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Deep within Maras hideout, the Demon Urd is having
a destructive fit of rage, destroying everything around
her, and screaming in agony as it feels like her body
is being torn apart. Mara tries to explain what is happening,
but the evil clone will not listen, and instead goes
flying right out of the building, destroying it in the
process. As the Demon Urd flies off, she mutters to
herself that she must find her real body
At
Keiichis house, Belldandy, Skuld, the Goddess
Urd, and Keiichi are seated around the kitchen table,
discussing the current situation. The Goddess Urd explains
that the body containing her Demonic influence is a
clone built by Mara, and therefore, the body is not
strong enough to handle Urds powers. The only
inevitable conclusion is that the Demon Urd will come
looking for her, since she has a real body that can
withstand using such intense magical power. Belldandy
tries to warn the Goddess Urd what will happen if the
Demon Urd loses control, but once again, she finds she
cannot speak the words because of the lock placed on
the information by Yggdrasil. The Goddess Urd is eventually
able to figure out what Belldandy is trying to say,
by making her sister nod her head yes or
no, since she cant speak about it.
It seems that in time the Demon Urd will run wild and
release enough energy to destroy the world. Her power
will eventually become so great, her clone body will
not be able to contain it, and she will self-destruct.
Their only choice is to figure out a way to rejoin Urds
Goddess and Demon sides into the same real body.
Before
they can come up with any ideas, they hear the sound
of someone entering through the front door and collapsing
at the front step. They all go out to the hall to see
who it is, only to find Mara on the floor, barely standing,
and her body covered with burns and bruises from the
Demon Urds dramatic escape earlier. She tells
them that the Demon Urd has already begun to lose control,
and even destroyed her hideout in the process. She holds
up the device that she used to separate Urds Goddess
and Demon essences, and pleads that they use it to rejoin
the two sides into one before her creation winds up
destroying itself. It seems that since the Goddess and
Demon Urd are one and the same essentially, if the Demon
Urd destroys herself, the Goddess Urd will not get out
of this unharmed, either. When they turn to get the
Goddess Urds opinion on what they should do, they
find she has already gone off to try to stop her other
self. Skuld instantly turns to Mara, and asks if she
can make another clone of Urd. It seems the young Goddess
has an idea
When
we rejoin the Demon Urd, we find her still flying through
the skies, searching for her real body.
She gets her wish when she finally comes across the
Goddess Urd who has come to confront her. The Demon
Urd flies at her Goddess self in a fit of rage, which
the Goddess is able to dodge. A brief battle commences,
but in the end, the Demon Urd pulls a surprise magical
blast attack on the other, which sends the Goddess Urd
crashing to the ground below. The evil clone soars down
to finish off her real self, but the Goddess Urd is
able to get out of the way just in time. It seems that
the Goddess Urd is trying to make her Demon side use
up all of its energy so that it will self-destruct.
Is she planning to sacrifice herself to save others?
At
that moment, Keiichi, Belldandy, and Skuld arrive on
the scene on Keiichis motorcycle. They see two
beams of light flying about in the sky, and know that
it must be the two Urds battling it out. Up above, the
Demon Urd grabs onto the hair of her other half from
behind, and sends a bolt of electricity flowing throughout
the Goddess body. This sends the Goddess Urd once
again plummeting to the ground below. The Goddess Urd
falls until she is suddenly caught by a magical orb
of energy created by Belldandy who is watching from
below. The orb carries her safely and gently down to
the ground. As soon as the Goddess Urd is safe, Keiichi
and Belldandy quickly grab her, and pull her aside into
hiding so that Skuld can begin to set up her trap for
the Demon Urd.
Once
the Goddess Urd is out of the way, Skuld pulls out a
bag and opens it, revealing a perfect robotic clone
of the Goddess Urd that Mara and her created. When the
Demon Urd sees the replica of her other self, she flies
down toward it, only to discover too late that its
not the real thing. The robot Goddess Urds face
literally opens up, splitting in two to reveal mechanical
clamps and arms that grab onto the Demon Urd, holding
her in place.
Now
that Urd's Demon side has been contained, its
time to use Maras device to rejoin her Goddess
and Demon essence into one body. Goddess Urd comes out
of hiding, and is having second thoughts. After all,
her Demon side tried to destroy all of them. She doesnt
know if she wants a monster like that inside her. Belldandy
reminds her that the Demon Urd could have destroyed
them at any time, yet she always seemed to unconsciously
hold back and used her most basic attack spells on them.
She pleads that her sister go through with merging her
light and shadow into one form.
The Goddess Urd approaches her other self, and once
again, both entities that make up Urd are joined together
in one real body, leaving the clone that Mara had originally
created just as lifeless as it was when we first saw
it back in Chapter
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