As the Adrexians were evacuated, Touch\u00e9 continued to duel Jansha. \u201cWhat\u2019s your endgame here?!\u201d she demanded. \u201cHow will this get you the Source of Peace?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLike I\u2019d tell you!\u201d snarled Jansha. She activated a concealed blaster and fired it. Touch\u00e9 rolled out of the way and converted her blade to gun mode. She opened fire, then Jansha pulled out a metal wand and fired magic blasts. Touch\u00e9\u2019s helmet gave a readout on the energy of the magic blasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou can use magic?! How\u2019s that possible?!\u201d she yelped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStill not singing!\u201d replied Jansha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, you and your team WILL sing!\u201d hissed Touch\u00e9. She then inserted her ID tag into her weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFinal Attack!\u201d it announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRIDER TOUCH\u00c9 SHOT!\u201d she called as she pulled the trigger. Jansha rolled out of the way, the energy blast grazing her shoulder. She clutched her shoulder, then a runic circle appeared beneath her. Touch\u00e9 recognized the circle. \u201cCome back here, you coward!\u201d she shouted. Too late. Jansha vanished and Touch\u00e9 growled. She then heard an alarm. \u201cHm?\u201d she said. She then noticed a phone icon on her helmet\u2019s HUD. She tapped her belt while looking directly at the icon. Rouge\u2019s symbol then appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTouch\u00e9 honey,\u201d she purred, \u201cthe shuttles are being prepped for heading planet-side!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cExcellent!\u201d praised Touch\u00e9. \u201cI\u2019ll join you on the ground!\u201d She ended the call, then summoned her motorcycle and sped to a nearby shuttle. She then dismissed her bike and her armor and Adrexians helped her into a shuttle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMadam, we owe you so many apologies-!\u201d said one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSave it. I fought one of those that duped you all,\u201d assured Emily. \u201cI don\u2019t blame you all in the slightest.\u201d The shuttle then lurched before escaping to the planet below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The whole journey took two hours before they arrived at a spaceport that was overgrown. \u201c\u2026Damn,\u201d said Emily when she stepped out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026We didn\u2019t take care of our home,\u201d sighed an Adrexian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, we have time to fix the damage,\u201d called a voice. Scorpainia approached them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re a Tarlaxian, yes?\u201d asked a second Adrexian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cQueen Empress Scorpainia, at your service,\u201d replied Scorpainia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur deepest apologies for dragging you away from such important-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBelieve it or not, you have nothing to apologize for,\u201d said Scorpainia. \u201cIn fact, there\u2019s a reason I and my friends are here. Emily, since you\u2019re leading this mission, mind telling them?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLadies of Adrexia,\u201d said Emily, \u201cwe\u2019re looking for Lady Peace of the Horsemen of Flourishment, the counterpart to War of the Apocalypse. A person naming himself Khan has seized control of the Tome and is bent on gathering the Sources of Flourishment on top of the Sources of the Apocalypse. Can you help us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can,\u201d said an Adrexian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd we will!\u201d said Lurazzi. \u201cAdrexians, search the planet!\u201d Never had there been a more dramatic surge of unity! All Adrexians scoured the planet! Naturally, Emily and her team helped out. It was Override and an Adrexian nurse that saw something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey, is that supposed to be part of the tree?\u201d Override asked the nurse. She pointed to a large tree with a woman standing against it and the branches currently holding her to the bark. The woman was cyan colored and wore a floral necklace. The Adrexian nurse gasped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTHAT\u2019S HER! THAT\u2019S LADY PEACE!\u201d she cheered. Override then switched her comms on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOverride to all search party members!\u201d she said on an open channel. \u201cPeace has been located! Repeat: Peace has been located! Converge on my position!\u201d Everyone gathered and began cutting the branches restraining Peace. It took a lot of time and careful effort to get her down, but get her down they did. Emily started tending to her. Peace groaned as she opened her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLady Peace, are you okay?\u201d asked Emily. Peace blinked blearily, then focused on Emily\u2019s face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I\u2026don\u2019t know you,\u201d she mumbled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe never met,\u201d explained Emily. \u201cI\u2019m Dame Emily Williams, Chief Medical Officer of the Feudal Nerd Society and student at After Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter Academy? Then you were taught by my Apocalypse sisters?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStill being taught, although I feel the time for graduation is coming up for me. In any event, there\u2019s a reason for my being here and it\u2019s a dire one. Auriella had initially promised this universe\u2019s loyalty to a multiversal terrorist organization called Shocker Umbra twenty of my universe\u2019s years ago, roughly eight hundred thousand here in this universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when this forest took over the planet!\u201d realized Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, and now Shocker Umbra has joined with a madman called the Author, the master of the Tome and he\u2019s after your Source.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026He cannot claim it, but neither can I.\u201d Emily arched an eyebrow at Peace\u2019s cryptic remark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen your Apocalypse sisters as well as Life and Bounty hold onto theirs easily,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026You saw Life and Bounty?!\u201d asked Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes. The situation is that dire,\u201d replied Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen I need to join you, but I need help. You see, the reason I cannot claim my Source is because it\u2019s the cause of this forest.\u201d Emily goggled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAuriella used your Source\u2026to make this forest?!\u201d she whispered in awe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe has used your Source for ill!\u201d said Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLurazzi?!\u201d asked Peace. \u201cA Queen now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLady Peace, let me explain what happened,\u201d said Lurazzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peace was aghast at what she learned. \u201cMy dearest friend\u2026fallen to evil!\u201d she said sadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeace, perhaps there\u2019s a way to fix this!\u201d said Emily. \u201cWe just need to-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBack away from the Horseman of Flourishment!\u201d called a voice. \u201cWe don\u2019t want the situation to escalate!\u201d Everyone turned to see Cyber-priestess Gi, Femfaf, a blunette with a pink and cream dress and rose hairpiece resting on one of her two pigtails, Adachi Hana, Jansha, and Remsu approach them with a contingent of female Lord drones. Malnar growled at seeing Femfaf and Remsu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMalnar, you know those two women?\u201d asked Emily as she pointed at Remsu and Femfaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe silver thing is the first female Golem, Femfaf!\u201d replied Malnar. \u201cAnd the Succubus\/Zephyr blender is my old First Officer, Remsu Borg!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBorg?!\u201d yelped Geltar. \u201cLike, DOCTOR Borg?! Mama Arsha\u2019s main nemesis?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe same!\u201d confirmed Malnar. \u201cShe married Dr. Borg when she was initially in Realmfleet Max!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOld rivalries aside,\u201d said Gi, \u201cdo not interfere with our plans. WE will be taking the Source! By force, if necessary!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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