Outside Sun City…

Outside of Sun City…a silent menace approaches…

“Ahh yess…I love to see a city intact before it’s destroyed…” Pimpinela looks at the sun setting; “Just a few more minutes…and I will launch a full scale attack…”

Pimpinela awaits for the sun to set as he remembers an event that happened in the past.

(BBBOOOMMM)

“Why are you kicking me out? Why are you doing this to me?” A younger Pimpinela looks beat up as a figure stands in front of him. That man is Typhoon, who is the leader of M.I.S.T. walks towards him:

“Because…you are weak…in this organization…we need stronger people…and to be honest…I just don’t like your methods…”

“YOU BASTARD! I SWEAR I WILL GET MY REVENGE…”

“NO YOU WON’T BECAUSE YOU WILL DIE RIGHT HERE AND NOW…”

Typhoon swings his sword, creating a giant tornado; “I SWEAR THAT I WILL GET YOU! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!”

Pimpinela opens his eyes; “I swear I will create a beautiful art piece that everyone will remember my name…PIMPINELA!”

Meanwhile…

“It appears we made it time…” Carlos, Chelsea and Flood come out of the door. They look at the monitors and notice the city in peace; “Very well…judging from the mana activity…he will most likely attack from the northern side…”

“It looks like it…hey is it okay that I am here?” Flood asks Carlos. Carlos nods in agreement; “It’s fine…I’ll take the blame…besides…we’re in an emergency here…”

“Very well…let’s head over there…” Chelsea walks down the corridor. Flood looks at her with suspicion:

“And how are we going to do that?”

“With this…” Chelsea opens the garage door and a Black Mustang with blue lines starts its engine.

“Incredible!” Flood looks with excitement. Chelsea smiles; “I know right?”

“Time to go…” Carlos, Chelsea and Flood head towards the battlefield.

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Thunderbird Mountain…

Emma slowly opens her eyes and looks up; “It’s dark out…is it night already?”

“It is…” Emma looks at her right. She sees Tiwa floating on her grave; “You know…I always blamed myself for what happened on that night…and now that she’s gone…that feeling is still there…”

Tiwa looks at Hopi’s remains; “Maybe…it’s best if I just go as well…I mean, what else do I have to do now…my two objectives are gone and to be honest…I feel as if I…”

“DON’T SAY THAT!” Emma shouts with rage. Tiwa looks at her surprised. Emma, with tears in her eyes walk towards her:

“DON’T EVER SAY THAT AGAIN! DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU HAVE A PURPOSE AND THAT’S TO BE WITH ME…”

“But Emma…you almost died back there…don’t you see that if we stay together…you will eventually die?”

Emma falls into her knees; “I know that…and just thinking about it makes me even more nervous and afraid…but still…I never felt so alive right now…and it’s thanks to you and Hopi…she even gave her life to save me…”

“So…you are one of my descendents?” The other Emma asks. Emma with tears in her eyes nods in agreement:

“So…you were killed at this age…how cruel…I’m so sorry…”

“Don’t be…it was the fate of my clan to perish…and therefore…I will seek revenge…”

“How will you that?”

“Please…lend me your body…” The other Emma asks Emma. Emma looks scared at first; “I-I-I can’t…”

“Do not hesitate…this is the only way…I also saw your memories…you were alone all this time…but now that I am here…you will never be alone…” The other Emma extends her hand; “Please…I beg you…help me find peace to my soul…”

Emma, who hesitated first, extended her hand; “Very well…I shall lend you my body…”

“I appreciate it…I, Tiwa de Ysleta…the last Shaman Priestess…request your body…”

“I…Emma Smith…accept this request on one condition…I will never be alone…”

“I accept…”

Emma extends her hand with the amulet that united them; “Please…let’s be one person again…we need to save the city…”

Tiwa smiles and tears come out of her eyes; “I always thought you were useless without me…”

“I am…that’s why…”

“We will always be together”

(BBBOOOMMM)

A bright light shines as both of their souls merge together, becoming a single identity. Tiwa walks toward Hopi remainings and grabs the stone in the shape of a wing:

“Thank you Emma…”

Tiwa walks towards the door and holds the stone; “Let’s go Jumano.”

Jumano appears behind her with lightning covering the area; “Right…Mistress Tiwa…”

Tiwa heads to the battlefield…

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Outside Sun City…

(TIC TOC)

The sun has completely set; “Alright…time to create a magnificent artwork…” Pimpinela takes out his guitar and plays some notes. At that moment, an Army of Sombras emerge from the Shadows.

(RRRAAWWWWW)

Pimpinela summons his Thunderbird; “Now my pet…it’s time to make this city go dark…” The Thunderbird flies to the sky and creates an enormous lightning sphere. -BBBOOOMMM- The Thunderbird releases an enormous amount of mana that immediately creates a black out in the Borderland.

The blackout played a key role on Volume 8…

“WHAT’S HAPPENING OVER THERE!” Ramona (one of Valerie’s friends) points at the mountains from afar. Lighting falls into the mountains, and creates an electrical shockwave. Suddenly the light turns off and everyone panics.

“What do we do?” Tatiana looks scared, Valerie stands up and grabs both of their hands; “We must avoid the crowd, come with me…”

Valerie and her friends manage to exit the restaurant, then go into panic, Valerie and her friends head for safety.

“What is going on?” Ramona looks nervous, Valerie looks at the amount of lightning as she thinks; “This is strange, I must get a hold of Yggdrasil.” Valerie looks at the sky thinking:

“Uriel…”

“Why is there lightning coming down in the mountains?” Tatiana looks frightened. Valerie looks at both of her friends and smiles; “Forgive me…” Valerie unleashes a powerful wind current to distract them:

“GGGYYAAAHHH”

When the girls open their eyes, they don’t see her; “Where did she go?”

“Hello girls…” Both of them hear someone walking towards them; “Is that…Prof. Alberto?”

Alberto Gonzalez approaches them; “I have something to talk to you about…”

Valerie, using her divine wind heads straight towards the lightning:

“I can feel an enormous amount of sinister mana coming from there and this lightning…I can feel Yggdrasil and someone else is there…I must hurry…”

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(RRAAAAWWW)

Sombras head towards the city as they run down the mountain. There are three figures standing at the bottom of the mountain; Carlos, Chelsea and Flood.

“Alright…leave that stupid Ogre to me…I have a bone to pick…”

“Very well…I will go with you…” Chelsea stands beside him. Flood chuckles:

♪-Tee Hee…I thought you were a backup only…-♫

“Normally I am…but today…there are just three of us here…and to be honest…” Chelsea summons her twin pistols with pink borders:

“I was getting bored…”

“Oh…I can feel the bloodlust in both of you…tell me the truth…why did Yggdrasil has so few agents here…”

Carlos walks forward and summons his katana, Kurohariotsubame (Blue Swallow):

“There are motives…first, the limits imposed by your government over foreign organizations…and the second is…”

(SSSLLLASSHHH)

Carlos with great speed attacks the Sombras and bears 10 of them in a blink of an eye:

“WE’RE THE STRONGEST!”

(BANG BANG BANG BANG)

Chelsea fires multiple bullets and hits all of the Sombras:

“You see…we were selected from over 200 candidates because we are the best…”

Carlos and Chelsea charge uphill, beating down every Sombra they see; “That’s right…our ranking is unfair…we may be “Leaves” however…our power rivals those who are “Lower Trunks or higher”...”

“Oh I see now…♪-Tee Hee…it looks like your really fun…well then…-♪”

(CLAP)

Flood makes a loud clap. At that moment, all of the Sombras that were charging towards them exploded.

(BBBOOOOMMM)

“WHAT THE HELL!” Carlos exclaims, Flood walks towards them:

“♪-Did you forget that my ‘Mana War Suit’ has the power to increase one's physical and spiritual power?-♪”

“Oh yeah…I forgot about that…” Carlos scratches his head. Flood heads up front; “I can increase their mana to the level that they explode…follow me…”

The group heads uphill as the Sombras heading that direction explode. Carlos looks at Flood; “Damn…that’s a very scary ability…”

“Not as scary as yours…when you lose control…no one can stop you…” Chelsea mocks Carlos. Carlos looks at Chelsea with anger:

“Oh shut up…”

Flood suddenly stops; “It looks like he noticed… “ The Sombras scattered the area. Flood turns around; “It looks like this is where we split up…whoever finds him gets the kill…” Flood disappeared from their sight.

“Hey wait…”Carlos looks around; “THAT FOOL!”

“Hey Carlos…we have company…”

(PUM PUM PUM)

Carlos and Chelsea see a giant figure approaching them, Carlos smiles with excitement:

“So it’s you…SHREK!”

“You know that’s copyright, right?”

“OH SHUT UP!”

(RRRRAAAWWW)

The Ogre heads straight towards Carlos, Carlos takes out his katana and clashes with the Ogre. -BBBOOOMMM- “Alright…you monster…it’s payback time…”

“I will look for that man…” Chelsea runs uphill. Carlos nods in agreement as he continues to fight the Ogre.

As Chelsea runs uphill, the Bauk appears and attacks her. -SSSSLLLASSHH- Chelsea dodges the attack with ease:

“Whoa there…it looks like the doggy wants to play…very well…”

Chelsea grabs her two pistols; “Now then…let’s play…”

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At the same time…

(PUM PUM PUM)

Flood continues to take down the Sombras; “♪- This is way too easy…I wonder where that bastard could be…”

(BBBOOOMMM RRRAAAWWW)

At that moment, lightning comes down from the sky, trying to hit the Flood. Flood dodges them with great difficulty:

“WHAT THE HELL…WHAT IS THIS?”

She looks up and sees the Black Thunderbird flying down towards her; “I see the Thunderbird…lucky me…”

“Oh so your the new member of M.I.S.T…my how low have they fallen…to have a little like you…”

“Little girl? What the hell…I’m 19 years old…”

Pimpinela walks towards her; “That doesn’t make a difference…”

“So how old are you? 40?”

“Hahaha…I’m 35 for your information…”

“I see…well then…I must take you into custody according to my mission…”

“So they send a little girl to stop me? How idiot can Typhoon be?” Pimpinela gets angry. Flood chuckles; “Believe, I’m more than enough to stop you…”

“Hahaha…Typhoon made a wrong decision dear…” Pimpinela plays a note, the Thunderbird heads towards her. Typhoon dodges the attack, Pimpinela appears and kicks her, sending her towards a boulder.

(BBBOOOMMM)

“Oh I broke my leg…how strange…I didn’t use too much force…” Pimpinela looks at his leg. Flood walks towards him; “I am called Flood because I increased the physical and spiritual abilities surrounding me by ten-fold, but that also applies to me as well…take this…” Flood launches a powerful sphere towards Pimpinela.

Pimpinela smiles; “Wrong more…” The Thunderbird appears in front of him and absorbs the mana.

“No way…” Flood takes a step back, Pimpinela heals his leg; “Even if you have your ability in use…I have bad news for you…this is Game over…”

The Thunderbird releases powerful lightning attacks towards Flood.

(BBBBOOOMMM)

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Carlos and Chelsea vs. Ogre and Bauk

“Danza del Gorrion” (Swallow Dance)

(SLASH SLASH SLASH)

Carlos attacks the Ogre multiple times with high speed; “Damn it…I can’t cut him…”

(RRRAAWWW)

The Ogre swings his mallet, Carlos dodges it as he thinks:

“Very well…I guess I have no choice…” Carlos grabs his katana with his two hands and lifts it to the air. His body begins to boil and blue mana comes out in the form of flames; “This is my secret technique…”

“Técnica Secreta; Aleteo del Gorrión del Zafiro…” (Secret Technique; Sapphire Swallow Flap) -SSSSLLLLAAASSHHH- Carlos swings his sword down releasing a powerful attack of blue flames, the attack hits the Ogre.

(RRRAAWW)

The Ogre gets engulfed in flames; “Take that you ugly bastard…now to help…”

(PPUUMMM)

The mallet hits Carlos, sending towards the mountain. The Ogre walks towards him as the flames disappear. Carlos lifts his head and notices he is injured:

“Damn it…the blow landed on my ribs…how is it possible…I thought I took him down…”

(PUM PUM PUM)

The Ogre attacks Carlos, Carlos dodges it as he spits blood; “Damn it…and it will take a couple of minutes to heat up again…no choice…I have to continue dodging…”

Meanwhile…

(BANG BANG BANG)

Chelsea fires multiple times, the Bauk jumps from the darkness into the light to attack and jumps back toward the darkness in highspeed.

Chelsea chuckles; “This doggy sure is fast…let’s see now…where will he attack next?”

(RRAAWWW)

The Bauk appears behind her, Chelsea chuckles; “That won’t work…” Chelsea dodges the attack and shoots at the Bauk.

(BANG)

The bullet connects to the monster, and Bauk shines in the darkness again. Chelsea chuckles; “The Bauk, a monster that hides in the darkness and moves with great speed…that monster is at the level 2…but it’s no good if it doesn’t connect…”

(RRAAAWW)

At that moment, Chelsea hears his roar; “Now then…he already tries to attack from every location…except…”

(BANG BANG)

Chelsea fires two bullets to the sky. The Bauk jumps of her Shadow trying to attack her, Chelsea jumps back:

“CHECKMATE!”

(BANG BANG)

The two bullets fall and hit the Bauk. The Bauk struggles in pain, Chelsea points at it with a smile:

“You know…I pity you because you were doing this against your will…however…”

(BANG)

“I show mercy to no one…”

Chelsea kills the Bauk with a bullet to the head. The Bauk slowly disappears. Chelsea takes a deep breath; “Well…that was easy…I guess I should help Carlos…”

(BANG)

At that moment, Chelsea feels warm in her abdomen, she touches it and notices blood coming out; “Huh..my blood…but how…”

(BANG BANG)

She receives two more bullets, one in the leg and another in chest; “HAHAHA…THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR ELIMINATING MY PET…”

Chelsea looks up and sees Pimpinela walking towards her and draggin Flood from her hood:

“YOU GIRLS MESSED WITH THE WRONG GAL!”

Chelsea closes her eyes as she loses consciousness.

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(PUM PUM PUM PUM)

The Ogre continues his rampage, Carlos dodges every movement. However, his movements become slower and slower.

“Ha..Ha…Ha…” Carlos jumps up a boulder:

“Damn it…I really don’t know how much can I handle…”

“I think that’s quite enough…boy…” Carlos hears a voice a sees to his right, he opens his eyes wider upon seeing Pimpinela stepping over Chelsea:

“You see…your girlfriend doesn’t have much time…”

(BADUMP BADUMP)

“No…Chelsea…” Carlos walks slowly towards her. Pimpinela laughs, pointing at him; “Hahaha…I won’t attack you just yet…I want to see your despair…”

“Take this…” Tiwa descends from the skies and attacks Pimpinela, Pimpinela dodges her attack:

“Too slow…”

Tiwa lands in front of Carlos and Chelsea; “Hey guys are you…” Tiwa looks with shock as Chelsea is in a puddle of blood and Carlos holding:

“No…Chelsea….”

“HAHAHAHA…YOU SEE THAT’S THE DESPAIR I WANT TO SEE…NOW MY PETS…TAKE THEM DOWN…”

-♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫-

Pimpinela plays a guitar solo, summoning multiple Sombras, surrounding them. Tiwa fuses with Suma the owl and begins to attack them:

“CARLOS SNAP OUT OF IT! THE OGRE I BEHIND YOU!”

“HAHAHA IT’S NO USE…THE OGRE IS IMMUNE TO MANA AND MAGIC…THIS IS YOUR DOOM!”

Carlos puts Chelsea down and summons his katana; “Com t'atreveixes a fer mal a la meva estimada” (How dare you hurt my beloved)

(SSSLLLAAASHHH)

Carlos cuts the Ogre in half without him turning. The upper half of the Ogre falls into the ground as it burns down. Tiwa and Pimpinela are surprised. Pimpinela gets furious:

“WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!”

Carlos’ katana got destroyed, he lets it go. He slowly lifts his head showing a furious expression with his blue eyes shining and his corneas turning black. Fangs grow as he shows rage:

“M'has fet enfadar... Ara pagaràs…” (You made me angry... Now you will pay…)

(BBBAAADDDUUUUMMMPPPP)

Suddenly, Carlos gets engulfed in a powerful aura, the heat becomes noticeable. Tiwa notices; “This is bad…Chelsea is in danger…”

Tiwa with great speed grabs Chelsea and gets her out of the way. Carlos takes out a scroll, he grabs blood from his wounds and puts it in the scroll, summoning a double edge sword with a bluish tone pommel:

“Pujar; Espada Maldita- Cid Tizona” (Rise; Cursed Sword-Cid Tizona)

(BBBBOOOMMM)

Carlos grabs the sword and powerful blue flames spread around the area. Soon rectangular marks spread across his body and covered his face.

Tiwa holds Chelsea as she slowly opens her eyes; “Oh no…he lost control…”

“Chelsea…what is that power?”

“It’s called Maldició or Cursed…this is a technique that Carlos uses to burn everything around him…those blue flames are a curse of a demon that hunts down the Valverde family…that sword is Tizona…a legendary sword that has the level of the Sixteen treasures…”

“Really…I always thought that he was weak…”

“No…he is just dumb but his strength rival’s Uriel…” Chelsea coughs up blood, Tiwa panics; “Oh no…we’re out of time…”

“Mind if I help…” The girls see someone approaching them.

“SO THEN…YOU’RE A DEMON HUH…WELL THAT WON’T SCARE ME…NOW RISE MY PUPPETS…”

Pimpinela summons the soldiers that were outside the mountain, everyone seems to be controlled by him as they don’t have pupils with glowing red eyes; “We Shadow tamers can also control people you see…Now then…let’s see if you’re a demon as you try to attack a human being…”

(SLASH SLASH SLASH)

In a blink of an eye, Carlos cuts down 5 soldiers without mercy, the soldiers burn into ashes. Pimpinela takes a step back; “No…he was killed without mercy…”

(SLASH SLASH SLASH)

Carlos continues to kill the soldiers without mercy. He moves with great speed, as the soldiers fire from their weapons, Carlos dodges them but gets some hits. He proceeds on eliminating all of the 50 soldiers.

Pimpinela feels nervous; “I see…so you're not just talk then how about this…” Pimpinela takes out his pistol. -SSLLASSHH- With great speed, Carlos cuts his left arm off. “Huh…” Pimpinela looks at his missing arm. -DRIP DRIP DROP DROP- Blood comes out of his arm:

“AAAHHH WHAT THE HELL! MY ARM MY ARM!”

(SSSSLLLASSHHH)

Carlos cuts his leg, Pimpinela falls back and crawls back with tears in his eyes:

“WAIT…I NEED TO SUMMON MORE…”

Carlos stabs Pimpinela, he catches blue flames; “AAAHHHH”

“Moriràs... el diable t'emportarà l'ànima!” (You will die...the devil will take your soul!)

“NO PLEASE…MERCY…HAVE MERCY…” Pimpinela begs for his life. Carlos chuckles; “No hi ha pietat pels pecadors” (There is no mercy for the sinners)

(SSSLLLAASSHHH)

Carlos decapitates Pimpinela, killing him instantly. The body burns into ashes as Carlos falls into his knees with tears in his eyes; “AAAHHHHHH” He screams with rage and sorrow. He begins to release an enormous amount of mana.

Chelsea appears in front of him and kisses him in the mouth. Carlos notices her in front of him. He lets go of his sword and his mark disappears. Carlos calms down as both of them separate; “Chelsea…you’re alright…”

“Of course I am…don’t think I’m that weak…” Chelsea hugs him; “You dummy…remember that I am the only one who can stop you…not even Senpai can…”

“I know…I’m sorry…”

(RRRRAAWWWW)

Dozens of Sombras charge to attack them; “Oh no…Chelsea…” Chelsea grabs his face; “Calm down…we have some help…”

(SSSLLLASSHHH)

All of a sudden, a spear covered in purple mana charges to the sky and destroys the Sombras in the blink of an eye. Carlos looks with surprise; “What was that?”

“Hello…thank God you’re okay…” Carlos looks at Valerie and exclaims:

“WAIT…VALERIE…”

Valerie lifts her hand and grabs the lance and spins; “Yeah…that’s me…”

“Interesting...you didn’t tell me you had another member?” Flood walks slowly towards them. “She’s not a member…but she is an ally…” Chelsea replies as she smiles at her thinking:

“This girl has so much power…and yet, she is so mysterious…”

“-♪ And you went on and killed my prey…sheesh…what’s wrong with you ♫ ”

“Sorry about that…it wasn’t my intention…”

“♫- Teehee…don’t worry about it…you saved me a lot of paperwork…♫-”

(RRRAAAWWW)

At that moment, everybody looks at the sky as they see the Thunderbird coming down from the clouds, the black lightning expands towards all of the area, reaching the northern part of the city.

“How …but I killed Pimpinela…the Sombra should have disappeared since it was his creation…” Carlos looks at the ashes. Tiwa walks towards them; “No…the Thunderbird was made by nature itself…he only poured a small portion of mana…but that monster is part of nature itself…”

(RRRAAWWW)

The Thunderbird heads towards the city. Carlos breathes heavily; “Shit…I used all of my power…I can’t help…”

“Me neither…I am so tired…” Chelsea replies with Flood agreeing. Valerie has a second thought but she steps forward; “In that case I…”

“No…this is a matter of the Ysleta…I will take care of it…” Tiwa grabs the wing-shaped stone and disappears from their sight.

“What was that?” Carlos looks surprised. Valerie looks at the sky; “That was Tiwa’s true power…”

(RRRAAAWWWW)

The Thunderbird flies towards the city, releasing powerful lightning attacks on its surroundings.

“AAHHHH” People panic as they run away from the lightning approaching the city. They panic as the lighting destroys multiple roads and houses.

Tiwa appears in front of the city, she takes out her flute and closes her eyes playing a tune.

-♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫-

“-♪ Oh great Thunderbird…Ruler of the Skies…

Protector of the souls…underneath your eyes…

Oh Great Thunderbird…magnificent as you fly…

May your legend live on and will never die…♫-”

“That was the song that Hopi played as a lullaby…I always took it for granted until now…Jumano…I have one request…lend me your power to stop this beast…’

(CCCRRRRRASSHHHH)

A giant eagle appears before her, he has golden wings and he is surrounded by lightning:

“I shall protect you on behalf of my Master…Mistress Tiwa…use my power…”

Tiwa smiles at him; “Thank you…Jumano…Fuse…”

“Right…”

(BBBBOOOMMM)

Tiwa has a black Native Americans style dress with frills at the bottom. She has longer golden wings and golden boots. She has a golden bandana with Native American patterns around her head.

Tiwa slowly elevates to the sky as the other Thunderbird charges straight at her; “Thunderbird…worshiped by many tribes as the protector of the land…your legend was made to be benevolent…I shall stop this monster here and now…”

Tiwa lifts her arm, suddenly, all of the lightning gathers in the palm of her hand; “Melodía de relámpagos; Sonata del Águila” (Lightning melody; Eagle Sonata)

(BBBBOOOMMMM)

Tiwa, points at the Thunderbird, the lightning in the sky hits the Thunderbird. -RRRAAAAWWW- The Thunderbird gets consumed by the lighting, taking away its power. Tiwa struggles as she breathes heavily; “You’re a force of nature…so your mana will return back to it…”

(RRRAAAWWW)

“Calm your heart…Tiwa…remember…this is a Sonata…a piece of art…calm down…” Tiwa hears Hopi’s voice, she smiles as she thinks; “That’s right…she’s here with me…Hopi…thank you…”

“I am here as well…we fight as one…” Emma appears next to her, Tiwa smiles; “That’s right…I am not alone…now then…time to finish this…”

Tiwa closes her hand and the Thunderbird’s mana slowly gets absorbed by the lightning and goes into the clouds; “May you rest in peace…” Tiwa finishes the attack, the Thunderbird has completely disappeared. The clouds slowly disappear as well, and the moon shines down the area of the Borderland.

Tiwa slowly descends to the ground as she loses her form; “That was splendid Tiwa…unfortunately…my mana has depleted…I will only be able to use it one more time…please use his power when your life is at stake…”

“I will…thank you…Jumano…”

“I shall remain dormant until the time you need…” Jumano enters the stone and slowly goes back to sleep. Tiwa takes a deep breath:

“That was quite an impactful series of events…but still…”

Tiwa looks at the sky; “I got to see Hopi and Jumano again…and also…I got to see you face to face…Emma…”

At the mountain…

Flood stretches as she looks at Carlos and Chelsea; “Oh well…it looks like my mission is complete…I had a lot of fun with you guys…let’s me again sometime to do this…and also…” Flood points at Carlos; “The things I saw…I shall keep it a secret but having Tazina with you increases your bounty a lot…I doubt you can hide that secret for long…”

Flood creates mist as she slowly walks away; “-♪ Bye-Bye now…until next time…-♪ ”

“What a weirdo…” Carlos looks at Chelsea; “But how were you cured…” Chelsea points at Valerie:

“She cured me…”

“Hello…” Valerie waves and smiles at them, she walks towards them and puts her hands next to them:

“I only provided first aid because we were in a hurry but now…let me heal you completely…” Valerie closes her eyes; “Curacion” (Healing). Valerie heals both of their wounds in an instant. Carlos looks at her surprised; “Incredible…hey are you a member of the Order?”

“No…”

“But the lance…”

“It’s a secret…well then…I shall get going…please don’t tell anyone about this…” Valerie disappears leaving both of them dumbfounded:

“She’s weird…in a good way…”

As Valerie heads at high speed back to the city as she reads a message from Fabiola; “Something happened in the Ministry…come back now!”

“This is bad…this pain…mother…”

Read the events on Volume 8

“I’m sorry…I lost control…” Carlos apologizes to Chelsea, Chelsea puts her hand on his face; “Don’t be…you did it to defend me…and I’m glad…” Chelsea proceeds in kissing him on his forehead, Carlos with tears in his eyes, looks away embarrassed:

“Don’t ever die on me…you’re my…”

“I know…” Chelsea and Carlos chuckle.

(STEP STEP STEP)

“Chelsea Lockhart and Carlos Valverde…I want to have a talk with you…” A figure approaches Carlos and Chelsea.

Both of them open their eyes wider; “It can’t be…it’s you…”

The figure comes into the light; “I have a proposal for both of you…”

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April 17th; Near the Secret Base…

Tiwa decided to bury the remains of Hopi, next to Jairo’s tomb as part of the alliance…

“Tiwa…why didn’t you bring you’re remanings as well?” Emma asks Tiwa. Tiwa who is recovering her mana and has bandages smiles:

“Because…I died 100 years ago and that body isn’t mine anymore…this one is…and to be honest…it’s kinda creepy don’t you think…I mean grabbing my own remains and stuff…”

“You got a point…” Emma and Tiwa chuckle. Tiwa looks at her tomb:

“Thank you for everything…Master…no Mother Hopi…may your soul find peace..”

Tiwa feels Hopi’s hand behind her, she turns around and sees no one there. Tiwa smiles as she looks at the clear sky:

“I wonder if I will be able to find peace one day…just like her…”

On that night…the people of the Borderland saw the Legendary Golden Eagle…known as the Thunderbird…the legend was revived once again…and everything took place on Thunderbird mountain…but no one will ever know the reason for that Legend…

The End…