With the beams safely dealt with, the construction workers were left scratching their heads.
"O-Oh... you saved me!"
Junko threw her arms around Nathan, eliciting a sigh from Elliot. He gestured down the hall.
"So..."
"Let's go," Billy said, leading the way for Kyoko and the others.
***
A swing with her weapon would cause the door to be cut in half and collapse.
"W-Wow... you guys are pretty cool," Makoto said, gingerly stepping over the wreckage and into the hall. It was then that Billy and others arrived, escorting Kyoko.
Upon seeing Kyoko, Makoto's eyes went wide slightly. A hint of a smile appeared on his face and he suddenly seemed relaxed as he took a few steps toward her.
"I'm glad I could see you before..." He trailed off, as if something more important had entered his thoughts.
He turned to look first at Billy, then back at Kyoko. With a sudden ferocity, he grabbed Kyoko's arms as if he was at risk of falling.
"Kyoko!" he exclaimed, pulling her into an embrace.
"What's-- What's going on?"
"Naegi, what are...?!"
The door to the room burst open and the kid who had sent Makoto's group on their meaningless task burst in.
"I'll hand it to you," he said, energy floating around him.
"I did not expect their meeting to cause their awakening... quite so fast."
Billy turned on the boy, his eyes glowing.
"That's because Revan's losing control. The Demiurge's power grows... I'm understanding him more now. I know now... we're on the final step."
"Not if I have anything to do about it!"
"If you wanna get in our way, then don't complain when we throw you out on your ass!" Touma exclaimed, no longer content to beat around the bush at this stage.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Junko cried.
The blue-haired boy charged the group, but he and everything around the group suddenly disappeared. The world reconstructed around them, forming a mysterious an dream-like new world.
"What the...?!"
The group now stood on the shores of an ephemeral beach. The blue-haired boy was gone, along with Junko, Azure Kite and Dr. Langa, though everyone else remained. Makoto finally ended his embrace with Kyoko and turned to Billy.
"Billy... it's so good to see you, but what's happening? Where are we?"
When Billy looked back at Makoto, his eyes shown a brilliant blue. The way the young man carried himself seemed different suddenly. His gaze lingered a moment before he spoke, sounding like Billy, but with an undeniably different cadence.
"Makoto Naegi, Kyoko Kirigiri, out of all those currently aware across the multiverse, you two have more connections than all of the rest. Awakening the both of you was essential in pushing back Revan's control. Although... even with my growing power, I still was not able to bring everyone along."
"What... What are we doing here?" Kyoko inquired with a furrowed brow, rubbing her head as though she had just come out of a long daze.
"Huh...?" Makoto looked to Kyoko for a moment.
"Everything I remember now actually happened? Revan remade reality?"
"Not yet, Makoto. He put the multiverse to sleep in order to give him time to finish. Unfortunately for him, we are about to undo all that he has done."
"S-Seriously?!"
"I have brought you all to a sleeping world of my own... one where I have been incubating new seeds."
Billy, or the Demiurge, slowly waved his arm, causing ripples of energy to flew through the air. Wind picked up, shaving away at an invisible force-field, slowly revealing a young man. The young man was inside some kind of sphere, sleeping.
"What's... Sorey doing in there?" Makoto asked.
The Demiurge observed Sorey a moment before responding.
"Still sleeping. He needs a bit more time. But there are two entities we must awake who are ready. Our time is almost up, so splitting up is necessary. Make your choices-- Time or Eternity."
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