Three years past since the birth of Strun and Kaida, who now grown into toddlers. Strun was beginning to look a lot like Father, black horns with golden hair as well as dark red scales and tail. His eyes were an electric blue which Yang gave him the nickname ‘Little storm brewer’

Kaida looked more like Yang with a little of Mavis. Her long blonde hair with a little of white streaks going down her hair alongside her eyes. Like Qo, Kaida has one of her eyes purple while the other gold. She also has Yangs energy, she simply wants to keep going and explore. Father told me that Kaida acts a lot like me when I was younger when he raised me.

Ruby was simply ecstatic that she gets to be an aunt for the kids which brought a realization to the two of us: we haven’t seen Qo for over five years. The next few nights left us in a state of depression due to leaving her there, alone and parentless. Even though when we head back no time will pass, the thought still mattered to us.

Yang, now out of bed and able to do stuff again, started to exercise to regain her old figure. In the mornings after she took care of her kids she went out to run a bit. Her body still slowly changed, her horns grew out some more, some spins grew out of her tail and, to her glee, a pair of small wings grew out of her back. This cause her to get excited to be able to fly… only they were still small that they wouldn’t really carry her. This bummed her out but the fact she has wings made her happy.

At the moment both me and Yang jogged around the camp for the tenth time and coming up to the finish.

“So, seems you’ve gotten back into shape.” I said to her as we jog.

“Yeah… looks like it but…” she glanced down at her chest for a moment before looking back. “Seems I got a bit bigger in some other places.”

“Your husband/wife didn’t seem to mind.” I said with a laugh. Yang rolled her eyes as I felt something hit me in the leg, making me stumble a bit. “HA! Not this time!”

Another slap on my other leg made me fall into the sand. I groaned as I watched Yang jog off, her tail behind her. I grumbled a bit before getting up, dusting myself off and went after her. As I got closer I saw Father standing there waiting for us. He saw us and smiled as we approached.

“Hello, Viri.” He greeted me before turning to greet Yang with a kiss. “And hello to you too, love.” He said. Yang smiled as she kissed Father back.

“How’re the kids?” Yang asked with a warm smile on her face. As if on queue, both Strun and Kaida came running out of their tent and toward their parents. Father bent down and picked both up happily and with ease.

“Why not ask them yourself?” Father asked with a chuckle. The kids looked out to Yang and smiled at her.

“Mommy!” Kaida said happily before Father handed her over to Yang who happily took her.

“How’s my little Dragon?” Yang asked Kaida. Kaida smiled at her mother with a toothy grin.

“Good!” she said. Yang smiled before tickling the little half-Dovah girl, making her giggle happily. Father had asked the same to Strun, calling him his little storm brewer. Strun gave Father his own toothy grin.

“Goo-Good.” Strun said, having trouble saying the word. Strun, unlike his sister, had been having difficulty in learning to speak but with Yang and Father’s support, there’s no doubt he’ll be alright. Yang smiled at her son before giving his hair a small ruffle.

“That was great! You’re getting there Strun.” Yang said with a smile. This brought a happy giggle from Strun. Strun and Kaida nuzzled their parents happily which brought a smile to my face and a bit of heartache. I never missed Qo this much than anyone else and I pray to anyone that we finish this task so I could go home and see Qo again. Father must’ve saw my expression as I saw him looking at me.

“You miss her… Qo.” He said in a solemn tone. I nodded a little before walked up to me, hugging me as soon as he was close enough. “So do I, Viri… so do I.” He said. I smiled at Father, a tear ran down my face as I hugged him back. As we parted I saw Ruby quickly running towards us, which Kaida nicknamed her ‘zoom-zoom’. That name didn’t really stick with everyone else but one of the words Strun was able to say right was Red so he calls her ‘Auntie Red.’

“Guys, Lana called us for a meeting.” Ruby told us. “I think she’s about ready to fight the Manticore.” With a nod we all hurried to Lana’s tent which she was waiting for us. Father and Yang told the little ones to wait outside for them, gaining a few whines of disappointment while me and Ruby entered the tent.

“Ah you’re here.” She said, looking up from her map as she did. She usually wore clothing appropriate for the heat, some cloth clothing or such but now she wore her skin tight tek suit. An odd looking sword was attached to her back. “I have good news and bad news.” Lana said.

“What’s the Bad news?” Yang asked Lana. Lana looked at her and said.

“To understand the bad news, I first must tell you of the good news.” She said, waving her hand off to the side and seconds later three Artifacts floated over to her. “Rockmond and the others have finally returned with the two new relics and I can now summon the Manticore.” She said.

“Okay… if that’s the good news… what’s the Bad news?” I asked.

“And what do you mean by ‘I’?” Yang added. Lana let out a sigh at this before saying.

“The Bad news is that I have to do this alone. Defeating the Manticore will allow me to boost my signal and reach the other functioning Ark.” Lana said before looking down at the maps strewn across the table. “Adding more people into the mix with result in a much harder time for me to reach the other Ark. That’s why I must do this myself.” She said.

“Whoa, hold on we can’t simply do that!” I said to Lana. “If this Manticore is as bad as… her, then you would need all of us to fight it off. Isn’t there any other way?” Lana shook her head sadly at this. Seeing this Father stepped and said.

“Actually there is but it is best to explain after we defeat the beast.” Father said to the both of us, gaining a questioning look from me and Lana.

“Okay… So how do we summon this beast?” Yang asked Lana. The latter looked at us, knowing there is nothing she can say to make us back out and waved her hand towards the artifacts before saying.

“We will head to the red Obelisk tomorrow at dawn, once at the center of the obelisk, I will handle the summoning.” She said to us, informing of all us on what to do. With that being said we told Lana that we’ll be ready by dawn.

“Don’t worry Lana, with us this will be a cakewalk.” Yang said with a smile. Lana smiled at this, knowing that as friends we all stick together no matter what.

“Thank you.” Lana said with a smile before adding. “Now go, enjoy the rest of today.” She said shooing us away. We nodded and stepped out of the tent to see the twins with the other twins, Yang Twins with the older twins.

“Mommy!” Kaida yelled happily before running over to her.

“Oh they’re so cute!” Heaven exclaimed while her sister was busy hearing about Strun’s day, not minding his speech problem. Father walked out of the tent and quickly gained Strun’s attention. The little one quickly ran up to Father in happiness. He ran over to him with a smile.

“Yeah, these two are just the cutest.” Yang said with a grin as she held Kaida with one arm. Kaida giggled as she swung on her mother’s arm as Yang smiled at her.

“Indeed.” Father added in agreement as Strun sat between his shoulders. Heaven smiled at them as I soon was able to speak.

“How was the artifact hunting?” I asked the twins. They both groaned at this before answering.

“Long…” Heaven said.

“Hard…” Navaeh added to her sister’s words before finally.

“And full of those Rock golems.” They both said simultaneously. Kadia and Strun giggled at the two as I nodded.

“At least you all came out alright.” I said with a smile. They both nodded at this in agreement. Soon the two older twins headed off to get ready for tomorrow with Rockmond, Edward, and Rose. I haven’t seen Rose ever since she returned but I was told that every time they return to the camp Rose and Beta headed off to do some repairs on their ship.

As we simply stayed together Yang spoke. “So… Are we all going to this place? If so who’s going to look after the twins?”

“I will stay behind for the duration of your battle, when the beast is defeated I will know.” Father said as Kaida looked up at him as he spoke. She must be wondering what we’re talking about. Yang nodded as she smiled at him.

“Thanks, hun…” Yang said as Kaida spoke.

“Mommy, where are you going?” she asked her. Yang looked at her daughter for a moment before answering.

“Mommy is going to go fight a big bad monster that going to hurt a lot of people.” Yang explained. Kaida made a sour face at this.

“Big bad monster is mean, kick his butt!” Kaida said with a huff. Yang laughed at the childish nature of her daughter.

“Will do little dragon, will do.” Yang said with a smile. Kaida did a few punches and kicks in the air before looking up at Father.

“Can I ride now?” she asked. Father chuckled before moving Strun to one shoulder and picking up Kaida, placing her on the other shoulder.

“There we go.” Father said after making sure neither of them would fall. The both of them giggled as they rode their father’s shoulders. Yang smiled as her tail was moving slowly side to side.

“Hey kids, do you two want to spend the night with your aunts Ruby and Viri?” Yang asked them. The two of them smiled brightly and said yes. I looked at Yang in a little confusion.

“What gives?” I asked. Yang shrugged before looking at her husband with a seductive smile.

“I think I would like a night with my lover. It’s been a long time since the twins were born and… well, I have this tich that only he could scratch.” Yang explained.

“Err, I thought your heat cycle ended a month ago?” I asked her.

“It has, but hey, mama wants her favorite lover for a night.” she said with a smirk before continuing. “That reminds me, don’t you go through the same kind of heat cycle?”

“I have ways to lessen it.” I said quickly, remembering the potions that my aunt gave me at times. Yang raised an eyebrow at me but didn’t say anything. She walked over to Father and wrapped her tail around him.

“Well then, if that’s how you want to spend the night.” Father said as he gently placed both Kaida and Strun down, allowing them to run up to me. Father then grabbed Yang and held her up bridal style. Yang laughs at this before giving Father a kiss on the cheek. “Now then, let’s not waste anymore time shall we?” He said Yang before carrying her off back to their tent, Yang giggling like a school girl as she was carried away.

“Auntie Viri, where is daddy taking mommy?” Kaidn asked me.

“Back to their tent to… play games.” I told her.

“What kind of games?” the young half-Dovah asked.

“... Games not meant for little kids.” I told them before I led them to Ruby and we headed to my tent where we’ll play my games: board games!

The next morning Me and Ruby waited for everyone else. Ruby, for the last few years, been implementing the tech from this place into her scythes to maximize their true power.

“Have you picked a name yet?” Ruby asked me.

“Huh?” I replied as she pointed at my weapon.

“Your weapon, did you give her a name?” she asked me again. I blinked before pulling her out. I brushed my thumb over the side of the weapon. I never really thought about a name as of yet but… I tilted my head a bit at it.

“Molten… Fox. Yeah, her name is Molten Fox.” I said. This earned a hum from my weapon as I smiled. Ruby giggled as she gave me a kiss. It wasn’t long before Yang walked towards us. A goofy grin on her face as she wobbled a bit. “You okay?” I asked.

“Never better.” she said before coming to sit beside me. “They do know how to make a girl feel good~.”

“Ew ew, not listening!” Ruby said as she covers her ears. This got Yang laughing at her sister.

“Is everybody ready?” Lana called out to us. Rockmond and his group nodded at Lana. Ruby, Yang and I nodded as Rose came up last.

“Don’t think you’re going to have me miss out.” Rose said with a smirk. Lana nodded before we all headed out of the tent with Lana taking the lead. We began our trek towards the red obelisk, infamous for having Wyverns nearby. As we walked out of the camp turned village, Father had waved us out with both of his younglings at his side as they too waved at us.

“Bye mommy, see you soon!” Kaidn called out as she sniffled a bit, probably upset that her mom is leaving them.

“B-Bye Bye!” Strun said as he waved his hand at his Mother and Aunties. Yang waved at the two of them and Father before we rode off to the red obelisk. After ten minutes Yang started crying.

“I already miss them!!!” she cried.

“We were gone for ten minutes!” Ed yelled back. Both me and Ruby looked at each other before sighing, knowing what Yang is going through right now. Lana was leading the way with Rose beside her, though it was mostly Lana riding on her bike since we took Rex and there was no room for her. So most of the time with them we heard yelling.

“Watch where you put your leg!”

“Watch where you place your elbow!”

“Why is this thing so small!”

“Shut it lady!” the two of them go back and forth as we rode off. We continue on until we stopped to resupply which Lana walked off in a huff. I sighed as I went off to see her.

“You okay?” I asked her.

“No! That woman will be the death of me!” Lana said angrily as she double check her supplies. “I was told that she sometimes does things on her own, doesn’t listen to Rockmond that often and she sure does talk back at me. She’s just… ugh!”

“Seems like she drives you up the wall.” I said to her. Lana looked over at me with a frown.

“That’s not the worse of it, most of the people at the came sometimes call me Mother, but for her she calls me ‘Princess!’ Like, what’s there for me to be called a princess!” Lana yelled. I backed away as she continued. “She also keeps making jokes, not taking anything seriously. She’s a thorn to my side.”

“Well… have you ever tried to talk to her?” I asked. She scoffed at me.

“Did I try to talk to her, I did! But she told me to back off every time I talk.” Lana answered. I arch a brow at her.

“Okay, did you try to talk to her not as a mother?” I asked. She blinked at me.

“What do you mean?” Lana asked. I shrugged.

“From what I was told a lot of people look up at you as a mother, want to be like you to strive as you. You talk to them as a mother would. Rose… well she might not see you in the same light. Maybe talk to her as a friend instead of a mother.”

Lana took a few moments before telling me to give her some time to think. I nodded and did just that. After a bit of a rest stop we all headed off to the destination. The first thing we noticed as we arrived was the sudden rise of temperature to which Lana explained that nearby there is large trench with a river lava that housed nests full of Wyverns.

“Here we are at last.” Lana said as she hopped off the hover bike. Yang hopped off the Rex with all the Artifacts in hand. Lana had motioned for Yang to follow her to the terminal. Once there Yang dropped off the Artifacts before walking back to us. Rockmond and the others watched as Lana worked on the terminal before a big red button revealed itself. The obelisk hummed loudly at whatever Lana did. “Come on!” Lana called out for us. We all headed over to Lana as she yelled this. When all of us stood within the large metallic platform, Lana looked at the Rex before motioning it for it come along. The offer of fighting alongside all of us, the Rex accepted without hesitation before Lana pressed the button.

The Obelisk hummed once again, louder than before as the red light that emitted from the terminal lit up the platform before a large light bubble formed around all of us. Before we knew it, the bubble completed in forming and we were taken somewhere else.

“This is… something.” Yang said. I nodded as I over hear Rose muttering to herself. She seems to be taking stock on what she has. Before long we hear something above us. We looked up and saw the beast in question; a large lion with bat wings and ears and a scorpion tail. It looked down at us before it let out a large roar. It made the ground shake as I fell down onto the ground. Below us I saw sand moving around, meaning there was something below us.

“Here we go!” Lana yelled as the Manticore took to the air. Everyone rushed around to find positions on the platform; Ruby, Ed, and the twins plus Rex were told to take care of any creatures below us as Lana, Rockmond, Rose and I took care of the Manticore. I pulled out Molten Fox and aimed her up at the beast as Rockmond and Lara pulled out rifles. Rose took out a revolver and the four of us shot at it. The manticore roared again before it shot a purple beam down at us. It missed but this went on throughout the fight. One such beam hit Rex, making him roar out in pain before turning his head at the Manticore before shooting out beams at it. Some of them hit the flying beast before flying down low and body slammed the T-Rex into the pit.

“Rex no!” Ruby yelled as she jumped down into the pit along with Yang.

“Are they crazy!?!” Ed yelled out.

“They’re fine!” I yelled back as I moved over to glance behind me. I saw Both Yang and Ruby fight off the Worms down below. With her strength of a Dovah and Ruby using both Scythes along with an armored Rex, I don’t believe they need any help anytime soon as I saw Yang ripped one of the worms apart. Okay, she’s scary.

“Viri look out!” I heard Lana yell. I turned just to see the tail of the beast come at me. I was pushed out of the way by Rockmond who took the blow for me. I pushed myself up to see him groaning but not moving.

“Shit! He has torpor!” I head Ed yell out as he shot the Manticore. I looked down at Rockmond before he slowly pushes himself up.

“I’m… fine… don’t worry about me.” he said as he turned and started shooting at the beast. The fight went on for some time which was getting us nowhere. The Manticore was shooting beams at us or dive bombing us with its tail.

“We need to bring that thing down! It’s going to continue raining hell if we don’t!” Rockmond yelled as he changed his clip. Rose turned to him and at everyone else.

“Hey, other twin girl!” Rose yelled at Heaven. “When I give the signal jump down and switch places with Yang. We need her punches.”

“Are you daft girl? How is blondie going to hit that thing if it’s up in the air?!” Rockmond yelled at her.

“With this, Beta! No Land Beyond!” Rose yelled before going down to one knee. She reached back and out she pulled from somewhere an odd looking sniper rifle. It didn’t have any sights on it but it was as tall as Rockmond and looked old.

“How is that going to help?!” Edward called out as Rose took aim at the Manticore. I watched her do this before pulling the trigger. A loud explosion sound went out as Rose fired her rifle, of from the sound her cannon. I watched as one of the Manticores wings was blown off. It roared out in pain as it fell down onto the platform with a loud thud. I could’ve sworn I heard some bones breaking.

“NOW!” Rose yelled just as I saw Yang appeared from below of her side as Heaven jumped down. Yang saw the Manticore and shot herself forward, slamming into the beast. Every hit on the beast was like a mini explosion as she punched it. Yang continue punching and using her speed and blasts to dodge out of the way of it’s claws and tail. Some of us shot at it but mostly if we had a good opening. Yang simply went to town on it. Her yells turned into roars as she continue to blast at the Manticore until it thrust it’s tail at her. Yang dodged it, grabbed it and turned, bringing the Manticore around before slamming it onto the ground, and then again, and again. Soon the Manticore let out a loud groan as Lana pulled out her sword.

“It’s been a long time coming.” Lana said before her sword activated, revealing that instead of its normal Tek blue glow, it was red. The blade was plunged into the Beat’s forehead, gaining a pained roar as result before Lana embedded the sword deeper until the beat’s struggle stopped. Exhaling its last breath as it admitted defeat, the beast closed its eyes with the sword still embedded into its forehead. The body of the beast soon began to glow and dematerialize into particles of light that soon flew into Lana, causing her eyes to shine white. Lana was now on her knees, the body of the beast completely gone as her eyes still shone white.

With a flash of a golden light, Father appeared quickly and placed a hand on Lana’s shoulders. Her white eyes now shining a multitude of colors. Father had the look of pure concentration as Lana sat there on her knees.

“It is done!” Yelled Lana in an odd voice before gasping for air. “It’s done.” She said while panting.

“Err, you okay there princess?” Rose asked with a groan. I shook my head at her as I looked over to the side where the others are at. My eyes widen as I saw a swarm of Rock elementals roaming around them.

“Hey! They need help! We need to-”

“RRAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAAAA!” Yang Roared before jumping down into the pit, right into the middle of the golems. Father came over to look at what’s going on as Yang when crazy.

“Or not.” I said.

“Let her have her fun.” Father said, helping Lana back up to her feet.

“You okay there Lana?” I asked as Lana looked around. She grasped her head and groaned but nodded after a minute or two.

“The Ark, it’s unstable… I’ve managed to link up with it but…” Lana said with a look of horror.

“But what?” I asked as I head more smashing sounds from the bit. The others, as well as Rex, came up to simply watch the onslaught.

“I saw him… I thought I’d never see him again but that… that was him and he is nothing like the man I remember.” Lana said, tears brimming as she spoke. I looked a bit confused and Rose asked the question.

“Who is him?” She asked. Looking down in sadness, Lana answered simply by uttering the words.

“Rockwell.”

Author's Notes:

Dun Dun Daaaaaaaaaaaa!

Anyone plays Ark know how he is