The Island In The Skies

The whale wanted them to see the beauty of tranquility more, so it took them up above the skies, overhead the clouds. With just a few flap of its tail, they reached an isolated island located in the skies. It seems like this world is not the ordinary one they know, above the land lies the wondrous. The floating island has an infinite stream that free falls to its edge, and has a peculiar volcano at its midst. The whole area is surrounded by trees and flowers, like a sanctuary for the living. They land on one area where they are enwreathed by purple heathers.

"They say purple heathers mean solitude." Sue tells the group, seemingly knowledgeable about flowers.

They walked around the lonely island and enjoyed its scneneries, and somewhere along their walk, Sven thinks of Lily who's not with them anymore.

"If only Lily can see what we can." He said in a calm whisper, but Nikita still feels indifferent.

Feeling like they're just having a vacation here in tranquility, made Nikita so uncomfortable. There must be something wrong in this place, but what? For now there is nothing to be careful of, but this feeling of uneasiness lingers in Nikita's mind.

"We should find the memory crystal as soon as possible." She said, and everyone felt her worry, so they went back to the whale's location to travel once more. But while they were trying to head towards its locus, they heard Sue say something out loud.

"Let me take over!" They all looked at Sue, whose mouth didn't even seem to open but somehow they heard her voice.

"T-that's not me! I didn't say anything, I swear!" She said while waving her hands no. They looked all over the place, but there is no one else around who sounds like her.

"I'm up here." The voice added with a laugh that appears to be having fun, and up above the skies, while the sun is bright and shining, they saw a silhouette having two pairs of wings on its back. It quickly drops to the island, right in front of everybody, revealing its face.

"What the hell?" Sue exclaimed as she saw her own face on this person. The entity told them that its name is Icarus, the very alter of Sue that lives in the sky island.

"Ah, you might be confused. I am an alter." It added and informed everyone that there are not only lesser and greater egos that exist in this dimension. There are alters that bears the own image of their true persons. They were hidden in the depths of their conciousness, that gained their own body in this dimension. All alters want is to devour their true person to gain more power, but this one doesn't really want to devour Sue, but since she's already right in front of it then maybe it will.

"I guess I'll devour you right here so I can dethrone Mute and rule in this world." Icarus added and Sue replied,

"I thought you don't want to devour me?" With a shaky voice, clearly scared of what might happen to her, and Icarus just laughed aloud.

"That's half the truth. I don't really like your taste, caitiff."