GL (GalaxyLight): Busy, busy, busy. I just can't come back to this, can't I? I have a lot of problems and I can't seem to even make it out at all. 'Sigh' Oh well, let's juts go before I get frustrated. Time to see the Elder Side Quests.

Side Story 1: Kart Chase

The red-haired heroes were walking around the almost-deserted village. Elsword then noticed a vrooming sound of an engine. "Huh? Does anyone hear that?" He asked the others. They shook their heads however. Elsword could have sworn he heard something, and he was right. He heard the vrooming sound again, this time it was coming from behind. He turned his head around to suddenly see a small Twinser riding some kind of riding machine. Elsword's eyes widened as it was heading straight for them. "LOOK OUT!" He shouted as he tackled the three red-headed to the side and dodge the machine's ramming. The Twinser turned back attempting to ram them again, but there was no sign of them. The Twinser was confused for a second but then left them. The red-haired heroes were hiding at the alleyway where Elsword tackled them into.

"What is that!?" Young Elsword asked.

"I... I don't know what it is." Elsword answered. "Never seen something like that before, let alone go so fast." They suddenly hid in the shadows in the alley as they saw more karts with Twinsers driving past them. "I don't think we can take them on like this."

"Let's go back to Lenphad and the others. Maybe they got something that could help." Elesis agreed. Everyone else nodded as they carefully sneak their way to the weaponry shop in order to not get spotted. In no time at all, they finally got inside the shop and met Lenphad and Luchiel once more.

"Welcome back, y'all!" Lenphad greeted them.

"Hello, Lenphad. Hello, Luchiel." Elsword and Elesis greeted them. The younger ones looked around to find the smaller girl.

"Where's Echo?" Young Elesis asked.

"Oh, she's just upstairs asleep, she's just fine." Luchiel smiled. "So what can we do with you right now?"

"Well, you see..." Elesis begun explaining the problem that they are having, and the new machines they've just encountered.

"Hmm... That's a bit of a problem alright." Luchiel replied after the explanation. Lenphad laughed however.

"If that's the case, I've got just the tool you need." He said.

"Oh?" The red knights became interested.

"Come with us. We'll show you." Lenphad then headed through a red curtain before Luciel followed him. The red-haired heroes looked at each other and followed them through the curtain. When they got through, their eyes widened deeply as Lenphad revealed what is was. It was some kind of vehicle with fours wheels, it was covered in iron chassis plates with an engine at the back.

"Lenphad..." Elsword and Elesis spoke up.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"WHAT!?"

"Oh! Right! I forgot that you guys don't know what it is!" He started laughing. "This is what we call a 'kart'."

"A kart?"

"Yep! That's right!" Luchiel smiled. "We started building something that can let you ride and control it on your own. It took a long time to finish but we've done it. We're glad that it was destroyed by the alien invasion." Elesis took a look around it and was very impressed by what they had done.

"Very impressive." Elesis complimented. "How does it work?"

"It's simple, there are what you see underneath the seat are pedals." Lenphad explained as he pointed to them under the seat. "The one at the middle moves forward when pushed with your foot. The right one helps you stop the kart. And the left helps you go backwards."

"I see..."

"This wheel helps you move left and right." Luchiel continued the explanation. "Spin it left and you'll turn left, spin it right and you'll turn right. Very simple indeed."

"So it'a kinda like riding a horse." Young Elesis said.

"Something like that, except you have to make the kart what to do."

"It does look a lot like the ones the Twinsers were riding on." Elsword commented.

"True, but the question is how is this going to help us defeat them?" Elesis asked.

"You could probably use it to keep up with the aliens and attack them with your swords while you're still driving." Luchiel answered. "That way they'll lose their balance and crash itself into smithereens. It's kinda fun if you think about it."

The siblings thought about and took an agreement to it. "That might work well. I guess we'll give it a try." Elesis stated. Elsword looked at the kart again and felt a little worried.

"I guess, but it looks a little too small for me or even you to fit in that seat." He said.

"That's kinda because this was built for little kids like Echo." Luchiel sweatdropped. "And this was just a prototype in general. Although, I think the red-haired kids would like to drive it." The older siblings looked to the younger ones and they looked just about the right size. However, that made them even more worried.

"I'm very worried for their safety though. I don't want them to get hurt." Elesis stated.

"Then I'm outta ideas. It's either this or go find another way in your own. Your call." Lenphad sighed making the older siblings groan. The big problems was that they had no better ideas than they had. They could fight them by foot, but judging by the kart's speed, there's no way they can keep up and fight properly. They don't want to get their younger selves hurt by them, but this is only solution they've got. They had absolutely no choice. It may be too risky for them, but they had a thought, a thought that they might get stronger and braver if they do it.

"...Alright. We'll use this kart to defeat the Twinsers." Elesis stated.

"Seriously? That's great! I'll go prepare the kart outside, you can wait out too." Lenphad smiled as he got to work. The siblings nodded and went outside.

"Um... Are you sure you want me to do this?" Young Elesis asked.

"Because of the kart's size, My brother and I can't fit in it." Elesis explained to her younger self. "Because you're more intelligent than your Elsword, you know better how to drive it. Plus, your strength, insight and bravery can lead you to victory against those speed demons. We have faith in you, which is sort of awkward with us since you're younger than us."

"...Do you really think I can do it?"

"Of course, you have the potential, just like my sister here whose done the same throughout the six years." Elsword smiled. "I'm sure you can do the same, you are her after all." This gave Young Elesis's more hope than usual. It's not often she gets encouraged by her future selves. Maybe this is an opportunity for her to become a great knight like them. It could work for her.

"...Okay. I'll do it, for you guys." Young Elesis stated as her mind has made up.

"If you do get hurt, we'll come and pick you up before they can. So don't worry about yourself too much." Elesis told her. The younger one nodded.

"I'll be cheering you on, big sis! Go and get those aliens what they're worth!" Young Elsword said her with encouragement.

"I'll do my best!" Young Elesis replied.

"Here we go!" They heard Lenphad as he showed them their 'upgraded' kart. It had more armour than usual. "I made a few modifications with it so it can be stronger. This is all I can do for you all. Best of luck, cause you'll need it." After that. He went back into the shop.

"Okay then." Young Elesis hopped on to the kart decided where to start.

"Lenphad said pushing the middle pedal moves forward." Elesis reminded her. She nodded and stomped her foot to the middle pedal. Before anyone could react, the kart went accelerating forward fast. This gave the red heroes a shock in surprise, including the young sister.

"EYAAAAAH!" Young Elesis screamed. She was steering the wheel left and right like crazy as she couldn't control her kart. She was heading straight for a wall. She thought this was the end for her, but then remembered Elsword and Elesis's words of confidence. She narrowed her eyes with determination and slowly pulled the pedal and span the wheel left as hard as she could. The kart then stopped moving forward and quickly curved itself to the left. After that, she let go of the pedal as the kart stopped. She constantly breathed for air as she was still shock from the experience. The other siblings came to see her.

"Are you alright, big sis?!" Young Elsword asked his big sister.

"Y-Yeah! I got a little carried away there." Young Elesis replied. "I didn't think I'd go that fast."

"You're not the only one." Elsword remarked. "You might have pushed the pedal a little too hard."

"Yeah, I might have. I'll try to take it slow next time." Elesis knew she had to be cautious for her safety if she's going to fight the Twinsers by herself.

"Here, take this." Elesis gave her sword to her. "If you're going to fight them, you might need to cut them down." The younger sister nodded as she placed beside her seat.

"Oh! Don't forget these!" Elsword exclaimed as he handed her couple of bombs, much to everyone else's surprised.

"Um... Where did you get those?" Elesis asked him.

"Found them beside the weapon shop." Elsword replied. "There was a huge sack of them inside. I thought it would be a good idea to use them on the Twinsers if they actually work."

"I'm worried that she'll accidentally blow it up on her face..."

"I'm sure she'll be fine, right?" He turned to Young Elesis who flinched a bit as he turned to her.

"I... I guess..." She slowly replied, though she wasn't entirely sure herself.

"In that case, go show those cowards what you're made of." Elesis smiled with a nod and tried to start the kart again, only to be more careful this time and watch the road. She slowly pushed the middle pedal and began accelerating to where the Twinsers where. "Huh. She looks like she already got it covered."

"I hope so... for El Lady's sake." Elesis prayed.

"Alright you cahoots, let's see what you got." Young Elesis smirked when she found the Twinser karts and the fight began. She saw two Twinser karts chasing behind her, she wasn't going to let them get the best of her. She noticed a stack of red barrels full of gasoline giving her an idea. She drove towards the barrels and immediately turned right before she could almost touch it. One of the Twinsers turned right also, but the other hit the brakes instead but the car was going too fast, it did not have enough time to stop. The kart crashed into the barrels and exploded along with the Twinser.

"Yes! One down!" Young Elesis smiled while doing a fist pump. She didn't have a clue what to do next with the other Twinser following her. It then began to get closer to her left side giving her another idea. As soon as the Twinser was beside her, ready to shoot her with its gun, Young Elesis grabbed her sword and stabbed the Twinsers head before pulling it out. It was now dead, as the kart lost traction as it crashed into a destroyed building.

"Alright! I think I saw one more, better go there and-" Before she could finish, she was bumped hard from the rear by the Twinser she was looking for. She gritted her teeth in frustration as it was behind her. Her eyes then widened in shock as she saw the Twinser pointing its pistol at her. She ducked down to dodge a energy bullet. She didn't have a way to take it down from close behind until she remembered as she bombs with her. She nodded to herself and grabbed a bomb beside her seat. She enflamed the lit using her fire magic and tossed it behind landed on the Twinsers knees. It screamed in terror before the bomb exploded, along with it and the kart. Young Elesis accelerated faster to avoid getting caught in the explosion.

"YEAH!" Young Elesis cried out in victory before she headed back to the weapons shop. When she got back, she could see her brother and the future siblings cheering and waving to her. Young Elsword came to hug her after she hopped out of the kart.

"We saw your 'performance'. You did very great out there." Elesis told her younger self.

"You didn't even need our help either. You really did had everything under control." Elsword smiled as he was patting her head. Young Elesis blushed a little by their praise. It's been a while since she's done something great. "Now that that's over, we won't have to worry about anything else." But he spoke too soon. None of them notice that a saucer was spying on them. It then turned to a giant wharf that still has water in it and blasted a hole in it. All the water came out of it and it was flown everywhere.

"...Did you hear that?" Elsword asked his allies. They were about to shaker their heads until they heard it too. They looked behind them and their eyes widened in shock as a giant wave of water was coming straight at them. They screamed in terror as they ran fast but the wave was faster. It swallowed all four of them whole and they were flowing around the village becoming separated from each other.

Side Story 1: Kart Chase - End

Side Story 2: Flooded

Young Elesis gasped for air as she managed to grab her brother and swim up to the surface and hold on to a floating box after the wave stopped pulling her around underwater. She climbed to the box with Young Elsword as he was rapidly coughing out water before breathing again. 'He's alright. Thank goodness!' She thought to herself as she was constantly breathing. She looked around the village as it was entirely flooded with water everywhere.

'I can't see the older ones... I hope they're alright.' She held onto her brother hoping that there was something she could do.

"GASP" Elsword coughed out water before climbing up to a wooden box of his own. "Gods! That wave literally surprised me! I mean look at all the glitter! Where in the El did this water come from?!"

"Elsword!" He turned to see his sister who's standing in another box waving to him. He waved back in response. "I'm glad you're alright! Where are our younger ones!?" She asked loudly to him.

"I don't know! I haven't seen them!" Elsword called back causing Elesis to flinch with worry.

"This is not good! We have to find them. Otherwise they could drown... and we'll not exist anymore."

"Where did this water come from and why is this village flooded!?"

"I did see a wharf in this village. It was very big and had a huge supply of water. Someone must have blasted a hole in it causing this to happen."

"That still doesn't explain why the village is flooded."

"I think the gates of the village are closed so the water can't get through. And I did see some big plug covering the sewer holes. Maybe that's why this whole village is flooded."

"Why does this village have sewer plugs?" Elsword asked utterly confused.

"I have no idea. I never knew this in the present."

"Figures..." Elsword can't let this flood stay like this. It could be in jeopardy for the future. It could drown innocent lives. He has to stop this, and he knows where to start. "Sis, Let me unplug these! You go and find our younger selves." Elesis flinched when she heard him instructing her.

"Are you sure?" She asked worried.

"I have enough strength and air to breath longer and pull these faster. You have to trust me! Please!" Elesis wanted to reply back but hesitated to do so. She can't worry him forever, sometimes they need to do their own part and she knows the best with it. She shook her head and gave him her answer.

"Alright then. Just be careful. I don't want you to drown like an idiot." Elesis said making Elsword shrug when she called him that. She dived back down to the water and began searching for the younger red-haired siblings.

"Alright! Time to get started!" Elsword cracked his knuckles and dived down to find the plugs. Luckily there was one in front of him. He grabbed the chained that was tied to the plug and pulled it as hard as he can. As he unplugged it, the flood began to lower itself but it was going very very slow, almost making it seem like nothing even happened. 'Damn! I gotta have to unplug the other ones to make the flood go down faster.' He thought to himself as he continued searching for more plugs.

The younger siblings were still floating around the water, waiting for something to happen. Young Elsword was unconscious after the wave experience so the sister had to take care of him. 'C'mon... Please be alright... If you guys go down, I don't know what I'll-' She was suddenly cut off when she heard someone screaming out to her.

"HEY!" She quickly turned to see the Grand Master waving at them as she was swimming towards them. Young Elesis's eyes widen with hope as she was waving back smiling. "I'm glad you two are both safe." Elesis said as she held onto the box they were standing.

"I could say the same to you." Young Elesis smiled. "...Where's the older Elsword?"

"He's going to get rid of all the water. Don't worry, he'll be fine on his own."

"Are you sure...?" Just as she asked her that question. They suddenly notice the flood was lowering itself.

"Looks like Elsword is doing good, and you said he wasn't." Elesis teased with a smirk.

"H-Hey! I didn't know, okay!" The younger red-haired knight pouted making the older one laugh. The water was slowly flowing down to the sewer holes like a wishing well has been made down there. Elesis could feel her feet touching the ground.

"Elsword should be done by now. I know where he is. You can come down to the water now, it's not that deep. I'll carry little Elsword for you." She stated before she carried Young Elsword behind his back and started walking to where Elsword was while Young Elesis followed her.

"COME... ON!" Elsword growled loudly as he was pulling the last plug off the sewer hole. After the last one was finally unplugged, all the water was draining the sewer holes there was nothing to float on the village anymore. It was safe, but really soaked.

"Phew! Now that that's finally done, I can now look for-"

"ELSWORD!" He suddenly turned around to see his red siblings safe and sound with smiles, making him smile too.

"You guys are ok!" He cried out while coming to them.

"Yep! Thanks to your helping with the water. Looks like Elder is finally safe once again... Well, at the very least." Elesis sweatdropped as she remembered that the village was already destroyed.

"Oi Oi! What's with all this!?" They turned to see Lenphad, Luchiel & Echo come to them. "We saw water coming all the way almost filling the height of the doors and now it's gone!" Lenphad yelled out.

"It's a good thing the doors in our shop were shut tight, otherwise the water would have come in and drown us." Luchiel said with a sigh of relief. The siblings looked at each other and shrugged.

"Let's just say there was an accident we had to fix." Elesis gave a fake smile.

"Y-Yeah... A-A-ACHOOO!" Elsword sneezed.

"Oh my! You're all soaked up! You all need a bath, don't you!?" Luchiel said. "Don't worry, we got a bathroom you all can use."

"T-Thanks, Luchiel. You girls go first, I can wait." Elsword offered the girls.

"But I'm worried that you'll catch a cold." Elesis told him.

"Huh? Can't we go together?" Young Elesis asked causing the older siblings to blush red.

"I THINK IT'S A TOO LATE FOR THAT!" The older siblings called out loud.

Side Story 2: Flooded - End

GL: Phew! That's that! Now I can finally focus on the main story for a change! I'll see you there!