Woman of Letters after all… You can't just shoulder the burden alone, for I'll always bear it with you till the end."

I was more than humbled to hear such words from Reiko as we watched the fireworks being shot off from outside. We were safe from the battle, but not from the war as we all had to be wary of the battle ahead, for it was just the beginning of our worries right now…

The end… or is it?