“That’s a lie, right? That can’t be true, Oliver!” Aria was holding back her tears. “She was so young! She can’t be gone! Oliver, please tell me this is a sick joke! PLEASE!!”
“I wish it was just a nightmare! Yuri is truly gone!” Oliver looked down.
“WHY!? Yuri, Yuri! Oliver, this can be happening! She was smiling so brightly not too long ago! She was so full of life!” Nicole asked with tears in her eyes. “What about Jin-Woo where is he?”
“He is somewhere out there, grieving in his own way.” Oliver answered. “Can you break the news to Roger? I must take Aria somewhere else. And I can’t face Roger, if I had stopped them back at the mall this wouldn’t have happened. All of this is my fault.”
“You’re cruel, Oliver! You expect me by myself to tell Roger that Yuri died!” Nicole yelled at Oliver. “But I’ll do it and don’t expect me to do anything else for you!”
“Oliver, where do we have to go that it’s so important?” Aria questioned him.
“I am sorry, Nicole!” Oliver apologized before he began walking away. “Please follow me, Aria!”
Nicole glared at Oliver as he and Aria walked away. Oliver took Aria to get some flowers at the flower shop near Sol City Military Base. Oliver quietly chose the flowers, two bouquets of yellow carnations, as he held tightly to Aria’s hand. During all this time neither of them spoke a word. They found solace in each other’s company. After the flower shop, Oliver took Aria to the hangar, and he took the key fob for her Moon Unit. They both got into the Moon Unit’s cockpit and Oliver began piloting. As Aria began to observe the surroundings outside the Moon Unit, she could tell where Oliver was taking her.
“Why are we going to Eternal Rest Island?” Aria’s question was met with silence. Oliver held Aria’s hand once again as he focused on piloting. Aria looked at the flowers. “I see …”
“We are here, Aria!” Oliver said as the Moon Unit descended near the cherry blossom tree in the middle of the island.
Oliver walked towards the tree and stopped.
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“I knew Jin-Woo would do this! Aria, we can place our flowers down!” Oliver said as he placed down the bouquet of yellow carnations near a tombstone shaped like a cross. Oliver could tell that the ground had recently been dug. He placed white roses around the grave.
“Yes!” Aria reluctantly said as she placed her bouquet of yellow carnations down. She began reading the tombstone and began crying. “Here lies my beloved sister, Yuri.”
“Aria, you can let everything out! I am here for you!” Oliver said as he hugged Aria.
“YURI!!! NO!! NO!! HOW CAN YOU BE GONE!!?” Aria was crying uncontrollably. “I WAS HOPING THIS WAS JUST A CRUEL JOKE! THAT YOU WERE ALIVE! I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE TRULY GONE! YURI!!”
“Yuri, thank you for being our friend! May you rest in peace!” Tears rolled down Oliver’s face as he hugged Aria.
“Yuri, I had so much fun being by your side! You were always there for me! I am going to miss you!” Aria said as she sobbed. “I wish you had been with us longer! Rest in peace, my beloved friend!”
“Aria, we must be strong! Our next steps will be crucial!” Oliver said. “Jin-Woo intends to destroy Lunaria; I don’t know how much time he needs to accomplish it, but I am certain he will be able to do it. You saw the extent of his attack earlier.”
“Then, what are we supposed to do?” Aria asked with a terrified expression. “I don’t see any way we can confront him, not even a Moon Unit could help us!”
“Remember, your Mom and I are working on the Inter-World Spaceship.” Oliver said, holding Aria tightly.
“So, we have no other choice than to escape to Earth?” Aria said in a defeated tone. “I don’t want to abandon Lunaria, Oliver! This is our home!”
“If we wish to survive, we have to do it, Aria!” Oliver said. “Jin-Woo is more dangerous than the Demon King ever was. The Demon King only wanted to conquer and control, but Jin- Woo... he wants to destroy everything.”
“There has to be a way for us to not abandon our home! There has to be!” Aria said in a desperate tone.
“Jin-Woo will continue to grow stronger as he absorbs more Magical Energy. As far as I know there is no human with the same destructive power as the one Jin-Woo showed earlier.” Oliver explained.
“Who else knows about this!?” Aria questioned Oliver.
“I have only told you and Colonel Miyamoto. After we go back to the military base, I will tell your Mom. She and I will have our work cut out for us. We must finish the Inter-World Spaceship as soon as possible. She estimates the spaceship will be finished in about a year.” Oliver answered. “But I don’t think we even have a year before Jin-Woo completely destroys Lunaria!”
“Let’s go back, Oliver!” Aria said as she separated from Oliver and walked towards the tomb. “Good-bye, Yuri! Thank you for your friendship! We’ll meet each other again!”
“Yuri!” Oliver approached the tomb as Aria walked towards the Moon Unit. “I am sorry I couldn’t stop you guys! Thank you for everything! And good-bye, we’ll see each other again someday!”
Oliver and Aria got into the Moon Unit. Aria tightly held to Oliver as he piloted the Moon Unit at full speed. Aria wanted to alleviate Oliver’s worries and tell him everything would be alright, but she couldn’t. She feared what was to come. She just held him trying to comfort him and herself. She had hoped, but she knew those hopes would never come to be. She knew the pressure Oliver was facing and soon her own mother too. She wished she could help them, but she was just a combat soldier, not a researcher, an engineer, nor a technician. She knew at that moment; Oliver would need her by his side.