Alfina and the Blue Pheonix

Chapter 9

Alfina--

It was dark out when we landed. I took hold of my body again so I am was control."So, you're the one and only, huh?" Miranda asked. I looked at her confused,"What do you mean by that?" "You're the master of Max; his commander. He would give up his life to protect you. But you're different. You don't command him to do anything unless it's an emergency; you also don't abuse his power for your own greed," she said. "Well, I usually manage on my own. I have only known about Max for a while, but I know I had the powers because I would always malfunction my father's creations," I said. "I'm sorry for your loss."

"What are you talking about? My father never loved me. He wouldn't care if he lost me. He only cared because my mother cares; that's all. If only I knew where she was..." The moon is so beautiful this night. Miltia has a big moon. I looked at the stars to see one flickering green. Then it hit me. "Miranda, where's Wilfred? Isn't he with you?" I asked. She had a shocked face. "Oh no, I totally forgot about him! I knew I should have stayed behind to help, but he insisted that I go on!" she exclaimed. "It was his choice to stay behind," I heard Max's voice, but it was from outside my head. I look to my side to see him standing there looking like a ghost again from my dream. "Miranda, did Sasha ever contact you after we all separated?" She was confused. "No I haven't.. She's still alive?!" Max nodded. "That's unbelievable! How do you know she's still alive?" I saw Max with a worried face. He didn't want to say it, so I did. "Nero is working with her. I believe she was the one that radioed him in the middle of Edmund's fight with him." Miranda didn't seem so surprised. "I always knew she was mischievous. She would always hang around Nero like a boyfriend." Max chuckled at that. I looked at Miranda to see her face change to a serious look.

"Now that I think about it, did it ever occur to you that Sasha is Nero's master?" That couldn't be a good combination of a master. "We have to stop them. Nero could be at the phoenix gate because I still need to remember everything that has happened. I only gained parts of what has happened!" he exclaimed. "We need to go to Amityville; your birth place, Alfina." Amityville...I wish I didn't have to return there. What is there that has to deal with our problems. "We move at dawn." That's all that he said before vanishing. I sat near the fire we made to warm up, even though I make my own heat. Desmond was fast asleep in his sleeping bag. Edmund was keeping watch. I looked over at Miranda to see that she was in deep thought. "Do you think he's alright?" Miranda asked. "Who, Wilfred? I'm sure he'll manage he is the tricky one after all." She laughed at that. "I'm going to sleep see you at dawn." she said before laying down. "Good night." I said.

I don't know how long it's been since Miranda went to bed. I was about to go to sleep as well until I heard a scream coming from the woods. "Huh? Miranda wake up someone sounds like they're in trouble!" She got up in a startling stance and looked at me. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Someone help me please!" A female voice screamed. "Look! Right there." Miranda said. I look at an opening in the woods to see a girl come out of the forest running from something. I looked closely to see a Gnosis chasing her. "Oh no. It's in its phase form." Miranda looked at me confused. "Phase form? What's that?" "It's a defensive technique they are developing that we can't harm them but they can harm us." Miranda was shocked. "How do we get it out if it?" She asked. "Edmund, start up sequence initiate!" I yelled. "Initiating." Edmund said before booting up. "We use the Hilbert Effect. Edmund is installed with it. if he uses it against all the gnosis in a 5 planet wide radius he could bring the gnosis into the real world." I said. "Target identified. Activating Hilbert Effect. I stood back a few feet. He then shot a wave all over this part of the area bringing the gnosis to the reality. Before I knew it, the gnosis was killed by Desmond's A.G.W.S unit. "Thought you guys needed a quick helping hand." "Thanks Desmond." I said.

I look around to find the girl sitting on the ground not too far from us. i motioned her to come here but she seemed to shocked at the fight. I started my way towards and sat down next to her. "What's your name?" She didn't answer. She had pink short hair with yellow eyes and what seems to be a neat school uniform but were just her clothes. "Momo.",was all she said. She was startled by the appearance of Max. "It's ok, we won't hurt you. We are here to help. Please come by the fire where it's more warmer.", he said. His voice was soothing in a way when he told her that. She did what he asked too! "What are you doing out here? It's too dangerous right now." Max said. "I was trying to find my mother's amulet. When I saw that gnosis surrounding the amulet I got scared and screamed. Luckily I grabbed the amulet a few moments back. Thats why it was chasing me.", she said. "Where are your parents now?" I asked. "My father died in the Miltian Conflict and my mother is on Fifth Jerusalem. I'm here to gather Intel on the U-TIC organization until I lost my amulet.",she said. "I'm still confused. Your to young to do anything dangerous like this. Your mother should be ashamed.", Miranda complained. "It's not her fault. I wasn't born like any other child. I'm a realian.", Momo explained. "Realian? I have been gone for far too long to know all this stuff.", Miranda said. "A realian is something like Edmund but less violent unless used for war. The Realian Equal Rights was passed in 4023 A.D.", I said. Miranda was astonished. "I was in the Ever Scream for over 3000 years?! That's insane!", she yelled. "I was made by my father to replace his only daughter because she passed away from the sickness that's going about. The Black Scrawl." So that's what this disease is called. I just know my mother is still alive. "I have combat capabilities and the Hilbert Effect but I don't want to use it unless for emergencies. If I use the Effect, I will receive an irresistible amount of pain.", she explained. I looked up at the sky to see it was turning from black to a dark purple. "It's going to be dawn soon. We might as well just head out to Amityville.", I said. "Can I accompany you on your quest?", Momo asked. I nodded and said,"You can ride with Desmond each craft has only two seats so he is the only one left available." She nodded and headed towards Desmond.

Her father made her have emotions. She is lucky to have it. No realian has ever been given emotions before. Edmund,however, is unlocking his so he doesn't count. We started our crafts and headed our way to Amityville.

Miranda--

It's been a good 2 hours since we met the realian. We landed on the wrong side of the planet so it's gunna take a while to get to our destination. I'm not used to be traveling with a big group. Soon we will have Wilfred in the group. Not too far now. I can see the broken down church ahead. This town has been here for centuries. When we arrived everything was in ruin. Burnt houses still standing, some even destroyed completely. We landed in front of a house that, it stood out from the rest. I looked over to Alfina, staring at the house with sorrow filled eyes. "Alfina? This is your house isn't it?" She nodded.

"Miranda,look! Up in the sky!" The realian yelled to me. I look up to see a dark smokey cloud in the clear sky. Before I knew it, the cloud darted towards us aiming for Alfina, but dispersed before contact. "What was that? A shade?" Alfina asked. It didn't have the look of the shade. It would've been more clearer than that. "No, I don't think so." I looked towards Alfina to see a dark circle on the ground surrounding her. "Alfina! Get out of there!" It was too late. The cloud reformed and engulfed Alfina and took off towards the phoenix gate. "There it is. The phoenix gate." Desmond said. "We can see that Desmond, but we can't open it without Alfina." I said stubbornly. "We can at least go there to investigate." He was right. We need to chase that thing, and see what it wants. Also what it is. We got in our crafts and started our way towards the cloud. "Coco..." Momo murmured. "What?" I asked. "Nothing. I-It's nothing." She said.
I hope Alfina and Max are ok.