The following day, Sannet woke up earlier than usual. She went to the camp gym and did some strength exercises then went back to the room where Minka was. The moment she stepped in, she realized that Minka had already gone. On the surface, she clearly had an expression of annoyance but also quite admired the length Minka would go just for going out for a walk.

Of course Sannet would go and get her. But she thinks that a win for Minka might be what she needs now. A long walk will probably help to calm her down, so Sannet decided to let her go.

Minka is walking out of the base and deep breaths the clean air in the woods. The weather was rather pleasant; a crisp, cool breeze filled her nostrils with fresh, earthy scents. There was a slight chill in the air, but it did not bother Minka as she walked deeper into the woods and away from camp. Honestly? She's quite happy that she managed to escape from Sannet. She has a happy smirk on her face, until she hears the sounds of footsteps behind her. She immediately turned around and froze on the spot: "Viola? What are you doing here?"

"Minka..." Viola as if wanting to tell her something but something is preventing her from doing so.

"Viola! What's wrong?" She was worried for Viola, who looked troubled with dark circles under her eyes. Her hair was a mess. Clearly she didn't sleep for the night: "You can tell me about everything."

"Look... there's no better way to say this but... I need your help..."Viola then takes out a contract and gives it to Minka, who reads it and notices that it was an order from an unknown organization who wants her to be kidnapped.

"Why me?" Minka asks, puzzled by Viola's actions.

"I don't know either, but if the order has been given to me. It also means that it has given to dozens more..." Viola said with a grim expression, "I'm not sure why you're being targeted but I believe it's all related to what happened at the camp. Someone has noticed your ability to be able to take heavy damage without being injured badly."

"What do you mean?" Minka asked again with a look of confusion on her face.

"You seriously never noticed that you're kind of resilient towards all types of harm?" Viola replied as she shook her head, "You're not hurt at all after getting thrown out by that wurm, because after mere hours you're able to stand up and have a walk outside."

"What do you want me to do then?" Minka asked as she rolled her eyes with a frown.

"We can't tell Leanna and Sannet. So I will 'kidnap' you. And i want you to carry this beacon." Viola handed over to Minka: "This will allow them to track you. We will destroy whoever is behind this and we need to make this look very real..." Viola then looks Minka into her eyes: "Can you do this for me?"

Minka paused to think for a moment and slowly nodded her head: "I can do this for you Viola. I promise I will try my best."

"Thank you." Viola smiled and held out her hand. She then gave Minka a sleeping pill: "This can put down a ogryn, we will do this now."

"What about you? What will you do?" Minka asks before taking the pill.

"I will take all the blame and hope... we can take down the people behind this before they kill me..." Viola gulps: "But you don't really have to worry about that... the bounty money itself can make my life and my sister's to be free from the gigs from this ever again."

Minka then takes off the bracelet on her wrist: "Take this... think about a weapon you want and it will appear in your hand." Minka then took the pill: "Don't worry about me... I am quite resilient." Minka winks and faints in Viola's arms.

Viola then ran to get a car and disappeared on the road. It wasn't until near midnoon Sannet and Leanna realized something went wrong. Leanna went back from the woods and gave a beacon to Sannet. After inspecting this, Sannet thinks that Minka got caught in the woods but managed to leave a beacon before being unable to resist. Both of them look at each other completely pale. Leanna wanted to call Trazyn but Sannet stopped her: "Lea, before this happens. We need to get a coordinate about where's the about for Viola and Minka."

"So what should we do?" Leanna asked while rubbing her chin in thought.

"First, we need to find out what happened to Viola and Minka, we need to get information first before we can do anything else." Sannet then looks at the camp's security room: "We need to find some information."

Leanna nods as she too heads for the security room: "I'll get started right away!" The moment Leanna went inside the security room, she started to check the security cameras to see where their two comrades went in the woods...Some guards went in but Sannet managed to convince them that they were looking for their friends.

"What is happening Sannet?!" Leanna shouted while rubbing her eyes as she looked at the screen while she was still working on it: "I found it! They were going to the forest!" But then she looked closer and saw that Viola carried Minka and went away: "I think that Viola took Minka away and... Minka seemed to be unconscious."

"What?" Sannet came over and saw the tape again, she bumps her fist on the console and left in haste. Leanna quickly follows.

"Sannet! Where are you going?!" Leanna shouts out as she also follows after Sannet as fast as she could: "Sannet! You can't just go alone!"

Sannet stopped when they reached the edge of camp's territory: "Viola kidnapped Minka, probably for the bounty."

"What? That's insane!" Leanna was stunned, she was shocked and appalled: "Viola would never do that!"

"How do you know? Viola is a contract killer who specializes in different types of firearm. Literally what we are doing right now was for her contract." Sannet looks at Leanna menacingly.

Leanna gulps with a pale face: "But Viola will never do that! Even if she received the order, she would not take it!" She steps forward and puts one of her hand on her chest: "I would know if she would do that!"

"You don't know anything." Sannet replied coldly with her arms crossed as she had a dark look in her eyes: "I've been indulging you for a while now, but you know nothing about any of us."

"Like what? The fact that you're not even human? Or you and your sire broke out because you found out the truth about your past?! Well let me tell you something Sannet! It was a pity to find out you were actually in love with him. And when you see the man you love and respect so much, choose a human. You felt immensely jealous and defeated, so you gave yourself a reason to be as far away from them as possible. But you never left because your love for him still lingers. '' Leanna tried to be brave with her words as she felt like she was being stabbed inside by those words while saying that. Her eyes widened as Sannet walked closer towards her. Suddenly, Sannet hits Leanna on the face.

"Do not speak of this ever again." Sannet for once has a look of anger on her face. And points her index finger at Leanna.

Leanna rubs her cheek and nods, but Leanna's words got through Sannet. Honestly? Sannet also couldn't believe Viola would do this in the first place. But she can't rule out the fact that it is Viola that carried Minka away. But why?

Minka woke up feeling dizzy and sick. She tried to move her arms but it was all binded behind the chair. She tries to look around but her head feels heavy and dizzy. She then realized that she was blindfolded and her mouth was gagged.

"So, we meet again." A man said from behind her while he took off the blindfold and gags on her mouth: "Remember me?" The man had blond hair with golden eyes. He has black leather jacket with his sleeves rolled up, black shirt and black pants, he also has a sword on his waist which looks like it's made from something like black stone.

Minka tries her best to think about this person but nothing afloat from the memory: "No... I do not."

"Ten years... you promised that I can get you after ten years. But... you disappeared. Thankfully I am now powerful enough to have eyes all over the planet. Now, I have come to collect my prize." The man's eyes twinkled with amusement while he continued talking: "So, when do we begin our wedding? Darling?"

"What?" Minka replied, confused and scared by this man's words: "What in the emperor's name are you talking about?"

"You have already forgotten me?" He then crouches down on the same eye level as Minka's: "My name is Alex Cohen. You saved me in a back alley... twenty five years ago. That night, you bought me fried chicken and promised me that when i will be strong enough to beat you after ten years. You will marry me."

"I wasn't even born at that time...you probably met someone else..." Minka replies with a weak voice.

Alex gave her a condescending look: "So, you meant to tell me that I was drunk that night and I have been dreaming all this time?" He then leans forward until his face is less than an inch from Minka's face: "You must lost your memory at some point... But don't worry darling... I will fix you."

"Is this why you wanted me? Because you confused me with someone else? Let me tell you something buddy... Go fuck yourself."

"Don't say that darling..."

"And stop calling me that!" She shouts back and she can feel her eyes blazing as anger consumes her whole being: "You have no right to call me that!"

"This feisty personality... you are her... there can be no wrong about that..." He then touches Minka's head: "I will bring back your memory... I promise..." He then smirks at her: "But if you don't want to do anything for me then I will have to take something else from you... it would be a shame if I have to do something like that..."

"Get the hell away from me, you creep! Once I am out of this boundage, I will drop you like the sack of crap that you are!" Minka then tried to use all the strength that she can muster in her arms and legs to move the chair as she did that. However, she was unable to do anything more than that.

"Put her to sleep, we will bring her somewhere more comfortable... And Viola... good job... your debts are cleared." Alex left the room while talking to a different direction then shut the door.

Minka was still fighting with her bindings, but after a few minutes, she started to black out due to the room being filled with sleeping gas.

Minka wakes up with an extreme headache again, her eyes are wide open and she is lying down on something that is soft, warm and comfortable. Minka checks her body rather thoroughly to make sure that creep didn't do anything to her. Minka looks outside of the window, it is a view that she did not recognize. But it looks rather... beautiful. It seems like she's at a house surrounded by a lake. It is a beautiful summer day out there with the sun shining bright from above.

Minka stood up from the bed, she tries to move her body around but her legs seem stiff and heavy, it felt like she was still being held captive. Then Minka checks her back pocket and find out that the beacon Viola gave her is still here. She let out a relieved sigh and began to plot her escape. She went to the door but it seems locked from outside. She then looked down from the window, but all of the window has metal bars and are not accessible from inside. She tried to kick the door but it wouldn't budge: "Damn it!" She then looked on her right and left hand for something useful, but all that she could find is just a pen that has a small note inside that says: "To Minka." And when she read it is something about that creepy man hopes Minka to regain her memory and stuffs. Minka honestly felt sick after the encounter. But she also couldn't help but feel sorry for that man. For Minka to say those exact words that Alex Cohen mentioned earlier, someone must've gotten themselves in a predicament that they cannot recover from. So in this case, Minka would give them a fake promise to let them live on. But this definitely is not the case... right? A terrible thought crossed Minka's mind: "No... this can't be...i wasn't even born at the time... I can't be doing any of this..."

Suddenly someone knocked on the door, Minka immediately grabbed a book and hid it under her while she pretended that she's still asleep. The knock fades and the door is now opened. Minka immediately throws her book underneath her to the person at the door. But the person managed to dodge quickly before having her head caved it: "Viola?" Minka immediately grab Viola's arm and shuts the door: "How are you here?"

"Apparently that Cohen guy thought maybe I could soften you up a bit..." Viola then looks at Minka and smirks: "Well I didn't know that you promised to marry someone twenty five years ago. How romantic."

"Viola! Shut it!" Minka's face flushed in embarrassment: "That man is mad, he's crazy. None of the things he talked about made any sense!"

"I know... I worked for that man... he's the guy that controls half of the armament deals in the city." Viola pauses to think: "But don't worry... I will fix everything..." She then grabbed Minka's hand and squeezed it: "I am so sorry for all of this."

Minka suddenly has a very punchable expression on her face: "Well now. I guess i gets to tease you instead~"

"You do that... I will tell Sannet and Leanna about what the man said." Viola smirks.

"Not fair!" Minka pouts.

"I'm serious about this. I'm really sorry for what happened." Viola said and bowed down on her knees before her.

"Oh! Please stop that! This is embarrassing!" Minka gets VIola up: "It is really fine! I promise! Now...let us leave this place."

"Not now... We need to play along... don't you want to know what he was talking about?" Viola whispers: "I am sure that he's not on some kind of drugs. If he's not… I don't think he would make up a story like this, because the money he paid was a… unreasonable amount."

"What? What do you mean?" Minka asks while looking at her with widened eyes: "Are you telling me that me, Minka Terra, existed more than twenty years ago? All the way before I was even born? Hahaha. No way."

"How do you know? Don't you want to seek the truth?" Viola asks: "Maybe we should try to see what he has stored?"

"I don't trust that creep..." Minka then let out a sigh: "But as long as you're here... i guess we can try... Wait a moment..."

"What's wrong?" Viola asks.

"Are you softening me up to try to get what that creep wants?!" Minka snapped at her with an angry tone: "Why did you come here anyway?"

"Minka? Are you really not going to trust me on this? Fine! If we are not doing this then we are leaving right now." Viola hands over her a hook gun: "Shoot it at the roof and we will start by running away."

"No!" Minka pouts in frustration, she stands there for a few more seconds and finally does not accept the hook gun: "Fine! We will do it your way...I will play along..."

"Thought you'd eventually choose this, afterall, I know you well." Viola winks.

"Yeah yeah, you're really observant and smart..." Minka scoffs: "Now... I just need to put on a smiling face and pretend that I have regained all of my memory of something that did not happen..."

"No,no,no. You need to say that you lost your memory, please let him help you remember. I am pretty sure that dude has some exhibition of what happened twenty years ago." Viola explains with a grin.

"Okay... I will pretend like that." She then look into Viola's face and nod: "Look...If something goes wrong-"

Viola interrupts Minka: "If anything goes wrong, I will bring you out. Outside of being this friendly charming big sister. I am quite skilled with... let's say my trades."

"Very entertaining Viola..." Minka then leaves the room with Viola. They went down a few stairs and arrived at a dining table. On the other side sits Alex Cohen.

"Welcome my love..." He said with a slightly sad expression.

"I am sorry but... I am quite uncomfortable with that... you can just call me Minka... And... I think I have lost my memory at some point of my adventure... Can you help me remember?" Minka asks with a smile while looking at Alex's eyes with a worried expression.

Alex chuckles while making his chair move closer to her: "Well, I think it would be better if you sit on my lap... You will feel much more comfortable."

Minka didn't move, one of the reasons is because if she moves, she will rip the throat out of that guy, she deep breaths to calm herself and then shakes her head: "Alex... I don't know you and frankly you don't know me. And you know that a relationship can't work like this."

"But I do know you very well... you are my love interest." Alex smiles as if trying to make Minka relax on his lap: "Please, just sit here for a moment. I am going to take you to a place that will help us remember everything."

Minka hesitates to sit on his lap, she quickly imagined five different ways that she could kill him the moment she approaches him, but the curiosity of hers still out matched her disgust and hatred towards this man. She then nods after she look at his smiling face: "Alright."Minka sits on his lap while looking into his eyes.

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"Everything will be alright my love." Alex holds Minka's by her waist with one of his hands: "But... I love who you are, not a mere shell of yours." He then stood up and led Minka into a room. Inside, there is a stage that has the background of somewhere in the city. It seemed like it was snowing outside. Alex then leads Minka into the middle front roll seat.

Minka sat but she kept her distance with Alex, she is still very skeptical about everything that is about to happen here. Light's out, stage started. Everything seemed to be automated instead of using real human actors. A scene with snow fall is projected into the middle of the stage. Then the narrator starts...

A long time ago, Minka became the star bartender in the place she works at, because of her competent skill and charming personality, a lot of customers have often visited the bar just for her. And of course she has been having few raises due to her exceptional work. Today, a man came in with a bunch of friends. From the act of him, he looks like a person who was raised in a wealthy and powerful family. Which makes it strange because this is a mid-range bar at best and most of the customers are either blue collar or white collar workers. This is not a place for rich people.

The guy wears a pair of sunglasses in the middle of the night which makes it even stranger and his weird looking orange hair makes people question the background of this peculiar man.

"Oi, me and my mates will order the whole menu." Then he threw his credit card on the table.

Minka has little patience with rude people but this is the service industry, you kinda have to deal with those people whether you like it or not. Therefore she just smiles and takes the card. The amount this man spends on a single order is equal to the two months salary of hers. She then continues her work like she always does, with precision and skill.

"Yo, bartender." Orange haired man asks: "are you new here?"

"I'm sorry but I'm not really allowed to talk to the customers while working." Minka politely answered while preparing their orders. She lied, during a slow day she always makes jokes and teases the customers. That's why she has collected a bit of fame in the middle class group of this city in such a short amount of time.

"You know I can buy the whole bar for you if you just talk to me." He pulls down his sunglasses to get a clear look on Minka and winks at her.

Seeing this part, Minka almost dropped her jaw due to shock. The person that was on the stage looks... exactly like her... apart from some differences like a bit more orange hair and yellowish eyes. But everything that had shown it was... indeed her. Minka's face turns pale as she tries to shake off this feeling. This is impossible! This isn't possible! She's conscious about every little detail of her life but this... this was none of them. Yet... it is so real...

The scene continues,

"You know who my father is? He's the mayor of this city." He points his thumb towards his chest while sounding confident.

Minka's patient is draining like a car with holes in the gas tanks. She's trying so hard to not slap this guy in the face and storm out of this place. But she has to be patient, she's been through worse: "That sounds amazing, good for you." She smiles brightly and tilted her head a bit sideways, so she doesn't need to keep direct eye contact with him.

"Indeed, I bet I am already a better person than your parents ever will be." he said it while sounding confident but he didn't realize what he said already snapped the last patience Minka had.

Minka stops the work in her hands and picks up the hand towel on the table. She thoroughly cleans her hands. And looks at him in the eyes, unlike her normal kind expression, her eyes are as frightening as if pointing a gun directly on the man's forehead. She carefully takes off the bartender uniform, because she doesn't guarantee what's going to happen is not going to stain the uniform.

"What are you doing?" The man is a bit confused. He thought Minka was going to take everything off but she stopped at her shirt.

Suddenly, Alex paused the scene: "This is hard to watch...If you don't want to, we can skip this part."

"No." Minka replied sharply with a deep voice "I want to see this."

The scene continues,

"Apologize." Minka has that cold look that might strike at any time. Anyone who has a bit of combat experience will back off immediately but this man is just a spoiled kid who has everything he needs in his life.

"Apologies for what? You are just a low-" Suddenly the drink on his hand exploded. Glass shards ran into his hand and the drink spilled all over him.

He's feeling shocked and in pain at the same time, blood dripping on the floor and he screams in pain while rolling on the ground. Soon all of his friends came and checked on him.

"What did you do, bitch?!" One tall guy shouted at Minka but soon his friend hit him in the face. Both of them looked confused but either of them understood what just happened.

After a few more seconds, the whole bar burst into a crowd fight. All Minka did was just move a few fists among themselves and they started fighting each other like a bunch of wild animals.

Minka didn't just stay behind her work station, she walked out and stood in front of the man with orange hair: "Are you ready to apologize?" Minka smiles with a grin.

"You witch! Whatever you just did i'll tell my dad and he-" Then comes a series of screams. Because Minka just steps on his hand which is full of glass shards.

"Your dad? Right now you can't even fight off a little girl. And you are going to tell your dad? What are you? Six years old?" Minka's tone sounds rather taunting: "Let me tell you what happened, you came into a bar and annoyed the crap out of me. Then you DARE to flirt with me without even having a bit of self-consciousness about what kind of piece of shit you are." She then uses her ability to force him to look her in the eyes while Minka looks like she's going to break his neck in any second:" And worst of all, you insulted my parents." She then steps harder on his hand. Just as she was going to end this man's pathetic life, the owner came.

Suddenly everyone stopped fighting and the bar only echoed the noise of the music. The owner frowns his eyebrows and looks at the mess on the floor: "Bar's closed! everyone except Minka. out!"

Everyone runs out, the man with the orange hair gets picked up by his friends and starts leaving as soon as possible. After a few minutes of noise, there's only Minka and the owner standing in the middle of the dance floor.

"I am so-" Minka is about to apologize, despite her strong ability she still follows rules and knows deeply what she has done. But just about to say she's sorry the owner stopped her.

"I heard what he said to you. No one should ever insult one's parents, just like no person who works in this industry should harm a customer physically." The owner's voice is deep and serious.

"But.." Minka doesn't want to lose this job, she likes it a lot. But what she did was indeed unacceptable.

"I'm sorry, now pack your things. I will give you what you've earned this month. But from now on you are not allowed to enter or work in this place anymore." The owner said it in a sorrowful tone, he likes Minka but rules are rules.

Minka lowers her head and hands in the uniform with both of her hands. Her hand is a bit shaking while trying hard to avoid crying out loud: "Understood..." She's sobbing.

The owner takes the uniform and lightly hugs the shaking Minka. He likes this girl, she's smart and hard working. She also reminded him that a long time ago there was a girl he beat a few years back in a bar fight. But Minka is smarter and more kind than that soldier.

On the seat, Minka is shocked with every scene that she has come across, none of this is even remotely similar to her life experience. Yet... they all felt.. so real. The sheer details of this scene means that this happened. But it didn't happen to the Minka on the seat. Minka is sure that more than twenty years ago, someone who is also Minka existed, but... somehow disappeared.

Later that night, Minka takes out her bag and walks on the street with her usual classic purple dress. It looks more magical because it's also snowing for some reason. Minka's face is gloomy, filled with inexplicable expressions.

Just as she is feeling sad and wants to vent out the anger and the sadness, she hears some people are beating something in the valley next to her. She wanted to help but she's not in the mood of fighting. But after passing it, she immediately drops her bag and rushes into the valley. She recognizes those people, they are the followers of that orange haired man and on the ground there's a bit of orange that can be seen which is covered half in snow.

Without even saying anything. Minka puts down every single one of them on the ground in a swift manner. Her attacks are precise and accurate. Every hit is not lethal but strong enough to put down a full grown man on the ground. Her hand is dripping blood and white steam is coming out from her mouth. Her expression is cold and emotionless but she still pulls the man with orange hair out from the snow and drags him to a fast food store.

After half an hour, he woke up. His vision is still blurry but he can tell that some girl with a purple dress is eating a bucket of fried chicken in the middle of the night. He then fell asleep again for another half an hour.

Minka just finished her food and cleaned her hands. Usually Minka looks after her weight quite seriously. But this time she's in the fast food restaurant isn't because she wants to enjoy the food. She's depressed and sometimes eating helps her overcome the crushing failure she encountered, and the main reason is right next to her.

Their eyes crossed with each other for a second and the man immediately pretended to be sleeping again. He already knows Minka is not someone he should be messing with.

Minka looks at him in a mad way. But she then pushes a cup of hot chocolate in front of him: "Don't pretend to be sleeping, you might have hyperthermia." She sounded mad.

"Why did you save me…? I lost everything, if you are here to finish me off just do it in the back alley."

To be honest, Minka feels a bit pity towards him, but she's still mad at him at the sametime. That's why she's a bit conflicted about her emotions here: "Sure, before I kill you. What's your name? I always prefer to know the name of my target." Minka sips on her hot drink.

He looks scared, he never thought about this girl being serious: "My name is… Alex. Alex Cohen… Alexandre Cohen. Who are you exactly…?"

"Minka Terra."

"Terra? As the Terra family?" His face is turning more pale because his family used to have a close relationship with the Terra family.

Minka nods, she doesn't really care about people knowing her identity, it also helps her family's honor because of what she did. On the contrary she usually uses fake aliases while doing something bad.

He suddenly leaves the seat and drops to his knees: "Please, Ms. Minka. Marry me!" He knocks his head on the floor while looking extremely ridiculous.

"Wait what? Is this a joke?" Minka is surprised, she has never seen anyone like that. But it doesn't hurt to know his reasons, after all Minka likes the feeling of being loved.

"No! You are from an esteemed family and so do i! You are strong and beautiful. You are kind and the best thing that can happen to me in my life." He isn't looking up while saying all of this, but from his tone, Minka can tell that he's being serious.

Minka lightly pats his head: "Silly, we just met like a few hours ago and you went into a coma as well. And the first thing you want to do is to marry me? We don't even know each other and I'm sorry but I'm not interested in you."

"So be it…" He suddenly pulls out a knife and starts stabbing his stomach. Minka managed to stop his hand but the knife was already in. Blood is dripping on the floor and Minka is shocked about what he's done.

Minka quickly tightens the wound from further bleeding and tells the workers of the restaurant to call an ambulance. After a few minutes the ambulance came: "What can I do to marry you….?" Alex tried his hardest to squeeze words out from his mouth.

Minka just couldn't help herself but having a sad and worried face, she thinks for a few seconds and puts her hands on Alex's hand: "In ten years, if you become stronger than me, I will let you marry me. But now you need to take care of yourself."

"Your promise?"

"I promise."

The end of the scene.

After seeing this, Minka has so many questions that it will probably take a few days to answer: "Woah... that was something."

"Right? Now you remember our loved life?" Alex looks at Minka puzzled but then he smiles.

At first, Minka wanted to lie about remembering, but after seeing how far this man had come. She decided to tell him the truth: "Look... it might be hard to believe this, but I am not that person in the scene."

"What?" Alex stood up and looked down on Minka with a menacing expression: "I ran a background check, you're Minka Terra. And you look exactly like her, and frankly you even have the same voice as her. "

"You want me to prove it? The Minka you met can use psychic abilities, but I can't." Minka stares at him in the eyes.

"How is this possible...? Wait... i get it... you're just one of those imposters that tries claim my wealth..." Alex began laughing hysterically. He suddenly grabs Minka by her throat and begins choking her.

Minka rather easily struggled off from Alex: "Look, i don't want to hurt you than you already did to yourself. But you should move on."

"MOVE ON?!" He takes out a pistol from his back pocket and points at Minka: "Twenty fucking years, you think it will only take you one sentence to make me stop?! I will NEVER move on until I get what I want."

"Hey asshole!" Viola barged into the door pointing her las gun at Alex: "Let her go, now!"

"You think that you can tell me what to do?!" Alex was furious and he pointed the gun at Viola: "Die bitch!" He pulled the trigger at Viola and hitted her shoulder.

Minka takes this chance to slap away his gun and drops him on his knees: "Enough! This is over!" Minka pins him on the floor and looks at Viola to see if she's ok.

Viola presses hard on her shoulder with her hand, blood is dripping out but she's seemingly fine for the moment.

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I am going to kill you all!" Alex is still on his knees and twitching like a madman while groaning in pain: "Everyone out!" With a command, dozens of androids came out from the back door. All holding weapons and standing there waiting for the next command: "Kill these two!" He shouts and the android begins attacking Minka and Viola.

Minka hits him on the head to make him pass out and begins running away with Viola. "That was close!"

"I can't run." The wound on Viola's arm seemingly is worse than it looks, her face is pale as dead and she pants heavily the entire time: "Just leave me here, I'll find a way to escape."

"What? No way! I'm not leaving you here! I won't abandon you! Please..." Minka suddenly carries Viola on her back and begins running. At first, Minka can manage to out maneuver a lot of the android but eventually they arrive at a dead end.

"Minka... take this..." Viola gave back the bracelet she received from Minka. She then began passing out due to loss of blood. Apparently that bullet was made to inflict as much flesh wound as possible.

Minka phases out a power sword and activates it. Blue sparks came out from the sword and began charging: "Come here you bastards!" The androids began charging towards the girls. Minka cuts through the first few with ease. But soon more came over and began striking her left and right. She took a few hits that would normally break someone's bone but due to her superior physical condition Minka managed to shrug off. She then decapitates a few with a sword thrust.

Suddenly, one came from behind her and pushed her down. She then got pounced over by a few more, pinning her down on the ground. Her powersword was taken away from her. She tries to push away the android but couldn't with her lack of strength. Suddenly, a android took out a knife and began stabbing it in her stomach, she could only scream in agony as the knife slowly cut into her stomach and it pierced through her abdomen. Minka is entering shock due to the pain, but a sudden glance at Viola who is seemingly being choked by an android made Minka unleash a force blast more powerful than ever, knocking away every single android near her and the one choking Viola. The blast itself managed to break the android's inner circuit but more came around the corner. They begin charging towards them, at this point Minka could barely keep herself from collapsing but the sheer will of protecting her friend made her phase out the power sword again. Minka's vision is getting blurry as she feels something heavy on her head. The androids are getting closer and closer, just when she thinks she's done for good but the next time she blinks her eyes. They all stopped. As if frozen in time.

"What in the world..." Minka tries to move her body but realizes that she can't move as well. The next time she blinks, a person wearing dark hooded robes is standing there. The robe itself seemed to have been covered in blood. That person removes the hood, revealing that she was the one in the opera scene that was played by Alex Cohen.

"So... you're the Minka of this world." She glances Minka up and down: "I am here because you're on the verge of psychic break through. Surpassing this, you will gain immense power. Or you will die on the spot due to immense pressure on your mind and body."

"Why did you promise him?"

"Who?"

"Alex Cohen... Why did you promise him but never came back?" Minka ignored all of those talks about power. She simply wanted to know why she promised him anything in the first place.

"I am just a psychic projection of someone who used to be here. So I do not have the memory of the past. If you want to save your friend over there. Channel your power and defeat the enemies." The person in the robe explains: "You just need to think about what you want to do and your body will do the rest."

"Who the hell are you? Why are you even telling me about this?!" Minka is getting angry, why would someone like this help her in any way? In fact, what in the world is going on?

"There are many Minka in different realities. I just happen to be one that took the role to make every one of us utilize our power for a good cause. If you see me and recognize me, it means that at some point, a Minka came over to this world." The person in robes began fading away: "Defeat your enemies and forge your own destiny."

The time resumes when Minka blinks another time, but now she feels immense power flowing in her body. She simply swipes her hand at the androids and all of them are pushed into the wall and cracked into pieces. Minka looks at her hand, confused. But then she ran to Viola and began dealing with the wound with her power. She managed to remove the bullet and sealed the wound with her psychic power but it will still take some time for her to wake up. Minka suddenly felt lightened on her head and collapsed next to Viola.

After a while, Minka regained consciousness and immediately felt a pain in her stomach area, she quickly realized that she'd been stabbed and lost too much blood. She tried to sit up but fell back down again.

"Minka, don't get up." Leanna is bandaging her wound: "This time, no running way. This is not a joke." Leanna looks at Minka seriously while she's dealing with Minka's stab wound.

"How did you find here?" Minka asks while still feeling dizzy.

"Viola's beacon, and we took a valkyrie to come here." Leanna explained quickly: "Viola is fine, Sannet is taking care of her. After I'm done, we will bring you back to the camp for further treatment." Leanna then tied a butterfly knot on Minka's bandage: "All done!"

"Leanna... I... I..." Minka began crying, but then a small smile appeared on her face: "I can finally use my power!"

"That's wonderful Minka, but you need to rest." Leanna then helps Minka to get up and finally gets on the valkyrie. They then headed towards the camp.

"Hey... Lea..Can I tell you something?" Minka looks away: "It might sound crazy but...There might be another me in the past."

"Huh?" Leanna doesn't understand what Minka means: "What do you mean by... another you?"

"Like another Minka existed twenty five years ago." She explained.

"Another Minka?" Leanna asked confusedly: "Are you sure?"

Minka shakes her head: "No... I am not sure... but it felt so real..."

"I see..." Leanna doesn't really understand what's going on, but she feels something was there. Leanna decided not to bother her with that subject anymore: "Just rest for now, we will be there soon." Leanna then disabled the auto pilot and adjusted the course slightly to make sure that they would land in the camp.

A few minutes later, they finally landed in front of the camp, Leanna got out first and helped her friend out while an army officer quickly approached Leanna: "What happened?"

"Minka was stabbed." Leanna quickly explained to him what happened but left out all the rather ambiguous information: "I will get her to the infirmary."The officer nodded and dismissed himself.

After some extra bandaging, Minka is now lying on the bed, unable to move, not because she's on some drug but because of the unmoving gaze of Leanna's that is making her feel chill from the spine: "Hey...Lea? Aren't you tired?"

"Not at all." Leanna replies without blinking: "I am not letting you out of my gaze for a single second."

"You look really scary when your eyes are like that." Minka said with a little fear in her voice: "Please... you don't have to keep an eye on me like this.."

"Oh? I don't need to? Last time it happened, you and Viola got yourself badly injured and possibly getting yourselves killed! So, you have lost the right to be treated like an adult. Take this as a... baby sitting."

"But I am not a baby!"

"You sure act like one."

"Hey... Don't talk like that! You are really mean!"

"Just like a baby."

"You!..."

Leanna smirks at Minka who's seemingly like a balloon that has lost its air: "I can't help it if you don't know how to take care of yourself properly."

Minka almost has tears in her eyes as she turns away from Leanna: "You are such a... mean... meanie..."

Leanna let out a sigh: "Look... I am acting like this because I am upset that you didn't tell me about this... that goes to Sannet as well. Both of us were worried sick." She then gives a small smile before getting serious again: "And now it is all over for now, we should go get some rest ourselves."

"I am so sorry, Lea... " Minka sits up and looks at her friend who was looking at her with a sad expression.

"It is okay, I am fine with it... I am just happy that you can use your power." She then puts a hand on her friend's shoulder: "Say... why don't you show me what you can do with it.."

Minka uses her force grab to move the planet pot near the window: "So far I can do this... but it seems I am controlling some kind of invisible force." She then changed direction of the force and made the plant rotate: "Like this..."

"Amazing!" Leanna is surprised by her friend's new powers, but she still keeps a careful eye on her friend, making sure that she won't endanger herself or others by using her powers recklessly.

"It feels strange... It feels so strange. It feels like I am touching the pot but in reality I am not touching anything..." Minka begins to have a dizzy feeling as she keeps using her powers. Her body suddenly became immobile and she then fell back into the bed: "Help!..."

Leanna smiles and sits on the bed next to Minka, she gently rubs Minka's earlobes and blows some wind on her forehead: "Just close your eyes and relax..." Leanna whispers in a deep and rather erotic tone.

Minka's eyes close slowly and she starts breathing slowly and deeply as she feels Leanna's warm breath on her face: "You're so nice..." She mutters quietly. Not after long, Minka fell asleep. Leanna then places a hand on the young woman's forehead: "Good night sweet dreams."