Script of Future Redeemed - Chapter 4

The fourth chapter of Future Redeemed deals with some family matters.

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Core Crystal

Matthew

Are you all right? Na'el?

Na'el

...I'm fine.

Matthew

What were those things all about?
They were giving me Moebius scrab vibes, but they weren't the same.

Oren

Matthew?!
What happened?!

Matthew

Ah, hey Oren.
It's fine. We're all good.

Oren

Was it Moebius?!

Matthew

Nah... Some new kinda breed of monster.
Took 'em down...and they vanished into thin air.

Oren

Don't scare me like that!
I thought...since you used the Ouroboros power, it had to be Moebius.

City Soldier

C'mon, that's crazy talk.
It's been like fifteen years since we last tussled with Moebius.

Oren

Yeah, I suppose so...

Matthew

How're we for ether?

City Soldier

See for yourself.

Matthew

Right on.
So it looks like we've met the quota.
...Shall we head?
Na'el?

Na'el

Hm?

Alpha

(Let us away...)
(Towards a new world...)
(Out with the old. And in once more with the new...)

Matthew

Na'el!

Na'el

(snapping to)

Matthew

What's the matter with you?
Shake a leg!

Na'el

Uh, sorry... Coming.

Matthew

Na'el.
What were you up to back there?

Na'el

Huh?

Matthew

You were kinda spaced-out.

Na'el

Not really...
Matthew...

Matthew

What's up?

Dillon

This Matthew?
Listen...
We could do with a little help over here.
Bit of a snafu.

Matthew

Volffs, eh?

Dillon

More of 'em than we expected.

Matthew

...No rest for the wicked.
Copy that. I'll head over.
You want me at Daedal Isle, right?

Dillon

That's it. Thanks.

Oren

Dillon, eh?

Matthew

Yeah.
Says they're having trouble with Volffs.
Gonna lend 'em a hand.

Oren

Damn. They've really been multiplying.

Matthew

Sure looks like it.
My bad, Na'el.
I'll catch you up later.

Na'el

Uh, 'kay...

♫

Suffocating Reverberation

Alpha

(Let us away...)
(Towards a new world...)
(Out with the old. And in once more with the new...)

Z

It has been over a decade since Alpha seized Origin.
This eve he intends to show himself at last.
While Origin remains in Alpha's clutches,
my will cannot extend beyond its threshold.
I trust you will set forth once more.
Sword of the End...
That which denies fate, and makes its essence mercurial...
What machinations could have led it into that man's grasp...?
Hmph.
I see Origin brims with the very will... of those who are as unto gods...

♫

Against the World

Matthew

Na'el?!
You're... I thought you were dead!
I'm so glad...
I...I was so sure you'd...
I thought I'd really lost you for good this time...
Hahah...
What's up with that outfit, huh?
Where'd you pick up a weird...getup like-

Rex

Matthew, no!
It's not her!

Matthew

Huh?
Not Na'el...? But it clearly is!
How can you not recognize her?
...Oh, of course.
You've never met her before.
Hang on, I-I should have a photo...

A

Matthew!
Look at me!
The person you see before you isn't Na'el. It is in part, but not wholly.
Inside of her...
is Alpha!

Matthew

Huh?
Not you too, A? What is this?
Who is this "Alpha" guy anyway?
I don't understand...!

Na'el

What are you doing? Come quickly.
Everyone's waiting, Matthew.

Matthew

Na'el, hold up a minute, yeah?
Seems there's something really confusing going on here...

Shulk

Alpha...suddenly appeared one day,
with the goal of destroying this world.
Rex and I, and Z too... We fought against Alpha.
To save the world from his rancor.
Alpha's power is unparalleled.
For all our efforts, it wasn't enough. Even our collective might failed to repel him.
In the end... All we managed was to buy a fraction more time.

A

Having tasted frustration in battle, Alpha understood.
He realized...he needed something to amplify his power.
An avatar.
Na'el is the avatar,
Matthew.
The day the City fell... You didn't...lose Na'el because she went missing.
Rather...she had become Alpha's vessel.

Matthew

No... Come on, A, not you too, I can't...!
What the hell is this?!
Can you stop making shit up?

Rex

There'll be time for explaining later!
For now, you gotta give her a real drubbing!

Matthew

"Drubbing"?!

Shulk

Not that violent.
If at all possible, we will free Na'el.

Matthew

And if it's not?!

Rex

If it's not, then...
Better buckle up, kid!

Matthew

You can't be bloody serious!

Na'el

Hrmph. You are in the way...
of our vision.

Matthew

Na'el...?

Na'el

Say... What's so great about this world, really?
All the thieving for one's own gain! The greed!
Life has less value in this world than a piece of dirt! This is your world of peace?!
We don't need it... Do we, Matthew?
Answer!

♫

Words That Never Reached You

Na'el

...You disappoint me, truly.
I didn't think you'd side with *them*.

Matthew

I haven't!
I'm just...!

Na'el

Enough of this.
We will simply go alone, then.

Matthew

Na'el!

Na'el

Goodbye...my brother.

Consul from the Past

♫

Noah and N

Rex

Bastard...!
That's a helluva lot more power than before!

A

It's the avatar.
Her emotions are heightened. They're feeding straight into Alpha's power.

Matthew

N-Na'el...!
Hey...stop this!
Please, just stooooop!
No... Not him?!

A

N!

N

If raw emotion is what affords him strength,
it must be disrupted with emotion stronger still.
You fail to reach such a zenith.
Alpha...
I, N, shall thwart you once more.
My blade will cut...
your very will!

Rex

Sword of the End?!
He's gonna use it?!

Na'el

Sure about that?
I am *Na'el*, you know.

N

I am divorced of all that.
All doubts,
misgivings... Gone!

Great Grandfather

♫

Suspicion

Matthew

Na'...el...

Na'el

Help me...
Matthew...

N

This again, Alpha?
Really...?

Matthew

Na'el!

N

It is over...

Matthew

No...
Stooooop!!!

N

It's you...

Matthew

Like killing Grandad wasn't enough for you...
Now Na'el, too?!

Matthew

The hell you playing at, A?!
Why?!

A

You must not lash out at him,
Matthew!
He's not your enemy. I promise you!

Matthew

Stop talking shite!
He's trying to kill Na'el!
He killed Grandad!
And you're...!

A

He is...
your flesh and blood!

Matthew

Wha-?!

Matthew

Impossible...
Can't be...!

Na'el

Yet...
It was this man who tried to erase me.
*He* is the one to blame!

Matthew

Na'el...

Na'el

They're strong, your emotions.
Stronger even...than my own.
Think you've bought yourself some time?

N

We may not have much, but it's more than we need to erase you.

Na'el

Quite...
Well then, I'm happy to wait.
For you both, yes?

♫

Impending Crisis

Shulk

Origin?!
What's it doing here...?!

Linka

It must be Alpha's doing!

Rex

...All it means,
is that we don't have a whole lot of time to spare...

Matthew

Wha-

N

Eternity...

Matthew

Sorry?

N

My due. In return for protecting this world...
Z promised me eternity...
An eternal present in which to abide.

Matthew

Z...?
Is that the Moebius head honcho?
What d'you even do with eternity?
For starters, you Moebius're-
Bastard...!
That's the reason for this...?

N

I'm sure...you plan to pursue them.
And yet, I will not let you reach them.
Before you can interpose yourself...
I will cut Alpha down.
You'd do well to remember that.

Matthew

You serious?
Even Na'el...?
She's your flesh and blood too!

Shulk

Matthew.
Come on, let's go back to base and regroup.
We'll tell you everything we know.

Matthew

Damn straight...
I'm done being kept in the dark. 'Bout time you let me into the club.

Creation of the Worlds

♫

The Bereaved and Those Left Behind

Shulk

Our original worlds...used to be one and the same.
It boasted almost unthinkable prosperity, and was home to *so* many people.

Rex

That is, until one man's foolishness screwed it all up, splitting it into two separate places.

Shulk

One was the world of the Bionis, and the other, Alrest.
These two divided worlds began to evolve, independently of each other.
They each gave birth to new life.

Rex

Wasn't as peaceful as it sounds, though.
You had your share of tyrannical empires...
scrabbling over limited resources.
But despite all that, thanks to generations of people fighting for the future,
the worlds did eventually know harmony.

Shulk

Sadly, it didn't last.
The two worlds torn asunder longed to be as they once were.
But they were composed of opposing types of matter.
Recombined, they would dissolve into light and cease to be.
The annihilation events you see across Aionios...
are miniature portents of this.

Rex

So we put our heads together, and built something that would let us escape destruction.
We called it "Origin". A repository of data about everything, of memories and souls.
Even if the worlds were annihilated, this system would let us revive them.
And...
That thing in the sky is it.

Shulk

At the heart of its workings is the Trinity Processor core called Ontos.
...In other words, Alpha.

Rex

But Alpha deemed our existence obsolete, and wanted to erase us.
We all fought. Even Moebius.
And it was a draw... No, I guess we lost.
All we did was delay the inevitable a smidge.
We couldn't cut it.

Shulk

Now Alpha's gathering power again and getting ready to depart.
In the heart of Origin, called the Ark. Alongside new life...
The lives of City people gathered there, which he plans to take to a new world.

Matthew

Is that all of it then?
We done? No more little secrets?

Shulk

It's the unvarnished truth.

Linka

But...why would he choose her in particular?
There were so many in the City to choose from.

Rex

She's got Agnian ancestry...
In terms of hereditary traits... Core Crystals get dominance.
My guess? Maybe it's 'cause he's got injured when we fought.
Maybe she's got whatever he's lacking.

A

There's more to it.
Her emotions also factor into it.
Or... That may in fact be the most crucial element of all.

Na'el

Say... What's so great about this world, really?
All the thieving for one's own gain! The greed!
Life has less value in this world than a piece of dirt! This is your world of peace?!

Matthew

That...
That wasn't my sister back there.
Na'el is the kindest person I know.
She looked after the City's children, and they loved her...

A

But that's just it.
When a person loses that, what do they do?
They change.
What she said last night... That's the way she truly felt.
And to Alpha... Those emotions are the perfect fodder.
Right now, she's a great deal more indispensable to him than me.

Matthew

I'll find him.
But I'm doing it for her. For Na'el.
All this saving the world stuff...? That's something for you guys to sort out.
...I'll buckle up,
no problem.

Rex

Good to hear.
Then our goals align.
Case you didn't notice...we want the best for you too.

A

Knowing N is your family...
Still up to it?

Matthew

Family? He killed Grandad.
He's no family of mine.

A

I see.
Then I won't stop you.
Though...

Matthew

Huh?

A

Listen to me. If you decide to hear his side of the story, be sure to heed his words.
Once you do, you can judge for yourself.
I'll respect your choice.

The Ouroboros Power

Main article: The Ouroboros Power § Script

The Decider

During the above quest, Nikol and Glimmer are fighting Shulk and Rex, in an attempt to prove that they are prepared for the oncoming fight with Alpha.

♫

The Two Off-Seers

Shulk

Let's make this the decider.

Rex

Yeah.

Glimmer

Brace.

Nikol

J-just a little more…!
We need to ride it out..!

A

That's it…!

Nikol and Glimmer's terminals start to glow, as they themselves do from their growing Ouroboros power. Shulk, Rex, Nikol, and Glimmer go in for one last attack, creating a blinding burst of light. Shulk and Rex have been felled.

Glimmer

Did… Did we win…?

♫

A Life Woven Together

Nikol

Glimmer, look! Our terminals!

Glimmer

We did it…?

The Night Before

♫

Light of the Moon - Hope

Rex

Kiddo...
...Cheers.

Glimmer

I'm not "kiddo"...

Rex

Ahh, gotcha.
Glimmer, I know.
You need something from me?
Someone, erm...asked you to deliver a message, or...?

Glimmer

...Thank you.

Rex

Hm?

Glimmer

I never...got a chance to thank you.

Rex

What?

Glimmer

For saving me, that is.

Rex

Ohh...
It wasn't that big a deal.
All in a day's work.
Sorry for flipping out at you.

Glimmer

Spark you, how dare you! ...That was my first thought.
But now, I'm glad I'm here...
Glad I can choose for myself...

Rex

That right...

Glimmer

Say...

Rex

Hm?

Glimmer

Your scar. That recent?
What's the story?

Rex

Oh, this?
Lost it in the fight with Alpha.
Got sloppy and had to pay for it.

Glimmer

I'm sorry.

Rex

It's got its downsides...but I kinda like it.
This guy I really looked up to? Had an eye thing too.

Glimmer

Like a mentor...? Sounds nice...
Hey, why do you do all this?

Rex

Why do I do all...what now?

Glimmer

All the helping.
It's nothing to do with you,
but you risk life and limb...
fighting to protect people you don't even know...

Rex

Smiles, I guess.

Glimmer

Smiles...?

Rex

If through my fighting...someone out there gets to smile...
That's the kind of world I wanna help create.

Glimmer

And that's why you fight?

Rex

Yeah.
And also...

Glimmer

Hm?

Rex

You're a little off. It's not "nothing" to do with me.

Glimmer

Huh?

Rex

Long as you're alive...you're always connected to others.
We used to call it affinity, or bonds.

Glimmer

"Bonds"...?

Rex

Our meeting was the work of chance.
Chance. That's what tied the bond between you and me.
And now... We gotta protect that.

Glimmer

Well, spark...

Rex

Protecting the world, see... It's just that simple.

The Black Mountains

♫

Everyday Life

Glimmer

...I cannot believe you!
That day was the first time the two of you ever met,
and you just "assumed" A was from the City?

Matthew

There was a lot of us.
I didn't know every single person...
A'd supposedly lived there, and just happened to be coming back.
That's basically when our paths crossed.

Glimmer

So you knew nothing at all about A, but you tagged along anyway?
Ugh... Nobody's that oblivious.

Matthew

Hey, blame the one keeping the secrets, not me.

A

You never thought to inquire about it, so I never told.
That's all.

Matthew

Huh?
Don't give me that!

A

I mean, traveling this world alone isn't exactly normal behavior.
Normally you'd inquire.

Matthew

No, you wouldn't! Normally.

Future

♫

Hope for the Future

Shulk

A...

A

Go on.

Shulk

When I turned down the chance to be a god, I lost the power to have visions.
But you, A...

A

There is no single established future. You should know that better than anyone, Shulk.
If I were to tell you now, what form your futures might one day take...
it would be but one possibility...
and a hazy one, at that.
The thing that gives *shape* to the future... It is your will.
That's all the future is, Shulk.

Shulk

You're quite right.
I don't relish getting old.
Age saps my courage.

Riku

That perfectly correct.
Leaping Blade-first into thick of fray... is game best left to young and reckless.

Shulk

You said it, Riku.

Riku

...Actually, is Masterpon who say.

Shulk

Your master, eh?

Riku

Masterpon say...when find one such, give this.

Shulk

Isn't that...?

Riku

Everyone...is right here.
And also with Shulk...there.

Shulk

You're right.
We're not alone.

The One at the Beginning

Matthew

...Say, A.
I'm not sure...how much I should trust you right now...
So talk to me.
What really happened back then?
In the City...
If you're a part of Alpha, then you must've seen it, right?
What do you know?

A

I won't tell you.

Matthew

Why not?

A

That's...something I'm afraid you'll have to ask N about directly.

Matthew

I should?

A

Then you must judge for yourself.
What to do afterwards.
Whom it is that you should save.
Beyond the answers you seek, you'll find Na'el.

Matthew

Is, uh...

A

Hm?

Matthew

Is A your real name?

A

...It has the nuance of, "the one at the beginning".
In this world, only I and Alpha can claim that honor...

Part of the Deal

Shulk

It might not be the best way to put this, but...
It's like old times.

A

In the past, you embarked for Ontos's memory space from here.
Recreating it...was deliberate on Alpha's part.

Shulk

You mean, we'll be able to board the Ark from here.

A

Logically it would follow, yes.

Shulk

That's N!

♫

Noah and N

Rex

So he decided to wait for us after all. What a considerate lad.

Nikol

What is it?

Glimmer

I've never seen a Consul like that before.

Nikol

I guess...that's 'cause he's one of ours?

Glimmer

I know *that*.
It's the look in his eyes. Did you see?

Nikol

Whuh?

Glimmer

The other Consuls... In theirs, there's joy. This gleeful glint...
But for him...
His hold no light at all.
I don't like it...
Not one bit.

Matthew

Tch...
You tryna bar our way?
That's the vibe I'm gettin' here.

N

You're aware...Alpha said he was waiting for you.

Matthew

Yeah, and so what?

N

What that implies,
is that he requires your presence.
That without you, the Ark will not depart.

Matthew

Come on, stop beating around the bush, dammit.
It's pissing me off.

N

I'm saying the one keeping Na'el in this world is you and none other.

Rex

An' that's why you're trying to kill Matthew, is that it?
No thought for saving Na'el or anything?
Man... Twisted little so-and-so...

Matthew

You serious about this?

N

I did warn you.

Matthew

Ohh, gee thanks.

N

In the current of the eternal flow, you need not justify the means.
All is swallowed up.
Everything.

Origin's Memories

♫

The Two Off-Seers

N

You will go...
no further!

Matthew

Idiot...
See some bloody sense, man!

Panacea

What...? What's that light?!

Linka

Could it be...?

♫

That To Which The Defeated Cling

Ghondor

(surprise)
What's that...strange pillar of light...?

Na'el

Come. Enter the circle, quickly.
It's just you and Matthew now.

Ghondor

Na'el...?
What're you...?
You-... Are you...

N

Father...?

Matthew

(panting)

Ghondor

...Why are you doing this?
But you told me yourself... You told me to make friends...
Say something!

Na'el

He doesn't want us here. We're a nuisance.

Ghondor

Nuisance...?

Na'el

Right? You who've become Moebius.
N... Isn't that your name?

Ghondor

You... Who are you?
What've you done to Na'el?

N

Its name is Alpha.
An entity that wishes to erase this world.

Ghondor

Huh?

Na'el

He's wrong.
I want to embark on a journey, to the future.
There's just the matter of unwanted baggage.

Ghondor

What're you talking about?

N

Lives.
We Moebius, and...
every last soldier on the face of this world.

Ghondor

I... What are...?
And that's why, all this...?

Na'el

See? We don't need them.

N

I will...
I will arrest it.
This moment...
This instant!

♫

Noah and N

Ghondor's Path

♫

Life's Fading Flame - Holding These Thoughts

Na'el

You're just Moebius...
But...what's this power...?!

N

You would never understand.
This is...
my choice!

Na'el

So you choose to stay in the now? To abandon the future?!

N

The one leaving things behind...
is you!

Na'el

Grandad, help... Please help...

Ghondor

Na'el...

N

It is done,
Alpha.

Ghondor

Leave her!

N

(surprise)

Ghondor

Na'el is... She's your family...
I can't let you do this...
...What about Mum...?
Did she...want this too?

N

...You don't need to know.
The burden is...mine alone to bear.

Ghondor

Mum would...
tell you...to let it go, I'm sure...
I know it...
But you...
you can't choose...this path...

N

Ghondor...

Matthew

(panting)
Na'el!
Grandad!
(horrified gasp)

Ghondor

This is the path...
I have chosen.
Matthew...

Matthew

Grandad...!

Ghondor

Take care of...Na'el...
the future...

Matthew

Grandad!!!

Ghondor

It's in your hands, Matthew!

Glimmer

What was that,
just now?

♫

A Life Become Distant

A

A memory from Origin.
The clash between Matthew and N afforded us a glimpse of it.
This is how N truly felt.

Nikol

That's some history. I can't imagine...

N

The people who are of the City...
are the future of this world.
And in Alpha's eyes, they are a crucial source of power.

Matthew

So you killed them all...
Killed Grandad...

N

It was Ghondor's choice.
I simply cut him down, as he desired.

Matthew

Stop taking the piss!
Grandad wouldn't... He'd never side with the likes of you!
"The future's in my hands?" That can't be what he meant!
...You don't even see it.
Are you really...
that much of an idiot?!
It's not just us, you know...
It's your arse as well!
It's all of that and more that he meant...
And if you can't get that into your head,
you're about the dumbest bastard there is.

A

Matthew...

Matthew

Let's go.
I don't have time for his idiocy.

Glimmer

You're gonna leave him?!
He's Moebius!

Matthew

If he tries a stunt like that again, I'll just sock him another one.
This was a family matter, through and through.
End of story.

N

Aaarrgh!

Rex

Wha-?!

Matthew

N!!!

Na'el

I've been waiting,
Brother dear.

Matthew

Aaarrrggghhh!