Chapter 14: Resolution, Part 2: Goodbye

Mika, Ryukai, and Omicron stepped through the gates and walked into the throne room. They had returned to Loreon to report back to Kingadent Warlic.

 “What in the world did you all do...” he said. “The Shadowscythe all retreated, in the middle of battle.”

 “He’s gone.” Ryukai said calmly.

 “Do you mean....Valoth?”

 “Yes.”

 “I don’t know what to say. Congratulations. Thank you. I have a million questions to ask.” Warlic began. “If you’d like to go and take some time off, that’s-”

“I’ll stay.” Mika said. “I’ll answer any questions you have.” Omicron and Ryukai nodded signifying that they would stay as well.

***

 Ryukai ran through the halls of GEARS. He needed to find the others as quickly as possible. The vision that the Cube showed him felt like reality. He could feel himself having died only a few minutes ago.

 As he ran through the crowd of students, he looked around for a sign. The Cube told him that he would know one of them when he saw one. Ryukai hoped that a quick glance would be enough.

 He made his way down each floor. He had noticed nothing so far, and was running out of places to look. Then he noticed someone. A male student was sitting on a bench, and he was glowing. Ryukai could immediately tell that he was a Chosen.

 “Excuse me.” he said approaching the man, trying to quickly think of something to say. “What is your name?”

 “I’m Omicron.”

 “Omicron, umm, what House are you a member of?”

 “House MystRaven. Why?”

 “Well, I need you to come with me. To House MystRaven. They’re double checking the list of new recruits.”

 “Oh, okay then.” Omicron said. The two moved quickly to the House. Omicron felt a bit uneasy, but came to the conclusion he could trust this stranger. After all, he knew exactly where they were going.

 “In here.” Ryukai said once they arrived at MystRaven. He opened a door and there it was, the MystRaven Door.

 “There isn’t anyone in here.”

 “I know. I lied. I just needed to bring you here.”

 “Why?” Omicron asked, preparing to defend himself if he was attacked.

 “He doesn’t know.” said a voice. “But you do need to be here.”

Omicron and Ryukai turned to face the door. The mask placed upon it was smiling. “Hello, Omicron.”

***

 “That is amazing.” Warlic said. “It’s so difficult to believe. Even though this is what we hoped for all along.”

“It doesn’t matter how it ended.” Omicron said. “Just that it did. Everyone is finally safe again.”

 “We can’t be sure.” Mika said. “After all, once the nearby planets build up their resources they might rebel against the new Empire.”

“Mika, would you like to be placed on a project to defend against exactly that?” Warlic asked.

 “No vacation?” she said with a slight smile.

 “You are all free to take the rest of your lives off if you wish, but I have a feeling that’s not what any of you want. After all, the world needs to build up again. We need to recover from the evils of Valoth.”

 “What project?” she asked again.

 “We are going to start rebuilding the orbital stations. We’re calling them the New Loreon Orbital Stations, or NLOS. We’re starting with three for now and we could use something as powerful as the DragonGuard Gundams for that.”

 “Of course.” she said. “It would be my honor.”

 “What can I do?” Ryukai asked.

“Well...”

***

 “You...what...” Omicron stuttered.

 “You’re supposed to be a hero you know. If you can’t speak to a talking door, I haven’t the slightest idea how you’ll survive the next few hours.”

 “You’re...the House Artifact.”

 “V.E.R.Y. G.O.O.D. O.M.I.C.R.O.N.” the door said very slowly. “We don’t have much time. Just come over here and open me.”

Omicron reached out for the door handle. He hesitated for a moment before opening the door. Before Ryukai could see what was beyond it, the door slammed shut and Omicron vanished.

 “What just happened?”

 “Go find the last Chosen. Quickly, you have no idea how little time remains. It will only take four hits from Valoth’s new form to break the shield around GEARS.” the door warned.

Ryukai left the room quickly and began his search again. He ran as quickly as he could, looking for someone who was glowing. This time, he started at WolfBlade and searched from there.

 Once again he found himself in the main lobby. And there he saw a female student with the same glow that Omicron had. He ran up to her.

 “Quickly, you need to come with me!” he yelled.

 “What?” she asked as she took a step back.

 “House WolfBlade. They’re double checking the new recruits. They want to make sure everyone is here within the safety of the shield.”

 “Oh. You scared me. You know you could have approached me a little more softly...”

 “We don’t have time. I mean, they don’t. It’s urgent.”

 The two ran together towards the House. “So who are you?” Mika asked. “Are you an assistant to Xaria?”

 “Something like that.”

 The two arrived at WolfBlade in three minutes. Ryukai was out of breath, but still managed to point to the door to the WolfBlade. Mika entered the room.

 “Where is everyone else?” she asked.

 “No time. The WolfBlade, take it!”

 Ryukai flashed to his vision of the future once again. He could feel that it was coming. The gigantic shadow, Valoth, was about to arrive.

 “I’m so sorry.” he thought to himself.

 “To defend yourself with.” he said pulling out his energy saber.

 Mika immediately ran and grabbed the sword. The moment she touched it there was a flash and she was gone.

“Hurry now. Back to the Cube. You must bond with it as the other Chosen have to their artifacts.” the sword instructed.

Next Time: The Final Chapter