There they were, the two Vieras at the pinnacle of Operation Archon, about to storm Gaius van Baelsar’s base of operations: the Praetorium. Without even saying anything, Elizara boards the Enterprise and beckons to Reinylla to follow suit once she’s on board.
The flight to the landing site was quiet, nothing but the sound of of the airship itself could be heard.
“Hey, sug. If anything happ–“
“Nothing like that will happen. I’ll make sure of it.”
Shocked at Elizara’s resolve, all Reinylla could do was smile with obvious concern behind it.
“We’re in this till the very end, right? So.. so, it will be fine.”
Elizara’s emotions could be slightly heard bleeding through the words.
They land at the site with a gentle thud, and the two along with Cid disembark from the Enterprise to do what they came there to do. Several forces later had them face to face with Gaius himself, and after taking out a large foe, Cid stays behind to keep communications open with Elizara and Reinylla heading deeper to take care of the Ultima Weapon itself.
After donning some magitek armor themselves, they blow through an incredible amount of resistance only to be greeted with a blasting door that knocks out the armor itself upon destroying it. Shortly thereafter said door, Nero tol Scaeva block their path. After a brief talk between him and Cid, he turns his focus to the two Vieras. However, Elizara’s sheer determination of keeping Reinylla safe from any harm ended up being no match for Nero, and he was quickly taken out of the fight.
With Cid quickly contacting them, and Nero fleeing the scene with a conveniently placed power outage, there was very little left blocking them from reaching Ultima. Gaius attempts to stop them from reaching it. However, between their combined force, makes it even a surprise for him to realize this wasn’t a simple task to be taken lightly. They quickly hurry after Gaius but not before he activates the Ultima Weapon.
With a little bit of help from Hydaelyn herself, they’re able to stave off the weapon’s eikon powers and even rip them away. Lahabrea makes his move, and activates Ultima’s most powerful ability – Ultima itself. Thanks to one more timely shield from Hydaelyn, Elizara and Reinylla just had the stripped and worn down remains of the weapon left to worry about.
“Enough of this! Come one, Reinylla, let’s end this and go home!”
“You got it, darlin’!”
The two attack the Ultima weapon, dodging its surprising amount of tricks even after being through all of this, but before it could manage to let out another Ultima spell, Elizara’s determination reached its highest heights.
“Absolutely NOT!! You will NOT harm her!!”
A bellow war cry of sheer anger with very obvious subtle hints of other emotions rang deep within, and from what appeared like it came out of nowhere – arrows of pure light rained down on the battlefield.
It was over. The Ultima Weapon had been defeated.
Gauis being emergency ejected from the weapon itself lied motionless before the two.
“You think he’s okay, sugar? Maybe we should check’er somthin’?”
“Why- after… all thi–, ugh… You’re such an idiot. Come on, let’s go home.”
Partial confused, but in agreement, Elizara and Reinylla begin to look for an exit from the wreckage. However, only upon walking just a few paces forward, Lahabrea appears all of a sudden and takes Reinylla away!
“You… you BASTARD! Bring her back here!!”
Nearly shrieking in anger at what she just witnessed, all she could do now is hope for Reinylla’s safe return…
