The Split Sun and The Mechanical Moon

Chapter Fifty-Five: And the Waves sink the Past and the Present.

"THIS IS AN EMERGENCY BROADCAST, REPEAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY BROADCAST. SIR ALEXEI HAS GREEN-LIT OPERATION ZERO, ALL PERSONAL TO THE HANDLING DEPARTMENT, ALL PERSONAL TO THE HANDLING DEPARTMENT."

I was flying to the security department when I heard the call, sirens began to blare. Something was happening, I'll have to check it later. I landed on the landing platform of the security department, and walked into the main room. Everyone was scrambling past me, running to the glass skyways that led to the other departments. I heard a loud rumble, as I quickly went back outside. A huge shadow went over me, looking up I saw a massive airship heading for the handing department, armed to the teeth with hundreds looking out from the deck. This isn't good, I need to get over there. I engaged my engines, doing a short burst I landed on the airships deck. Unlike most of their airships, this one had no ballon and was using other technology and propellers to keep in the air. I found its control center, I should speak with the captain. Walking over, I saw familiar faces. Jaxton and Jacob were both up here, along with Twelve, Jane, and Fred. There was someone new aboard, it was a woman. She had a large group following her, it was an eccentric group with the same boy from the finance department, a man with heavily armored hands who appeared to have 6 inhuman ears on his head, and a white haired dog-lady who looked similar to Maria from my world and the same woman who follows Alexei around. That was most definitely the security department, this the ship for the aspects. The handling department was below us, and before Fred could make conversation I fell backward off the ship and found myself in the core of the handling departments docks. They were gearing up all these ships for war, I know it. I saw Alexei, hoping to keep some secrecy I hid myself a wall close by, I got wind of their conversation.

"Lily, listen in."

Alexies voice came into my ear.

"You are to kill anything and everything that moves, this is not an expedition it is an extermination. We will reclaim was Akira took from us, reclaim our home!"

The men and women cheered, as they boarded the slower airships. I had to act fast, what can I do here? The ships were leaving, and as more sirens blared. The ships took off Into the air, the clamps hissing with steam as they departed. I quickly used my boosters to break into Jacob's office and press the intercom. Using my masked voice, I made my own announcement.

"ALL SHIPS ARE TO AWAIT FURTHER ORDERS."

The ships parked mid air, but they were all off the bay. I have to destroy these ships... it's the only thing I can do, I walked to the edge of the bay. With a deep sigh, i launched into the air. I soared around the ships, catching waves from the people. I flew up, stalling in the air I engaged my missile salvo. 

"Sorry."

With a puff of my chest, dozens of medium sized missiles propelled from my shoulders. Multiple ships were hit as I began to fly around firing on the airships. Explosions were everywhere, as the ships began to fire at me. I took some shots, but I managed to knock out the large airships power out, causing it to crash into the handling department with a loud explosion. The ships had to wait now, that must've been their lead airship. Taking too much fire, I attempted to return to the handling district but a lady dressed in white and red suddenly appeared and slashed me with a sword. We fell onto the roof of the handling district, the glass bottom revealing the flames from the crashed airship. She was quite a view, dressed in white and red, short shorts, her body covered with these red marks and cracks that seemed infecting. She wielded a long sword, curved like Vee's but much longer. She had long flowing white hair, with red eyes... like me. She stood there with her sword sheathed. She didn't look well, swaying almost falling over. She gripped her sword, as I clenched my fists. 

She suddenly vanished.

I looked side to side, but she wasn't there. I looked down, there was a deep gash in my stomach. My armor had been penetrated like it wasn't even there, and the woman stood behind me in the same position she was in when she was standing in front of me. There was no loud slash, no movement of the wind... only the cut. She began to walk away, but she doesn't know where I'm from. I threw my fist, and actually hit her beside the head. She didn't make any noise, as she almost immediately unsheathed and began to give me devastating slashes. I held up my arms to block, my armor quickly being chipped and whittled down as her blade chimed every time the metal interacted. She suddenly appeared behind me again, but I noticed she was sheathing. I quickly grabbed her. I threw her face into the glass, it shattered as I continued to grapple her and slam her body against the glass. She managed to break free, and with still no grunts or voice... she assumed a position. Red and white light shined from her sheathe, a whirlwind of whispers came into my head and immediately faded away. She unsheathed, and thin red lines were scattered across the area. Like strings, they wrapped around us stagnant in the air. 

I braced for maximum damage, but a hulking chunk of metal suddenly appeared and put their arms around me. It was Fred, once again saving me. He grunted in anger and pain, his body was damaged. 

"Fred! What is happening in this place!"

"I do not know Dove, I don't know where my daughter is... you need to get out of here, you won't defeat her. Go! Go find Daniel!"

I nodded, flying away to the top of Erun's central tower, I looked as Fred confronted that woman below.

"It appears you've gotten yourself into a lot of trouble, you've lost the trust of the people up here."

"Doesn't matter, once I learn the truth about everything... that's when I decide who needs judgement. Someone is behind all this, whether it be Akira again or someone else. Do me a favor, if the ships attempt to dive to the surface, use the tracker beacons to immobilize them."

"Copy."

"Now, let's go see the big guy."

"I'm coming Daniel."