The phantom flame, known to beasts of Gaia as colorless flame whose heat can be felt when you near it,

A fire which illuminates that of the entire color spectrum but yet it has no color of it’s own,

Touching the flame grants differing results,

Some people just die

Others gain it’s power briefly before dying from the inability to contain it

There has been many methods to tame flame and use some of it’s power

It was even discovered the flame’s ability to restore your body whence receiving it’s power,

For example, if you cut off your arm and touched the flame, you would gain it’s power and a new arm as well, though there were varying side effects as well….

Besides sharing it’s power the flame itself could be seen as power source, now one that fueled machines and contraptions however

One that held Gaia, Tellus and Terra together, or apart in a sense,

Well, that’s how it used to be…

…..

…..

“No one in sight, and all these labs empty,” Himari grits her teeth

The lab she’d just exited was stocked with corpses of people from her ring

(“Ignore it, ignore it, ignore it”) she repeats to herself inwardly

As much as she would like to do something about it,

What really can be done?

“Shall we try another Ms. Himari?” asks Xpunk, Who has been running the woman all across the large field of buildings surrounded by the pentagonal walls

“Obviously

We have to check every one until we find Kage,

It feel eerily suspicious that this place is practically abandoned,

Maybe they were expecting us, given how things have turned out,”

“The chances of that would be really low, miss Himari, seemingly since the Velvet Underground is incredibly secure,

The systems cannot be accessed by outside means and one cannot warp there outside of the designated spots,”

“I know but–”

Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr♪

………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two pause their movement as the ground begins to tremor

Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr♪

“What’s happening now,” Himari agitatedly looks around half expecting to see a group tanks robots giants, anything that would shake the ground really

However this sound isn’t just happening near her and X

The entire first ring tremors–

–No, not just the first, the second and third as well…

Unbeknownst to them all a song plays loudly, it’s frequency so high that it cannot be heard by the naked ear

But it’s vibrations still felt…..

Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggg♪

An invisible light bursts up from the center most facility within the Pentagon

The dim night sky begins to shine brighter than midday and more colorful than before on contact with the light

“Kage’s definitely in there!” exclaims Himari immediately making pace….

“WAIT! MS. HIAMRI!

DON’T MOVE YET OR YOU WILL DIE,” Xpunk bellows

“huh?”

“Wait, let it pass first”

…..

…….

Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr♪

“Aye what the fook?

Why are we feeling earthquakes on the sea?”

“Oi!

Dirty Harry, come see this!”

“If it’s a fish ya caught again, I’ll shoot ya in the foot!” the woman retorts

……

…..

“Aye, yow?

Why’s the sky colorful?”

………

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*****

“Eve, my wife, the sky it’s–”

“–Yes, J can see it clearly Adam,” the woman steps away from a window

“Have we determined the reason for this yet?”

“No, but there’s more

The seabank whirlpools are gone, we are unsure of what is beyond the whirlpools yet,

The void sea has also cleared up, our satellites are now picking up a large mountain range surrounding our sea,”

“What is happening….

Could this be Kage?”

…….

…...

……

Drrrrrrrrrrrrrr♪

“Agghh!” MF rubs his bruised body sorely

“Stupid earthquake made me crash the Jukebox…….

Wha–

Woah–

The sky here is colorful?

I swore it blue when I was on the mountain…”

…….

……

*****

Drrrrr–rrrr–rr–r–

The tremors slowly dissipate, the sky follows suit from radiating bright light to it’s normal flow of colors,

Only instead of reverting to night the day sky stays constant…

“The time zone changed?” Himari looks up in anxious confusion

“Speaking of that...

We should hurry to rescue Kage now

It’s almost time” Xpunk voice speaks in a somewhat excited tone, already it starts to move hurriedly towards the source of the original beam of light

“Almost time for what?” Himari follows behind feeling slightly disoriented

“For us to, get Kage away from here safely,” rambles the robot hurriedly

…….

…….

“It’s almost time.”

(?)