Submission

[Queen Bright]

Hikaru appeared on the Outerverse near the rip, a barrier of Revelation Spirit Magic around her in preparation. She didn't bother suppressing her magic signature or being stealthy. Why? If she was just going to to surrender? Standing there calmly yet terrified, she sent out an open telepathic message. The Outerverse wouldn't teleport her off. Not if the SF really wanted her caught. "Attention Aralang Special Forces! I will surrender to you on two conditions. One, you return control of the Outerverse over to my kind. And two, you fix whatever you've done to the Dimension involving magic no longer working. The choice is yours. I can easily keep up this chase, if you do not agree."

[Gaserlake]

Two Elite Keepers appeared at the rip. "We will only agree if you surrender yourself first," they replied. "Get to the other side of the rip, and prepare to be secured. Once you're secured, we will reverse our effects on the dimension and let go of the Outerverse."

[Queen Bright]

Hikaru sighed. So be it. She dropped the barrier and then started to slowly walk towards the rip. Every ounce of of will power she had was put into those last few steps towards the rip. Outside she was as calm as can be till she got the edge, then couldn't help but pull back and cringe, before forcing herself to step through. Outside she may have been calm, thanks to years of forcing her emotions to the side. But inside, she was shaking, terrified to the core. Every part of her just wanted to call it off, to turn around and run. She had to literally fight back the fight or flight instincts. But despite this, her expression didn't change. She wouldn't allow it to.

[Gaserlake]

This is too easy, though. Something's definitely up. IAM, AP, and AT fields have been emitted. An Elite Prison Ship arrived. It's rare for the SF to take someone prisoner, but it's rare cases like these that make them happen. The Elite Prison ship doesn't have the regular cells, but rather stasis pods. This saves room and can fit up to 150,000 prisoners instead of 10,000. The prison ship beamed up Hikaru. Hikaru found herself in a ship, wearing the regular prisoner uniform. The black uniform and the cloak has been gone. She found herself in shackles, stronger than ever.

An SF soldier said went up to her and said, "You're going to be put in stasis."

They read her minds, to find anything new, and they did. Plan four: release the virus. Three other people know of this plan. Leserlake, and two others. The two others are a problem. Leserlake wouldn't be, as he knows about the virus. The SF have to stop them from releasing the virus.

[Queen Bright]

"Until you can kill me, correct?" Hikaru asked. She was already ready for the answer, that was why she had asked ahead of time. To prepare herself from breaking down entirely and just calling the whole thing off. Not that she would have a chance now, anyway. But it didn't make her any less afraid. And looking down at the shackles, the reality of the situation and just what she was doing finally hit her. Her fear causing her legs to  no longer support her and drop to her knees. This in turn gave her enough chain length from the shackles to wipe tears that were trying to start, quickly away.

She must have looked pathetic then. One of the Sage Three ,despite all of her will power she had able to still break down into tears and cry. Hadn't she killed the emotions long ago? Apparently not. "A-a-at least until my student finds your leader, that is..." Hikaru choked, trying to convince herself of such. Now actually there, even she was having a hard time believing Inari would make it in time. "T-t-then..... I won't ...die..."

[Gaserlake]

"I'll make a deal," he said calmly, bending his knees a bit, and leaning his arms on them. "In fact, a race. Gaserlake has to tell us to release you until we are able to kill your spirit. We'll even look for him. If he give us the green light, you've lost. If he tells us to let you go, we'll let you go."

[Nisorin]

Celestie cringes as she feels Hikaru's signature arrive, then promptly disappear through the rip. She shakes her head, sighing before sending a heavily protected telepathic message, arming it with a tiny bit of spirit energy to ensure it's safe arrival.

"We WILL help you, my friend. I'm not going to sit by and let these barbarians kill you."

[Queen Bright]

Hikaru partly looked up, aghast. Were they serious? Or was this just to mock her in her moment of weakness and hoping? She couldn't be too sure. She strained her hand as far as it could go to wipe left over tears away, trying to regain composure before she answered. " And.... If you find out a way to kill me before Inari can find him...? Then what? It'd be easier if I could search for him, myself..."

[Gaserlake]

The Aralangs detected something new in Hikaru's short-term memory. "Find Gaserlake. He'll be Hikaru's only chance of survival," a voice said in Celestie's head.

The two Elite Aralangs made a cloud of distorted energy. The prison ship then left. The distorted energy removed any possible chance of tracing.

"Well, you lose. Search for yourself? We aren't stupid. We aren't letting you go. You have to rely on others to find Gaserlake," the soldier said.

[Queen Bright]

Hikaru heard the message, but didn't have the time to respond back. Instead she took it as the last bit of comfort she had.  "I figured as much..." She dropped her head back down and sighed, remaining silent after that. There wasn't anything left she could say. It wasn't going to change things even if she did.

[Gaserlake]

After that, she was beamed into a stasis pod, and a stasis field went up, as well as a layer of shielding. The pod has some armor in it, too. The previous shackles are still on her. Many sets of shackles are in the pod, one for each limb. More specifically, the ankles and wrists, the upper arms, the thighs, the neck, waist, and the forehead. All of the shackles have AM properties.

[Queen Bright]

Hikaru barely had time to register what was happening before she blacked out. The stasis field acting too quickly before she could feel anything but fear. She wasn't dead, but she may as well have been.

[Gaserlake]

The target has been secured. Orders have been sent to the owner of the Outerverse to reverse the effects of the AME, and to release ownership. Other orders have been sent to other SF ships to stop defending the Outerverse and to execute an immediate fallback.