Every Radge Hawker, every other monster inside and outside the barrier could feel her presence. Dane and Charlize gaze at the small blue and white speck behind them. It was her, there was no doubt. "Argh!" From the white dust like glitter, Athena grunts as she falls on the ground."Master Athena!" Exclaiming her name, Dane runs towards her. She picked a spot almost close to him, to her student. "Lady Athena!" Charlize yells as well.Half of her body were covered in burns. Most her hair was gone, she was left with a bad over growth on her scalp."Master Athena...you..." Dane couldn't hold himself back as he put himself in her shoes. How excruciating it must have been for the lady."Give me a minute." Her delicate voice croaks. Nodding, the pupil stands away from her as she closes her eyes. 'Heal me. I now depend on you completely.''I know that, Athena.' Her force replies back in her head. Soon, the burn marks were fading down to scars. It hurt the woman, in more ways than just an i

[FLASHBACK]THREE MONTHS AGO, ON TRAINING GROUND B-32D"Master Athena...?" Charlize approached the woman, smiling as if she just entered the realm of euphoria. "I am busy in training, Charlize. Another time." "But you promised you will become a better person for Dane! Just- Just hear me out, okay?" "Fine." "Okay! So...today, I went up to his room and whispered everything from my heart to him! I even placed a kiss on his cheek, Lady Athena! I feel like a girl!""What are you talking about? You are already a girl. Besides, isn't that creepy enough? You almost did the same thing yesterday." Athena repeated in a bored voice."I did! But this is different, Lady Athena! I thought of it yesterday, but I did it today!" Athena sighed at her. They were trying to become better for the sake of Dane. He changed them.Both of them.Athena was affected emotionally. She wanted to cherish the moments with her pupil and become a better person with her personality. Charlize on the other hand want

The mission...was a grand success. Charlize watches Athena embrace her new lover, hugging him like there wasn't another day left for him to live. Dane helped shape the whole barrier. He, singlehandedly managed the barrier from contamination by the transformed monsters. As for the suspected monster humans below the surface, they all needed more time for freedom. Athena wrapped her arms around her new lover, Charlize knew this wasn't a dream today. Both were happy, and she couldn't voice her feelings before Dane did to Athena. It wasn't his fault, it was hers.She hated the story Athena narrated after the day they partied that night. It was two nights before. For two nights, the lovers have been together since and not separated. They even used the same room. Scratch that, they sleep naked in the same room as it appeared from the tinted glass, upon a peak inside. Three nights, two more nights for the construction of the damn barrier. A barrier around 50 meters high, 12 meters thick sh

Dane stood in the middle of the room, appalled."She had feelings for...me? Why?" As he asked Athena, her answer was a shrug of her shoulders."I didn't want to lose you to anyone else, Artemas. Would you start hating me now?" Dane shook his head vigorously."I've never wanted Ruth as much as I need you in my life now, Athena. You've got everything I need. But...why do I feel so guilty?" He said to her, getting his soft brown hair caressed throughout as he sat in front of her. Even if things have come to an end and Makio with Charlize are being cryofrozen somewhere in this building, below the surface, things didn't seem as normal anymore. Something was always going wrong in their lives. "I guess that makes me happy." Athena said in a soft voice."It should. You're my everything, I give you everything of mine. And...I should apologize for never knowing her heart. She's been liking me for way too long, and...I don't know. It's got complicated real quick, didn't it?" "Yes. It did but

Dane gasped, hearing the words from Athena. The Contraguild was established soon after the Guild was formed? For what reason? Why did they have to form an association to kill the members of the Guild?That follows with a natural question."If they were existing soon after Guild, why did they never show up? The information echelon wouldn't gate keep such valuable information from us, right? By the way, how did you know?" "Dane, I knew it because I am the only one from the Guild to actually see the Guild being formed when I was a literal child, born to who claims to be so human. It's not my fault I never knew about Contraguild until today. I thought they were just...theory.""Theory?""Yes. There's a forbidden book within the echelon preservation. It is a book with all forbidden knowledge about the Guild. Lord Dixon is after me because he is unsure of that book himself." "What the— what do you mean by that?" Master Joule interrupts their conversation as he sighs, "Because that book