Roleplay:A time travel trip

This roleplay is Invite-Only!

Overview
"I hope you're ready, cause here we go!" -Time Spinner performing a time spin.

Time Spinner, the meta of time itself, has agreed to take the heroes into the future, to see what fate awaits them, and what they find is a terrible sight. The world has been destoryed, countries are ruled by dictators and other such beings. Some countries have even been destroyed, and yet, some heroes still exist, they live amongst the world, and their fate is unknown.

Travel with Time Spinner to the future, learn what has destroyed the lands, what has become very cities and people, discover new weapons and powers to help your character and learn what has happened to the fate of your character in the world to come.

Rules

 * Do not auto hit
 * Do not dodge everything
 * Do not god mod
 * Please do not de-rail the plot
 * Do not jump in, this roleplay is invite-only
 * "Do try to have fun, dear."

Participants

 * NeoExlucky
 * TheDarkMantis15
 * FroZenHyBrid
 * MaverickHunterSigma

Involved characters
Time Spinner (Neo)

Neo Tranquil (Neo)

Ages Tranquil (Neo)

Ciela the Fox (Neo)

Zero Evol (Neo)

Leah the Chao-Born (Neo)

Zapor the Hedgehog (Z88)

Zak the Kirby (Z88)

Lexi the Hedgehog (Z88)

Argent Hellsing the Wolf (MHS)

Rose Hellsing the Wolf (MHS)

Monica DeLouise the Hedgehog (MHS)

Natalie Alister the Wildcat (MHS)

Athena Pyress the Ocelot (MHS)

Sigma Hale the Hedgehog (MHS)

Shari Hayoko the Hedgehog (MHS)

Yuhi Saisei the Mouse (MHS)

Future Neo (Neo)

Future Zero (Neo)

Future Leah (Neo)

Future Millie (Neo)

Future Echo (Neo)

Future Zapor

Future Zak

Future Lexi

Future Ripple Master Argent Hellsing (MHS)

Future Rose Hellsing (MHS)

Future Prairie Haruno the Fox (MHS)

Future Ikiru Shiginake the Fox (MHS)

Takeshi Shiginake the Fox (MHS)

Future Sigma Hale (MHS)

Future Shari Hale (MHS)

"The Endbringer"/"The Savior"/Future Masako Shiginake the Fox (MHS)

"Spirit of War"/Future Athena Pyress (MHS)

"The Tyrant"/Future Natalie Alister (MHS)

"Patron of Chaos"/Future Monica DeLouise (MHS)

(Don't ask, I just wanted to give the Last Lights unit unique titles.)

Future Yuhi Saisei (MHS)

Future Cheryl Valder the Bat (MHS)

Future Eradia Lockhart the Rabbit (MHS)

Soldiers of the future (Neo)

Raynard the Vampire Bat (DarkMantis)

Future Raynard (DarkMantis)

Aurum the Hedgehog (FroZen)

Future Aurum the Hedgehog (FroZen)

Part 1: Packing up and spinning out
The Tranquil home was full of hustle and bustle today. Ages and Neo stood in a large room, which had all of it's furniture pushed to the side. There was a large grey hole in the center of the room, that spun in a controlled area. Time Spinner was keeping the the hole open with some kind of meta power. Leah and Zero stood next to the couch, and Ciela leaned against leaned against a wall. "This is kind of exciting." Time Spinner remarked. "Breaking the rules, I mean. I didn't realize it was this fun."

"Oh, we've broken rules before." Neo waved. "How did Equestria fair after you and I battled the nightmare forces?"

"24 homes were destroyed, alongside destruction to part of the celestial castle, a hooffull of mailboxes were destroyed and we technically commited treason against the celestial diarchy." Time Spinner said with a smirk. "But after getting past all the blood, arguing, and pain we went through, it was fun."

The door opened to reveal a young-looking vampire bat in a purple coat, red shirt, black pants and shoes, and a large single-edged blade resting on his back. One arm had the sleeves rolled up; the other had its sleeve pulled down, and only strange-looking orange claws could be seenon the hand. "You called for me?" the bat said.

"Hey move it!" A gold hedgehog looks from behind the bat.

"Yeah we're going to the future!" Zapor said jumoing up and down on the couch.

"How many years is this in the future?" Zak asked.

"Somewhere around 20." Time Spinner said. "Give or take a couple of years."

The bat stepped aside, letting the hedgehog through. He had an inkling of what was in store due to the letter Time Spinner had sent to him - time travel and all that. What he didn't know was how far they were going in time. "Twenty years, huh?"

"Man, I bet I'm awesome in twenty years!" Lexi said.

"Yeah, celebritory pizza! Where's Echo? She ain't gonna get any of this 3 meat pizza." Zapor said, taking a bite of pizza

"Yep, twenty years." Time Spinner said. "I was gonna go 1000 years, since that's how long it took before all evil in the world was destroyed in Equestria, but then I realized it wasn't, and you guys get stuff done quicker than we do in Equestria."

"Echo's off with Sierra, Jazz, and Sedna. Their getting their nails painted, and then their gonna go to the movies." Ages said.

"So that leaves us," the swordsman pondered. "I'm Raynard, by the way."

"Hasn't been a solid month since we dated, and she's already on a girl's night out." Zapor said.

"Whatever, let's just get going!" Lexi said.

"Just relax a bit. Time Spinner is still working, and we still need to wait for confirmation on whether or not the other guests are coming." Neo said. "Just give it time, we'll be out of here soon."

Raynard nodded and took a seat on the couch, making sure that his arm remained covered.

(In other words, we gotta wait till everyone either checks in, or says they're not comming. -Neo)

"Blade can't come because he's playing basketball with Kenny. And Emmy can't come since she said that it'll ruin the surprise. Which I wouldn't know. I have no idea where Leo is." Zapor said.

Aurum sits away from Raynard. "So, it's just us guys here? Huh."

"Well, Time Spinner's energy is depleted by how many people we send, so I wanted to keep the group small." Neo explained. "That, and I don't want anyone screwing up the timeline or whatever..."

"We can't screw up the timeline." Time said. "If we meet one of us in the future, then the time stream wanted us to do so. This isn't like going in the past, time can't exactly be rewritten when we travel into the future, it doesn't work like that. By that same logic, waking up and trying to decide what shirt you want to wear today is rewriting time."

(So I've decided that waiting on everyone might not be the best corse of action, since some people might be missing. So I've decided that we'll continute from part 1 on friday. -Neo)

"Oh. Luckily I'm not too keen on changing my clothes at the moment." Aurum shrugs.

"Alright..." TIme Spinner started. "We're ready. If everyone else is ready to go, we can get started."

Raynard stood up, apparently already prepared to leave. "I'm good to go," he replied.

"Well then, as a time traveling man once said," Time Spinner pulled the portal of silver swirling energy up off the ground, creating a portal. "Geronimo!"

Neo, Ages, Ciela, and Zero make their way through the portal.

Zapor hops off the couch and on to Neo's back. "Wooo! This is gonna be awesome!"

"Yeah, unless in the future we all leave our kids in some type of apacolypse." Zak said.

Lexi kicked Zak as she walked to the portal. "Come on. What bad would happen in the next 20 years?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey wait!" Yuhi could be seen running towards the portal. She tripped, diving in headfirst.

Argent and Rose, however, calmly walked up. "Hope you don't plan on heading on without us." Rose said.

Raynard stepped in with the others. He wondered what awaited them...

"Let's go you two." Aurum motions for Rose and Argent to follow before jumping into the portal.

Aurum would've seen five others heading toward them.

Rose spun around, looking around at all of them. "OmegaCorp's 'Last Lights' unit? Minus one... Monica, Natalie, Athena and... where's--"

"Masako? She reported in requesting a leave of absence. It was for medical reasons, I believe." Athena said.

"It was back in the Zue Garden... something was wrong with her... she said she was afraid to pick up her blade again..." Natalie murmured, just barely audible.

"And Vorpa... I'm assuming she's still with her?" Rose asked.

Natalie replied with a nod. "No telling how long Masako will be away from combat."

"Mm..." Rose appeared to be rather worried.

Argent addressed the other two. "And if I'm correct, we have OmegaCorp's own 'Grim Reaper' with us today. And his girlfriend, too."

"We're all here for Masako's sake. We have no idea what the hell's in her system, and we need to know why she's do damn terrified to pick up her blade again." Sigma said.

"And I'm just along for the ride." Shari said.

Aurum pokes his head through the portal. "Come on gu-Who're you five?"

"Well... you already know who I am, Aurum." Natalie murmured. "'The Tyrant' of the Last Lights unit, Natalie Alister... I'm sure I seem a lot different now than before though. I get like that whenever I activate Orochi..."

Monica stepped up. "Monica DeLouise, the Patron of Chaos, and sharpshooter for the Last Lights unit. Just a heads up, I'm not known for being patient." Monica said.

Athena addressed herself last. "Athena Pyress, the Spirit of War, and founder of the Last Lights unit. I've been a soldier my entire life, so I know what it takes to survive."

"...Me? I'm not with the Last Lights unit." Sigma said. "OmegaCorp Administrator Sigma Hale. But some people just call me OmegaCorp's 'Grim Reaper'."

"And I'm Shari Hayoko, Sigma's girlfriend." Shari said. "I don't really need some silly nickname to be threatening, I can handle myself just fine."

"Oh right, sorry Natalie. And uh..hello, my name's Aurum. Psychokinetic."

"The Last Lights unit is some of the best OmegaCorp has to offer. Our skills alone have gone unrivaled amongst OmegaCorp's ranks... however, we were also chosen because of our aptitude for Ars Magus, devices powered by Chaos that enable the user to utilize magic. But unlike the Ars Magus mass produced by OmegaCorp, the weapons we use are special and weren't tempered by normal means. These 'Arma Antīquōrum Causality Weapons' grant us unimaginable power, but as you might have noticed, it comes at a cost." Natalie said. "The one I use is Octavus Serpentum: Orochi. You've seen what it does to me... whenever I activate it, the fear of pain or death just washes away and it's nearly impossible to die... but Orochi demands bloodshed in return."

"And then there was that one time where Masako nearly slipped into a dark form that Susano'o activated..." Rose said. "I think we'd better be careful who we run into in the future. There's no telling what twenty years will do to someone."

"A psychokinetic, huh? Not really a word I see tossed around that often... any relation to Silver, by chance?" Athena asked.

"Well hurry up, you lot, I won't be able to hold thi portal open forever." TIme Spinner said as his fingers seemed to be playing with some sort of ball.

"Crap--we'll just have to figure out what's on the other side. Watch your head, guys!" Argent said, hopping into the portal, followed by Rose.

Natalie, Monica, Athena, Sigma, and Shari all followed suit.

Part 2: A bleak future
As the group made their way through the portal, they find themselves in an odd place. The building around them was nearly the same as it was when they left, but now most of the furniture and other items were locked up in glass boxes, there were also little plaques around that read some random information. The most notable thing though, was the two hedgehogs in front of the group. One of the hedgehogs, the boy, was purple and wore a brown aviator's jacket along with black pants and matching shoes. His hair was somewhat long, and he had a chao near him. The one next him, the girl, was blue and wore a long orange dress. There was a belt on her waist that held a small hammer, which was obviously used as a weapon. The two looked oddly alike and it was clear to tell that they were siblings, twins in fact.

"What...in the world?" The blue one asked.

Raynard looked around, confused. "Uh, is this our stop?" he inquired to Time Spinner.

"I don't miss." Time Spinner said. "This is the same room that we were just in, only 27 years in the future."

"Erm...if you don't mind us asking..." The boy said. "What are you lot doing in the Tranquil museum?"

"I do not know. But it is time to take selfies!" Zapor stands by the boy and takes selfies. Zak looks out the window.

"Tranquil Museum?" Raynard repeated. "So, this is like a gallery for Tranquil stuff or somethin'?"

"Huh." Aurum blinks and looks around.

"Tranquil... 'Museum'?" Argent asked. "I don't like the sound of this... bring me up to speed here, what happened to the Tranquil family?"

"Oh and by the way Athena, I only have abilities like him and look sorta like him out of coincidence. No relation." Aurum looks around.

"Most of the Tranquil family is no more." The girl said. "Not to long ago, Ages passed away in battle. His son, our cousin, was devestated. He couldn't believe that his father was dead. I can't even imagine what would happen if our dad died." The girl sighed. "Mom said that it wouldn't be any trouble to take him in though. We already have Angie Tranquil, Neo Tranquil's daughter, living with us, so she said it would be just fine." She raised her hand to the group. "Hi, I'm princess Fate, and that's my brother, Visor."

"Well, hey there!" Argent said with a smile.

Rose just stood there, stone-faced. She then leaned in towards Argent's ear. "Argent, don't tell me you don't see anything wrong with this..." She whispered.

"Shhh. I'm just as confused about this as you are. None of these names match the faces we remember." Argent replied in a whisper.

"....No...No!!" Zak started sobbing

"I know having a dude you know is sad.." Lexi was saying but was cut off.

"Not that!" Zak yelled. "Zapor's....the president."

Lexi's pupils grew small and she got on her knees. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

Aurum facepalms. "Don't embarass yourself in front of the future kids you two."

"He's right. We need to look at the bright side." Lexi sniffed.

"Yeah, Blade's a king in two successful countries." Zak said.

"I meant don't act like idiots. But whatever." He shrugs. "So, whose your parents?"

"...I don't know what you're talking about." Fate said. "We're ruled by a monarchy and my parents are the king and queen."

"Wait...Mom sent us to find something here, right?" Visor said. "Maybe she sent us to find them? Mom's weird like that, she's a mage."

"...Tell me, is there some sort of news archive I could look through?" Athena asked.

"Ok, and who's Mom?" Zapor said, still taking selfes.

"Well...we don't know if there is, but we're sure Mom could tell you!" The boy said.

"Oh, and our Mom's name is Leah." The girl stepped in. "Leader of the council of Mobius and queen of the Chao-Born."

"Leah..." Rose trailed off.

"That sounds like a pretty heavy responsibility for one woman alone." Monica remarked. "Do you get to see her very often?"

"..Would your dad happen to be named Zero?" Aurum looks at the little girl.

"Can you tell us where they are?" Raynard inquired.

"We see our mom often." Visor said and crossed his arms. "She rules in a diarchy, not by herself. Queen Millie rules as well."

"And yes, our Dad is Zero. We can take you to our parents." Fate nodded and threw something down onto the ground. "Everyone on the teleport tile."

"This place get's weirder and weirder..." Time Spinner muttered.

"Yeah, but in a cool way. I'm the president,  Blade's a king in another country, Zero finally hooked it up with Leah. How can the future be bad?" Zapor said as he got on the tile.

"Erm...don't jinx it Zapor."

"Yeah, let's wait until we see it for ourselves," Raynard quipped as he stepped onto the tile Fate set up.

"So. Where am I in the future?" Zak said as he and Lexi got on the tile.

"I expect to get some answers on the other side..." Athena said as she moved onto the tile along with the rest of the OmegaCorp personel.

"Same here." Rose said, following suit along with Argent and Yuhi.

The manages to teleport into a bright room with a fountain in the center of the room and lots of people around. "Welcome to the castle foyer." Fate said with a smile.

"Huh... pretty cool," Raynard commented, looking around.

"Jeez, Zero and Leah jazzed it up." Lexi said. Zapor was standing around taking pictures.

"This way." Fate said as she led the rest of the group into a throne room, where a tall red hedgehog, with long hair and royal purple clothing sat on a large chair. Sitting on her left, was a purple mouse in royal blue clothing and on the red one's right was an empty chair.

"Is that Leah in the future?" Zapor asked.

"...Oh, where are our manners?" Athena said, kneeling. Natalie and Monica did the same, along with Sigma and (reluctantly) Shari.

"What are they...?" Argent questioned.

"You realize we've been given an audience with royalty, do you not? We're simply showing our respect." Athena said.

The red hedgehog walked slowly towards the group carrying a golden staff with her as she looked at the group. "Well, I'll be damnded." She said with smile. "Welcome to my kingdom, my old friends..."

"Hi Leah!" Zapor yelled, then did what everyone else was doing.

Rose met the heartwarming smile with another, happy to have found a friend in this age... she showed no resentment toward Millie, however.

"This moment is interesting." Queen Leah smiled. "I hazily remember this."

"This feels kinda weird..." Leah noted.

"Yes, I suppose it is." Queen Leah said. "You have met Queen Millie, correct?" She noted as her mouse companion walked down.

Both Neo and Zero glare at her. "Unfortunatly..."

Argent seemed to be... neutral towards Millie. He didn't like her, but she was still queen at this point in the timeline.

"Well then, there is much to disclose to you, but I'll keep this short." Leah said. "Neo is missing, Zero is general of the army, and Echo is our enemy now."

"Wait, Echo's evil?!" Zapor said, looking shocked. Then he went back and said, "I'm still cool though, right?"

"Echo..." Rose said. "Of course, it's coming back to haunt us 27 years later..."

"What about OmegaCorp? What's been happening with their Operations? And Masako, is she...?" Natalie pleaded.

"Echo turning evil is bad, I take it," Raynard said blandly.

"Basically she's a Captain America who is against America, so is that bad? Yes." Zak said.

"Echo is the most powerful being in the universe." Neo said. "Yes, this is bad."

"Omegacorp is now run by Ciel Mackenzie Hale. Albert Hale, the old leader, was assassinated. The serum that the Doctor made has enslaved Masako, and now she's nothing but a monster. As a result, the Last Lights unit has dissolved." Queen Leah sighed. "But there is hope yet. You have after all met my children."

"Yep, they sure have!" Fate said happily.

"Their name sakes...passed away recently. I'm sure you know about their deaths..." Leah said. "But there are others. Neo's daughter, Angie, is quite the fighter, and Ages' son isn't half bad either. Not to mention Echo's kingdom isn't very large anymore. My husband has retaken many cities."

"Masako..." Natalie looked down upon hearing what happened to her friend. They'd been comrades and sisters in arms since the Military Academy... they even graduated together... and now... "I promise. I will free you from this. No matter what pain you put me through, I won't stop until you find your way..." Her eyes flashed yellow for a second. "You just wait for me, 'Endbringer'."

"Hmm... so the unit's been dissolved, but the members involved are still active, correct?" Athena asked.

"Oh. But what about the rest of us?" Lexi asked.

"Like me. I'd like to know what happened to me in this timeline..."

"That...remains to be seen..." Queen Leah said. "Wasn't that long ago that I lost track of everyone. I suppose if you want a few more answers you might want to talk with my husband. I'm sure he can answer a few more questions then I could."

"I'd like to meet your husband, then." Monica said. "I wanna know what Masako's been up to lately."

"I don't understand... aren't we all connected to the System? Our nanomachines should've been tracking our location..." Natalie said. "Unless... no, something else could've happened..."

A second after she finished her sentence, an explosion was heard and a red hedgehog walked through the door. "OK, if anyone asks, I quit being a president and blew up a building."

Lexi's face: -3-' "Let me guess. That's Zapor."

"Woah! We looked weird as kids! Except me, I looked awesome!" Future Zapor stated.

"Zapor--and I'm talking to both of you, by the way... whatever you do, do not make physical contact with your other self." Athena said, appearing to be rather paranoid.

"Whatever you say, mom!" Future Zapor said with a insane smile on his face.

Raynard blinked as he saw the two Zapors talk to each other. "Okay... where's my future self, then?" he inquired.

Aurum crosses his arms and sighs. "Where's your husband then ma'am? I'd like to speak to him."

"Kids, lead them to Dad." Queen Leah said.

Both of the kids nodded and ran down three doors, only to bump into a tall blue hedgehog in chainmail armor. "Whoa, what's this?" The hedgehog asked playfully. A small white chao could also be seen around him.

"Dang, Zero grew up." Lexi said, but as she said that an almost 5'2 blue kirby with long white hair and a ninja head band could be seen behind Zero. "Dang, Zak got bigger! I didn't even know kirbys could grow!"

"Hello Zero. Or should I say king Zero or whatever?" Aurum blinks.

"I think you can just call me Zero." King Zero said. "Well, I seem to remember seeing me at somepoint in the past, but I don't recall where."

"Well I have successfully deduced that Time Travel, is bull ****." Neo rolled his eyes.

"Neo...you're here..." Zero was surprised.

"Why wouldn't I be?" Neo asked.

"Neo..." He looked over at the other green fox. "Ciela..." He stopped and kneeled down on one leg. "I'm sorry, I am so sorry..."

"W-what do you mean?" Ciela asked. "What are you sorry for."

Zero sighed, eyed Time Spinner for a minute and spoke. "I can't tell you...spoilers..."

Future Zapor spun around. "Spoilers are bad for this movie!"

Future Zak rolled his eyes. "Yeah, he had it rough when Echo left and there is a girl following him. The good news is we have kids!"

"Kuh... 'spoilers', he says." Rose said. "I'd say he has a right to know what happened, but he probably wants us to figure it out for ourselves."

"Uh...Hate to break up this reunion but what exactly becomes of me in this future?"

"And what about me?" Natalie asked. "I mean, am I still...?"

(Natalie's afraid of Orochi [which was mentioned earlier, mind you] taking over her mind. However, she's still good in this future.)

A light blue kirby with armor feet (like Meta Knight) walks in the room (also like 10 centimeters tall) "Dad..Luther took my miwwor wand."

"...Huh. Who'd Zak have a kid with?" Aurum blinks, staring at the kirby.

"Erm...right you lot." King Zero said. "If you'll come with me, we can find...some of you...in the barracks."

Future Zapor spins around again. "Yay!!"

Kid Zapor just looked a combination of paranoid, worried, and shocked.

"Alright. Lead away." Athena said.

"What she said." Aurum points at Athena. "Lead the way."

King Zero led them to a room that was filled with many adults talking, some of them looked familair, while others did not.

"Future Lexi's off ripple training. Mainly since she doesn't want to deal with Luther. Who by the way is your son." Future Zak said.

"Yeah, who'd I marry?" Lexi asked.

"..." Aurum is looking around for his future counterpart. "Come on, where is he...?"

Zapor saw future Blade in some sort of king's robe.

"You married Kenny!" Future Zapor said.

"Ugh...I don't see him...maybe he's blocked off from view by the crowd."

"..." King Zero remains silent about Aurum's search.

Luther, a green hedgerobin (don't ask), walked in holding a mirror wand. "That's my miwwor wand!" Dylan (the small kirby)  said.

Aurum looks at Zero. "..He isn't here is he?"

"No..." King Zero toyed with the words he was looking for. "No...not here...I wouldn't exactly say you were even around anymore..."

"Yeah, you sorta left." Future Zak said.

"Oh." He looks around before walking past them rather quickly.

"He didn't just leave." King Zero said. "He turned..."

"What do you mean he turned?" Leah asked.

"It's not an uncommon thing. After Echo became evil, some of the other heroes sort of stayed with her. I mean when Time Spinner gave her the vial of the sands, everyone thought that she would come around at some point but after Echo killed Aselia, the rest of the Echo Project, and all of Lightstone, we knew she wouldn't come back. Morale got low after we lost Sonic. Time Spinner tried to kill himself after all of that happened, but suicide while you're immortal doesn't work like that. So he kind of isolated himself."

"And after Zapor realized she wouldn't come back, he sort of blamed himself and went insane. And might've had a kid with someone, none of us know." Future Zak said.

"So, some of us turned bad?" Aurum blinks.

"Some die, some live, some turn evil, some turn evil and come back, and some go insane. This is one bad movie." Future Zapor said.

Kid Zapor didn't know what he was saying. It was like he totally lost his mind.

"Well, there's certainly no getting off this train we're all on, that's for sure." A muscular grey wolf approached them, followed by a relatively built female wolf.

"So that's what I look like in 27 years? I don't look a day over 30!" Argent said.

"And I'm guessing that's me as well? Glad I kept myself in shape." Rose commented.

"Well most of us didn't really look that old when we got older." King Zero said. "Something about magic or whatever..." He paused for a minute. "Well anyways, now you lot get to help us fight Echo."

"What? Why?" Neo asked.

"Cause it's what we did when I was younger and the older version of me said that right around that point, so it had to be said." King Zero said.

"Oh joy." Aurum sighs. "Whatever."

"We...help you...because you say that you did it when you were a kid...so then the older version of you when you were a kid must have said that...and then the older version of the older version...what?" Zero's eyes swirled like slots in a machine until they brought up to X's.

"Don't try to think about it too hard, Zero." Time Spinner said. "It's better not to think about it at all, I just assume that someone's lying and be done with it."

"Right...well then, I suppose I brought you guys to the armory, so we should head there." Kind Zero said. "Though, we're already there...so help yourselves, I guess. The door right there leads to the armory and is covered in weapons of all kinds. All of which have been suited to yourselves and any allies we managed to pick up along the way." King Zero opened the door and revealed the large metallic room with weapons everywhere. There was one weapon hanging in a glass box though, it was a metallic bow.

"What's with that thing?" Neo asked. "I don't think we have anyone who's signiture weapon is a bow."

"So, these weapons for designed for our future selves? Well the ones that stayed anyway." Aurum looks at the bow with curiousity.

"Actually, one of my friends is an archer who uses an Ars Armagus longbow as her primary weapon... I don't think this is meant for her, though." Monica said.

"Hmm..." Argent kept eyeing the bow. "You think it might have something to do with the material and not the shape?

"Hm? Oh that thing?" King Zero asked. "That was Ciela's weapon."

"What?" Ciela asked. "But, I don't fight."

King Zero looked at her sadly for a second, and spoke. "You really should start fighting. Maybe if you fought you wouldn't be the way you are."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Leah asked angrily.

"..." King Zero stayed quiet once more and talked slowly, as if he was treading on dangerous waters. "Think about it like this. She doesn't fight, but she's always covered in cuts and bruises, so where does she get them? Better yet, why did no one ask, why she always looked injured, when we all know at this point that Ciela doesn't fight."

Rose shrugged. "I figured they might've been defensive wounds. Life in the underground doesn't exactly sound, uhhh... accomodating."

Zapor stared at a missile launcher machine gun. He didn't feel like talking, nor did he pay attention.

"Wait, what does she do, then?" Zak asked.

"It's not what she does, it's what someone does to her. This entire time, Ciela has been beaten and no one ever bothered to ask her why she always ends up like this." King Zero spoke in a voice that seemed different from any voice the present Zero spoke with. This one was more mature and seemed somewhat kind.

Ciela looked down and didn't say a word.

"Oh, that's disgraceful!" Yuhi said.

"Who the hell would do that to her?!" Sigma growled.

"Scumbags!" Shari jeered.

"That's horrible..." Natalie said.

"The only person who can at this point." King Zero started.

"Please...don't..." Ciela said in a quiet voice.

"Glyph the Fox, leader of A.R.T.E and Ciela's boyfriend. Hopefully it hasn't evolved into the...lustier things yet..." King Zero mentioned. "No one told us when we were kids, we had to find out five months later...after we learned some things we really wish we didn't."

Neo and Zero looked furious. The tips of Neo's fur was already turning red, and Zero kept balling his hand into a fist and unballing it.

Ciela started crying.

Rose lifted Ciela's head up. "Get ahold of yourself! I wouldn't take that from anyone, and neither should you! Nobody should have to put up with that!"

"Man, that guy's a, and excuse my launguage, a ********************** ****** ***** ********** **************** ********** ******* sexist *********** jerk!" Lexi said.

"I agree, right Zapor?" Zak turned to Zapor, who was looking on the floor.

"I can't...it's my fault that he does those...those things..." Ciela murmered from her crying state.

"I don't care if it is or it isn't, it doesn't give him some magical right to do whatever he pleases with you. You stand up and fight, Ciela." Rose said.

"Right. And tell me one thing that you did to give him the rights to do that?!" Lexi said, balling up her fists.

"He saved my life..." Ciela sobbed. "He's the reason I'm still alive..."

"So he saves you, then turns around and treats you like this?!" Lexi yelled.

"As if you haven't grown since then. He might've saved your life, but if that's the only thing that's keeping you from fighting back, all that means now is that he thinks you're still the same Ciela from before: that you're weak and totally dependant on him. You need to show him that he has no right to take advantage of your gratitude." Rose growled.

"and use that bow to beat the everloving stuffing out of the guy." Aurum said, crossing his arms.