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When the third and final chapter begins we see Jr. running in the middle of a
wrecked city, a creepy song is heard in the background. He called out Gainan's
name. He sees a dead cat with the name "Gainan" on its collar and cradles it
in his arms. Back on the Durandal he holds the body of a young boy. Suddenly
a light erupts and he exclaims "Albedo!" Jr. wakes up and realizes he was just
having a dream. He looks down at his hand at the number "666" which is
tattooed on his palm. Saying "Dammit" he decides to get out of bed.
Now we see a huge open hangar in the Durandal. Inside there are a total of 13
Zohars being stored. They each carry an inscription, the names Peter, Andrew,
Boanerges, Thomas, John, Philip, Matthew, Bartholomew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon,
Judas and finally Marienkind on the central one. Shion says it sounds
familiar, the woman explains that it means the child of Mary. Jr. says that
this is where they store all the really dangerous stuff and he presses a button
to uncover all the Zohars. He explains that they're all actually just
emulators, and their purpose is to help deal with the Gnosis threat.
The Durandal arrives at the Foundation and Shion's group is welcomed by a man
who carries a tattoo on his palm of the number "669." He is master Gainan.
Shion feels awkward when meeting him and wonders why she seems to be acting so
rudely to someone she's just met. Gainan walks off but turns back to look at
Shion saying only "No, it can't be." We see Gainan and Jr. together conversing
in an office. Jr. is talking about KOS-MOS and her power, and how she
resonated with the Emulators. Gainan is concerned that Shion might be "On to
them" and their powers. Jr. says it's not possible, she's just an ordinary
human but acknowledges that maybe it could be possible, considering she's
involved in such a big project, the same one as Helmer. The Zohar Project.
Margulis is talking to a man over video communication who has not appeared
before. He wears dark glasses and has bright purple hair. The man says the
output is not enough, and Margulis asks if what he's saying is that they can't
open the door to Lost Jerusalem. Not only can they not open the door the man
says, but it's doubtful they can even find it. The Emulators were only
supplements and it was Margulis' fault. Margulis says that they can't keep the
commander waiting and will begin plan 401. The man responds saying that it is
dangerous, the 100-Series that Helmer's protege is babysitting not only
contains the entire record of Mizrahi's research, but the access codes for the
U.M.N. transfer column to the old Miltia. Margulis contacts the white haired
man in the A.G.W.S. and tells him to hold off for a bit. He says that is the
situation warrants, they may have to use the "Song of Nephilim."
They plan on arriving at second Miltia soon. Jr. approaches MOMO and asks her
if she would accept a good luck charm. After he gives it to her there is a
sudden attack from a huge fleet of ships. According to the news report, the
Kukai Foundation has engaged in an act of aggression against the 117th Marine
Division. They have come to the conclusion that it was an act of rebellion
from the Second Miltian government. They move for an emergency suspension of
all vested rights of Second Miltia's autonomous government. Dr. Mizrahi comes
on screen (MOMO's mother and the person who gave Ziggy the mission) saying that
they are moving the 100-Series to Second Miltia as planned and following the
protocols. A man asks her if she is too deeply involved in the situation
regarding her latehusband. On the Durandal again they are being boarded by a
party lead by a woman who is identified as Captain Lapis Roman of the Galaxy
Federation's Special Ops Command Headquarters. She hereby places the Durandal
under custody of the Galaxy Federation. They officially arrest Gainan Kukai
under suspicion of treason against the Galaxy Federation.
Captain Lapis enters the room where the group is being held saying the
preliminary inquiry is about to begin. She explains that she is an agent
working for representative Helmer of the Second Miltian Parliament. She
explains that they are currently in Federation custody and within a few hours
MOMO will be turned over to the U-TIC Organization and soon after the Second
Miltian government will be stripped of all its authority. They must find
concrete proof of Shion and the group's innocence. Shion suggests that KOS-MOS
could be used because she has a recording of the battle against the Gnosis on
the Woglinde. Allen says that they'll need the Federation keys in order to
access the record, but Shion explains that by diving into the Encephalon
themselves they can make a copy through the Connection Gear. Lapis gives them
a remote to open any locked doors they find. In order to make it legitimate
she says they'll have to knock her out and make it look like an escape so Ziggy
totally punches her. They make their way to KOS-MOS now.
They all prepare and get ready to dive into the Encephalon. Shion finds
herself in a park area with a little red haired girl on a swing, it's a younger
version of her. The girls calls to her father who says that they can't visit
her mother today, they'll do it tomorrow. The other little red haired girl
from the visions earlier appears and tells Shion she is seeing the last day she
ever spent with her father. She says she has been waiting a long time for
Shion, and that they have much to talk about. Jr. finds himself in a place
very similar to where he was in the dream, a broken city. They see soldiers
marching, soldiers that look just like Jr. with different hair colour. He says
that they must be U.R.T.V. Ziggy says that this place is more than just an
illusion. He asks Jr. if he recognizes this place, Jr. does and explains that
it is Miltia from fourteen years ago. Back to Shion and the young girl again.
chaos and Allen are there with her as well. Shion asks who the little girl is,
she says her name is "Nephilim," what she has been called ever since she
existed in this form. Back to Jr. again the little child soldiers who looks
identical to Jr. are murdering people left and right. Jr. exclaims "Damn it,
every single one of them's infected..." One black haired one calls out for
someone named Rubedo. Jr. realizes that this person is actually Gainan. He
sees Gainan somewhere else now, staggering forward barely able to stand up and
a white haired child glows with power in front of him. This is the same place
from the dream where he called out the name "Albedo."
Shion and the little girl are sitting talking on the swings. Shion is told
that this place really is Miltia, a world of unbroken memories. It was sensed
and recreated by KOS-MOS. It is her memory as well. But the original KOS-MOS
was destroyed during that incident two years ago... by Shion herself. There
she lost someone very dear to her. It was Kevin, the man from earlier scenes.
Nephilim tells Shion that they all must accept their memories, bad and good,
and return to Miltia once again. Only KOS-MOS knows the answer to why they
must go to Miltia, she is waiting for them there. We next see Jr, MOMO and
Ziggy approach a large tower which he identifies as the U-TIC central tower.
A man stands on the edge preaching down to everyone. MOMO realizes that this
man is indeed Joachim Mizrahi, her father. He is engulfed by flame and falls
from the building. MOMO tries to catch him but he disappears as he hits the
ground. The ground disappears from below their feet and they are absorbed by a
bright light that brings them into a forest. Shion and chaos are there as
well. They're trying to find out how they all got pulled into the Encephalon
dive when none of them besides Shion were connected, there would have to be
some other external force. Most likely Nephilim. Basically they explain that
the Encephalon world is changed based on the experiences people share in time
and space. They move and enter a nearby church.
Inside the church they find some woman, actually a Realian. He introduces
herself as Febronia, she came to this church to find a place where Realians
could find peace. Shion recognizes this person but doesn't want to remember.
She keeps getting flashing visions of Febronia being murdered by monsters.
Febronia shows them to a door, saying once they pass through they will come
face to face with themselves, an experience full or pain and sorrow but a very
important one. When they go through they find they are inside the Shion's
soul, at the Accute Neurosis Treatment Facility. The room where her mother was
hospitalized. Inside the room they find bodies stricken on the floor,
bloodied. Shadows of monster zombies roam around growing into a larger form.
Suddenly in another room, the same one for a third time, Jr. sees the young
white haired boy who he calls Albedo. The boy is talking about "the song" and
then gets up, his body warping. Shion and Jr. are envoloped by a light and
then all of a sudden they find themselves in front of a tree on a hill.
Febronia says that she knows how hard it was, but there are two of her. One is
an image of her, and this world is created solely for two little girls called
Cecily and Cathe. Allen says they seem so happy, but Febronia asks if he would
say the same thing in this situation, showing the girls gleefully running
around a dead tree and Febronia's lifeless body. She says that this is an
illusion, a binding spell created by mankind to control the Zohar. Febronia
asks Shion to release her sisters, for as far as they know this world is
reality. Not just for the Relians, but for all forms of consciousness.
Nephilim says that she and Febronia cannot exist in the real world long, and
that is why she called for all of them... to change the future.
They are shown an image of a planet in space, the planet Miltia. KOS-MOS
appears and fires a huge wave of energy on the planet, wiping it out
completely. Nephilim says that this stream of energy is the consciousness
known as U-DO. U-DO was the source of the space-time anomaly that engulfed
Miltia fourteen years ago. What they just witnessed was a vision of the
future. Where U-DO encounters KOS-MOS. U-DO will awaken soon and feed on
consciousness. But the future they just saw is one of infinite possibilities.
Shion's group is a wave that can change the future. Nephilim wanted them to
face their pasts, but sees that they are not yet ready. Shion asks why them,
Nephilim explains that Shion was once touched by a Gnosis but remains as she
is. That is why... one day she can explain why if she goes back to Miltia. A
door appears and opens up into a room with KOS-MOS tied to a cross. As Shion
touches her face KOS-MOS shines and Shion says "Ye shall be as gods..." This
tells KOS-MOS to disarm subconscious domain protection, and they are all
brought back into the real world where Shion gate jumped and it all began.
Shion goes to the bridge of the Durandal and gives KOS-MOS' data to the
commander. Jr. asks Shion if the name of that little girl really was Nephilim,
and if she's connected to what he's thinking of, things are going to get real
busy real soon. Down in the park area chaos is sitting with Allen. Allen says
that this is only the second time he's ever seen her cry, and thinks back to
the day that Kevin died. He says that she never shares her pain with anyone,
and times like these he's reminded that he's nothing but a subordinate to her.
Perhaps someday he can take her tears away, chaos agrees.
In the office again, Gainan is talking to a man over video communication. The
man tells him that the charges have been dropped against the Kukai Foundation.
This man by the way, is Helmer whom they often speak of. In the next scene the
white haired man Albedo is sitting and cradling one of his little MOMO-like
Realians. Margulis' voice says that they have eluded the trap, and for him to
be careful. "So we'll finally hear it, the song, I can't wait" he says.
chaos is sitting and working at his terminal when all of a sudden an eerie song
starts playing in the background. Jr. says to Gainan that that's... and Gainan
responds "The Song of Nephilim." chaos gets up and yells, saying they musn't
allow that song to play. Suddenly an enormous wave of energy blast through one
of the fleet's ships, destroying it instantly. Another follows, and then
another. The Gnosis are appearing all around the Kukai Foundation. THey call
for the evacuation of all the civilians and they may have to abandon the
foundation. Shion calls for KOS-MOS to activate the Hilbert Effect. Shion has
a vision of KOS-MOS destroying Miltia and tells KOS-MOS that they're all
counting on her. Then out of nowhere Albedo's A.G.W.S. appears and begins
smashing federation soldiers and the Gnosis indiscriminatley. MOMO goes down
to the Kukai Foundation to help as does the party to help with the evacuation
and fight the Gnosis. Once the main threat is eliminated and they're back on
the ship, everyone is looking for MOMO who has not returned yet. Jr. says
they'll get his 100-Series to start looking.
We see MOMO lying on the floor it some walkway in a very large, rather dark
area. The song is playing in the background. She's wondering what happened
and thinks back to the Kukai Foundation where she thought she say her father
and followed him into an alleyway. Albedo comes up from behind and all is
blank. She walks over to find another of the MOMO lookalikes laying on the
ground. There's a scene of the Federation fleet again, one of the commander's
is blaming Helmer and demands that they turn their guns on the Kukai
Foundation, to destroy the source. Back to MOMO again she realizes that the
Realian is her sister, and that this must be "Daddy's place." The Realian
cannot talk but is still alive, MOMO asks who did this to her and the Realian
touches her face and gives her a vision of the little girl Realian in some kind
of tube, and Mizrahi talking to her. Saying that soon she will be born, and if
she does good deeds she can become human. He says she can become his
"Sakura." Then Albedo appears in the vision and smacks the girl's face.
The Federation fleet appears, they're probably there because the pattern of
Gnosis gate outs are in the centre of the Foundation. But they rule out the
possibility of them being called by the Zohars in the Durandal so Jr. suggests
it must be that song. Gainan says that no one else can hear the song, but
Shion is starting to hear it. Jr. wonders how it is possible that she hears
it. Both Gainan and Jr. are seeing images of darkness, Jr. says "It can't be!"
MOMO has begun wandering around in the place that she woke up. She comes
across more and more bodies of her Realian sisters. Albedo is here as well,
MOMO is crying but Albedo says that the act of mourning the dead belongs to the
realm of humans. Albedo is holding her sister, saying "Ah, my beautiful little
Kirschwasser." He drops the girl and reaches out for MOMO. He says that
Realians like her have everything, they are free from human shackles but what
they lack is reality and that is what he will provide her with. He cuts off
his own arm and scares MOMO as is grows back again immediately. He then cuts
off his own head as well. This doesn't seem to phase him as his severed head
continues talking on the ground. He says he senses a man in her heart, who
could it be. "Rubedo... Ah, it's Rubedo!" His head rematerializes and he
touches MOMO's face, asking her what she thinks, then laughes maniacally.
The Commander's ships have arrived and are just about to target the Kukai
Foundation when all of a sudden all the Gnosis are wiped out at once.
Something huge emerges from a rift and the fleet commander says "Impossible!
That's not supposed to be here...!" Shion looks up and says "The
Dammerung...?!" A younger white haired well dressed man sits at a terminal in
this enormous ship, reports are coming in saying that all the Federation ships
are ready to attack. The huge ship opens up and fires upon all the Gnosis with
an enormous weapon. Shion calls it the "Rhine Maiden" and assumes after seeing
that, that it must be operational at this point. Miyuki appears on screen and
sends over some kind object is a suitcase. She says they need to hook up the
Dammerung with KOS-MOS' sensors to locate the origin of the force field that
the enemy is using, but it's under a cloaking device. Shion asks Miyuki if she
actually knows what the object is that she sent over, but she doesn't. It's an
explosive device capable of collapsing an entire star if used properly. KOS-
MOS ways that by limiting the phase transfer mass she can activate it without
affecting the fleet or the Foundation. Jr. tells Shion that it's the Song of
Nephilim and there's no question about it. He says that it's the worst
creation that ever resulted from Joachim Mizrahi's research. It was the song
that destroyed Miltia and summoned the Gnosis.
Shion decides there's nothing they can do and sends KOS-MOS off saying to keep
the phase transfer mass as low as possible, all they need is to get rid of the
force field. A huge weapon materializes in KOS-MOS' hand and she locates the
source of the distortion. Shion gives the order to fire and a large upside-
down pyramind structure appears. Inside Albedo and MOMO are there, Albedo says
they're earlier than he expected. He sets MOMO down and says he's going to
have a look around go the key that lives inside her. He uses his hands to
create some kind of energy link with her brain. On the Durandal Jr. looks up
at it, saying nothing has changed, it's the Song of Nephilim. Jr. realizes
suddenly that MOMO is indeed inside of that thing, he says "It's him...
Albedo!" Gainan says Albedo's presance explains the feelings he was having.
He also explains that MOMO is a repository for the late Joachim Mizrahi's
records. Albedo and the U-TIC organization want that information. Jr. says
that Albedo is his dark half, the part he tried to hide away.
They decide that the only the Elsa can manoeuvre close enough to it so they
board the Elsa and take off toward the Song of Nephilim. As they approach
Shion asks to see the top of it, she has a vision of herself as a little girl
with her mother in the hospital. Outside the hospital window the same design
is on the ground as is on top of the Song of Nephilim. They board the Song of
Nephilim from the side and find MOMO on the ground when they enter. She sees
disoriented and unable to speak, Jr. says that bastard has taken her
consciousness. Albedo went and reversed the spiritual link, the opposite what
he and Gainan do when they communicate telepathically, it enables you to dive
into someone's mind and take what you want. Jr. wants to go off by himself but
everyone won't let him, Shion says she has to go too, the song is responsible
for the destruction of Miltia and brining the Gnosis into this world.
They find themselves standing in from of Albedo. He asks Jr. if he told MOMO
that they are both monsters, both Jr. and Albedo. MOMO grabs Jr. by the neck
and lifts him off the ground, but it's not MOMO, it's one of her sisters and
the real MOMO lies in Albedo's lap. Jr. forms a huge burst of energy to launch
the girl off him, Albedo tells MOMO to watch for this is Jr.'s true nature,
Rubedo's true nature (Jr.'s real name.) Albedo starts sucking MOMO's
consciousness out with his hand again, Jr. is angry and blows Albedo's arm off
but it just grows back. Albedo tells him to remember what he has to do, or
perhaps it's been so long that he's forgotten. Jr. says he doesn't need
someone contaminated by U-DO to tell him what to do, but Albedo says it's more
like evolved than contaminated, and that was the day he began experiencing true
power. He has reached a higher stage of existence. Jr. shoots his head off
but it just regenerates, everyone is mystified, it can't be nanotechnology,
nothing has evolved enough to regenerate a head. chaos says her is a U.R.T.V.,
just like Jr. They are created for the express purpose of eradicating U-DO.
Albedo says there is only one more layer, soon he will have everything from
inside of MOMO. Jr. screams and in a burst of energy everything goes white.
There is a man in the vision saying that this is the extent of his power, that
no one can stop the events that are about to unfold. It is Joachim Mizrahi.
Albedo is watching, these are MOMO's deepest memories. Suddenly Albedo is
blown back by Jr.'s energy burst and begins laughing. His A.G.W.S. descends
down and he boards it, ready for battle they fight. After their victory Jr.
and Albedo begin to square off their powers building huge energy fields around
themselves, everyone is calling to him to stop. Suddenly as everything is
building up something, the energy fields start dying down. MOMO is standing
there controlling them, saying to Albedo that she also received a part of him,
she asks how he could have done what he did to all of her sisters. Albedo says
that she is the flower that blooms from all their corpses, everything is how
her father wanted it to be. Jr. tells him to stop, and not say any more.
Shion starts yelling at Albedo saying that all of the Realians had wills of
their own and he had no right to do what he did, but they are interrupted by
another voice. A masked man in blue descends from the air. As Albedo walks
off he tells the masked man to give "him" the message "It belongs to me."
We see Albedo moving off in his A.G.W.S. searching through MOMO's memories. He
says "So this is the Y Data" then we hear KOS-MOS' voice saying "I do not exist
for your pleasure." He gives the impression that he is somehow trying to
access KOS-MOS, but an image of Shion appears and he says "Hmph, he really
didn't want anyone going in there." The man in blue challenges the group, he
tells Jr. to attack him, it shouldn't be a problem for a U.R.T.V. They battle
and end in what seems like a stalemate. As he walks away Shion asks him what
he really wants, but he tells her that if she wants to know, to come to that
time... to that place. That he'll be waiting there for Shion. KOS-MOS
announces that the Song of Nephilim has ceased all function, it's time to go.
Everyone is abord the Durandal again, they're planning to fire on the Song of
Nephilim. MOMO says it must be done for their sake. Jr. asks chaos if he
thinks this will put the Kirschwassers to rest. Since their toughts and
feelings now exist within MOMO then everything is okay. Jr. seems really
depressed, like he somehow failed. He gives the order to fire on the Song of
Nephilim but when they do all the energy bursts are deflected. Something is
wrong, the Gnosis are being absorbed into the Song of Nephilim. Albedo is
there in the centre of all this. He sets off a huge explosion that shakes the
Kukai Foundation and reveals an enormous structure below the Song of Nephilim
that dwarfs it in size. Everyone is watching from the viewscreens, Helmer and
the council as well. Dr. Mizrahi says it's impossible, that it was supposed to
be destroyed. MOMO calls it Proto Merkabah. The place where she was born.
The man in blue just says Albedo is summoning needless toys. It is now that we
are shown the man in blue's true identity, he is Virgil from way back at the
beginning, the angry soldier who was murdered by KOS-MOS on the Woglinde.
As the Song of Nephilim descends into Proto Merkabah, MOMO explains that her
father sent the data needed to create her from Miltia to Proto Merkabah. Dr.
Mizrahi says that Proto Merkabah was originally created to discover the true
form of the universe that they were meant to have. But then he took it... if
that thing, the Song and the Zohars all link together... but he is interrupted
by a man saying that's why they dropped it into the Abyss after recovering the
100-Series Realian. Dr. Mizrahi says the original is still on Miltia, with
only Proto Merkabah he can't... but then Proto Merkabah starts forming an
energy wave which completely decimates the Federation fleet. Albedo calls it
just a mere fraction of what it is capable of. He uses it to absorb more
Gnosis. Shion recognizes this as a similar phenomenon to when KOS-MOS stood
atop the Elsa and absorbed all the Gnosis. Originally Proto Merkabah, the Song
of Nephilim and the Zohar were a single apparatus. Proto Merkabah uses the
Gnosis as a means to collect waves from the Zohars and store the energy it
needs to operate. Albedo explains that he knows all this, and learned how to
use it all by linking with MOMO. He decides that his next target will be the
capital of Second Miltia. Albedo challenges tham to stop him if they can.
Dr. Mizrahi explains that the target is a giant facility that was abandoned
before being completed, with a reactor at the central meeting point of a number
of paths. All they have to do is take out the reactor to shut Proto Merkabah
down completely. She asks them to destroy the machine once and for all.
In the next scene they have infiltrated Proto Merkabah and are making their way
toward the centre. Along the way MOMO and the rest come across the room where
she was created. She says that her mother never told her what this facility
was actually used for during the Miltian conflict. When she was born her
father died, and the Gnosis came. A lot of people died just because of her
birth. Shion says that MOMO is not at fault, no parent would allow that.
They finally reach the reactor core of Proto Merkabah and find Albedo there.
Albedo jumps down and creates a large wavy image of a face, explaining that
this is the power of will which exists within everyone. He fights Jr. and the
rest of the group, then Jr. asks why he's doing what he is doing. He says he's
doing it all for Jr.'s sake. He asks Jr. if perhaps he has forgotten what he
did to them, he closed himself off from them breaking their mental link and
causing them to succumb to the Song one by one. He tells Jr. to repent for his
sin, and Jr. admits it, that he couldn't control his fear. But Albedo is
grateful because thanks to him he was able to find the way to a whole new
world. He says at first he didn't believe it, but now he has experienced
something that confirms it. He tells them to entertain him as some kind of
giant monster is born from fusing a Gnosis with the reactor, saying they must
destroy that if they have any hope of destroying Proto Merkabah. Albedo
escapes and leaves them to battle the Gnosis, which they of course defeat.
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