Fan Fiction ❯ The Goddess Sagas ❯ Ruthless killers ( Chapter 31 )

Chapter 31: Ruthless killers

Lexy bowed infront of Taromecika and Saiyoua.

"Lexy, I hope you do better then your sisters." Saiyoua warned.

"Of course I will....Lena's mistake was that she only targeted one person at an time, Laura was stupid to just carelessly attack and destroy whole villages. Instead of just seeking one person with the soul crystal, I will go to places and gather people together who holds lots of Magention....The ones who has a goddess stone inside of their souls must have lots of Magention inside of them too, and upon their deaths the goddess stone, if it is in their bodies will appear."

"Good plan Lexy, I hope for you it works." Taromecika spoke.

"Of course it will...plus, I have the twins with me."

Saiyoua smiled, not at Lexy but at Rose and Tommy. The two of them weren't really twins, they weren't even related, which was a good thing, considering they were lovers.

"Rose Caraway and Tommy Will. The two given the ability to merge into one, strong and powerful being. The power given by two transformation crystals, created by our sorceress. Tommy, the one who harbors both crystals...harboring all of the pain and stress of the power, all for the sake of love."

The two teenagers remained quite.

"Well....what is your plan?" Taromecika questioned.

"As I said, striking down those with Magention....who has greater soul energy then, children?" Lexy grinned evily.

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Keith laid on his bed, eyes closed, breathing slowly.

"How long.....How long will it be before I can face Ryan again? I don't know how much longer I can wait....I must kill him soon!"

`Why?'

The thought entered his head so confused and innocently he growled.

"Because....he took Mara away from me....and he always tried to defeat me in power....he always tried to make me look bad.....I hate him!"

`Is that so? Your not remembering properly...Your not remembering anything right.'

"Why is it you say that!?" Keith demanded, looking around the room for the voice.

The voice laughed in his head. `Your the one that is saying it.'

"Your my thoughts?" Keith repeated confused. " If that is true then.....why did I say why?'

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The moon shone over head, a little seven year old boy ran threw the streets, a school bang slung over his shoulder. Breathing heavily as he continued running.

"I can't believe I'm so late!! I can't believe Ms. Kakuna keep me in for detention for so long! If I don't het home soon, Mommy will get mad!"

"Hey..."

The child paused, turning frightened as two headlights flickered on to the side of him. Blinking he saw a large bed truck, and a very pretty blonde woman standing beside it.

"You late kid ? I can give you a ride home."

".........."

"What's wrong kid?" The woman asked sweetly. "Don't you need a ride?"

"........Mommy said never to talk to strangers...."

"Oh, that's smart of your moms, but I'm not a stranger, my name is Lexy. What's yours?"

"Johnny...." The boy replied shyly, then smiled. "Hey we aren't strangers anymore!"

"Well then, you can come on a ride with me?"

"Sure!"

Lexy helped the boy into the back of the truck, shutting the door, and evil grin spread across her face as she locked it.

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A little girl was setting alone at an park, swinging on the swings, looking very lonely, when an small puppy crawled up to her, and began to pull at the tail of her dress.

"Oh yeah, puppy. Are you all alone too?"

"Oh no..." Rose shook her head, walking into the park. " Ginger belongs to me...she just got loose on me. Say, she seems to really like you, what do you say we take her for a walk together? My name is Rose, nice to meet ya. You look like a cool kid, let's hang out for a bit."

"Cool! Ok!" The little girl exclaimed, happily. " My name is Sora. Nice to meet ya!"

"Sora, what a pretty little name." Rose grinned as she led the child out of the park.

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A little boy with green hair and yellow eyes frowned chaseing his hat the was blew off of his head.

"Come on hat!! Come back please! Daddy gave you to me!!" The boy called out to it sadly, as the wind blew it down an alleyway. He ran down it, but could not spot it. Slowly the boy began to whimper.

"Hey, calm down now. Does this belong to you?" Tommy asked, stepping out of the shadows, handing the boy his hat.

The child's face let up brightly, glowing with happiness. " MY HAT!! THANK YOU!!!"

"No problem kid."

"Is there anyway I can repay you?" The more asked, eyes shining with joy.

"Well...perhaps....can you come with me in my truck and show me where to find the.....video store, I'm a traveler and I can't find it..."

"Sure thing man! I can show you that place easily!!"

"Excellent." Tommy grinned darkly.

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The group had left Goldain a week after Lemon had gave birth to Pan so Lemon could regain his strength to travel. It had took them two more weeks to reach the next village, named Opa. It was a large town, a very busy place. Mara and Lima were dying to go shopping because they heard of that this town had all the latest fashions. Lemon wanted to get some clothes for his daughter, after all, one little purple dress from the hospital is not going to last for months.

The group walked into the town, already they could see it bursting with excitement, people rushing to the subways and to bus stops.

"Wow, this place really is the busiest city..." Mara trailed off.

"It's huge!" Carrie exclaimed.

"Oh! I can't wait to shop!!" Lima exclaimed, happily.

Pan started crying, exasperated Lemon began to try and comfort his daughter. " Shhh....What's wrong?.....Ohhh.....Someone needs a dipper changed......ewwww....Squall you do it this time."

"....!!"

Lemon gazed at the man-beast with puppy dog eyes.

"Oh fine, but you do know man-beasts has 50ty times better sense of smell, right? So If I pass out it's all your fault."

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Merrily the group made their way into the city, when they got their the crowds instantly stopped and stared at them, as if in shock.

".....Why are they all staring at us....?" Mimi shifted uncomfortably under their gaze.

"....What did we do?" Carrie puzzled.

"It's not polite to stare, ya know!" Genki scolded.

"....Someone's coming over..." Ryan whispered to the group as an middle-aged man came over to them.

The man stopped and stared at them, before sighing, his eyes lingering on Carrie and Pan, and Lemon.

"Dear travelers, I figure you come hear without knowing the tragic events going on in our town."

"Tragic events?" Mara repeated, nervously. " Taromecika?"

"No....Well, we aren't sure if Taromecika is behind it, but....I would advise you to leave now...because, the children of our town is disappearing like flies."

"Children!?" Lima gasped.

"Yes anyone under the age of sixteen is in danger of disappearing. May you tell me your ages?"

"Seventeen." Ryan answered simply.

"Sixteen." Mara responded.

"Twelve..." Carrie frowned.

"Twenty-one." Lima answered.

"ninth-teen." Squall shrugged.

"A few thousand years old...! But I look thirteen, but I can look any age I want to!" Lemon smiled.

"Then I suggest you put on an older appearance, since as a thirteen year old, you'll be in danger." The man frowned, and looked down at the child. " You child will be in danger too...."

"Not Pan!!" Lemon whimpered.

The man turned to the rest of the group to hear their ages.

"Seventeen!" Genki exclaimed.

"Sixteen..." Mimi added shyly.

"......Twenty....." Alex said, unconcerned, hands in his pockets.

"Yes....but your young looking, you look fifteen....so you'd be in danger too. I suggest you leave this town right away!" The man began to walk away.

".....I'm not scared of any kidnappers...." Alex muttered to himself.

"Hey guys..." Lima turned to the group seriously. " You heard what he said right?"

"Yeah....it's terrible....but what about it?" Mimi asked, confused by the seriousness in the usually bubbly elf's face.

"...Remember, I' a half-Cyborg officer from Angeles, I was sent to look for the missing kids....remember I told you that Taromecika had transformed them all into the lesser demons we are forced to fight and kill?"

The group gasped. " Your saying that...!!"

"Taromecika could be kidnapping more children to do his twisted experiments on."

Mara frowned at the pained expression on Ryan's face, and then her eyes widened as she realized what was on her friends mind. Smiling she placed an hand on his shoulder, reassuringly.

"Don't worry Ryan, Remember when I said I was at Taromecika's for awhile? Well, I saw Parfait, she is fine! However, Taromecika does have her imprisoned, and I could not get her, but don't worry! Since she is a demon, I heard Taromecika say that he has no intention in harming her!"

Ryan felt as if a big weight had be taken off of his chest and his sighed in a absolute relief.

"Thank the heavens....There is still an chance to save her...."

"Oh God!"

The group looked around startled, and gazed at Genki who had wondered a small distance away from them. He was staring, pale at the wall of a building and was slowly backing away from it in disbelief.

"Genki! Your shaking!" Mimi exclaimed worriedly, seeing the fighter tremble.

The group ran over to him, the expression on his face was one of pure horror and disbelief, so strong was this expression it seemed as though the hand of god had put it there. They followed his haunted gaze and the look dawned on their faces as well.

On the large buildings wall was thousands of posters of many different children, underneath each and every one of them was the word `Missing.'

"All...." Mimi began, eyes wide.

"Those...." Carrie's lip quivered.

"Children." Ryan finished in absolute horror.

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Three little girls walked down the street laughing an giggling about boys when a truck drove up.

"Hey, ya wanna left?" Tommy asked seductively. The girls eyes shone brightly, a cute guy was asking them to go with him!?

Tommy chuckled as he watched them pile into the truck. ` Like lambs being lead to the slaughter...'

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Ryan was walking around the town hands in his pocket, eyes downcast. He was not fully paying attention to what he was doing. He just knew he needed time alone, to consider what Mara told him....could Parfait really still be alive? Was it possible. He was scared to dare hope.

`Parfait....if you are really still alive....give me a sign, any sign....please little sis....'

He knew it was in vain, but he had still hoped that somehow he would get an answer.

"No! Let go of me!!"

Ryan's eyes became wide as the sudden scream of a young boy broke threw his thought. He ran towards the alleyway were he heard the yell come from. He gasped. A little green haired and green eyed five year old was being pulled by the arm, by a curvy, blonde girl. He recognized her immediately.

"Lexy!" He growled. " What kind of sick game is Taromecika playing now!? Let that kid go!!"

The blonde laughed. " Did you really think that by saying that I would let him go? You are such a fool. Heh-heh! And You know what? I really don't like fools, so why don't you just go away----OCH!! YOU LITTLE BRAT! HOW DARE YOU BITE ME!!!"

Lexy raised her arm up to hit the little kid, who had removed his teeth from her forearm and was now cowering frightened. Her arm came down in a bruising blow, it did not hit it's intended target, for Ryan had leapt infront of the child, taking the hit.

"Thanks mister!" The child whimpered, running away.

"How dare you!" Lexy sneered. " But it doesn't matter...I kill you, you probably have more Magention inside your body then that shrimp does."

"Magention!? Soul energy...." Ryan's eyes widened in horror. " Is that why your taking those kids!? For their life force!?"

"More Magention Saiyoua absorbs into her body, more powerful she becomes, and soon you'll see! She'll wipe everyone off this planet, and Gaia can be reborn!! Heh-heh, hahaha!!!"

"YOU DAMN FOOL!!" Ryan roared. " Don't you know that without Magention, the lifestream...the life blood of our planet will dry up! Not only will all humans will die, but the planet will die as well!! DON'T YOU SEE!? DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND!? IF SAIYOUA KEEPS ABSORBING MAGENTION IT WILL BRING FORTH THE DESTRUCTION OF GAIA!!!!"

Lexy's face twisted into an angry sneer, and suddenly sent a kick to his stomach, sending him falling to the ground painfully.

"Unlike my sisters, I got myself an android body. You understand kid? Your weak human body is no match for mine."

"So that's why you don't understand what I'm warning you about." Ryan wheezed. " You sold your heart along with your soul!"

Lexy growled, bringing her shoes up, pressing it down on to his head, causing him to groan.

"How DARE you....." She removed her foot, charging up an energy blast. "BEGONE!!!"

All Ryan had time to do was scream as a powerful energy blast engulfed him.

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Lima who had been looking at dresses nearby gasped as her Cyborg body systems picked up an powerful energy. Quickly she dropped the dress and began to run towards it. She was halfway there when she ran straight into another figure. Hitting the ground painfully, she shook her head, trying to get rid of the buzzing pain. Whoever she had ran into did not say a word. Gazing upward, she blinked.

"Hey Alex! You sensed it too!?"

".....I can smell androids miles away....."

"An android? Is that what it was? I say we track it right away! It might be the one kidnapping these children!"

Alex came close to frowning, but his eyes did narrow into an death glare.

"I don't want you coming with me, get lost."

Lima huffed, putting her hands on her hips as Alex ran away from her.

"Hey!! I'm coming, like it or not!!!"

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"Damn it! None of these kids have the goddess stone!" Tommy howled.

"....At least we are getting lots of Magention....so it's not an complete waste of time, I guess." Rose yawned.

Lexy was doing something cheerfully at an disk she was setting at. She had paints and paper with her.

"What's got you so happy?" Rose asked, yawning again.

"Oh, I just love finger painting...." Lexy smiled to herself, picking a new brush up. Finger painting she was indeed, next to her was a brush case filled fingers....children's fingers....

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Lima was out of breath before she caught up to Alex, and gasped shocked, as she spotted Ryan laying on the ground, unmoving, a trail of blood dripping down his forehead.

"My goodness! What happened!?"

".....Stop following me!" Alex narrowed his eyes at her, unforgiveingly.

"What did I do!? Why are you so mean to me lately....actually you've been mean to me ever since you met me! If every time we're alone you always making those death glares at me. Why is it....?"

"Get lost!"

"No!"

Their argument was interrupted as two head lights flashed in the distance. Lima's eyes went huge.

"Alex! Watch yourself!" Quickly she pushed him out of the way as a truck headed straight for him. They hit the ground, inches from the trucks reach. Angrily Alex pushed Lima off of him, not at all gently.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" He demanded, cold eyes burning like frost bite.

" But, I....." Lima's face soured. " I saved your life!"

"It wasn't worth the effort..." The solider mumbled, suddenly he gave Lima a mighty blow to the back side, sending her smashing into the ground.

"Owww!!" The elf cried, tears stringing her eyes from the pain her body smashing into the rocky ground. Setting up she turned her gaze to Alex, her tears turning becoming angry.

"YOUR.....YOUR THE WORST EXCUSE FOR A PERSON EVER!!!!"

She got no response, blinking confused, she crawled forward, studying him over, and gasped. She pulled a dart out of his side, sniffing it her eyes widened.

"Tranquilizer!! He....He pushed me, out of the way....." Lima's eyes went even wider before she collapsed, also.

Rose stood behind them, a tranquilizer gun smoking in her hands. " How stupid, she didn't even turn around."

"Just put the two of them in the back of the truck." Tommy commented, approaching the two bodies.

"Hey, but what about..." Rose's eyes flickered towards the beaten and battered form of Ryan.

"Nah, just leave him. If Lexy just left him there, there has to be a reason."

"Hmmm, ok, whatever ever you say Tommy." Rose smiled at him and helped to drag the two bodies into the back of the truck.

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It was getting late and the group members were pacing back and forth worriedly, from inside the motel room in which they rented. It was so expensive that they could only get one room, so they were all crowded in this one medium sized space.

"Oh, Rya, where on earth could you be?" Mara whimpered, staring out the window, it had began to rain quite awhile ago, but the droplets soon began to come down faster and harder then ever before.

Genki who had been the one pacing and practically wearing a whole into the fine carpet, stopped and followed Mara's gaze out the window.

"It's raining harder then ever! Something's wrong, I'm going to look for them!!"

"We did wait quite awhile for them to return....Maybe something is wrong...." Mimi trailed off worriedly.

"Yeah, Lima getting lost, happened before, Ryan....happened almost more times then I care to remember, but Alex?? He's to...serious to go wandering around if it has nothing to do with his mission." Lemon added.

A loud bang of thunder echoed threw the night sky, waking Pan that laid in Lemon's arms up. Frightened the baby began to cry and Lemon was forced to try and calm it down, but it wasn't working to well.

"....I swear, the baby has a cry like a siren....." Squall sighed, running a hand threw his hair.

"How are we suppose to find them though?" Carrie frowned, her legs dangling as she sat on the bed.

".....Hey!!" Genki exclaimed turning to Squall and Mara. " You both have animal senses right? You guys can sniff them out!"

"That's right!" Mara gasped.

"....All right." Squall nodded. " Mara and I will go look, you guys stay hear if they come back."

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"Lexy...." Tommy trailed off, the girl was in the bathroom, taking an bath, and he was left calling out to her from the other side of the door.

"Hm?"

"We captured the elf and the Solider...."

"Did you leave Ryan?" She asked, voice sharp.

"U...Um, Yes."

"Good."

"Can I ask you about the plan, Lexy?"

"It's simple." The blonde giggled. " It was not my first intentional plan, but...when Ryan's friends find him laying in the alleyway, I will launch an attack on them, my `Weapon.' is already waiting in the shadows."

".....What about the two we captured?"

".....Put them in the cell, We will bring them to Taromecika, perhaps we could turn them into androids and make them fallow our orders or something....or use them for alteration experiments."

"Yes, ma'ma." Tommy bowed, even though he could not be seen threw the door and left.

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Lexy giggled, running her hand threw her bath `water.' Just because she was an android did not mean that she could allow her skin to get dirty. But the bath she was taken, was a crimson bath of blood. She was bathing in blonde just like the countest Elisabeth of Bathory, who obsessed with remaining beautiful she created a very unique anti-aging formula, bathing in the blood of young Virgins. The only difference was that Lexy was bathing in the blood of children, instead of young, untarnished girls.

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The two searchers were soaked as they ran threw the streets. Squall had transformed into his wolf form, and Mara ran on all fours beside him. The scent was weak, having be flooded with rain but they were still able to trace it. All three of them seemed to lead to one alleyway. Running threw the passage they stopped and gasped.

"RYA!!" Mara screamed, falling onto her knees beside him, shaking him, yelling at him to open his eyes.

Squall transformed back into human form, looking around himself. " He seems to be the only one hear....But I still smell Lima's and Alex's scent. Mara, bring Ryan back to the motel, I will stay hear and look for clues as to Lima's and Alex's whereabouts."

The cat nodded and began to weakly drag Ryan in her arms.

Squall watched as they left, unaware of two glowing green eyes watching him from the back.

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Lima groaned, as she forced her eyes opened. Her head throbbed painfully, and she moaned, putting her hand to her forehead to steady herself as she sat upward.

"Where, am I?"

"A cell, what did you think?"

Lima jumped startled, looking around herself and spotted Alex setting in an dark area of the cell.

"Huh?"

"We are in an old abandoned factory it seems, the cells in hear use to be used to lock up the `goods' the factory made so no thieves could get to it. The factory map is over on that wall over there. Seems that above these cells are a resting quarters for those who worked hear."

"....Alex, thanks for pushing me out of the way." Lima blushed, smiling.

The solider just rewarded her with an glare. " I did not push you out of the way."

"What?"

"This is no time for pointless banter." Alex stood to his feet and began to look around the cell.

"I was just saying....thank you...." Lima trailed off, hurt.

Alex ignored her, and continued staring up at the ceiling.

"Hello? Earth to Alex, come in Alex." The sang in a sing-song voice.

"Be quite, look up there."

Lima followed his gaze, and hunched her shoulder. " It just looks like an air vent to me..."

"Stupid onna." Alex muttered. " If we could reach that then perhaps we could pry it off and use it to get out of this cell."

"But how can we reach that....? It's so high up."

Alex paused, looking around himself for something to use, but the cell was empty, besides themselves. Suddenly he got on his hands and knees, and looked up towards Lima.

"Climb on my back and pull off the vent, climb up their then pull me up."

"But I'm part Cyborg....I might end up hurting your back!"

Alex growled. ".....a Cyborg.... I'm stronger then you think, onna, so just get on my back and open the damn vent."

"....Ok." Lima carefully climbed on top of the soldiers back, she could feel his muscles strain, but for the life of him he did not show any other signs other then that, that she was to heavy for him. Quickly she yanked the gate hard, but it wouldn't come off.

"It's stuck!"

"Try harder." Alex hissed, his arms were shaking but his voice and face held no strain at all.

Lima gave it another thug, and then another, finally it broke loose, almost sending her falling off of Alex's back. Quickly she gripped the edge and began to pull herself upward. The opening was small but she was able to squeeze threw. She reached down towards Alex to help him up. With an Scowl Alex reluctantly took her hand and allowed Lima to help him up.

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"What happened!?" Genki exclaimed as Mara ran into the room, dragging Ryan behind her.

"I don't know...we just found him in an alleyway like this. There was no trace of Alex or Lima..." Mara panted.

"Where's Squall!?" Lemon questioned, looking around wildly, Pan was asleep in his arms, now dressed in one of the new dresses Lemon had bought/stole.

"He stayed behind to search the area where we found Ryan for traces of Alex or Lima."

"Where's the ally? He may need our help." Carrie pointed out concerned.

"Down by all the food stores." Mara was still out of breath by the time Genki took Ryan from her arms, laying him down on one of the beds.

"We better hurry, if whatever got him is still out there....Mara, you stay and watch Ryan ok?"

"All right...."

Mara watched as Genki, Mimi, Carrie ran out of the room. Lemon stopped infront of her and handed her Pan carefully.

"Watch Panny for me, all right?"

"Ok..."

And with that she was alone with only a beaten Ryan and an Sleeping Pan. Sighing sadly she sat down on Ryan bed and lovingly began to stroke her fingers threw his hair.

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"SQUALL!!!" Lemon screamed, dashing forward, landing on his knees beside the fallen man-best who was laying on the ground, blood leaking threw a hole in his side.

Weakly Squall opened his dim gray eyes, a trickle of blood ran down his lip. " L...Lemon, watch out, it's...it's still hear...."

"WHO DID THIS TO YOU!? I'LL KILL THEM!!" The Dampire growled, is rage and sadness.

"....A m...machine....An....creature...." Squall passed out from the blood lost.

"An creature" Mimi repeated.

"OVER THERE!!" Genki screamed, pointing towards a figure in the dark.

An creature stepped out of the shadows, laughing. It was hard to tell if it was male of female, it seemed like just one big metal mass, without even a face that was trying to mimic human form. Even the voice of it sounded like it could belong to either an man or woman.

It leapt forward, sending a punch directly at Genki's jaw. The boy spat blood, as he fell to the ground. The metal creature sent a punch towards his head but he dodged just in time and the metal fist smashed an whole in the cement instead of threw his skull.

"ENERGY ORBS!!" Carrie exclaimed, sending five magical orbs blasting into the beast from behind. It hit the creature's back, the body acted as though it was in pain, but with out an face it was hard to tell. Quickly it turned around, it's hand opened it up and turned into a machine gun. It took many shots at the girl. Carrie screamed, covering her face with her hands, in terror.

Lemon dashed infront of her, holding two hands infront of him. " ASTRAL CUT!!!"

What seemed to be an black hole appeared in-between his hands. It was an dark void of nothingness, which the bullets were absorbed into.

Lemon fell to his knees, breathing hard. "....I can't believe I can still do that...."

"What did you do?" Carrie asked, wide eyed.

"I opened up an astral hole...an astral hole that leads to Hades. I'm shocked I'm still able to do it....it's a technique only devils can use, but somehow I still remembered how to do it from when I was half devil."

"STOP TALKING, LOOK OUT!!" Genki screamed to them.

Lemon and Carrie look towards the creature with wide frightened eyes, it leapt in the air towards them, it's arms had once again transformed, but this time into knives.

Lemon summoned his scythe in his hands, trying to hold off the creatures whose knife-like arms came into contact with his weapon. The creature was the stronger of the two and was easily gaining power over Lemon, who desperately tried to fend off the attack.

"PETAL DANCE!!" Mimi exclaimed, the razor petals slashed threw the creatures metal skin. In anger the metal monster turned towards her, it's chest plate opened and it shot a bomb out at her. Mimi was sent crashing into a building from the explosion. She weakly slid down the brick wall into a setting position on the ground, a stream of blood trickling down her forehead.

"MIMI!!" Genki exclaimed, growling he turned to the creature, eyes burning. " YOUR GOING DOWN!!! KAMEHA!!!"

The energy attack hit straight on, but not to much damage was done. Attack after attack was sent to it's body, but it suddenly dawned on them. This was no ordinary metal they were fighting, this metal had the ability to fix it's wounds.

Carrie did a back-flip, smashing the creature over the head with one of her razor rings, but was easily able to counter by grabbing her leg and spinning her in an circle quickly before suddenly letting her go, sending her crashing threw the windshield of an parked car.

"CARRIE!!" Genki gasped. " Oh your going to get it...."

"Genki!" Lemon exclaimed. " Look....it can't heal the top of his head! If we can destroy that then....I think we can destroy all of him, but.....It has to be done in one blow and if we get to close then...really be tossed just like Carrie was."

"Hmmm.....But how are we suppose too.....wait! Lemon! You have wings, fly up there and strike him!"

"OK!! Keep him busy!"

Lemon flew up into The sky, and Genki dashed forward sending a punch to the creatures jaw.

Lemon watched from the sky as the swiftly exchanged blows, they moved almost in an blur and it was hard to spot them. Then, Genki sent an blow to the metal monster the sent it staggering back. Taking this chance Lemon swiftly flew downwards, bringing his scythe down to chop him in half. However events took an unsuspected twist as the creature reached upward, grabbing the scythe in it's hand, and repeatedly smashed it, and Lemon who was still holding onto it, against the brick wall, until the Dampire was to weak to remain awake and slowly fell to the ground.

Genki backed up, frightened. He was the last one left....

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Mara stared at Ryan from where he still slept on the bed. Pan was asleep on another bed, face at ease and snoring softly.

Flashback

"Ryan, I want to be with you forever I want to help you, I want to be near. " She held him close in an embrace, nuzzling her

neck underneath his chin, giving him a tender lick near the lips.

"Mara…I can't hold you like that, my heart belongs to Ruto, it will always be Ruto's, and I will stay true to her, no matter

what."

Mara looked up at him and smiled. " I know, Ruto holds you heart, but even so, I still love you, but I know my love brings you

grief, so I'll only love you with half my heart, and in the other half you're the best friend I've ever had. I'll hide to you and

everyone the first half, and show only the second half…"

End Flashback

Slowly Mara approached the bed, setting down next to him. " Must I, love you with only half of my heart? Rya..."

She took his hand in hers. " What is it that is so special about Ruto, that she can give you that I can't? Do you even no the answer yourself? Or....Is it just one of those things. One of those things that faith brings, one of those things that god himself wants to be?"

She got no response, quietly she leaned forward. " Will I be going against god, if I were to try and be yours, if so, I would ask god to please forsake me, but....You love her, more then you will ever love me...." Mara let her fingers brush underneath his lip, and she leaned forward closer, slowly her lips coming into contact with his own. She kissed him gently but sweetly before pulling away.

"So, is this what it like, to harbor an forbidden love? I guess that one kiss I stole while you were slumbering is all I'll ever get....but that's ok. I'll always be your best friend no matter what.....What a foolish girl I am.....this is eating me up from the inside! Ruto, I swear, when we find you and save you, you better treat Ryan well, never let him go. You have no idea how lucky you are....You know that? No idea....."

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Saiyoua gasped, clutching her head painfully, and for a moment Ruto resurfaced, and smiled sadly. " Mara your wrong....I do know how lucky I am. But....if I do die, if you can't save me, don't let Ryan be alone. I don't care who he is with, just as long as he is happy. That is all what matters...."

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Mara gasped, hearing an voice in her head. She looked around herself confused.

"Ruto? Was that you?"

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Lima and Alex came out threw another vent, into a large, huge room. What they were greeted by was enough to even make the perfect soldiers eyes widened in alarm, shock, horror, disgust and terror. The room was full of chopped up and mutilated bodies...children's bodies. Lima fell to her knees, tears springing to her eyes. She pounded her fists on the floor, crying.

"How horrible! All those children...! How could anyone do such an horrible thing!?"

Alex almost looked at her baffled. " You....care?"

"What!? Of course I care! I'm not heartless, or cold blooded!!"

"But your a Cyborg....cyborgs are just like androids, they are soulless and uncaring....cold blooded murders."

Lima's eyes widened, growling she stood to her knees, suddenly her hand lashed out from her side, pushing Alex across the face.

The solider looked at her baffled, slowly reaching his hand to his face. The girl had drawn blood!

Lima stared at him, tears running down her face, body trembling and shaking. " Do you really think I'm that terrible, that I would not care about these children? That I would support this? I gave up some humanity to become stronger and smarter, I admit that was wrong, a crime against nature! But I did so with good intention, to save the children!! Androids are not like cybrogs, andorids... they feel nothing, they don't care, they don't have any emotion at all!! They don't care whose feelings they hurt, or if they kill someone in cold blood!! ALEX, YOUR MORE LIKE AN ANDROID THEN ANY CYBORG WILL EVER BE!!!!"

Alex seemed to freeze, his eyes had dawned an distant look, he did not even seem to still be looking at Lima, even though his eyes were directly on her. Lima shook her head, turning away from him.

"I hate you Alex!" She sobbed, running away from him.

Alex began to tremble, and then fell to his knees, eyes wide in shock.

" An android....I act like....an android? No.....It has to be a lie.....Wait....no, what she said was true....I can't feel things....I don't care.....I'm......I......."

Alex closed his eyes lowering his head. "......I am like an andoird. Cold and unfeeling....a killer...don't care....she's right. But....I....I.....I don't want to be a machine...I've just forgotten how to feel...maybe...I don't want to feel....I understand anymore. I was always told, destory my enemies...kill all those who stand in my way. Andorids were my enemy, everyone who fought against me was my enemy, but now I'm starting to think that the problem lays more with myself then with my enemy."

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Genki coughed up blood as the creature sent punch and kick after punch and kick to his body, sending him ramming up against the walls.

"There has to be away to get above him.....If I could, I can summon an energy blast....."

His thoughts were broken as the metal monster grabbed him by the throat, and began to squeeze thightly. Genki struggled, groaning painfully. His lungs felt like they were going to burst! Suddenly something inside of his body snapped, the creature let go of him shocked, and he glowed white briefly. Blinking confused Genki looked around himself and gasped, confused. One gray wing had sprouted from his back.

"My wings, or rather wing grew back? I thought I lost them after the battle with Rex. Oh well, good timing if I have to say so myself!" Genki quickly took to the sky, missing one of the creatures attacks by an interrupting his hands out infront of him his charged up an energy attack.

" KAMEHA!!!!"

The metal creature did not have time to move before the blast hit it straight on, destroying it, right down the middle. It twitched slightly, trying to repair it's self.

"NOT SO FAST!!" Genki exclaimed, swiftly flying down ward, delivering the final blow with his foot from the air, causing the metal creature that had been so hard to defeat to be destroyed. He watched as the body quickly turned to rust and then into dust. He turned towards his fallen friends, closing his eyes he gathered energy in his wing.

"Revive!!"

His wing released a white dusty fog, as his friends breathed the air in they came to, completely healed of all wounds.

"We won?" Carrie asked, confused.

"Hey, I'm healed!" Squall gasped.

"Squall, your all right, I was so scared!!" Lemon exclaimed, throwing his arms around him.

"AHHH!!" Mimi screamed, pointing at Genki in alarm.

The group followed her gaze and gasped.

"Your wing grew back?" Carrie blinked.

"So, that's how you destroyed it....." Lemon trailed off.

"........Good timing......."

"Grew back?" Mimi repeated confused.

Genki laughed nervously. " Heh-heh....I guess we never told you. In the fight with Rex, I somehow grew wings....It's probably because I have some of the goddesses inside of me.....I use to have two, but Rex pulled one off. Anyway, I think I learnt how to summon my wing at will. I just have to concentrate on my energy and it will appear."

Mimi approached him, wide eyed, feeling the gray wing as if to see if it was real.

"Wow, it's so soft..."

Genki blushed shyly.

"I hate to break this up...." Squall started. " But we better find Alex and Lima. They probably need our help."

"Right." Genki nodded, blushing furiously. " We better hurry, before it's to late."

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Lima ran until her side ached to much to continue. She stopped, breathing heavily, wiping tears away from her sore eyes.

"Why did I do that....what a stupid little fool I am...."

"How right you are, little Cyborg."

The elf jumped startled, looking above her in horror from where she saw Lexy standing on an beam overhead, grinning meanly down at her.

"You had the choice to become a full android, you would have been so powerful, a body of pure power and your magic combined, but you choose to only have some of your body enhanced, therefore becoming a lowly Cyborg, and remaining weak and useless. You are such an idiot. Even the machine enhancement did little to make you smarter. But if you had chosen to become an android...."

"I WOULD RATHER BE WEAK AND DUMB THEN HEARTLESS AND SOULLESS LIKE YOU!!!" Lima growled. "Why did you kill all those kids!? Why do such an horrible, horrible thing!?"

"Children has lots of Magention, more life force for Saiyoua to feed upon more stronger she becomes. We were hopeing that one of these pests would have a piece of the `Goddess Stone' inside of them, but that was a failed idea."

"YOU KILLED ALL THOSE CHILDREN JUST FOR THEIR LIFE FORCE!? YOU...YOU...." Lima's body trembled, her eyes stinging with tears before she glared up at Lexy, eyes burning with rage.

"YOU BASTARD!!!" Lima dashed forward, grabbing her staff in her hands, holding it to the air she called on her magic.

"TWISTERS!!!!"

Lexy just smirked, casting an energy field around herself. The two twisters of waters were deflected off of her, and the magic vanished into thin air. Lima growled, disappointed that her attack did not work.

"You know, I really don't have time to play with you." Lexy scoffed. " I have an hair appointment later. So I'll just let you play with `The twins.' "

"The....Twins?" Lima repeated, blinking confused.

Rose and Tommy step out of the shadows behind her, causing the elf to gasp startled.

"You will meet your end by our hands." Tommy spoke icily.

"Fall two your knees at the power of our love."

"Your love....?" Lima repeated confused.

"You see." Lexy began. " Tommy and Rose are so much in love. Taromecika has given them the power of the transformation crystals. Tommy holds both within his body, taking all the burden for himself and for her. No one has been able to defeat them yet, do you really think and dumb little elf like you stands a chance."

"No, but nevertheless, I've got to try!!" Lima exclaimed, getting into an fighting position.

"You will fail!" The twins exclaimed together, holding each others hands as an bright light swirled around them. Lima gasped as the combined into one being. A creature that was neither human or monster, machine or flesh. It stood around 20 feet tall, It's body was that of an man, but the face was that of a woman. The creature's skin was pure sliver and the eyes as white as diamonds. It had huge hands and large claws, fangs, wings and an long spiky tail.

"Behold! The form of our love!" The twins exclaimed, their voices combined into one.

"Well, I got to go, have fun destroying her." Lexy giggled, vanishing.

Lima starred up at the creature in horror. " How can I beat this thing?"

The twins sent an swipe at her with it's huge and powerful fist. She rolled out of the way just in time, and aimed her staff at it.

"WATER!!!"

A blast of water struck the twins, nothing even causing it to stagger backward.

"It's not working!? Ohh....what do I do now?" The elf trembled, worriedly.

Suddenly the creature shot lasers from it's eyes, striking her, sending her crashing to the ground with an cry of pain. The twins foot smash into the ground next to her body, it's empty eyes gazing down at her.

"Only one hit and your out of it? How weak!"

"I'm....not done yet! EVERYBODY, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!"

Lima smashed her staff to the ground, the spirits of water and earth rose from the ground, fluttering around her.

"STRIKE!!!"

The spirits charged forward, smashing into the Twins sliver body. It staggered backward, hurt slightly from the attack, but it wasn't enough. Before she had time to move, Lima found herself in the death grip of her enemy's hand, without a word, her would be killer began to squeeze. She could feel her rib bones creak from the pressure until finally a few broke. She titled her head backwards and screamed in agony. Suddenly an loud explosion happened at the twins legs, and they all turned to see Alex standing in the room, getting ready to throw another bomb. In rage the twins threw Lima, who crashed into Alex, who caught her before she could smack into the wall.

"....You.....came to save me?" The elf blinked, confused.

"......Stay out of the fight, your much to hurt to continue. I'll take it from hear." The solider laid her down in a corner of the room, behind some boxes as if to protect her from any stray attacks.

"Alex...." She whispered, tearfully as she lessened to him approach the deadly duo.

"What do you think you can do?" The twins laughed together.

Alex aimed his gun, face clear of worry, or any feeling at all.

The twins just laughed harder. " Do you think that little `toy' will harm us!?"

"............Yes."

"Well, sorry, but it wont." The creature smirked.

"Don't say that, till you bite the bullet! ENERGY SHOT!!!"

"WHAT!?" The twins gasped as the bullet, a flaming bullet, engulfed with green energy headed straight towards them, striking it head on in the chest. Blood spilled from the wound, but the twins shook it off, cursing his name.

"You don't have anymore tricks up your sleeve? Good. Now die!"

Suddenly an energy blast hit the twins from the side, and Genki, followed By Mimi, Lemon, who carried Carrie and Squall flew into the factory, charging their attacks instantly, not giving the creature the chance to attack them.

" KAMEHA!"

"HOMING ORBS!"

"WOLF CLAW!"

"DEATH SLASH!"

"PETAL DANCE!"

All the attacks hit at once, creating an huge ball of dust around the enemy. When the smog cleared they all gasped in horror. The twins still stood tall, almost completely unharmed. They laughed.

" You bunch are really good for an laugh, you know what? We want an challenge to look forward to, so we wont destroy you yet. You are such fun toys, but we will break you eventually. Till then, watch your backs." The twins vanished in one flash of light, leaving the group standing alone, among the bloodshed and the corpses.

"Alex...." Lima hissed with pain, limping towards him, clutching her side.

"You shouldn't be standing...."

Lima fell into his arms, unable to stand any longer. " Alex....I'm sorry for what I said.....thank you for saving me...."

"......Whatever, I frankly don't care."

"Then why did you save me?"

"Because.....two against one weak little woman like you, is just cowardly, and an injustice. Don't think I did it, because I care about you in anyway. We aren't friends."

Lima laughed. "You try and cover up your feelings so much.....what are you afraid of?"

"..............Leave me alone. Come on, we have to get you to an doctor."

Lima just smiled as Alex carried her towards the door, the rest of her friends watching. She knew that somehow she had scratched the surface of his hidden heart, and maybe, with just a little more trying, maybe she would even get him to smile.

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Ryan's eyes opened, on the bed next to him her saw that Mara had feel soundly asleep on the bed next to him, probably while watching him. He stared up at the ceiling, almost in an daze.

".....Oisa....Oisa is going to be called....soon...."