Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 9
Chapter 25: Destroy All Shippers!
(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.)
I was at my hotel room next door to Minara's homestead as I was ready to return home to the castle on Skald Island on Valinor. Even though it was morning, I was more than likely to miss New Capua as I also had to visit Minara after what he went through. Still, I didn't want to leave him hanging as I left for his homestead in which I went to the main house and straight into the infirmary wing. When I saw him on an examination table, he was undergoing an ultrasound as I spotted Dalamera here on business. Even though she was in the Medical Corps, she was also angry at Neville for what he did to Minara in which she wanted to castrate him, for medical rape was a crime punishable by law after all.
"I never saw the twins thriving before until now," she said as she saw them on screen.
"It's because I have to bear them until they're full term," said Minara.
"The priests all over New Capua have been on edge lately after they saw the signs of two Ancients in a crafted womb."
"And I will make sure that they're safe and away from that asshole, Neville."
"You're looking better than I anticipated," I said.
"Yeah, but Mizuwa keeps fighting off people with a stick in which she doesn't want anyone to steal my twins."
"Now that you're with child again, I don't have an assistant right now."
"You got me!"
I saw Kunio rush into the examination room as he was pledging his case to be part of my group in which he was a genius when it came to medicine. Even though he was young, he was still into being part of the Medical Corps as he was also following in his footsteps. When he saw the images of his unborn sisters in the crafted womb that his father bore, he was glad to protect them as he had his reasons to do so, for they were Ancients after all.
"You shouldn't see this, Kunio," he said to him.
"I know what it is in which the gods punish some of the men for not paying enough attention to their wives," he said. "As for my new sisters, I can't count them out in which they'll catch up to Zenichiro."
"You should also be in school."
"I would, but there's been a fight between the girls who go there."
"What kind of fight?" I asked out of curiosity.
"It's a battle between the Sam/Reiko shipping and the Destiel one and most of the girls love to see a gay romance."
"It had to be the duelling ships," said Dalamera in disgust. "Every year, the girls at the New Capua Middle/High Schools always argue which romantic ship is best in which they mostly go towards the Destiel ship."
It wasn't long until I heard footsteps walking past the examination room as I left to find out what was going on. To my surprise, I saw Poppea running towards the atrium as she was crying after what happened at school. When I followed her to where she was, she was sitting on the bench as she was sobbing uncontrollably, for there was something wrong indeed.
"Are you feeling okay?" I asked.
"It's Vipsania again," said Poppea as she had tears in her eyes. "She says that she won't let me into the school grounds until I show her a Destiel picture."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Every girl in my school always likes reading those books from the Elder Days in which they mainly gravitate towards the shipping between the Dean of Old and Castiel. I didn't care for it in which all this has gotten out of hand."
"I see what you mean… For the record, shippers can be toxic in which they'll end up resorting into dangerous behavior, including blackmail. You shouldn't let them get to you, okay? You're better than what you seem to be."
Without warning, I heard a clamor of shouting and yelling as I rushed outside and saw the commotion in the courtyard. I saw two factions of girls fighting over which romantic ship was best as I also had to mediate in finding a way to stop the clash. The factions had different banners on their flags as I noticed that the teal and purple denoted the romance between me and Reiko. As for the other faction, I saw the green and blue banners waving as it denoted the ship between the Dean of Old and Castiel from the Elder Days. They were ready to fight for the better ship as they were also causing the ire of some of the servants who were managing the homestead here. What I didn't expect was that Reuben was approaching as he was there to check up on Minara, but he wasn't too happy with what he saw with the two factions fighting over which romance was the better ship.
"Take your rivalry elsewhere!" he yelled as he saw the girls stop fighting.
The girls obeyed as they left Minara's homestead in which everything was calm for the time being. I was also relieved that Reuben came and saved the day as he was there to examine Minara in which he got wind of what was going on, for he had his reasons to examine him while questioning what went on after Eldrad and Gerda's wedding.
"You got here just in time," I said.
"And I had to endure the fan rivalry from hell," said Reuben.
"I take it that you knew about Minara's condition in the process."
"I got a letter from Ryosuke in which Minara was a victim of medical rape… by the usual suspects."
"It was Neville Schacter and his accomplice, Abraham Sloane. They were acting on Chuck's request to trap Minara, milk his seed to fertilize an ovum from an Ancient, and have it injected into his body."
"Neville knew of science, but didn't join any of the soldier corps in the Order. As for his accomplice, Abraham Sloane has a dangerous reputation in which he was more than just a fertility doctor. He was someone who stole from the gene banks of the Fallen here in which he became obsessed in bringing back extinct bloodlines from the ashes. When he injected an ovum that was fertilized by a member of the Corri family and given to his wife instead of her own, he was getting away with it over the years until the Ancient that was conceived blew the whistle and exposed his unethical practices. That was when Kazuo caught him in the act in which he had his license stripped to the point of having him to not work in any other hospital again, not even the Medical Corps. For the record, I suggest that you watch your back when it comes to Neville and Abraham wanting to fulfill things that go against your wishes."
Reuben's warning sent red flags as I had to watch my back when it came to dealing with Neville and those who have shady dealings in medicine. When I followed him into the main house, we made our way into the infirmary wing as we returned to the examination room that Minara was in. We noticed him to be calm as he wasn't stressed out as he was yesterday. He was staring at the monitor that showcased his twins in which they were safe and unharmed in which Reuben noticed them clearly due to their Elven traits. He also saw them to be unique as they were also a pair of Ancients in Minara's crafted womb, for they had a bright future ahead of them.
"They survived the storm, but I suggest that you don't do too much," he said.
"I'm glad that they're okay, for they'll soon catch up to their brother," said Minara.
"I'm telling you to steer clear of stress because too much of it can be bad for you."
"I'm still reeling from what Neville and his accomplice did to me, but what I'm carrying is more of a blessing instead of a curse."
"For the record, we're not safe from what gets thrown in front of us," I said. "As for what Neville is doing, it's illegal and it can't continue. We're both Incubators in which we also have to watch our backs when it comes to carrying children to term just like the women who are natural at doing it."
I was remembering how I was once with child as I also didn't forget about the stress I went through while carrying Kazuko and Giles in my body. I was also concerned about Minara's overall health as I had to make sure that he was okay in which he was bogged down from field work once again. Still, I had to deal with what got thrown at me as I also had to be careful when it came to Neville watching from the sidelines, for being an Incubator wasn't fun for me…
Neville was standing in front of a tribunal as he was at the mercy of Ryosuke. He was caught in the act as he was also facing expulsion in the Order in which his crime was exposed. He was done for as he was also concerned for his homestead on Atreides the moment he feared further exposure of what he was doing. Still, Ryosuke wasn't having it as he was more than likely to be making a decision to expel Neville on the spot, for he was ready to deliver the punishment that fit the crime.
"I demand to be set free!" he yelled.
"After what you and your accomplice did to Minara, do you think that I can ignore what you did to him?" said Ryosuke as he was fuming with anger. "You abducted him, drugged him, milked his seed to fertilize an Ancient's ovum, and impregnated him with it. Even though he is keeping what he has inside of him, that doesn't mean that you can get away with it scot free!"
"You don't know the whole picture, do you, Ryosuke Ashizoka?! I was tasked by the Terran God to do this in which it was necessary for Minara to carry out his duty as an Incubator! And no, my work isn't done because on the second day of November, a certain god of the Ashizoka will resume his duty as an Incubator, for it is his duty to do so! Sooner or later, he will embrace his duty by being with child once again and nothing will ever change it."
"You leave Sam out of this! As for your crimes, they won't go unpunished, Neville! Sooner or later, you'll pay the piper and you can kiss all your rent boys you collected goodbye! Therefore, your trial will be set until next month in which you can enjoy the last days of your freedom. This meeting is adjourned for now."
The gavel was banged as Neville was led away from the courtroom that was frequented by members of the Order and the Claudian Constabulary. Still, Ryosuke wanted a stiffer trial and sentence, but he had to respect the law as he also didn't want to jump the gun on this one, for he gave his target a very short time of freedom before the trial that could decide his fate in the long run…
I was walking back to my hotel as I noticed several people staring at the posters that were painted and plastered on the wall. I saw images of me and Reiko in romantic positions adorning the walls as I later noticed someone ripping them off and replacing them with the Destiel shipping. It was a shipping rivalry that I was put into as I didn't want any part of it. When I returned to my hotel room, I noticed Ryosuke here as he was in a foul mood. He wasn't thrilled in what was going on as he had to tell me about what was said in the Claudian courtroom here in New Capua, for I had to know about every detail that came along.
"I take it that your protestations against Neville were a bust," I said.
"His trial is set for next month, but he insist that you 'fulfill your duty as an Incubator,'" said Ryosuke. "Even though I wanted to punish him on the spot, I can't disobey or ignore the law statutes."
"Well, he has a short amount of freedom before his fate is decided."
"That isn't all, Sam. What he said in the courtroom was that on the second day of November, he will do his damnedest to force you to be impregnated and I can't let that happen."
"He's desperate, but this isn't his first action towards me. A few months prior, he tried to blackmail Reiko to be faithless towards me, only to backfire. As for his delusions of seeing me as being an Incubator, he's crossed the line just to assert power."
It wasn't long until I saw Reuben burst into the room as he had a file in his hand. He was concerned about what was going on as he had his reasons to share what was going on with Minara. When he gave the file to me, I began to look at the complex anatomy from the crafted womb that was in Minara's body. What I also noticed was that the womb itself was in tune with the rest of Minara's body in which it was more than just an anomaly that was there, for this was very new to me.
"This is what was in the x-ray a few months ago before Neville and his accomplice did their worst on Minara," said Reuben. "The crafted womb he has inside of him has a reflex that allows it to 'make room' for future offspring. Once it does, the Incubator must be impregnated or else the situation will be life threatening. The huge side effect of it all is nausea in which it happens to be the route cause of what Minara went through when you cleansed the Aldercapt house."
"According to Minara, he was suffering from it due to eating some shakshouka that didn't agree with his stomach," I said.
"The crafted womb in a man's body isn't too fond with spicy or acidic food. As for you, I suggest that you be careful what what you bear."
"I'll keep that in mind…"
Without warning, we heard a clamor of the same girls fighting in the street as we rushed out of the hotel. As usual, we saw the same duelling groups trying to see what was the better romantic ship. What I also noticed was that one of the groups was continuing to plaster Destiel art on the walls as they were trying to assert their dominance in the Supernatural fandom. What we didn't expect was Dean was coming here as he was more than likely to be collecting me, for I was getting a little testy after seeing such a circus that got out of hand.
"There you are!" I heard him say as he spotted me out in the open.
"You should be careful about the duelling fan shipping in front of us," I said.
"There's always gonna be a fan ship rivalry, Sammy. You can't get past such toxicity without getting your feet wet."
It wasn't long until I saw Dean getting swept up in the fighting between the two shipping factions the moment I swooped in and took him out of the chaos that was in the streets. What I also noticed was that the ringleader of the Destiel shippers was dominant in her field as she was also there to put any other fan shipping in its place. The girl herself was human, but had silver hair and blue eyes in which it denoted her blood ties to the Elkins Clan along with the Trelundar bloodline from Dalamera's side while dressed in noble Roman clothing. As for the other ringleader in the rivalry, she was mainly part of the Samko ship as she had brown skin, black hair, and teal eyes in which she was dressed in commoner Roman clothing, for she didn't want to have her shipping besmirched by her rival.
"The Samko ship is just a fluke, Aeliana," said the Destiel shipper as she was asserting her dominance. "You can't win because nothing beats out Destiel and you know it!"
"You've been doing this to all of us in which you even made Poppea cry, Vipsania," she said.
"Really? She wasn't a Destiel shipper! All she will be is a Samko shipper like you!"
"What you're doing is taking your devotion to a whole new level of toxicity in which your mother will know what you're doing."
"Nothing beats Destiel, not even the crap from the Supernatural spin-off, Chronicles of the Order! As for the other shipping, there's also the proverbial Wincest between the Sam and Dean of Old from the Elder Days in which it died out real quick."
It wasn't long until I saw Aeliana grab out a slingshot and flung a rock at Vipsania the moment it hit her face. Anger flooded her as she was ready to wring the neck of the Samko shipper who flung the rock at her until she was stopped by some of the Praetorian Guards patrolling the streets. She wanted to get rid of Aeliana and the Samko shippers as she was ready to do battle, for she wasn't done yet.
"We'll settle this in the Messalina Plateau, just you and me, bitch!" she yelled as she was glaring at Aeliana. "Nothing outsines Destiel and lives to tell the tale, you got it?!"
Both groups left the street as I saw them disperse just in time for the pull-carts and other things come and go. Dean, on the other hand, wasn't too thrilled with what was going on as he didn't want anything else to do with it. The chaos that he saw in the streets was mainly a rivalry between the Samko and the Destiel shippers as he wasn't about to let them cause riots in the streets. Still, the Supernatural fandom had its fans and its toxic anti-fans as we all had to navigate the waters of what was there, for it was something that couldn't be controlled.
"Those girls have nothing better to do other than to decide which shipping is better," said Dean as he was fuming over the chaos he saw earlier. "If I were the parents of those mean girls, I suggest that I ground them until they're eighteen."
"It can't be helped, Dean," I said. "After what we saw, everyone will get swept up in the chaos if we're not careful."
"And the two factions have left for the Messalina Plateau so that no one else will get swept up in their utter stupidity," said Ryosuke as he was glad to see the Praetorian Guards patrol the street amid the chaos. "The girls in those shipping factions shouldn't be causing trouble to begin with in which they could end up hurting someone if not careful."
"At least no one is hurt," said Reuben. "As for the shippers' battleground, the place itself is a dangerous one in which it was a place where Emperor Caedrios fell when he fled the Claudian capital, only to be hit with an ambush a thousand years ago."
I saw the Praetorian Guards remove the Destiel posters from the walls as they were also making sure that no one else would disturb the peace here in New Capua. Still, I had to navigate the throes of the toxic fandom that took place earlier, for I also had to keep the peace so that no one will get hurt from all this chaos…
Minara was in the atrium of his home as he was sitting there without worry. After enduring the chaos that was there, he was safe out of harm's way as he was clutching at where he housed the tiny packages in his body. Even though he wanted to tear Neville a new one, he didn't have the gall to do it as he had to protect his unborn twins from danger, for it would be another time to sit things out for a while. When he looked at the clock reaching one in the afternoon, he was ready to get some lunch until he noticed Castiel appearing out of nowhere in which he was looking for me, for I had to go back home anyway.
"It's a little hectic that you show up here," said Minara.
"It seems that my Father had a hand in your plight, Lord Minara," said Castiel.
"Well, he didn't take no for an answer in which he had Neville do his dirty work. As for what I'm carrying, I can't back out on it right now, for the twins are Ancients after all."
"I've witnessed the battle when the Rainfeather Brigade cornered Emperor Caedrios and ousted him from power a thousand years ago. The Messalina Plateau was also the last stand where the battle took place in which one of the warriors stored an ovum before taking an arrow on the battlefield. As for it being fertilized by your seed and injected into your body, her legacy has been reborn."
"Yeah, but I never wanted this at first, only to have it with me in the end. As for what Neville is doing, his trial in next month, but that won't stop him from evading the law. All I worry about now is that Sam will end up in the crosshairs of that asshole and his crusade to do his worst on him. As for what the crafted womb in men does, it makes an urge to 'make room' in which I ended up puking my guts out while cleansing a haunted house on Cordell Island on Valinor."
"The rivalry of the shippers are walking into a trap. The place also houses a slug roe home that has been occupied by Zenith Vectors."
Minara was shocked to hear that as he had to warn me and the others about the two shipper factions walking into a trap. He spent years living on Claudius as he knew about the Messalina Plateau very well. Getting up, he was ready to go over there to stop the fight between the two shipper factions until he was stopped by Castiel, for he didn't want him to go on this mission to prevent a catastrophe to begin with.
"The girls are in danger," he said.
"You can't go anywhere right now, Lord Minara," said Castiel cautiously. "You mustn't add more stress in which you're not leaving in your condition. The health and safety of you and your unborn children are vital in which you can't continue to put yourself at risk. Let me quell the ardor, for I will also protect the ones who are walking into mortal danger."
"I hope that you get there in time…"
Castiel whistled as he rushed outside to see Barca standing on his haunches. When he got onto the warg's back, they left Minara's homestead as they left to the Messalina Plateau. Still, a crisis had to be averted as the rivalry between the Samko and Destiel fandoms have gotten out of control as anticipated…
I was at one of the commuter terminals as I was more than ready to go towards the Messalina Plateau to stop the mess between the two rival groups. With the trains running late due to the increase of the Praetorian Guards patrolling parts of New Capua, it was getting difficult for me to navigate as I was running out of options. Just as all hope was lost, I saw the Impala pull up as I noticed Dean in the driver's seat with Reuben on the passenger's side. I was in luck as I got in the backseat as we were ready to leave New Capua for the Messalina plateau, for we had to put a stop to the ongoing fighting between the two shipping fandoms before it got out of control.
"It's a godsend that you came here," I said.
"The Messalina Plateau is a mile away," said Reuben. "As for the folly that our resident shippers have gotten themselves, let's hope that they didn't step into any traps."
"Looks like the fans still want a fight between what they have," said Dean. "As for the shipping rivalry, the people have gotten fed up with the antics that consists with the fight between the Samko and Destiel fandoms."
"The Messalina Plateau was once a battlefield in which it served to be a last stand against the tyrannical Claudian Emperor Caedrios the moment he was shot by a thousand arrows with diamond tips."
Dean turned on the radio as he was wanting to listen to a little bit of classic rock. Flipping through the stations, he flipped to a radio channel as it was broadcasting some news that was about to be alarming, for it was a sign of dread in this troublesome rivalry between shippers.
"…The incident at the federal building in New Capua on Claudius has become a reminder in which the Claudian Government has issued a crackdown on the terrorist responsible for the attack," said a newscaster over the radio. "The Zenith Vectors, who were responsible for the destruction of a commuter train in the Alecrian capital of Isildur have been hiding in plain sight in which their leader left while some of his people stayed behind to 'clean up the mess.' As for those who are travelling on the dirt roads, use extreme caution."
Dean had a gut feeling that the Zenith Vectors would be here as he had nothing but contempt for the group of terrorists who claimed Magda's life. All he wanted was to put a damper on them as he swore vengeance against Jacob for doing away with Magda and causing the terrorist attack that claimed Albus' life. Still, he wanted to avenge the deaths of the one that have fallen, but he had to focus on saving a group of girls from the clutches of the Zenith Vectors, for he hated them the most after the war ended.
"Those fangirls are walking into a trap," he said.
"And the Messalina Plateau was a place that brought down a tyrant," I said.
"I know that the Zenith Vectors are hiding there and the girls are in over their heads just to prove which fandom was better."
"Our priority is to get the girls to safety," said Reuben. "Besides, we can't let the Zenith Vectors harm them while trying to prove their point of a better fandom."
We were driving towards the Messalina Plateau as we had no time to waste. As for what happen next, we had to get to the girls as we also had to go up against the Zenith Vectors. It was a task that we got stuck with as we had to pull our weight to protect the girls from harm. Still, it was annoying, but we had no other choice but to go to the Messalina Plateau, for we were about to endure one of the worst missions that happened in front of us so far…
The two groups of fan shippers were standing in the Messalina Plateau as they were ready to do battle over their favorite shipping fandom. With their banners raised, they were led by the faction leaders: Vipsania with the Destiel fandom and Aeliana with the Samko one. Both of the shipping groups were more than likely to do battle here, for this was a proving to see what was the better romantic ship. It was a battle to prove which fandom was supreme as the factions were more than likely to be going at it with their banners blowing in the wind, for it was something that went out of hand to begin with.
"Still clinging to the stale Chronicles of the Order romance ship?" said Vipsania as she was smirking with glee. "You Samko fans won't stand a chance because the Destiel shippers are top dog."
"You keep asserting your dominance right from the start," said Aeliana as she was holding her banner in her hand. "The Destiel shipping is too much and downright toxic!"
"No, you're the one who's toxic and so are your group of Samko simps!"
"Really? I bet that you won't win this one by waving that banner around while declaring Destiel the superior romance ship!"
"Over my dead body!"
Without warning, the sound of thunder rumbled in the sky as drops of rain poured all over the battlefield in the Messalina Plateau. With both groups fighting in the downpour, everyone was getting dirty as it was the battle between the Destiel and Samko fandoms that spilled over. What they didn't expect was that a group of Zenith Vectors emerged from their hiding place as they saw them duking it out until the sound of gunshots filled the air, for the battle in the rain would come to a grinding halt. Aeliana put down her banner as she saw the leader of the group remove his helmet while holding a gun in his hand. She also noticed him to be dressed in the same suit that his leader wore as he spotted her and other like her in the battling factions, for he only wanted the ones who looked like his leader.
"I don't need the other white meat in my leader's group," he said.
"Who are you?" asked Aeliana.
"Eleven days ago, we targeted the federal building in New Capua in which the Emperor refused to bow down to us. All we want is to collect willing humans who are fair-skinned and are not tainted by other humanoids." He sees Vipsania shaking as she was holding onto her own banner. "So, we have a Cetra in the group of pure humans. We'll take the ones with fair skin, but the Cetra and the ones who are darker will die."
Both Aeliana and Vipsania were scared to death as the group leader and his subordinates entered into the battlefield with their guns in their hands. Everyone in the duelling fandoms were afraid to run in the rain as they saw the Zenith Vectors getting ready to shoot at them. They were on the verge of death until they saw Castiel rush into the crowd while riding on Barca. He knew of them very well as he also didn't want any harm towards the girls that were caught in this mess, for he was mainly ready to stop the ones dressed in the suits that were impervious to most melee and projectile attacks.
"Get out of here and return to your homes," he said as the girls did as they were told.
"Oh, look; we have an angel here riding on a warg," said the leader as he fired another shot into the air. "For the record, if any of the girls in their folly try to leave, they will be killed, is that clear to you?"
Aeliana slowly picked up her banner as she threw it at the leader before he tried to fire another shot in the air in which the gun fell onto the wet ground. Anger flooded him as he ran towards her and seized her by the throat while pinning her into the mud. Getting out his knife, he was ready to do his worst on Aeliana as he wanted nothing more than just adding a few fair-skinned girls to the Zenith Vectors' group, for he wasn't about to let her go yet. Just as he was about to do the dastardly deed, the Impala pulled up as it stopped in front of the girls in which Dean rushed out of it and coming to rescue the girls from their grim fate. When he saw the leader of the Zenith Vectors' group getting ready to kill Aeliana, he felt a flashback engulf him as the image of Magda being killed returned in full force, for he didn't want another death at the hands of those terrorists.
"Get away from her!" he yelled as he changed into his diamond form.
"You don't scare me, Dean Winchester!" yelled the leader as he let go of Aeliana. "I was gonna skin a coon until that piece of trash Chevy showed up!"
"Shut up! I know what you asshats are and I won't let you hurt those girls!"
"Perhaps you should back off before you embarrass yourself even further…"
The rest of the Zenith Vectors in the leader's group had their guns in their hands as they were ready to shoot at all of us. Still, Dean wasn't having it as he shot a few projectiles at some of the Zenith Vectors with Castiel using his angelic aura to give him a boost. When Reuben and I got out of the car to join the battle, we shepherded the girls away from the battlefield as we had to do our best to keep the Zenith Vectors at bay. When the leader spotted me out into the open, his sadism turned into obsession as he was ready to come at me, for I was an asset to open any Draaza tech at my disposal.
"Sam Winchester…," he said as he smirked. "Jacob will be pleased that you came here willingly just to say yes to us."
"I know what you are," I said. "Your group killed close friends of mine and yet you target a group of innocent girls?"
"Perhaps a fitting punishment is in order for you and my master simply won't take no for an answer because of the fact that you're more than just the ultimate prize!" The leader gets out an acid grenade as he throws it at me the moment Reuben got me out of the way. "You're only delaying the inevitable, Sam!"
It wasn't long until I saw Reuben on the ground with his hands burned with acid from the grenade that was thrown earlier. I didn't want him to suffer as I used my raw power to heal his hands in which they were displaying an imprint that made them good as new. As for what the leader was about to pull next with his group, we all used our abilities to hold back the Zenith Vectors until we saw some arrows with diamond tips being shot at them. It was a harrowing battle as most of the Zenith Vectors were taken out by the combined efforts, the girls were safe until the leader remained. He wasn't about to give up as he was more than likely to be shooting at the girls until he met a fitting end the moment he was gutted with a diamond spear that punctured the suit he wore. When he finally met his demise, he fell to the wet ground as everyone spotted Reuben with a spear in his hand, for he was still standing after his hands were healed by my raw power.
"Good riddance to bad rubbish," said Dean as he was glad that the battle was over.
"At least the worst is over," said Reuben as he put down the spear.
"That's good to hear…," I said.
"The battle may be over for now, but the Zenith Vectors are a formidable foe indeed," said Castiel.
We gathered up the girls as we went into the Zenith Vectors' hideout to wait out the storm. Even though we fought tooth and nail to protect them, some of them had bows and diamond tipped arrows that were found as they were in for a stern lecture, for their folly nearly cost them their lives after all.
"I hope that all of you learned your lesson by now," said Dean.
"We know," said Vipsania. "Our battle between fan shipping never expected those people in weird suits to attack us until now."
"At least you won't pull another stunt like that again," said Reuben as he was examining his arms.
"We're sorry," said Aeliana. "We thought that the Zenith Vectors came here to destroy the federal building here, but we were wrong."
"It's 'cause the Zenith Vectors don't give a rat's ass about anyone other than the fair-skinned bunch in their ranks," said Dean.
"It appears that some of you saved our lives," said Castiel as he saw some of the girls with weapons.
"We found them on the ground," said Vipsania. "That creep who tried to kill Aeliana wanted to hurt us in which he even singled me out as a Cetra due to my mother being in the Medical Corps, but he wanted to enslave some of us."
"That's very vile," I said. "As soon as you get home to your families, the better you don't push duelling fandoms to the point of battle again, is that clear? Let this be a lesson not to push which is a better fan ship in which all of you nearly lost your lives today. As soon as the storm clears, we'll be home soon."
I heard the sound of a spaceship approaching as I rushed out of the hideout and went to where the battle took place earlier. It was an Order of Letters ship as it landed in the center of the Messalina Plateau, for it was mainly being assessed due to what we averted earlier. Coming out of the ship, we saw members of the Hunter Corps arriving as they were assessing the scene in which they were also aware that the Zenith Vectors group was taken out, for this was a battle that was won by everything but the kitchen sink…
Later on in the evening, I was in the infirmary wing of Minara's homestead as I was on my way to see Reuben and how he was doing. When I found him in one of the examination rooms, I saw him with his hands and arms bandaged up as he later removed them to reveal the imprint of raw power that prevented them from decaying. The raw power glowed within them as they were mainly something that protected my half-brother from harm, for he was brimming with optimism after all that has happened earlier.
"You're looking better," I said.
"It'll be a while before I get used to them," said Reuben.
"I had to use my raw power to heal you or else you would've spent the rest of your years with upper stumps."
"Let me remind you that you're still not up to full with your raw power, Sam. After what happened on the Sol-3 when you stopped Sawney Masbath and destroyed Project Amaterasu three years ago, you body still hasn't recovered and yet you heal me after I had acid burning my hands and arms. Luckily, the rain poured or else I really would've had stumps."
It wasn't long until Minara arrived into the examination room as he was glad that the folly between rival shippers was over. Still, he was concerned about what happened earlier in which he was also worried about the repercussions of the battle against the group of Zenith Vectors. Even after we were escorted home earlier, we didn't escape from the microscope of scrutiny as we also had to watch our backs, for our new foes didn't show any form of mercy whatsoever.
"If you're wanting to know about my hands healing, they're fine," said Reuben.
"I'm not here to examine your hands, Reuben," said Minara. "I came here to hear the truth about what happened at the Messalina Plateau earlier despite the fact that the duelling fangirls had their battle postponed because of the Zenith Vectors."
"Something's bothering you other than the condition of the Ancients you carry in your body, isn't it?" I said. "Still, we're doing the heavy lifting in which you can't do field work in your condition anyway."
"It's not about the condition of my unborn children, Sam. It's about Dean."
"What are you talking about?"
"I sensed him reliving the tragedy of what happened to Magda at the base in the Dabb Mountains on Shiganshina in which something triggered him to attack the leader and his group at the Messalina Plateau. I know of this because I can sense the PTSD in him in which he tries to put on this facade to act stoic like some old action star."
"Well, we did save the shippers," said Reuben.
"Vipsania is getting an earful from her mother in which she has to do cleanup duty at her school. As for Aeliana, she is back home with her family along with the other duelling shippers after they got a hold of the fallen weapons used to take out the group of Zenith Vectors that you guys stopped in the Messalina Plateau. Let's hope that this type of fandom boiling over won't happen again in which the banners they wave are the ones that signal victory."
I heard footsteps approaching as I left the examination room to see Dean coming towards me. He was shaken from the battle as I saw him on his knees after all that has happened earlier. I sensed him to be a wreck as I also had to be there for him just as he was there with me. I cared about him so much as I also consoled him the moment he had tears streaming down his cheeks, for he was also wanting revenge against the Zenith Vectors for what happened to Magda.
"You can't save everyone, Sam," he said to me.
"I know, but we can stop our new foes in their tracks," I said.
"At least we stop those asshats from hurting a bunch of little girls."
"I want the Zenith Vectors to pay just as much as you do, but nothing is worth losing you. We can get through this, for you're not alone facing your trauma, you got that?"
I saw Dean get up as he wiped the tears from his face. He was glad to hear my words as he had an advantage to stop the Zenith Vectors in which they were dangerous to everyone. Still, we all had to face our trauma, but we weren't doing it alone, for this was a personal matter that we had to deal with on a daily basis…
To be continued...