Tori Jacobs
Garrus Vakarian
Kragen
Miracle
Dyne
Maricul
Armando
Madeira Roberts
Solomon
Jehanne
June Greenaway
Shinta Greenaway
Lily Mayweather
Nex Aaron
Mary Thompson
Voice: She is coming.
The scene fades into the holy temple of Aircano where Miracle is awoken from a deep prayer with a pale look on her face.
Miracle: She is coming. I must warn them.
Miracle stood up and ran outside the temple where Jehanne was standing.
Miracle: Jehanne, tell Solomon to prepare for evacuation.
Jehanne: What ever for, My Lady?
Miracle: I don't have time to explain. Looks up to see the Resistance's jet coming in for a landing. Just do it!
Jehanne: Runs off to find Solomon.
Miracle moves to meet with Tori and the others.
Tori: Miracle, you have to get everyone out here right now! One of the Ancients are coming this way.
Miracle: I am already preparing the city for evacuation.
Garrus: We have the jet here if you need it.
Miracle: That won't be enough to fit everyone.
Tori: She called herself a guardian. She said she wanted to restore the balance.
Cut to: Outside Aircano
Dyne: Approaches the city's gate, a trail of bodies from the villages behind her piling up with every step she takes. The sandstorm coming straight at the city's walls and shaking them, forcing the guards on the other side to act and hold the gate as she continues her walk, storm clouds forming over the sky and blocking out the sun as a great darkness overcomes the city.
Cut to: Inside Aircano
The group looks towards the darkness that descends Aircano.
Miracle: We're out of time.
Mary: What do we do?
Tori: Shinta, you and the others get the refugees out. The rest of us will help Miracle defend the city.
June: What about you?
Tori: I'm staying.
June: Like hell you are! Tori, you're blind. You're not going to be able to stay.
Tori: I can't die, remember? I'm the reason this thing was released, I'm not leaving until it's defeated. Get moving.
June: But, Tori–!
Tori: That was an order!
June: Looks displease with Tori and reluctantly leaves with Shinta and the others.
Garrus: They aren't going to be able to hold that gate for long.
Armando: What's our next move?
Miracle: We force it back. Draws her sword and staff. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Kragen: Must be Sunday.
Solomon: Arrives on horseback. Form a perimeter! Get the refugees into the temple where Yahweh's magic can protect them!
Aircano Soldier: Sire, do you really think we can combat this enemy? Look what it does outside the walls!
Solomon: David was only a small boy when he slayed the giant. Have faith and we will succeed. Now go!
The soldier runs off and Solomon joins the others with Jehanne by his side. Rain fell from the sky, becoming more violent with each drop. Lightning strikes the sky and the soldiers at the gate fell one by one to dust while Dyne continues to penetrate the walls of the city. The soldiers gathering around the defense group beginning to cower in fear as Miracle watches.
Miracle: And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still! The storm stops. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Looks towards the soldiers. Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
Soldiers: Looks back at Miracle in shock.
Solomon: Draws his blade. Hear me now, beast! I am the head defender of these walls, named after the wise King Solomon! Turn back now or be cut down by my blade! Your efforts to intimidate us with your mere presence will not succeed. The fury and wrath of the Lord thy God awaits you should you come any closer!
The city's gate breaks down, the remaining soldiers guarding it perish and scream in terrible agony. Dyne steps over their corpses, rendering them to ash as she took her first steps into the city and stared down the army that stands across from her.
Madeira: I don't think she heard you.
Tori: Oh, she heard him.
Dyne: The war amongst the celestial kingdom shall not be contained; the sons of man shall be engulfed in the flood of conflict, and all hope shall be lost unto them.
Garrus: What is that?
Tori: More prophecy.
Dyne: Looks at Miracle. A child will cradle the seed of destruction in her breast as the heart of man falls under the shadow. Fate shall make war upon the heavens, and the heavens shall gird themselves as for battle. The righteous shall fall upon the wicked and lay siege to the very gates of the house of the Creator. It shall take peace from mankind and loose great destruction upon the world.
Tori: Upon?
Miracle: Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Begins her march towards Dyne, the others soon following her. Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations!
Miracle's march turns into a run with her sword up high. Solomon and Jehanne close by her side as well as the other Aircano soldiers. Kragen, Garrus, and Armando fire towards Dyne, and Madeira sends waves of electricity at the child.
Dyne: Lux, Umbra, Vita, Mors, Concordia, Chaos. Walks towards the onslaught. At last the storm surges forth from the holy lands. And the hand of destruction reaches out to undo the workings of the Creator. The tides of judgment surge – ready to smash down upon the shores of the mortal world – to drown the guilty and the innocent alike. The Ancients shall mete out their vengeance upon all flesh. And blood shall run as great torrents. Only then, shall they be saved.
The ground raises up like tendrils and impales the soldiers charging at Dyne while blocking the bullets and electricity from the others. Miracle, Solomon, and Jehanne manages to dodge the tendrils and continue their charge. Solomon was the first to reach Dyne and swing his sword towards her.
Dyne: Deus Mortis. Twin swords materializes in Dyne's hands and blocks Solomon's strike, pushing him back in the direction of the earth tendrils.
Miracle: Solomon!
Jehanne: Jumps up into the air and grabs Solomon before the tendrils could get him.
Garrus: She has swords now.
Tori: From where? Her ass?
Armando: Made, try magnetizing them to disarm her.
Madeira: I can't.
Armando: Dammit! What is she doing now?
Dyne: Raises her blades.
Tori: What is she doing?
Garrus: Raising her weapons.
Tori: Get down!
Dyne: Tenebrae illius devorant omnia.
Dyne swings her blades, two lines flash across the air forcing the defenders to get out of the way. The lines slice through the holy temple cutting it in half killing Tori's friends, and the refugees that were still inside. The lines continue cutting through buildings and blowing a new hole in the back wall of the city. Miracle jumps over two fallen trees and then sees the damage done to the temple, narrowing her eyes at Dyne.
Miracle: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Holy energy radiates off of her. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore! Plunges her sword into Dyne's heart.
Solomon: Looks at the destruction cause by Dyne and then his soldiers. Find what few survivors you can and lead them through the new exit!
The Aircano soldiers escape through the back exit with the remaining refugees. Blood drips from the wound in Dyne as she stood there meeting the harsh gaze of Miracle before the ground opens up and swallows Dyne whole, forcing Miracle back.
Garrus: What the hell was that!?
Tori: The wind stopped.
Kragen: Up there!
The group looks up to see a flock of crows circling the air. They come together to form a single wing and then act as the clothes for the naked woman in the air, the wing turning into hair and clothes covering up her form as a witch in black robes and hat hovers in the air above the city.
Armando: Who the hell is that?
Miracle: Maricul!
Maricul: To the one who wrecked my home.
The earth closes over Dyne.
Maricul: Fuck off!
The ground close leaving Dyne trap inside. Everyone looks on in silence until the gravity around them intensified and they were bounded to the ground unable to stand. What remains of the buildings around them collapse under the gravity and Dyne rose up out of the ground with no lasting effect seen on her. She began to walk towards the group just as the sun shines on the alter that remain in perfect condition despite the entire church building being left in ruin.
Miracle: Who covereth the heaven with clouds? Struggles to get up.
Dyne: Looks in Miracle's direction.
Miracle: Manages to get to one knee. Who prepareth rain for the earth? Groans in pain. Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains? Pulls herself up to her feet. It is not you, demon! Closes her eyes. Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Is release from the gravity. Amen!
Dyne appears in front of Miracle as soon as she open her eyes, shroud in darkness while Miracle stood underneath the only ray of sunlight that shines through the clouds. The two stares into each other's eyes for a moment before the silence was broken.
Dyne: A wanderer will pass through the ancient lands, trailing chaos in her wake. The realms will be reunited and the mortal world will tremble before them. A true servant of God shall never teach false doctrine. It shall, in return, never deny new revelation. It will never tell one that the canon of scripture is full, or that Testament, new and old, is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man. The beast shall be upon the earth, and it shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, tread it down, and break it in pieces. Draws her blades at Miracle. Let it be heard that Yahweh’s will cometh not from the faith of man – but from Yahweh itself. It is in his divine law that the Ancients draw their blades – and in his duty that destruction must come to pass; for all of his creation. Stares at Tori. A sacrifice of blood is what it demands for the cleansing of this world. Until this moment, the Ancients spared this sanctuary; it will tolerate no further hindrance by the hand of man: Like Sodom and Gomorrah before you, if repentance is not sought so shall Aircano be swallowed by a storm of brimstone, salt and flames as result of the sins and abominations committed against and in his name.
Tori: The righteous shall fall upon the wicked. She was referring to us. We're the wicked. That thing and Miracle are working for the same god!
Miracle: Falls to her knees in shock. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. This was never about offering shelter to the lost was it? I was leading these people to their deaths to restore what was damaged. I rounded up the sheep so that you could come and take them in one fair swoop. Starts to cry. He knew I wouldn't have the stomach for such a task. He blinded me so my conscious would remain clear. My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death. Puts her hands together and closes her eyes in prayer. Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. Stands up and steps aside.
Tori: What is she doing?
Garrus: She's standing aside.
Tori: What? Looks at Miracle. Have you lost your mind?! You can't let that thing succeed!
Miracle: I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do.
Maricul: Chuckles. Somehow, I expected more from you. Lifts up her hand and reverses the gravity from the group onto Dyne.
Dyne: Begins to be held down under the pressure of her own power before the gravity converted into raw energy and flows across her body as she steps towards the witch.
Tori: Gets up and moves in the path of Dyne. If it's a sacrifice of blood you want – Removes her blindfold where the dry blood from her eye sockets were. then take it! Wipes the blood on her hand and then throws it at Dyne. Take it and let this world be cleansed!
Dyne: Is hit in the face with the blood. A violent wind surges through the city blowing back the entire group in the air. Her body turns into a singularity that tears holes into the air. Out from these holes came derange monsters that heads towards the group as a great force can be felt in Dyne, Miracle, Maricul, and even Tori.
Garrus, Kragen, Armando, and Madeira go over to help Tori up while Jehanne runs to Miracle's side to get her away from Dyne.
Garrus: Tori, are you all right?
Tori: Did you feel that?
Garrus: Feel what?
Dyne: Looks sad. The world is broken.
Miracle: What have you done, Maricul?
Maricul: What have I done? Why don't you ask your new friend over there? It's her power that just sent the universe into chaos. Had you never came to this place, Dyne, the balance never would have never been broken in the first place.
Madeira: Someone wants to clue me in on what's going on?
Tori: A paradox. All this power in one place was so great it caused the imbalance the child was talking about.
Garrus: How is that possible?
Maricul: Does it matter? You all see this as a crisis in need of preventing, I see it as the dawning of a new era. Mankind has evolved beyond the need of gods, just like it has evolved beyond the need of walls that serve only to divide us.
Miracle: Maricul, have you lost your mind? Do you have any idea what would happen if you go through with this? Any idea at all?
Maricul: On the contrary, midear, my mind is quite clear. The clearest it has been for centuries.
Miracle: Your fight with Yahweh should stay between you and Yahweh. Don't pull the other worlds into it I beg you!
Maricul: The grand design is flawed. I plan to redesign it. Make it better. Soon these creatures that do not mesh with the realm will be made anew. They will belong here just as much as you and I do now. The Creator could have simply made us in the same universe, but instead it chose to separate us. To create gods to rule over us. Now our people are divided by different religions that all worship a different god further dividing us all. But what the gods fear the most is that mankind has indeed evolved beyond the need for them. We’re no longer afraid to venture into the unknown possibilities of the universe and has expanded our minds to a level of intelligence that makes them obsolete.
The monsters continue to close in on the group
Kragen: Those things are approaching.
Tori: Hold them off!
Maricul: Even you, Miracle. You have surpassed Yahweh himself. Why else would he keep you in the dark? As if it would matter if you weren’t on board? There are many people in Aircano who would have gladly led these sheep to the slaughter, but instead he chose to keep you around. To keep you in the dark so that this moment could take place. I ask you why? Was it really for your benefit, or was it because Yahweh knew if you were aware of his plans from the very beginning you would and very well could stop him before he had the chance to get it off the ground? It is not you who needs Yahweh, midear, it’s Yahweh who needs you.
Miracle: Maricul, please, I beg you. Don't do this!
Maricul: The only thing these people are guilty of is being the victim of a flawed system made by their creator. Do they really deserve death for that? Do they deserve death for the gods that allowed their worlds to perish leaving them with nowhere to turn? All they desire is a new realm to give them hope. Think about it, Miracle. REALLY think about it! Flies up into the air and spread out her arms. It isn't man that should fear God. Blasts the rifts and makes them larger It's God that should fear man!
More things start to come out of the rifts as Garrus, Kragen, Armando, and Madeira continue to fight them off.
Tori: Have everyone in this damn village lost their minds?! You'll kill us all if you do that!
Maricul: Don't be naive! Only life awaits beyond the rift.
Dyne: Words of a witch.
Pieces of the ground shot up to impale the creatures that came through the rifts.
Dyne: Fell thing that conspires against God, mortal, and devil, you are part of two worlds and yet belong to neither. You corrupt man and set mind to motion: An abomination to be eradicated along with your machinations. Turns her head to Miracle as she begins to glow like the sun. FLEE!
Jehanne: Grabs Miracle and runs off.
Tori: We need to get out of here! Runs back to her group. We need to get out of here now!
Miracle: Looks back to Maricul. Maricul!
The group flees Aircano as Maricul holds her ground against Dyne.
Dyne: And so it was foretold that the parallels, once reunited, would be shattered again. Closes her eyes. Their defeat would be illusory – for the final gambit would have yet to be played.
Dyne is engulfed by a blinding light that soon covers all of Aircano. Dyne's body explodes and from its destruction a supernova erupts taking Maricul and the creatures surrounding them with it, the blast escaping into the rifts in the air while Maricul's flesh start to burn in the extreme heat.
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And the scene fade to black.
To Be Continued!