Sophia glowed a golden yellow as she floated into the air. Golden runes appeared all over her body and flew off her scattering and forming a sphere. Sophia’s eyes closed as golden chains wrapped around her. The golden runes then returned and covered Sophia’s body once again as she fell to the ground.
Yoko’s sealing spell had worked and Sophia had been sealed. As Yoko mentioned the spell could only seal her for a few years as such on 1 of the chains a tiny minuscule crack could be seen if the chains were inspected. The crack would spread as Sophia regained her power and she would be set free.
Elsewhere within the temple where Yoko, Nova, and Hikaru were the situation had taken a turn for the worse. Nova screamed, “Mama wake up mama!”
Hikaru was kneeling on the ground next to an unconscious Yoko who had passed out after her final lightning strike. She place her ear on Yoko’s chest to listen for a heartbeat but she heard nothing. Nova was next to them crying for her mother to wake up or her sibling would die.
A shadow portal opened and Zero emerged from it looking almost dead himself. Zero was pale like he’d lost most of his blood, black veins were all over his body, and the damage that he’d received from his fight with Sophia hadn’t healed whatsoever. Zero struggled to walk over to where Yoko was and collapsed to his knees.
“Papa please save mama and the baby.” said a crying Nova
Zero smiled as he rubbed Nova’s head before kissing Yoko. As Zero kissed her an ethereal blue essence could be seen flowing from Zero’s mouth into Yoko’s mouth. After a few seconds, Yoko’s eyes opened but rather than looking normal her eyes glowed with an intense blue glow and her pupils were now thin, vertical slits like that of a cat or snake. Yoko grabbed Zero and pulled him closer as she hungrily devoured more of the blue essence.
As more and more of the blue essence left Zero's body the black veins seemed to respond to it and spread even more. Zero consciousness was growing faint as Yoko drained him. Seeming satisfied Yoko released Zero who looked almost lifeless and passed out again. Hikaru approached Yoko to check for her beat carefully so she wouldn’t be caught. When she managed to check she found that Yoko’s heart was beating again. When Hikaru turn to check on Zero see saw a woman with emerald green eyes and hair that somewhat resembled Nova.
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The adult Nova touched Hikaru’s forehead and she fainted. She walked over to Yoko and check on Yoko and the baby’s condition and smiled with a sigh of relief. She said, “You 2 worry my young self a bit too much I hope you’ll never come across a situation like this. I’ll see you soon baby so tell your mommy to be careful.”
Nova then turned to Zero and began examining him closely. She frowned as she said, “This is bad the damage he sustained is easy to deal with the problem is those Nether Veins he’s contracted. The only way to heal them is with aether but he’s got a nether physic so aether is similar to poison to him. I can’t heal him.”
“Need a hand?” asked a mysterious voice
When Nova heard this voice, something triggered within her and her eye shifted from emerald green into white without any pupils. Her hair turned pure white as it grew longer until it reached her knees. Nova turned and said, “Come out Nether.”
A man with dark caramel skin tone with black, shaggy hair slightly covering a bony, gloomy face came into existence slowly. He turned and faced the white-haired Nova and said, “Hey Aether been a while.”
“What are you doing here? What if our other siblings find me because of you?” said Aether
“No need to worry about that Chaos found you and spilled the beans. Shouldn’t you know that already if the little girl knows?” asked a curious Nether
“Wait what I have no idea I know what she knows but I don’t remember that. Chaos must have tampered with Nova’s memories when they met. So, you met her what was she like?” said Aether
“Unpredictable at best but I can’t say I dislike her. Before that there’s something I have to do.” said Nether
Nether walked up to Aether and hugged her while saying, “I really have missed you sister.”
“I missed you too brother and all our siblings too. Let’s table our reunion for now and help Zero.” said Aether
Nether walked over to Zero and place his hand on Zero's chest causing the Nether Veins to fade and Zero wounds to heal instantly. He then turned to face Aether and said, “Done now let’s get back to our chat.”
“First how did you get in here without knowing the coordinates?” asked Aether
“Simple these kids have all drawn power from my realm so it’s easy to find them. Especially our nephew over here he’s practically made of nether. I wouldn’t doubt it someone said he was my long-lost son or something.” said Nether as he chuckled
“Yes, I’d believe it too.” said Aether as she chuckled alongside him before turning and saying, “My time’s almost up.”
“Well then rest well I stick around here for a bit to make sure they wake up.” said Nether with a smile
“Goodbye for now brother.” said Aether
Aether closed her eyes and transformed into Nova, who fell over but was quickly caught by Nether, who lifted her up and carried her like a princess. Nether walked over to where Zero and Yoko lay, placed Nova between them, and smiled at the sight.
“I have a lot to tell this kid but for now I should leave him rest. Looks like he caught the attention of a tricky god. Oh well I’ll watch over him for a bit and see how it goes.” said Nether with a smirk as he faded out of existence.