“Not gone lie,

We finished

After seeing d man in person…

Waste ah time fighting him

I rather to keep my life.”

“It’s ok, I never asked your people to follow me, but.. thank you for helping me anyways,

I will finish this by myself,” Lyra flies away, after seeing what was left of the remnants back to the island of Trinity Dos

The deaths of Zanzibar and Jabari having severely decreased their morale

(“I have to kill him”) she thinks

(“After that I will I finally feel like a real person?

I must destroy the demon that haunts me,

My own flesh.”)

…….

*****

Floating off the coast of Jamrock is the newest model of government submarines, this one called the ‘Killer Whale’ named after the extinct creature, a government sea-craft, capable of high-speed travel on the ocean as well as being armed with an array of weapons.

After out unexpected encounter with Satan, the self proclaimed CEO of Madvillainy, over two thirds of the people that was present on Contigo was killed, the rest either unscathed or in critical condition,

Kage being one of them was at first going to be rushed to an emergency room for treatment, but to everyone’s shock he started healing on own,

Something that has not happened before…

Or at least not to Kage’s knowing...

……

“Why are we on this ship exactly?” getting up I peer out the window at the sea while quizzing Apollo,

“The chairman sent a direct order for you to be kept in here,” he replies,

“Apparently some ‘highly’ important government official has requested a meeting with us in here,”

(A meeting?)

Beeep!

Before my thoughts could simmer the cabin door sounds as it slides open to a familiar face entering,

“Looks like you actually are alive, took your sweet time to wake up,” Lyra tries to mask her relief on seeing me okay by speaking in a nonchalant tone,

“How long was I out for?”

“Only a day,” Apollo answers,

“How are you feeling Lyra?” I ask noticing her sleep deprived eyes staring off absently

“Normal obviously,

What kind of question is that?”

“No, I mean after seeing your brother

He did not even acknowledge you let alone care; are you ok after that?”

“…….

So, I just arrived and you already want to get into that?” Lyra rolls her eyes

“I should be asking you what was all that talk about corpses and gods.”

“I…I’m not sure, when I saw Omari’s memories back in Soterra, the day Murdoc enacted his plan to create evolved magic users. Brandon kidnapped the prince.”

(If I can piece together the order of events)

“I think right after he left Soterra with the prince, he went to Sweepsatke city and manipulated the mayor’s son, to join him,

Using his warp magic, they probably crossed the desert that way and met up with the blackmagic dealer, who gave him the power he has now,”

(My head hurts just thinking about it

There are pieces missing I just can’t figure out

How do I fit into this,

And what about that house?)

“Barely understand what any of what you saying mean Kage” Lyra crosses her arms, edging me to further elaborate

“What is this black magic dealer?

First Murdoc mentioned it and then him, Satan or whatever…

How can you just go to someone and gain the power of a god?”

“That is what I want to know to,

See the place that both Murdoc and your bro—Satan mentioned, is where my earliest memories start,

I remember waking up in a dark room of filth chained down,

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Everyday someone would come in and beat me mercilessly for weeks until I was at the point of not wanting to breathe without asking for permission,

His name was Pedria I think”

(Was it?

Was he the dealer?

Did he experiment on before?

I do remember something before, grinding, bodies being grinded.

Is that why my memories are foggy?)

“That entire house is nothing but ashes now,” I continue,

“I burnt it,

I remember the first person I killed..”

(Where am I going with this?)

“This is why I don’t pay attention to all these complications,” sighs Lyra

“I just want to kill the bastard and go home,

Call Kiefer, Himari, Stanton, whoever,

Let them send their army to clean up the mess after, I don’t care

Once I have his head I can finally go back home,

The first thing I’ll do there is destroy those 'robots' atop the mountain,

It still bothers me the fact that we lost to mere machines,

After that I can kill Ginobelucci if he is still alive, and avenge Pinoki,”

“You thought that ahead?” Apollo raises his eyes brows,

“Well not of us was busy drilling the guts of their supervisor like you!” she snaps,

“Calm down Lyra,” Apollo tries to console, noticing the increasing agitation of the girl,

“No,

I’m tired of this Apollo, you know I love you,

But It’s been me this whole time trying to get things done while you’ve been running around trying to be a hero,

Do you even want to go home?

Zinnia is literally expecting a child, do you know how she must feel!?

She probably is dealing with so much bullshit right now,

Yet here we are taking our sweet time!”

“What if she’s dead Lyra!” Apollo unexpectedly outbursts

“I think about her every single day

But what will you do if there is nothing but death waiting for you when you get back,

I am just trying to do something, before I die,

And about not helping you!?

You are the one who purposefully kept me out,

So, I respected your choice ….

Look, Lyra” Apollo calms down

“All I want is to save some lives for once in my life instead of letting people die, ”

“……..”

“……..”

The two stare at each other silently both feeling self justified in their actions

(What will Lyra do after getting her revenge)

(How many people can Apollo try to save before he realizes he can’t save everyone)

…….

……..

….......

……….

………..

The silence last for about an hour,

Lyra paces throughout the ship, Apollo keeps himself near a window in the cockpit, silently thinking, and I—

—Beep!

The door slides open and a strange figure wearing a doctor’s, coat steps in walking straight towards me,

(Who?)

Their soft hand presses onto my head and immediately feel an electric zap

“Vital signs are normal,

Healing is ninety-five percent slower,

Subject now has an assumed consciousness” the person mulls

(I don’t how I can tell, but…

This isn’t a human, regardless of the appearance)

“Are you a medical robot?” I slap away the android’s hand,

“Rude, do I look like a–

–No, don’t answer that actually

I may not be carbon based, but I assure you I am of human origin,”

“How did you get in here!?” Lyra now paces into the cabin noticing the figure,

Apollo hearing the girl appears almost instantly,

“Relax you two, no need to act up let me introduce myself to Kage first,” The human-like figure says in the politest of tones, as he turns to face me…

“Hello, I am the person in the government that requested to meet with you,

My name is Alexander,”