A few days later, Celes had transformed. She now had black, scaly, dragon-like legs extending up to her thighs, a spiky dragon tail growing from her back, and her body was cloaked in a blackish-red aura.
"I... I did it! Now I remember everything," Celes said, her voice shaking with excitement as she looked at her body.
"Nice, Celes," Cole said, giving her a thumbs-up.
Cole then turned to look at Calista, who was teaching Charlotte and Cyrus. He saw that Cyrus had root-like legs made of twisted branches and wore a cloak of leaves on his back, his body shrouded in a blackish-dark green aura. He also saw Charlotte, whose lower body had merged into one long, coiled snake body, and her hair was full of small snakes, her body surrounded by a blackish-dark yellow aura. Their skin was still blackish-gray, and their eyes remained red.
"Looks like they made it, too," Cole said to Celes.
"Yeah, we're back in the forms we had when we blew up the base before," Celes said.
"That's right, except... there's still something I don't know," Cole said.
"What is it?" Celes asked.
"After we were captured... what happened to us? Why did I wake up in that empty house three years ago? I still don't get it," Cole answered.
"Yeah... I'm the same. Why did I wake up in that guy's house a year and a half ago? I don't know either. Unlike Charlotte, who was in New Leviathan all along, and Cyrus, who stayed inside the Chimaera GZX, we don't remember anything about that time," Celes said.
"Calista also said she doesn't remember, right? She suddenly woke up in an empty house in another city after she was captured from exhaustion and only woke up five month ago," Cole said.
"So we still have to figure out that part. What happened to us during those missing years," Celes replied.
"But later. Right now, let's focus on finding Calvin. I hope he's okay," Cole said.
"You're right, finding Calvin is way more important," Celes replied.
"Let's go join them," Cole said, inviting Celes to join the others.
"Okay, let's go," Celes replied.
They immediately approached Calista, Cyrus, and Charlotte. Since they all remembered their lives from 70 years ago at the orphanage that used to be an old GDAB facility, they started reminiscing happily and returned to their human forms. After that, they got serious.
"Okay, right now we have absolutely no clue where Calvin is," Cole said.
"True, but I can feel him. I know he's still alive," Charlotte said.
"Hmm... if I think about it, I woke up in a city they called a 'human farm,' full of tall buildings from the old human civilization. I flew toward the orphanage after I figured out the way," Calista muttered, thinking.
"Me too. Celes and I were in a city close to the orphanage, or maybe you could call that place a village," Cole added.
"Yeah, but after that, they took me to the Draugr capital... and I just woke up there. I only know that from the guy's notes," Celes replied.
"Most likely, Calvin was also taken to a city or a village... right, Big Sister Calista?" Cyrus asked.
"Yeah, that's right. If we found Charlotte in the human city called New Leviathan, there's a chance Calvin is in a human city too... right?" Calista asked.
"Yeah, I heard that at the New Leviathan city park, there are eight floating human cities. Should we just go check them one by one?" Celes asked.
"It looks like we'll have to visit one and search for clues," Cole answered.
"But what about the Chimaera GZX? We can't take it to a human city, can we? We'd be seen as an attacking enemy," Charlotte said.
"The problem is, the Chimaera GZX is our only transportation. We can only go anywhere because of it," Cyrus said.
"Okay, how about this: first, we go to Mama Marion's place. There are vehicles there. We can coordinate where we want to go from there," Calista suggested.
"Do you know how to get there from here, Calista?" Cole asked.
"Hmm... let's just try flying first," Calista answered.
"Okay... you don't know, and besides, where are we right now? What island is this?" Celes asked.
"I don't know what island this is, but there's definitely nothing here. Cyrus and I explored yesterday while getting used to walking long distances," Charlotte replied.
"Okay, let's just fly around. Come on, let's go. There's no point in staying here," Cole said, standing up.
"Agreed, but before that... can we stop by a city or something?" Calista asked.
"Whoa, why would we do that?" Celes asked.
"To buy clothes for you guys. Do you want to keep running around in your underwear like that?" Calista asked, pointing at her friends.
Cole, Celes, Charlotte, and Cyrus stood up and looked at their bodies. They just realized they had only been wearing underwear for the last few days. Cole and Cyrus were just wearing boxer briefs and were shirtless, while Celes and Charlotte were only wearing bras and panties. Calista stood next to Charlotte.
"This is pretty distracting to look at," Calista said with a playful squeeze to Charlotte's big chest.
"He-hey!" Charlotte yelled.
"Hmm, she's right," Celes said next to Charlotte and squeezed the other side of Charlotte's chest. "How did they get this big?" Celes asked, examining Charlotte's big chest.
"Hey... what the heck are you doing?" Charlotte shouted.
"Yours are big too," Calista said, squeezing Celes's chest.
"Hey, don't just grab me there," Celes said, annoyed.
"Take that," Charlotte said, squeezing Celes's chest back.
"Hey." Celes yelled, turning to see Charlotte smiling smugly.
Celes and Charlotte then looked at Calista's chest, and their faces immediately turned pitiful, as if they felt sorry for Calista, who wasn't very well-endowed and looked relatively flat beneath her shirt.
"What's with that look you're giving me?" Calista yelled, annoyed.
Suddenly, Celes and Charlotte's hands shot out to Calista's chest and squeezed it, then they rubbed their hands on Calista's shirt.
"Flat and small... right, Char?" Celes asked.
"Yeah... poor thing," Charlotte answered.
"Hah... are you guys trying to start a fight with me?" Calista yelled, annoyed, her face red.
The three girls immediately started a serious debate about... something. Meanwhile, Cole, who was standing next to Cyrus with his arms crossed, watched the three girls. Cyrus moved closer, leaning on Cole.
"What are they doing, Big Brother?" Cyrus asked innocently.
"I don't know... maybe just fooling around," Cole answered, also clueless about the scene in front of him.
"If you had to pick, Big Brother, who's prettier among the three? Big Sister Charlotte is pretty with her long blonde hair and big chest, even if she's not as tall as Big Sister Celes or Big Sister Calista. Big Sister Celes is pretty with her straight black hair, a slim body, and a fairly large chest. As for Big Sister Calista, her face is prettier than both of them, and her black hair is a little past her shoulders. She's also slim and taller than Big Sister Celes, maybe as tall as you, Big Brother Cole... though her chest is definitely the flattest compared to the others," Cyrus said.
"You actually know how to judge women, huh?" Cole asked, turning to look at Cyrus.
"Well... what can I say... I spent 5 years inside the Chimaera GZX. Sometimes I watched movies, or browsed the internet since the Chimaera GZX can do that... so yeah, hehe," Cyrus answered proudly.
"Turns out... you've grown up too, it seems... but even if you can judge them, I still don't really get what the hell they're actually talking about," Cole said.
"I'm with you on that one," Cyrus replied.