บท 2: Chapter 2: Life
The sun was high in the boundless sky, reaching its apogee, a little wooden cabin stood alone on the shore of the isolated lac lost in the middle of the endless sea of trees, the cabin was abandoned a long time ago, vines and weed were colluding to bring down the man made structure, fissures could be observed on the frail looking walls. The tin roof was cracking under the assault of the wind, threatening to crumble at any moment. Inside of the cabin two rooms divided the limited amount of space. In one of them, the steady up and down of a chest were carefully monitored by the sensible hears of a white-haired beauty. With her eyes closed, Irys was replaying the events that brought her to her current predicament, her mind quickly shifting from a memory to another, she was cursing her intuition, swearing to never follow it ever again, words she had been repeating to herself those last few months. On a corner of the room, Kai was sleeping, his back laying against the wall without any care in the world, a stupid smile plastered on his face, his hands doing grabbing motions.
In the adjacent room, a soul finally started to regain consciousness. In a land of dreams, scenes of battles were playing without end in sight, god, demons and myriads of other beings were endlessly beating each other to death, in a majestic display of sheer brutality. In the middle of it, a tiny being was smashing a red skinned giant with its own bisected arm, wielding the oversized member like a golf club, his childish smile chilling the blood of the bloodied beings around it. In another scene, the same little being was standing on a mountain of corps, happily roasting a green scaled wings, its owner lying lifelessly on the side, its enormous body the size of hill, while cheerfully singing in an unknown language. Surrounding him, an army was watching the scene in fear, the previous slaughter ground completely silent.
Finally, a pair of silver eyes slowly opened, streaks of golden and azure lightning could be seen swimming inside of them. The man felt light, his vision clearer than ever, as if the cloth obstructing his sight was suddenly lifted, streams of colorful light was overwhelming his brain, details he could never have dreamed to observe, now laid in front of his eyes clear as the day. All his sense gave him the feeling to be truly alive, every beating of his powerful earth was sending ripple of blood and energy through every part of his being, the sensation was exhilarating.
But before he could concentrate on the changed, an overwhelming sense of crisis sent his mind in full alert, the reality of the situation crashing on his shoulder. Where the hell was he ? Streams of information were rushing to his mind, his thought rapidly running through his last memories. Getting ready to fight for his life, he put all his focus on his sense, suddenly the door was opened, a familiar face welcomed him, relief written on her face.
"IT'S YOU !!!! "He screamed at the woman standing five meters away from him , and pounced
"WAIT! "She responded, easily dodging his assault with a side step, she then grabbed his left arm, swiftly throwing him on the ground, his arm firmly locked behind his back " Okay I may have killed... no kill sound to dramatic, let say incapacitated you for an undetermined amount of time, I understand your anger but look... it was an accident "she continued in a calm tone, adding a little bit of force to make him understand his situation
"ARGHHHH.... AN ACCIDENT !? FUCK YOU !!" he screamed while trying to get himself out of the lock, exerting his body full strength.
"Hmmm strong aren't you?" she mocked, keeping him in check "Listen I don't have all day, I admit we did not make the best first impression, so I'm sorry, happy?
" …. we ?" his burst of anger bearing no fruits, he finally calmed down and focus his gaze on the teenage boy standing lazily against the side door, a deep in his nose. Assessing the situation, he relaxed his body, abandoning his thought of escape for the time being.
"Good boy, you make it easier for the both of us, let's start from the beginning, Hi I'm Irys, and this is Kai..." she looked at him waiting for to talk.
".... Aeron"
"Great, nice to meet you Aeron." letting go of his arm, she stood up and confidently looked at him, no hint of worry was shown on her face, displaying the confidence in her ability to subdue him. closing up to his she asked the question tormenting her for the past week.
"what are you?"
"...."
"...."
Watching him looked at her like she was crazy, Irys let a sigh escape her alluring lips, standing up she left the room and came back holding a mirror in her left right hand, flinging it at the confused man. Catching the mirror, sent a glare to the woman before looking at his reflection. The face of a handsome young man, around seventeen years old was reflected, touching his face in surprise, he recognized his younger, with some slight differences, his hair that were supposed to be jet black were now a metallic silver, and his grey eyes had streaks of azure and golden lightning running through them. He sat silently for a while, his brain unable to comprehend the change, logic dictated that it was impossible.
Helpless, he turned his head to the object of his pain, her proud bearing giving him the instinctive need to beat her to submission. That particular though sending him back to his younger years.
"What did you do to me?" he asked, observing her reaction, his mind seemingly sharper than ever.
".... what is wrong with your brain?" Incredulous, she looked at him funny, rolling her eyes.
"PFFFAHAHAHAHA... You broke him!" exclaimed Kai in the back, unable to keep his straight face.
"You are the wolf, aren't you?" stated Aeron calmly, his mind working at a frightening speed, connecting the dots. He stood up slowly, the reaction of the duo confirming his assumption, he felt wisp of cold air brushing his jewel. The now crimson Irys had her eyes locked on his bottom parts. Slowly, Aeron followed her eyes and sighted, and crunched down.
"... I was killed by a pervert" He grumbled under his breath while grabbing the drape laying the floor, attaching it around his waist.
After careful consideration, he came to the conclusion that if he wanted some answers, he would have no choice but to cooperate with this peculiar duo. The three of them started a long talk, the duo asking questions about their localization, and seemingly trivial question, while he inquired about the events leading to his transformation. Unable to believe the scale of the scene described by Kai, attributing it to the wild imagination of a juvenile mind, completely disregarding the fixed eyes of the white-haired beauty sitting in front of him. Shocked appeared on his face when he learned of their nature, Irys was in fact a Valkyrie and Kai, member of a race of shapeshifting Yokai called Obake.
The needed talk, gave the two party a better understanding of the other. Clapping his hands, Aeron made his decision, he looked at the duo with an innocent smile that send shiver through their back.
"Let's make a deal..." he started, the bearing of a man at the top of the food chain returning so naturally to him "I have something you need... To be honest I'm thankful to you, even if you did end up killing me" taking the opportunity to send a jab. "Since I lost my wife and son, I've lived in misery, everything became son blind and I won't lie, I cannot count the number of times I've almost thrown myself of that bridge, truthfully you saved me" he paused, a sad smile on his face.
"I loved my wife and son more than I could ever imagine and until now the sheer idea of enjoying something in their absence destroyed me... but I've already died... and still I'm here, alive and kicking. I have this second life,this opportunity... and you two my dear friends owe me one. The deal is I tag along in your little adventure, in exchange... you have access to my ressources." he finished, his business smile in full display.
Looking at each other, the duo found themselves unable to retort, truthfully their initial plan went out of the window with the destruction of their craft, unable to get access any network and surrounded by all sides, there was no doubt that it was only a question of time before they found themselves in the same situation that sent them in this forsaken place to begin with, and that time they would not have any plan B.
Once again, Irys let a sigh escape her cherry lips, reluctantly she reached for the hand offered to her, anyway she had nothing to lose and could always take care of him.
"Deal... but you will have to learn to fend for yourself, where we are going... the weaks are squashed like flies " She stated, without any trace of hesitation in her voice, she was a Valkyrie after all.
Readying themselves to leave the protection of the wooden cabin, sounds of a helicopter interrupted their preparation, the military craft scanning the area for any sign of human life, the area being under quarantine.
"How many of those have flyed by since I've been cold "asked Aeron "Wait... for how long have I been unconscious?" hastily inquired the boy
"Five days... oh and I've heard at least four of those in the past days" answered Kai with a grin
Outside, the newly formed trio was advancing at a fast pace, Aeron was testing the limits of his new body, trying a variety of actions, he concluded that he was at least ten time stronger. Behind him, Irys was repressing the shock hidden in her heart, she could feel the energy coursing through his body continuously refining it, he was only at the beginning of his transformation, she pondered about the nature of the new member of her team, what kind of being could cause such a reaction from it awakening ? She had no doubt that it sent the interdimensional committee in frenzy, this kind of power could destabilize worlds, a time of chaos would once again befall the world bridge.
Four hours later, the three member of the trio found themselves in front of a three meters dark green gate. When hie tried to open the automated gates, the home security system went into frenzy, identifying this teenager as the owner, locking itself up. An electronic displayed was showing an 4 dimensional equation, tipping the answers in a little bit less than thirty seconds, Aeron was finally able to get access to his home.
Behind the gates, two rows of pines tree lead to an architectural wonder, the subtitle mix of concrete, wood and glass perfectly integrated the building in the cold environment of the Canadian forest. Inside, the warm atmosphere of a house once used to welcome to welcome a family set the trio at ease,and for the first time in long time, Aeron was able to recall the happy times with his lost ones in this house.
Setting them in the guests' rooms, Aeron took the opportunity to take a well-deserved shower, afterward he brought some of his wife clothes to Irys. Walking through the dimly lighted corridor leading to Irys' room, he heard the snore coming from Kai's room, making him unable to stop a small smile to form on his face. With a light spirit, he arrived in front of deep brown door and lightly knocked twice.
"Come in" said a soft voice.
Opening the door, he was welcomed by the sight of Valkyrie drying her milky long hair, beads of water sliding down her chest,her figure hidden by the towel pressed against her body. Giving a look of appreciation he handed the object of his visit to Irys.
"Here some clothes, they may be a little bit tight, but that we'll have to do for now" he said while avoiding to stare to intensely at the Valkyrie body, the wet towel doing everything but hiding her figure.
"By Odin, thanks" she cheerfully accepted the clothes.
"It's nothing, we have a busy day tomorrow, you should get some rest" he turned around and quickly left the room, leaving the young woman to her lone self.
Inside of his office, he carefully took held of a framed picture of his wife and son, looking at it for the last time he fondly caressed the faces of his loved ones before putting the frame back at it place. He pressed his finger at the corner of his desk, activating the hidden compartiment holding a brandless smartphone. He grabbed the device and called the only number saved in the memory , a moment later, a cold metallic voice reached his hear.
"Hello Mr. L, it's been quite a long time "said the metallic voice
"Hello Santa, still using the same voice... still give me the creep"
"Haha I've gotten quite attached to it sir... so how can I help you?"
"'I'm going to need three new identity, two males teenagers and one female around twenty years old, you should have received the files "
"Oh... this is quite the request, the boy sir, it may take a little bit more time sir. It looks like you founded a heir, the poor boy doesn't know what is waiting for him " .
"You do not need to worry about that, how much will it be?"
"The other two are freebies but for the boy a million. Once I've received the rest of the files it should take three weeks. T. L" finished the now cheerful Santa
"Okay, the money was sent to the usual account"
"it's always a pleasure to do business with you sir."
Putting the smart phone back on its slot, the device disappearing in the table, Aeron pondered for a while before activating the computer embedded in the wall behind him, a floating screen appeared in front of him. Slowly he started to tip on the mechanical keyboard, the sound of his dancing fingers sending him in a trance. Two minutes later, the document that would shake the world was sent to his lawyers.
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