Legend of Mautau: Angelorum Lux

Ch 29: Silens

        Mythra’s pond. Saturday June 9, 520NA. Placing Lei in the pond, Amy smiled at him and said, “Ok Lei, this pond is your new home now! Mommy has a lot of places to go, but I promise I’ll come back to visit you!” Swimming around happily, Lei looked at her and let out a loud “Ribbit!” Amy, looking rather downhearted, turned to the Grey and the others gathered there as she said, “I’m gonna miss him…” Smiling, Scott said, “Hey it’s like you said, you’ll come see him again right?” Next to him, Richter nodded and said, “There’s a saying. For every meeting there must also be a parting, but as long as you keep your friends in your heart you can always meet again.” Grinning, Schmitt said, “Couldn’t have said it better myself Richter! No matter how far apart, that little guy’ll always be one of us!” Mildly annoyed at the way everyone was making such a fuss, Mythra crossed her arms with a sigh and said, “I swear, it seems like we have a frogpole fan club now. If you all are going to miss him so much you could just bring him along after all…” Amy shook her head as she said, “When I found him all alone in the middle of the forest, I knew he needed me to take care of him. Now that he’s found a safe place where he can live in peace, it would just be selfish of me to make him leave.” Walking up next to Amy, Grey flashed a smile at her and then looked over at Lei in the pond and said, “Don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll be right here waiting for you. Right Lei?” Then Grey turned back to Amy with a grin as he said, “The sooner we stop Altera Veritas, the sooner we’ll be back, right?” Smiling, Amy nodded and said, “Yeah!”

        Looking around the bridge of the Audentia, Mythra said, “So this is what passes for a top of the line airship these days? Well, I suppose it can’t be helped…” As she took one of the passenger seats in the left row, Schmitt turned back and looked at her as though she were crazy, saying, “What’s wrong with this beauty? She’s EDE powered, has a top speed of about 2,500mph, plenty of storage in the cargo hold, the newly developed EDE cannons, top of the line navigational computers… This ship’s got just about everythin’!” Scott whispered to himself in awe, “2,500mph…” Mythra simply smirked and said, “I’m sorry to say Schmitt, but this ‘beauty’ of yours looks like a tin can with wings compared to one of the flagships I commanded when we laid siege upon the Dark Crusade’s stronghold all those years ago.” Schmitt only replied with a “Humph!” Donning a mischievous grin, Alexander sat down in a passenger seat and said, “Careful Mythra, taking a stroll down memory lane can be strenuous exercise for an old lady such as yourself.” Her eye twitching angrily, Mythra replied, “Oh is that so?! Perhaps I should get my exercise by strangling you instead, old man!” Clutching his head with a sigh, Grey broke them up quickly as he said, “Would you two knock it off already?” With a pouting expression, Mythra turned away from Alexander and muttered, “He started it…” Turning around in the pilot seat again, Schmitt said, “Alrighty, everybody grab your seat before we lift off! Next stop: Silens!” Getting Jacob and Emily in their seats, Amy quickly took a seat next to Grey. As the ship lifted off, Richter quietly said to Serius, who sat next to him, “I’ve noticed Alexander and Mythra seem like they don’t get along sometimes…” Glancing over at him Serius replied, “You need not worry about them. That is just their own way of getting along…”

        Having landed the Audentia in the fields outside Silens, as the group all made their way towards the town, Scott said, “It really a good idea to leave the ship out there in the open like that?” Shrugging his shoulders, Schmitt said, “Well if ya take a look around, Silens ain’t all that close to any forest or anything that we could hide her in. Sure as hell not gonna hide her in the lake! We’ll just have to make this a brief visit I guess…” Fiddling with her hat, Mythra groaned, “Do I have to wear this? I mean, if those two thought they were just fakes, does it really matter? It’s the middle of summer, it’s too hot for a hat!” Grey laughed nervously and said, “I think it’s probably better we don’t take the chance. Like Alexander was saying, we’re wanted and all, so it’s best we don’t draw too much attention.” Approaching the town gates however, it became apparent it would not be so easy to enter. Seeing the Special Forces soldiers protecting the gate, Schmitt exclaimed, “Aww hell! That ain’t good…” Not the least happy to be right, Richter muttered, “I was afraid of this.” Nodding, Alexander said, “I should have expected this as well. With the destruction of Lamis, it looks like the Special Forces are on high alert.” Scott nervously looked around for somewhere they could hide as he said, “Well anyone got a plan or something? They’re gonna see us standing here!”