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That night, Yuri had a dream.
A Dream of Demons, moving across the lands, the flock of dark beasts following the New reborn Arch Demon Its head bird carrion and long arms attached to large long clawed hands, with finger like wings dragging it's body without a lower torso. The New Archdemon led its kin across the contaminated lands, with people, Dark contaminated People staggering behind across a long line of dark over the horizons.
The army of Dark Unervas.
" Go...."
Yuri heard Vitas' voice spoke to all his Demonic kin. For it was the grave being within him that has audience of all Demons, The Arch Demon Plague.
Vitas is the Plague
" Retrieve thy memories..... Bring down the World in the Sky....... There need not Light, no more !!"
And Yuri cried out in terror, as her abdomen exploded in pain which woke her, sitting on her bed panting, hugging her own belly, her pajamas wet by cold sweat.
It was from that moment on, that Yuri realized her body wasn't the same. Her abdomen slightly bulged.
...
.........
At the same Night, Caerlia finished her patrol around the Grand construction sight, watching the Androids pack the night market stuff away.
" It's coming soon."
Caerlia spoke solemnly, looking at the Grand Slam engine towering high to the night sky
" The final steps of the Grand Mission."
Caerlia smiled at the Stars
" A bright Future awaits this Land.
Without Dark, without suffering, without loss.
It will be our Paradise, Solo. A Paradise for all brothers and sisters !"
" Indeed."
Solo nodded, standing behind The Lansara Suprima but under shadow
" Indeed, Caerlia."
" Earth is failing, Solo."
Caerlia spake calmly, after a pausing gaze at the night skies
" And you know that."
Caerlia turned to look at the man in shadow as he walked passed her, looking at the Grand Slam machinations before them with an expression of cold, of no sentiment.
" It is inevitable, truly. The calculations so reveals, and so does our Programmed wills it.
Carrie, you are the Protector of the New Star,
And I, am The End of Old Star.
If the time comes, We will have to——"
" Not yet."
Caerlia snapped, stopping Solo and breaking his brood. And Solo with his observing glance could see her hands tight into clutching fists.
" I haven't found, the One yet. That one missing...sibling...."
Caerlia smiled sadly at Solo
" I hope there's still time, Solo."
And Solo nodded back, looking coldly at the star gazing woman with hope in her eyes.
" Of course, Caerlia. Of course."
Solo replied with a smile, a smile so thin, so slight, near a sneer.
...
.......
Yuri couldn't sleep after all that mind boggling dreams, and crept out of bed and walked slowly towards the children's dorm.
It was dawn.
The stillness before sunlight's entry to the world.
And Lima was,
Sitting on her own on the stairs in front of the dorm building, looking tired and relieved.
" Lima......??"
Lima looked up, and squeezed a weak smile
" You're early."
" Cause I wanted to meet you as soon as I can."
" Thanks, Yuri."
Lima stood up, and that was when Yuri saw, a large patch of dried blood across Lima's cheek.
Lima touched her cheek and saw the red remains on her fingers
" Caesar Skyman has infiltrated us, the Children."
Lima said after taking Yuri to a dark alley behind the dorm
" It is Neruko. She was the cat ! Caesar used her."
Yuri thought of her memories Before the Light, and indeed there was a cat with them in the old school, fed by the children.
" What have the Skylord done to her ??"
Yuri asked, but Lima didn't reply.
" Lima !! where is Neruko ??!"
Yuri grabbed Lima by the hand iin haste for an answer.
" I.... I killed her....."
Yuri felt her stomach turn upside down, and her lower abdomen started to hurt.
" .....I can't help it, Yuri !"
Lima argued
" She is following Caesar Skyman's orders ! He plans to lure the children to him through memory manipulations ! I can't let that happen !"
" But You Can't Kill Her !!!"
Yuri shouted back angrily, with tears in her eyes
" She is a friend ! Neliya and Feira and all the others liked her..... There are ways, Lima, You Can't Kill People !!"
" They are Not People !!"
Lima Shouted back
" They are Dead ! You are Dead !!.......... I..... I....... I am sorry, Yuri.... I...."
But Yuri didn't fly to a rage, she was disappointed in Lima
" I know, that we are not the way we once were, Lima. But He, This Caesar Skyman made us live again with his powers, with the cost of our memories. We are still your friends, Lima.
Neliya, Lucky, Neo, Kai, Finnir, Feira..... They are still your friends !! Even Neruko ! Promise me you won't do anything to hurt the ones close to you, ever again, Lima ! Promise me, Lima !!!!
" .....But There's no other way.....!"
Lima answered angrily, tears rolling down her cheeks, and her determination to kill all spies of Skyman faltering
" ....I still have to Kill Caesar Skyman.... And Make them remember the past !!!"
" But who are you going to remember it with, if you think you have to kill your friends one day !?"
Yuri asked, raising her voice.
" I won't kill my friends !"
Lima cried out angrily.
Yuri shook her head
" If they took Neliya or Lucky's memories and manipulated them to fight you, Will you kill them as well ?!
Like there is no other way ?!"
Yuri asked angrily and Lima was lost of words. She had the notion of doing it, to save Yuri, and this made Lima terrified. Terrified of herself.
"............As long as they don't take you away from me......ever again......."
Lima sobbed, sad and regretful that She had nearly fallen so into the dark side that She doesn't want to, but she did, And defeated Neruko in cold blood.
Yuri hugged Lima close
" I don't blame you."
Yuri whispered to the crying loli. Lima has faced too much hardship. She survived, alone, and all these years her solitude has broke her. But the scars need heal, from love and support of her friends, her family.
" I'll be alright, Lima. I can protect myself. Stop hurting our friends and yourself, and let us Stop Caesar Skyman, Together, okay ?"
" ....Together !!"
Lima agreed, sobbing in repent.
" Stop Who, Now ?!?!"
Yuri and Lima both looked up vigilantly at the thundering voice from above, and Yuri froze,
At the sight of Her Exaltedness, Caerlia Lansara Suprima herself, standing on her flying crooked Lance rifle, hovering over the top of the children dorm, looking down at them in the skies not far.
" Lima, stay behind me and go."
Yuri whispered quickly, but Lima won't stand down and leave Yuri behind, and the loli stood forth, her light saber drawn.
" Lima ! Put down your saber and go !!"
Yuri cried angrily, but the Lansara Suprima had leapt down, and landed before the two with a ground shaking boom.
" Speak, Who are you stopping, Yuri ?"
Caerlia asked powerfully
" Is it the Sky Lord ?! Is it you are the Enemy of us All ?! Answer Me, Yuri !!!!"
" It's not what you think, Caerlia Senpai !"
Yuri spake with earnest, shielding Lima behind her, trying to stay calm
" We...We are talking about the past... The days, Before... The Light...!"
" Before ? Light ?"
Caerlia winced
" What is that ?!"
Lima wanted to shout the lies and deceit of the Sky Lord, but Yuri stopped her.
" It's before our first memories here... Senpai."
Yuri explained, her voice shaking
" There was a white building... On a hill. Where we used to play.... It is a place, where we wake up, and we are all brothers and sisters...... It's when we were all young... And Pure, before the World ———"
The Pain.
All of a sudden.
Caerlia was so absorbed by what Yuri was trying to tell her, that she didn't realize at first hand, that Yuri fell.
" YURI !!!"
Lima hugged Yuri from behind, breaking her fall, but Yuri was half awake, half falling into weak slumber.
The pain.
" Yuri....?! What's wrong, Yuri ?!?!"
Caerlia shouted frantically and turned to a courier Android not far away from them
" Summon the emergency Sky pods !"
Caerlia shouted at the Android
" Summon the Ambulancer Androids.... But Not for Me !!"
Pain.
Through quick instinct, Lima gave Yuri multiple CPRs, but still, Yuri's senses faded and all she felt was
Pain.
...
..........
" Neo, Don't go !"
Neliya begged Neo stay, but Neo's eyes were full of revenge against the Skylord.
Neliya went to beg Lucky
" Lucky, Don't Go !"
But Lucky was also blinded by her want for Kiro's light soul.
Neliya went to beg Kai
" Kai ! Tell them to stop !"
Kai was a good kid and his loyalty and allegiance is to Neo, to the Children !
" I can't... Neliya, I am sorry. But if there's a chance to help get Nia and Kiro back, I Must Help Neo !! That is my oath as a friend, as A Bro !!"
Kai and Neliya both wept as Neliya bitterly bed farewell to Neo, Lucky and Kai as the three went to meet with Captain D, Captain Delprim Jargo.
The three children came to the Sky Tree, the central Tower, the tallest of all Sky World.
They waited for Captain Delprim Jargo to appear.
But no Jargo showed up.
Just then, the elevators to the top opened for the children, and they came to the door, expecting to meet the bald Captain, but all they saw,
Was Caesar Skyman.
The King, in his Celestes Helm and Lord robes.
Like Finnir, the children who saw him didn't remember but their bodies reacted through instinct, through fear of what they have forgotten but they bodies didn't.
The children were frightened by this King of Light. Lucky even wet herself, yellow piss flowing down her thighs.
" Children."
Spake Caesar Skylord
" I have been expecting you."
...
........
Pain.
Yuri opened her eyes.
Her environment is white, nothing but white.
A white StarBreaker stood next to her, loomingly.
" Greetings, Yuri."
Spake the magician like StarBreaker wearing robes atop his armor
" I believe we have met. But still let me reintroduce myself.
I, am Austrius the White Starbreaker. The Sky Lord's personal Analyst in all sorts biological, mechanical, and bionicle. Now, I have foreseen this debacle the day you arrived, Yuri."
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" ....What..... debac.....???"
Yuri breathed, trying to move but she couldn't feel her limbs not mentioning move them. She looked up slightly with her eyes and saw her arms out stretched to both sides and cuffed by chains to the bed side, and so were her legs.
A mere white blanket was placed on top of her cold naked flesh.
" You have been impregnated by Nano Demon spawn, Yuri ! Impregnation itself is already prohibited by the Sky Lord, but by Demon spawn !
Tis is enlightening, Yuri."
And Austrius brought out many machinery, many sharp blades and drills glistening in metallic hue to assist his research.
" Shall we take her light soul out first, before the operation, Austrius ?"
Asked an accompanying assistant Starbreaker joining in this inhumane research
" To alleviate pain and nervous responses ?"
" We will be taking Her Light after the procedure."
Austrius decided snidely
" The mother must stay biologically active until birth. So I have learned."
" I see. Let us begin." The assistant obeyed with a nod.
" What....... Procedure......??" Yuri asked.
" To take it out, your spawn, that is."
Austrius spake like explaining a cat is not a dog
" It is Of Nano Demon origin. It must be destroyed, after we dissect it."
" No....... "
Yuri tried to stop the mad doctors.
But the cloth on top of her is ripped off in a flourish and metal pincers proceeded opening her valva in no time.
Yuri felt a strange cold stinging sensation but react.
She is stunned !
Austrius sighed in disbelief
" It's too deep. I'll need to cut it open."
...
.......
" STOP ! ! LET HER GO ! LET HER GO !"
Lima shrieked, kicking and knocking the unbreakable glass outside the surgery room, watching them preparing to tear Yuri apart in sheer frenzy and anger.
" Need not fear, my little sister."
Caerlia came to the frenzy Lima, patting the anguished loli by the head
" The darkness hiding in her will be destroyed.
You will all be saved."
" BUT SHE IS MY FRIEND ! ! ! ! !"
Lima shrieked with utmost rage, stabbing forth her light saber towards Caerlia's spleen.
" Then I have surely saved you."
Caerlia replied coldly, catching Lima's coming wrist at the opportune moment, stopping the tip of the light blade just on top of her skin, and swung the angry loli away with a simple wave, sending Lima to the other end of the room, hitting with a loud crash as the shelves of medical essence fell on her.
...
.......
The assitant handed Austrius the StarBreaking surgery knife, burning blue with Star flame.
Yuri can feel the heat from the bed.
" ....No......stop......"
Yuri gasped for breath,
But the blade still came forward.
" Please...stop......！"
And the tip of the blade touched the top of her valva.
Yuri screamed, wailing in immense pain, struggling and shaking and twisting all over but her chains won't budge.
Her yellow urine burst out like a hot spring all over the surgery bed nonstop.
And the blade started moving upwards towards her belly.
Yuri wanted to live, but she wanted to die at the same time, but she can't.
She mustn't.
This strange... Instinct, Yuri felt, amongst the pain and suffering, she must———
" Live."
Yuri heard.
" Live, Yuri."
" I.... I can't....... I...."
" Yuri........"
And it was not a voice.
Voices.
Calling to her from everywhere in her memory, all the moments from yesterday, this week, this month,
on Sky World her friends calling her,
The children calling her,
Firren,
Lima.......
Then get memory soared, to her first days on Betelgeuse,
With Reina,
Papa Bradson....
And those memories didn't stop, and she saw now the school in the hill, the white school with the round clock on top,
Her friends,
Her brothers and sisters,
Sensei,
Vitas........!!!!
Vitas......!!
And in those memories, Vitas was always there, by her side, holding her hand, and she will kiss his cheek.
Archdemon Vitas looked up from the snow, the army of Dark Unervas following his lead to freedom to revenge.
And Yuri felt light, and numb,
And her Memory had arrived to its final destination.
" Yuri."
" You will be..... Yuri....."
Yuri looked up, at her bright, First, Memory.
......Mother......？
She was holding her close, so close,
In blankets she lay,
One Face smiling down onto her.
" You will live,
and grow up,
and be a strong, brave girl, Yuri."
" ............. Mom..........！"
Yuri squeaked, with her final breath.
" You are my Future,
You are my Light.
Fly, Yuri,
Grow up,
Find Love,
Have a child.......
Live, Yuri.
Live. "
And there, in the first memory, around her and her Mother,
There, the skies all bright with Stars,
Blue Light,
Falling down slowly,
Like blue snow.
The Herunis Carna.
The assistant Starbreaker looked up
" Sir, the subject's vital signs are unusual."
Austrius looked up at the vital signs reflected on the screen, and shook those wierd numbers aside.
" It's but a———"
And Austrius felt his hand stiff and cold.
He looked down, seeing the burning blade, now icy cold and stopped working.
The room, froze.
And all of a sudden, blue stacks of ice burst out from the ground, piercing through Austrius' body and face, impaling the white Starbreaker scientist on the spot.
The assistant stepped back, but was also impaled through the stomach, losing its light soul immediately.
Austrius laughed happy, witnessing a miracle before his eyes, the chains and restraints all broke.
" Ahh.... This light...... It belongs to those....
..... Of Miracles.....!"
And the cold went on spreading.
...
.......
" Why do you resist, young one ?"
Caerlia persuaded Lima, approaching the fallen shelves and broken essence vials that were shattered through combat
" All you need is to believe. Light, can cleanse All."
But All Caerlia saw were broken objects, No Lima.
Lima disappeared.
And the room slowly turned, Foggy.
A thick midst have gathered around her in no time.
Caerlia stepped back vigilantly, and with flashing speed, turning around to block two slashes coming at her neck with her armored bracelets.
Caerlia quickly summoned her StarBreaking armor, and as the armor particles gathered around her, invisible slashes attacked her from all directions as she blocked and parried every blow. With a quick snatch, Caerlia saw the shadowy figure behind her and grabbed the figure by the neck, to find herself punching the wall instead.
And Lo, the real master of the midst and fog came out to her back, twisting like a top and cutting many slashes like a cyclone made of blades.
Caerlia retreated to the wall, and saw a StarBreaker she had never seen before.
Yun stared back coldly, in her StarBreaking armor of midst.
Caerlia thought she recognized that look, but couldn't tell exactly who she was
" You——"
And Yun turned around again, twirling like a blade cyclone and cutting forth, forcing Caerlia to the wall as Yun bent down and knelt, letting Lima run up her back and a jump, stabbing her Light Saber down The Exaltedness' shoulder.
Caerlia snarled, angered by antiques and at herself being blundered and forced back so easily.
With a wave, Caerlia sent one of her rifles to the side of the building, and shot stacks of Light beams from outside and in through the wall at Lima and Yun.
Quickly, Yun pushed Lima through the glass wall and into the surgery room to safety.
( Go ! Wake Yuri !!)
And Yun dispersed into fog, letting the Light beams chase her out of the building.
" YURI ! ! !"
Lima cried and felt extremely cold, the air freezing and her heartbeat slowing down due to the low temperature.
And there Yuri was, floating on top of the bed, jet body glowing Alter Blue light, when large wings shaped like snowflakes, forming slowly at her back.
Such beautiful, yet sharp and dangerous wings.
" Yuri.... It's me, Lima !!"
Lima called, and caught the altered Yuri's attention and she turned around in mid air.
Yuri's eyes looked at Lima, and those eyes didn't recognize Lima.
She raised her hand,
And ice stakes began to rise up around Lima.
" Yuri...!! It's me.... It's me, LIMA ! ! ! !"
And through great despairity, Lima began to sing out loud
" There was a castle on a hill.....!
There was a clock on yonder gate......!!"
And Lo, the ice stakes around Lima stopped.
Yuri floated down from the bed and to Lima's presence, coming so close to Lima, bending down to a kneel,
face to face.
And Lima, with tears all flowing down,
With Yuri, her eyes slowly regaining color,
together they sang
" Tha vas ir minas an ir thorin hir,
" There was a castle on a hill,
Tha vas ir uhr an droocen klante,"
There was a clock on yonder gate."
" Tha vas telate priman ot at des,"
" There were stairs leading up and down,"
" Did vas ir loca vor vedcon joy,"
" It was a place where we can play."
" Tha vas ir soy ygmelia for el rardn,"
" There was a tall tree in the yard,"
" Tha vas ir runie' nexenot el ygmelia."
" There was a pond next to the tree."
" Id menm shir tha vas ir wei."
" How I wish there was a sound,"
" Tem recur iden thit id con ceta ssiong."
" To remind me that I could sing."
" Tha vas ir minas an ir thorin hir,"
" There was a castle on a hill,"
" Tha vas lo rir droocen klante."
" There you were at yonder gate."
" Tha Id vas rir vasta enter,"
" There I was at the other side,"
" Hilten el schliss fer lo temschliss vir."
" Holding the key for you to lock."
And blue light, burst out rapidly out of Yuri's chest, between them both, smiling, hands holding hands.
Lima cried out in awe.
And Yuri, with her newly found memories and a slight power of the Herunis Carna within her, Yuri summoned her StarBreaking armor, upgraded with many more runes and curves on lo armor.
The wall soon was punched open, and Yuka stepped inside
" Goodie ! Just on time !"
Yuri nodded, and took Lima up by the hand
" Let's go, Lima！"
" Let's go！！"
And they jumped onto a larger Sky pod waiting in the air outside and escaped.
Caerlia, trapped in the misdt and fog inside the room, burst into sheer rage, severing the whole surgery building when her rifle beams turning circles around, cutting the building into pieces as the Lansara Suprima flew up to chase Yuri.
" Haha ! I've prepared for this !"
Yuka laughed on the Sky pod, and knelt down to recite her long incantations of power
Yuka-dea · Enseahmir Kilish · ha · en
" 雨ノ域 · 箭雨———！！"
And as soon as Yuka finished, a rain of Water arrows shot down a great wide radius, covering nearly all of Sky World, all the arrows shooting down at Caerlia, staggered, and her defence and evade mechanics all compromised.
This, angered her Exaltedness greatly.
And with a shout !
Caerlia gave an energy burst, piercing crooked proliferating light beams out of her burning StarBreaking armor, piercing buildings, towers, sky pods, sky metros, piercing everything through in its wake.
The arrows all hit the many photon beam lances sprouting out of her armor and dispersed.
" By jove......"
Yuka awed, as numerous light beam lances flew here and there next to their sky pod.
( It's the Anti energy field, Yuka. It reflects all our energy attacks back at us ! Hurry... We must run !!)
Yun explained in haste, appearing next to them on the sky pod with a POOF.
The Sky pod flew to the hangars of Airships, where lesser Airships still parked.
It was the air bay.
Yuno was already there, waiting for them.
Yuka and Yun got off the Sky pod.
" Here."
Yuka handed Elsa the wolf cub to Yuri
" She'll protect you two on the way."
( And don't forget to drink water from your water bottle, Yuri. It can be refilled by just shaking it.)
Yun reminded.
" Wait !! You guys aren't coming ?!"
Yuri asked wearily, the pain of her lower abdomen catching up on her.
" No Yuri. The rest of the journey, in search of your Herunis Carna, you have to go on your own."
Yuno explained, laying Yuri back into the customized sky pod's bed seat
" Lima will accompany you. Remember Yuri, of what you remembered today. The Herunis Carna is within you."
Yuri reluctantly watched, as Yuno pushed their Sky pod away, up to the skies further away.
Caerlia flew high up to a Tower, the Tower of the sky Princess.
Sora and Rio were playing there cheerfully.
" Your highness."
Caerlia Lansara Suprima knelt before the shocked Princess Sora
" Grant me permission to release the Yggdmillenia."
" Why, Carrie ?"
Sora asked worriedly.
" Because there's a Demon in this Proud Sky World ! ! And it's escaping ! I WILL FIND HER ! ! And I will destroy her. But I need to release full power. "
Caerlia vowed.
" Wait, Carrie !!"
Solo also came to the Princess Tower in haste, following Caerlia
" It's... It's Yuri we're talking about here. You can't use that on Her !"
" But...!!!! BUT ! ! ! !"
Caerlia could not contain her rage any longer.
" Then Six lances I will bestow upon thee."
Sora Sky Princess decided calmly, with queenly manner
" Thou shalt not use the Seventh Lance, for it is too grave a burden even for Sky World to bare.
Go, Caerlia Lansara Suprima !
And fear no darkness !"
And Sora bade Caerlia a mighty battle. Solo looked on disapprovingly in silence.
Rio was sure this Sora Hime is the one he'll marry with for the rest of his life.
And Caerlia flew up high, higher than sky, and saw Yuri, in the air bay, escaping on a sky pod.
She raised her hand, and her crooked machine rifles obeyed, soaring up to the skies, and Lo Caerlia shouted
刺鉄ノ槍 切銅ノ槍
" Fe · Pilias ! Cu · Sanatoi !
炫銀ノ槍 輝金ノ槍
Ag · Liykan ! Au · Reliad !
閃鉑ノ槍 光鈦ノ槍
Pt · Retula ! Ti · Tannaro !"
There was one more Lance, but it was not to her disposal. But Six is usually more than enough.
" 見ろう！天都よ！
煉獄昇平
The Living Hells thou Demonry Awaits ! ! !
Witness————— !!
THIS ONE LAST STRIKE————————！！！！！"
And with nothing left but determination to exterminate Dark in her eyes, Her Exaltedness summoned down six beams of light, all zigzagging down and sprouting out more and more photon Beams, down at the air bay.
" Yuka, Yun, I'll deal with this."
Yuno told the two to leave.
" No way you can stop that !"
Yuka hollered in disbelief
" You'll be obilitarated !"
But Yuno was serious, for her usually thin eyes that seemed closed all the time, was now opened.
" Try me."
She said tersely.
And all the beams of light rained down on her, all the branches piercing through the parking Airships as they all exploded and crumbled down in flames.
Lima watched in the customized Sky pod with Yuri, frightened by the sight of imminent destruction.
They can't make it, Lima thought.
But then Yuno, standing her ground, spread her arms wide, whispering her incantation of power, summoning all the sky pods, flight type Androids, Airship remains, all the flyable objects gathered to form a long wide thick metal wall of things which directly caught all Six of the Light beams.
" Your wall will break !!"
Yuka screamed.
But unfazed, Yuno sent one last small round Sky pod to attach on the customized Sky pod of Yuri and Lima.
The wall stood, for as long as Caerlia shot her beams at them, with one hand Yuno supported the wall.
And the wall didn't budge.
" What is this.... Witchcraft ?!"
Yuka cried and saw with her expert eyes on weapon functioning, she finally understood.
The sky pods Yuno gathered to form the wall, not only block the Light beams.
They absorbed all its energy force, transmitting it to that one round Sky pod attached to Yuri's escaped pod !!
Yuno took a deep breath
" .....NOW！"
And Yuno let go of the end of Yuri and Lima's sky pod,
and the energy of the Six lances, bursted out of the back of the customized Sky pod, pushing Yuri and Lima up high, away, away, away,
Away from Sky World,
Away from the realms of Light,
Away,
Beyond.
And they vanished, to the horizon's end.
Caerlia watched, with her mouth wide open in disbelief.
She crashed down onto the air bay, stomping her way forth, each step heavy with rage as she came to Yuno's calm presence.
" .... YOU ?!?!?!"
And Caerlia raised her Lance to strike down Yuno.
" STOP !! "
Solo rushed to the scene, and stopped Caerlia at the very last moment.
Yuno didn't even blink.
" Carrie, stop ! She has her reasons."
Solo explained quickly
" Calm down.... Listen....."
And Solo whispered a long long dialogue into Caerlia's ears.
Caerlia listened, and looked at Yuno, utterly dumb struck by Solo's introduction.
" I will have to report this back right away, Caerlia, Solo generals."
Yuno bowed slightly to the two calmly
" Now if you excuse me..."
And Yuno walked away slowly as two Starbreaker generals stared with intense looks of disbelief as she pass.
...
..........
" We... We are not here to Meet You !!"
Neo cried, his bravery more than imaginable
" We.... We are going back !!!"
Neo grabbed Lucky and Kai And rushed towards the exit to escape.
" Is It, Captain Delprim Jargo, you are meeting with ?"
Caesar Skylord asked.
" N...N.. No... NO..!!"
Neo denied quickly, still trying to pull the dumbfounded Lucky and Kai to exit the as the door opened by itslef,
Only to see Androids, holding a platter, on top of that platter,
is Captain Delprim Jargo' Bloody Head !!!
Neo and Kai and Lucky all screamed and fell to the floor, their legs numb and boneless by fear.
" My Lord, the traitor you ordered is here."
The Decapitator Android reported.
" Give it to the children."
Caesar Skylord bade and the Android placed the platter of Captain Delprim Jargo's head in front of Neo, and left.
" Stop your tears, Children. I mean you no harm."
Caesar Skylord spake to them benignly, coming to the three children's presence, but Lucky crawled away in fear, screaming.
" Don't be afraid. See ? Lucky ? This is Kiro."
And with a flash of Light, Kiro the once unconscious boy, now appeared before Lucky's eyes, awake and living !
" Kiro, save me !!"
Lucky shrieked, hugging the Kiro before her eyes.
" Wait, Lucky ! ! ! !"
Neo and Kai Shouted as they saw Lucky hug nothing but a ball of Light, and with a sizzling zapping sound, Lucky was on the floor.
" LUCKY !!!!!!"
Neo sprang to his feet, about to punch Caesar Skylord with all his strength, but was pushed back by a small force around his belly.
Brother———
Neo stopped.
He was sure he saw Nia push him back, but now, She was Gone ! ! !
" Neo !! Save Lucky !!"
Kai finally mustered the courage to stand up to face the Sky Lord, but Androids came in and they surrounded Neo and Kai.
Two Androids came to the electrocuted Lucky and hoisted the unconscious red haired loli up and tied her up, bringing the loli to the Sky Lord.
Caesar Skylord then took Lucky's crown from her head, and placed it on his Celestes Helm, like putting a piece of the last puzzle to finish the final picture.
" Neo. Kai."
Caesar Skylord turned to the two boys
" I need your help.
So that you can have what you want."
" Let Lucky go.... Please...."
Kai begged, falling to his knees.
Neo was too angry and too defeated to respond.
" You want, only Lucky, Kai ?"
Caesar Skylord asked mysteriously
" Even though there are many things I can grant for you ?!
You can ask for Power, To protect your loved ones, Kai.
You can ask for some Courage,
Or ask for Magica, to perform powers like mine,
Or ask for Eternity, to gain health that surpasses Time ,
Or, Destiny ?
To lead the World's Fate the way you desire ?!"
" You are a Liar and a Villain !!!"
Neo screamed in sheer rage
" You Make Delusions, and Hurt my Friends !! There's no way I will help you !!!"
" Ha ha."
Caesar Skylord chuckled
" Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!"
Caesar Skylord laughed meliciuosly
" You don't believe me, Neo, do you ? Very well."
And Caesar Skylord waved is hands and the room changed and they were in Caesar Skylord's Lab !
A great tank of water was placed throughout the walls, with light swimming within.
And numerous light bulbs shining bright like a Tree of Light in the middle of the lab.
" Nia and Kiro are both safe, in Here."
Caesar Skylord showed Neo the Tree of Light
" Along with all the other people throughout the world's Light.
All their Light is kept safely here. Go on, Touch it boys. It is Real."
And Neo felt the light in the Mechanic tree, and it was warm, and many voices, many spirits inside whispered back.
Including
Brother Neo—————
It is Real.
It is Nia.
And she is safe.
" Neo......."
Kai stood behind his friend helplessly
" We can't help him.... He took Lucky...!!"
" Ahh, Kai. That's not how the World works."
Caesar Skylord brought the tied up unconscious Lucky to Kai and Neo's presence
" Kai, if you don't help me,
I will cut off her head, like that Captain over there."
" YOU CAN'T ! ! !"
Kai screamed.
" And Neo, if you don't help me,
I WILL TAKE ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN'S
LIGHT AND DESTROY THEM,
TOGETHER WITH YOUR NIA'S LIGHT ! ! !
AND THEY WILL ALL BE GONE, FOREVER ! ! ! ! !"
" DAMN YOU ! ! ! ! ! ! !"
Neo Shouted as loud as he could, his body trembling with dread.
He should have listened to Neliya.
No,
He should have listened to Kai,
No !!
He should have listened to anyone !! Anyone else who tells him to stop looking for Nia !!!
Now he has endangered everyone's Light, and sold his own soul with Kai.
" Will you help me now, Neo ?"
At this moment, the doors to the lab opened, and in came,
Yuno.
" Ahh... a special guest !"
Caesar Skylord seemed to have remembered something very important that he had forgotten and Yuno's timely appearance reminded him.
" Carry on, My Lord."
Yuno politely spake
" I'll wait."
And Yuno stepped aside, watching Neo and Kai in grave torment, without even flinching.
" Alright then.."
Caesar Skylord turned to Neo and Kai the two frightened boys
" Neo."
Spake the Sky Lord amiably
" Hit Kai's nose for me, Please ?"
Neo looked at The Sky Lord, then to Kai, then back to the Sky Lord, trembling all over.
Yuno, just stood by and watched.
" I said, Hit, Kai's, Nose, Neo !"
Caesar Skylord hollered impatiently, grabbing the unconscious Lucky close like vice.
Neo turned to his bosom friend, who looked back at him in fear, grief, and despair.
Neo wept, shaking his head in defeat, raising his fist high, and down,
A punch.
Kai fell to the floor, and crawled up again.
The two boys panted, wishing that is over.
" Neo my boy..."
Caesar Skylord sighed sadly but apparently enjoying it
" Hit him again."
Neo and Kai both looked at the king.
" You heard me."
And with grave reluctance,
Neo punched Kai, in the nose once again.
" Hit him again."
Caesar Skylord bade.
And again.
" And Again !"
And again.
" Again !!"
Again.
Until the floor is wet with the blood of Kai's face.
Neo wiped his tears not and let them flow, down to the blood around his feet.
And Kai, simply just laid there in his own blood, betrayed and lost all hope.
Yuno looked down on the two children, like nothing had happened before her eyes.
Caesar Skylord then left the two boys on their own and turned to Yuno
" Well, what is it ?"
Caesar Skylord asked
" Has she found the Herunis Carna ?"
" Caerlia found the Demon inside Yuri."
Yuno began to report, giving Caesar Skylord a sky pod to watch all that had happened
" As expected, Caerlia ordered to execute Yuri."
" That can't be...! Yuri Must Stay———"
" Yuri is Alive, my Lord."
Yuno assured calmly
" And currently on her way, To Lead us to the Herunis Carna."
Caesar Skylord chuckled in delight
" Excellent, Yuno, Marvelous work. Truly the Strongest Version of All Herunis kind...truly..."
Caesar Skylord was so happy, he wept
" Finally... My Love, My Claudia... Our day of reunion shall soon arrive....."
Caesar Skylord then returned to the two defeated boys
" Neo ! Bring me twelve children you trust, Six boys and Six girls including yourself, and bring them here to meet me tomorrow dawn. And as for you, Kai..... You'll keep an eye on the other children, to make sure they stay put. And by the way, Neruko."
And Androids dragged out the badly wounded cat eared girl, in chains and pulled by a collar tied to her neck
" Yes.... My Lord..."
Neruko purred obediently.
" Assist Kai and look over the children. Make sure they don't do anything stupid before the Mission is done. Now Go. Remember your promises, Boys !!"
And Caesar Skylord have them all sent away by Androids.
Yuno, secretly sent tiny sky pods with Neo and Kai to detect their every move.
That's what she does to everyone around her, everyone all over Skyworld.
All the sky pods hovering in this proud city in the sky, are from Yuno herself.
" Kai...."
Neo went to help Kai walk but was pushed away.
He watched Kai, stagger back on his own, leaving the Sky Tree with Neruko, leaving Neo alone.
Caesar Skylord took the unconscious tied up Lucky with him and together,
They entered the Light.
That night, Neo told all the children of what happened that day, and the children all wept in despair, obeying to what the Sky Lord has planned for them.
But one child didn't cry.
Tricia the silent loli listened calmly.
For she has her own mission.
Tricia, was connected,
To Captain Bradson's computer.
To Captain Castiel Bradson, who regained his memories again from Tricia, like how Sora stores all the Light inside her, Tricia stores Castiel Bradsons, and brought them back to the old man to break out of the memory manipulations of Caesar Skyman.
Captain Castiel Bradson saw all that happened through Tricia's view, and brooded for his next move, to save the children, and save Yuri.
[..............To be continued]
In the air,
A soaring Golden light, traveling in light speed,
In a shape of a Trident.
The Trident wielder detected something, for the golden marble on her Gold Alien StarBreaker chest armor glowed continuously, ominously.
The Trident wielder slowed down.
"......... Lima ???!!!"