Getting up from my knees, I walk around and pick up all the burned body parts from limbs tans. I take them all intact then I bring them all and the main bodies through the building. As I walk stark naked, I am uo think because if I do I will die right here, so all I do is quietly walk outside with the bodies.
When I escape, I see Arthur ara run up to me, but as they get close, they stop in disbelief ara asks me, “Avaram who is that?”
I struggle to say anything but gathering strength I say, “It's Gloria.”
Hearing this Tetra colpsed onto the floor and I hear him say, “My baby girl.” In all the time I have been around him I have never seen him make such a despairing expression.
Arthur standing behind him starts to panid says, “I should have never let her go, this is all my fault,” with tears falling from his eyes.
Suddenly I start to feel dizzy, it seems I lost too much blood from the fire. Uo stay awake I colpse.
-Break-
As I open my eyes, I feel something slightly heavy on top of me, looking at what it could be I see Iancu ying on me. Sitting up I take a sed to look around the room and see I am in a hospital. Iancu wakes up and he says to me, “DADDY YOU’RE AWAKE!”
Looking at him, I see his eyes are swollen as if he had just been g. After I notice this, it all suddenly es crashing down on me; my wife is dead and she is never ing back, Iancu has lost his mother.
Tears start to fall from my eyes as I start screaming. Iancu scared by this says, “Daddy what’s wrong? Whatever is b you will be ok.”
But I ’t stop this pathetic sight. My emotions are pletely in trol of my body, so all I do is cry and scream, “WHY, WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN, FOR WHAT REASON, OH GOD WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME!”
As I screamed in the hospital I was looking for someoo bme, Tetra for raising her like this, Arthur for letting her go in the building, me for not restrig her, the man who asked her to find his child, the aliens for ging her fate, or even god for allowing such misfortuo fall upon her.
But despite my screams of a all of them, I kly why this happen. My wife alut others first as some form of repentance for being the one saved by Tetra. Her selflessness is what made her shine shtly light a star, but it is also what ended her life. This is no one else’s fault but her own.
Despite having family at home, her o help people made her run into a burning building regardless of the danger. Her as were the equivalent of spitting in the face of all those who loved her. Even though it is, I still love her with all my heart.
Still, I ’t let something like this ever happen again, so on the day we buried her body I pulled Iancu aside and said to him, “No matter what alut yourself first, others fend for themselves, always make sure you are safe.”
“But Mama wouldn’t have wahat.”
“Ianama is dead because of those foolish principles.”
With tears, he tells me, “But they mean so much to her.”
“I don’t care in the slightest. From now on you won’t be allowed to go to Iaea for any reason and I don’t want you doing anything dangerous as well.”
“But.”
“NO BUTS, NOW LISTEN IANCU MY WORD IS FINAL.” I won’t allow you to die a death like your mother.
Despite my words, Iancu keeps doing the things he and Gloria used to do in Iaea all by himself. No matter how much I talked to him or even hit him he keep doing them. This deteriorated my and Iancu's retionship.
It is like the whole world is against me, why do I have to watch my loved one go down the same path again? And today Iancu has seemingly vanished. I feel the exact same horrible feeling I felt when Gloria died, so all I do is pray Iancu will be ok.
Orb says to me, “Don’t worry about anything, as long as I am breathing I won’t let harm e to Iancu.”
Looking into his eyes I see they are filled with determination, it seems Captiva me a rather great gift. “Thanks for that,” I say as we speed up.
-Break-
Φ As I wake up, I am in a room and in front of me are the alien and Arthur. Looking at him I scream, “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ARTHUR!” But he doesn’t say anything.
“Am I to believe this child is an acquaintance of yours?”
“Yes, he is something like that.”
“HEY, PIECE OF SHIT, DON’T IGNORE ME. You are one of my mom's closes friends and now you’re w with the aliens. You and my mom used to stand for justid now you’re doing shit like this, I will never five YOU, BASTARD!”
“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING!” Arthur screams back at me. “Justice, all that is go has pletely vahe Gpd is finished.”
“What the hell are you on about?”
“Do you know how Tetra became the chief despite being very against the gover of Elpída? It is because he racked up achievement after achievement and gather a ridiculous amount of supporters that they had no choice but to elect him issioner, despite the fact he would have used his power to get in their way whenever he .”
“You’re still not making seo me.”
“The issue with this all is that the rulers have takeions to make sure someoh Tetra ideals never bees issiain, but at the same time Tetra had also takeions and raised a successor, your mloria.
Your mother was even more successful and popur thara ever was. She had quite a ridiculous amount of support to bee the chief. It was almost set in stone, but then tragedy strud she was ripped off this p, and that’s when the problem occurred.
There isn’t a single person ora's side who could possibly be his successor now, and because of that the Gpd has started to fall apart. Most of the officers fearialiation ohe new issioner is elected have turail and have started siding with the gover, and who could bme them? Tetras health is deing rapidly, and within ohe gover's little dog will be in charge of the Gpd.”
“Tetra hasn’t said anything about this to me.”
“It is because you’re a child who lost his mother, Tetra didn’t want to make you worry unnecessarily. But without a doubt, he will be dead in the year.”
Gritting my teeth I say, “This doesn’t expin your as. With both my mom ara go should be your turn to rise up and lead his side, but instead, you have chosen to kidnap people for the aliens for your own be, you disgust me.”
“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW? Last month, I found out while iigating traitors the truth behind this try.”
“What truth?”
“The gover has been helping the aliens kidnap citizens.”
“What!”
“In exge fold, they have been aiding them in their efforts to take citizens away. So when that new issioakes over in a year their operations will increase and there is nothing we do about it.
Your mother ara were pilrs of Elpída, they gave hope to people that not only were we fighting for the right thing but that it was truly possible to achieve it.
But now that those pilrs have vanished everyone is left with crushing despair. We ’t do anything without them. So I have given up, I am going to make this sale and leave Elpída food.”
I don’t know what to say to Arthur he truly looks like he lost all hope but gathering strength I say, “SO WHAT IF IT SEEMS HOPELESS, DON’T LET THAT STOP YOU. Grandpa also thought it was hopeless, but he worked to overe that. If you give up, if we all give up, then it is the same as saying my mother died for nothing.”
“Iancu,” Arthur says.
Suddenly, I hear a noise, and looking over at the alien I see he is making sounds aures as if he is g behind that mask. Then he says, “That is truly heart-breaking, I really wish you all the best of luck.”
Angered I say, “DON’T FUCK WITH ME.”
Walking up close he says, “I would never dream of doing such a thing to aeemed person such as yourself, but I just want to say if you truly wish to be a man of justice, e with me, I am sure we will be able to truly achieve yloria ideals.”
I spit on his mask and say, “It is only by the grace of god that I haven’t killed you yet, but if y up my mother's name I will end your life without hesitation.”
“Hey, you bastard Iancu is not for sale so back off.”
“What a shame I never always wao operate on a vampire, what a missed opportunity.”
Suddenly, I see the door fly through the room, and a well-dressed man es in leading a group of people. Looking at them, I see that most of them are kids, and after enough of them e in I see that the majority of them are the kids I bring food to.
Seeihey scream, “IANCU HELP US!”
One of the people leading the kids in says, “SHUT UP,” as he raises his fist.
But then the well-dressed man in front says, “Touch a single one of them and yoing be shitting through five different holes.”
“Yes, boss.”
The alien repositioning himself says, “You must be Rise the leader of the gang virtuoso. Wow, you’re really tiny like an adorable child.”
“Show some respect to our boss.”
“Noould I show respect to a criminal.”
“SAY THAT AGIN YOU BASTARD!”
Rise stopping his subordinate says, “Calm down, he has enough money for me to let this little transgression go, well at least this time.”
“Ohh scary, I think I might piss myself.”
While the gang members pce the kids down, Arthur says, “Now let's go over our pn. We will transport all these kids across the ptform on a special route to the drop-off point, from where the aliens will leave our money and take the kids. Tetra still has guards out looking for any kidnappings, but if we stiy route we will dodge them all.”
Rise says, “That sounds fi you expin to me why Gloria's brat is here listening to our whole versation.”
“It is a mistake, I made but don’t worry I have some of the drug Astral key with me.”
“The halluogenic.”
“Yes, and I am sure from the way you sell this stuff you should also know that it causes short-term memory loss, so he won’t remember a thing.”
“To think the high and mighty Arthur would not only resort ting kids but selling them at the same time. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Gloria is turning over in her grave.”
“WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY?”
“OH, WHAT DON’T LIKE THE TRUTH.”
The alien smming his fist into his hand says, “I got it.”
“What are you on about,” Arthur says.
“It is just that the name Gloria was ringing bells in my head and I just remembered where I heard it from. A little girl used to always scream that name ever sihe day I took her till her unfortunate demise, what a tragedy.”
Hearing this Arthur freezes for a moment and says, “IT WAS YOU,” then he suddenly tries to attack the alien with his stun on.
Stun ons: These are the standard issued equipment of the Gpd. They all have the ability to release aric shock of various levels. They are powered by dust from Basileia crystals so they are an Elpída exclusive on. They all e in various forms such as gloves, boots, swords, and a special type of on that os on Elpída; guns.
