CHAOS FINALE
Episode Five: An Earth Shakes; Dual Personality

         Story settings; Carmen goes around seeking still and finds help with Gwydion, who concedes that help searching would be best with a human hand. He comes across a gentle man and his brother and feels a connection. So does the gentle man but it´s not quite what Gwydion expected.

Opening
        Gwydion tries to help out a bit but he´s still a bit confused about that he takes orders from a cat. With the vision of Ananke fresh in his mind, something reminds him of her of his father and soon fades as he´s engrossed in his duty. It seems simple enough to him but there was just something he wasn´t expecting.

        Carmen groomed herself carefully before stilling to study for any loose strands. After a few more selective licks over her person, she stretched lazily and flicked the nub tail with an aggravated state of boredom.
        And then placed herself in front of the door. She studied the amount of boxes with some interest.
        "This is just great! I have some big tests coming up and I cannot study when I have to move!" Heloise glared at the boxes. "This is just unfair!"
        "At least it´s a bigger place," Carmen pointed out.
        "But I don´t even know the guy that much! And what about Liv? She hasn´t said a word since coming back two days ago!"
        "Trust me, this is a good plan," Carmen said soothingly then paused. "And suddenly you have a inkling to let out the cat.."
        Heloise rolled her eyes as she flung open the door. "I wish you could just open the door yourself. I didn´t want to wait on you hand and foot!"
        "I´m sorry I´m vertically challenged.." Carmen retorted, walking out with as much dignity as she could manage. She poised her tush in the air, her tail erect as she marched on.
        "Thank you so much for the butt shot," Heloise glared. Carmen´s tail merely flicked as she went down the stairs.
        Gwydion was carefully positioning things in his grandmother´s room. "I´m so glad I´m staying with you. And that you´ve taken on roommates, that really surprised me," she spoke cheerfully. "It´s so sunny in here, oh, it´ll be the perfect place to work on my knitting."
        Gwydion nodded his head at each end of a sentence but his grandmother could clearly see his mind was elsewhere. She watched him pick up the picture of his father and place it absently to the side.
        ‘Oh, Daniel, if you only knew...´ Her eyes turned wet. "Gwydion, you know, your father was a special man."
        He turned slightly, the look of agitation already evident. "Yes, Gramma?"
        "He always told me that he felt a spark in his heart, something that was significant." She studied her grandson. "You seem different lately."
        Gwydion´s hand snuck to his black, worn out jeans, the pen tightly captured in the pocket. "I do?"
        "Yes but.." Her eyes became sad. "If you need someone, you have me, all right?"
        "Of course, Gramma!" He turned with a flourish. "And tada! Your room is all settled.. I hope."
        "It´s fine! Though the curtains look a little lopsided..."

        Liv followed Heloise hollowly. Heloise was trying to prepare herself for a strange world.
        Though upon entering the two-story home, she was eerily disappointed.
        "Hoping to find a mess, a bunch of Playboys, and my dirty laundry out for the world to see?" Gwydion guessed, standing behind the two with a heavy box.
        Heloise turned red. "I´m sorry, really, I am."
        "You´re just easy to read." He dropped the box unceremoniously. It shook as he winced. "I hope there wasn´t any valuables in there."
        "Not anymore," Heloise said with tight lips. "Where´s your grandmother?"
        "At the Recreation Center. She was picked up by the van to meet her friends." He turned toward Liv who stared forward blankly. "Ah, so, Liv.."
        She jolted at the mention of her name. She turned toward him and he didn´t have the heart to continue but coughed.
        "Where´s our room?" Heloise asked then.
        "There´s enough to each have one. I have you upstairs, the last door on the right and Liv, you´re downstairs right under the stairs."
        Liv moved at that information, carrying her load in without a sound.
        "I don´t think she´s all there," Gwydion said finally.
        "What was your first clue?"

        Gwydion let out a sigh of relief. It had taken all morning to get the others´ things inside. He was just glad he only had to unpack his own things and his grandmother´s. He whistled as he loped his legs over his motorcycle. He decided a nice, long drive would help keep him calm but just after starting to leave, Carmen sat in front of him.
        "Look what the dog dragged in," he commented, leaning over the front of the motorcycle. "Can I help you?"
        "Let me ride with you. We can look for others together."
        Gwydion rubbed his face. "I guess, sure."
        "Wonderful! You work better than the others so far!" She jumped onto the back, settling into his hanging bag.
        "Aren´t you going to help Liv?" Gwydion muttered.
        "And I thought you didn´t care about anything but yourself."
        "Either shut up or I kick you off at full speed." He kicked the pedal back and with a roar, ripped over the rubble to the asphalt road.
        They drove in silence, save for the screaming winds whipping around. Carmen was beginning to have doubts about this way of looking before something filled her senses. She threw her front half out and claws extended to grasp what she could.
        The motorcycle jerked to the side as the car behind him honked angrily. Gwydion swung to the side, stopping next to a small area with several benches and a fountain with cherubs flowing freely.
        "Get your claws out of my ass," Gwydion said very calmly. Carmen jumped down nimbly and the instant his feet touched the ground, she was watching him warily from ten feet away. "Good kitty," he gave a very strained smile. "Now, why did you do that?"
        He felt it then, as with Liv and Heloise. A gentle tug as he turned. He almost mistook it for the similar tall, husky man with the short, dark brown hair. But his eyes drifted over to the slightly smaller, obviously lighter build, and rather feminine looking male beside him. The family resemblance was strong, though the smaller man´s face was more gaunt and soft looking and the hair was parted in the center with bangs lengthening toward the sides of his ears. It was long, pulled into a twisted braid, to trail to just past his buttocks. The dark purple eyes looked mystifying, almost hauntingly.
        "There! There!" Carmen hissed. "Talk to them!"
        "How?" He hissed back before standing rimrod straight. The older one´s eyes flicked over and then leaned toward the younger, saying something teasing as the younger man turned beet red.
        "Good day," the man nodded before continuing but the younger man stopped completely, keeping his gaze forward for a moment before turning toward Carmen and then Gwydion.
        "Hello," the voice was soft, hesitant, a weaken tone.
        "Adam?" His older brother tapped his foot.
        Carmen began to rub against the small man, Adam´s, leg enthusiastically.
        "Go on ahead," Adam leaned down as Carmen took the offer and jumped onto his shoulders, the tail covering the back of his neck as she rested gingerly.
        Adam led the way, looking back several times with uncertainty. He stopped next to a bench and settled down with a long sigh. "Hello."
        Gwydion shifted, his mind trying to place the behavior Adam was showing but Carmen´s eyes returned him back to the purpose. "Hey... uh... Name´s Gwydion Enid."
        "I am Adam Jethro and this would be?"
        "My name is Carmen," she said cheerfully.
        "Is it?" Came the faint voice. Adam felt his forehead carefully. "I cannot help but see silver surrounding you." He directed this toward Gwydion.
        Carmen spoke before the man could say a word. "Yes, but that´s a good sign there. It means you are a very special person."
        Gwydion caught the flinch as Adam shifted uncomfortably. "I see."
        "You are a sailor soldier."
        Adam met this with a blank stare. "I´m sorry, what?"
        She carefully aligned herself with the edge of the bench and jumped in the air to flip as a pen fell down. "There!" She sounded infinitely proud of herself.
        "What will this do?" Adam was looking everywhere but the pen.
        "It´s what will transform you into a soldier."
        "Another form? Another person?" For once since they´ve begun talking, interest drifted into his voice. He leaned down to pick up the pen.
        "Well, no, not really.." Carmen tried to talk to Adam but it was useless. He seemed lost in his own world before he stilled. A chilly wind picked up as Gwydion´s eyes widened.
        "I know this feeling.." He muttered, pulling out his pen. "If you´re smart, I´d change."
        "Oberon Power, Make Up!" Gwydion called out.
        It was another bird youma, with splashes of green, ruby red, and black flashed over its squatted form.
        Adam´s voice hitched. "Enceladus Power, Make Up!" The earth shuddered and tore underneath him to fly upward, around him to obscure him. It fell down in thuds, as he stood with eyes closed in his uniform.
        He wore a dark purple turtle neck with sleeves that opened toward the ends of his arms to a wide proportion, buttoned with a single round golden button. He wore green shorts, slightly tight around the thighs. Over his turtle neck he wore a heavy looking, short sleeved, dark reddish brown jacket, with a slightly folded collar colored a lighter reddish brown. The v front was clasped with a rounded dark purple triangle, fashioned upside down. Along the edge of it was a gold rim of metal. Jutting from this clasp were three stubby ties, the one in the middle over both, colored a dark purple with a gold, metal diamond stud with a cross on the inside on the bottom edge. The two underneath and toward the sides were green.
        The jacket was partially opened just underneath  the ties to go down to the top of his pants before opening further with a slight round to create two front flaps, squarish shaped toward the end and the went back up to the pants to wrap around his hips, going down toward the back in two pointed flaps. The bottom edge as well as the opening of the jacket was lined in tan, with the opening crisscrossed in black lace. From underneath the long flaps, toward the sides of his hips and around his knees were an underlining of green fabric.
        The shoulders had a round clasp where his shoulder and side met. Dark purple outlined in gold metal, from each came two bits of fabric that went over and behind the shoulder. The top bits were tan, with the bottom ones green. His boots were thick soled, a dark purple with a rounded tan top edge that dipped in slightly. At the sides were additional round buttons. The heels were green colored with an additional dark reddish brown strip just above the sole.
        Eyes opened up with a glitter. Fire brewed where once a dull glaze thrived.
        "Let´s hit this one out of the park!" Gwydion called out.
        Adam started before shaking his head angrily. "Enceladus Pre-emptive Strike!" The earth tore in front as he guided a barreling of stones to crash into the youma. As it managed to break some, another wave was guided as it was thrown to the ground, screaming in rage.
        "Tarot Deduce!" The Jack of Hearts formed as Enceladus´s attack was copied, crushing the enemy down.
        "Enceladus Side Rip!" The fission ripped up and swallowed the youma as it slammed shut. The earth´s rumbling vibrated for a long moment before stilling slowly.
        "Jeez, anytime we do this, we get attacked. Carmen, is this your plan?"         "The youma is always a surprise.." Carmen smiled as charmingly as possible but the death glare showed her that he didn´t quite believe her.
        "I don´t understand.." Adam was rubbing his head, agitated. "I am the same still.."
        "Well, yea. You don´t really become a different person."
        "No.. No, I´m pretty sure I do..." But his face reddened as he glanced at Gwydion. Specifically, the tight shirt over the strong muscles.
        Gwydion finally got it. "Listen, you´re probably a little curious... about being a soldier!" He added hurriedly. He untransformed, watching Adam do the same. He reached into a pocket and pulled out a card. "This is where I live. There are two others like us there and well.. Carmen says there is a lot more to go."
        "It´ll take a while but I must gather you all," she piped up from the floor.
        "I see.." Adam stared blindly at the card. "I´ll be sure to contact you soon.." He left without another word.
        "Ah.. that was uncomfortable."
        Carmen blinked. "I thought that went really well."
        "You´re walking home."
        "It´s like twenty miles away!"