“Man. That was fun.” Alana chuckled as she wiped some sweat from her forehead and glanced at Terry sprawled out on the ground, eyes still wide with shock at the fact that their battle lasted only 3 minutes and he didn’t even land a hit on her. “Ha! You owe me 1000 credits.” Camie said with a grin at Kate who pouts as she reaches into her pouch. As Terry gets up, Alana smirks at him with hands on her hips as she explains. “Don’t feel bad. I’ve mastered over 10 fighting styles since I was a kid. Even Levi hasn’t been able to beat me in just hand-to-hand before.” Terry’s eyes widen in shock just as Levi laughs as he approaches them with the others behind him. “She’s not wrong.” Levi chuckled as he tossed his towel to Alana who grins as she wipes her face just as Hana clears her throat. “Now that that’s been settled…” Hana adjusted her new glasses as she takes a pause causing them to all share a common serious expression. “…we can discuss our next plan.” Felix makes some hand gesture
It’s been a month since Levi’s arrival at the new and improved Asylum Bay when a large Index ship arrived at the port side in the afternoon. Levi stands to represent his mother at the port with a completely healed Alana and Mary behind him. As the new influx of refugees and supplies move towards the gate, they also see two familiar agents walking towards them.“Hey girls!” Amanda said as she gave the girls quick hugs before wrapping Levi in a tight hug. “I heard you found out about your family, Levi. I’m so sorry I kept it from you.” “Yeah.” Levi mumbled as he looks up to see Diana giving him a sympathetic look. “I lost my dad too some years back. It sucked.” Diana said.Levi manages a weak smile as he releases Amanda and replies. “Thanks.” Alana gives his shoulder an encouraging nudge with a smile and Levi perks up a little as he turns back to Amanda. “So what’s the situation in the task force so far?”Amanda sighs heavily as she glances at the refugees still being screened by the
The once peaceful refugee city, Asylum bay was once again attacked by the enemy which is now the Pack, a group of ‘survival’ fantasists.Somewhere in the forest several distance from the town, a loud thunderclap was heard as a figure is sent sprawling through the trees, very few cuts and bruises on his body.But instead of getting angry, Bolt just smiles as Kate appears in front of him and deals another kick which sends him higher into the air. “Now we’re talking! Show me what you go-” He is suddenly cut off as Kate delivers another kick to him, sending him sprawling again.“Do you ever shut up?” She grumbled as she continues to bash Bolt around the trees with impossible speeds while he laughs in excitement…before finally grabbing Kate by her fist and punching her down to the ground.Kate hits the ground hard before skidding to a stop only to gasp as Bolt runs around her in circles, leaving several afterimages behind him.Kate looks around, unsure of where to strike…when one of the af
It’s been more than half an hour since Levi watched his friends head out into the chaos created by Magnus and his Pack, during which Levi spends anxiously pacing around in his home with his remaining family members staring at him worriedly.And just as he was about to rush out to help despite warnings from his family… the door to his house swings open and Alana walks in with Mary beside her. Alana stops to fix a glare at Levi now standing in front of her. “You weren’t going to run out, were you?” She asked with a raised brow.Levi flinches a little and Mary sighs. “At least he stayed longer than we expected him to, right?” Mary said.Alana continues to glare at Levi for a few more seconds before sighing heavily. “I guess.” She said and Levi lets out a nervous chuckle before realising that they both seemed unharmed, creating a small smile on his face which fades with his next question. “Where’re the others?” He asked.Mary sighs a little before speaking. “Amanda’s alright. A few brui
Early the next morning, Alana was already dressed up in a slick dark blue denim jeans, leather jacket and black shirt with a symbol of a heart struck by lightning.She smiles at the meaning of her shirt as she turns to see Levi still asleep on the bed. She moves over and gives his forehead a long loving kiss. “I love you, babe.” Alana whispered as she rubs his forehead before moving away to grab her backpack from the dresser when she heard his muffled voice.“Love… you.” She turned only see that he replied in his sleep. She smiles warmly at him and quietly exits the room where she finds Camie, with some bandages on her body and Mary already ready in the hallway.“Alright ladies. Let’s go.” Alana said with a smirk and the two agents nod as they followed Alana down the hallway……Hours of driving and flying later, standing on the sidewalk, Alana now wearing dark shades, stares at a familiar brothel now partially collapsed and deserted under the late afternoon sun. “Not what I expected.
Still at the old abandoned Magic-Land amusement park… The air suddenly goes into a tense silence as Alana’s eyes narrowed at her aunt. Alana thought to herself as she clenches her fists to settle her nerves. Sphinx continues to hold a cold stare at Alana as she speaks again, her tone as cold as her eyes. “What are you doing here, niece?” Alana’s body twitches slightly and Sphinx narrows her eyes. “Because if you’re here if you’re here to ask me to fight in this war for that ‘partner’ of yours, then you’ve wasted your time.”Camie and Mary share a glance as Alana takes in a deep breath, holds it before briefly exhaling. She then looks up to her aunt with a similarly serious expression on her face.“I know you won’t fight in this war. If you had the intention to, Razor would be dead right now.” Alana said.Sphinx cracks a slight smile. “That’s right.” The smile quickly fades away as she speaks again. “I told that naïve sister of mine that the deal with that Re
Again and again, Alana kept going back into the illusion……but she kept on failing every single time.There was a time when she finally got close, so very close but once the illusion begged for his life, her mind went blank, giving him the opportunity to kill her again.Once again, Alana falls back into reality and stumbles back, some drops of blood dripping from her nostril and her skin a little paler than normal but she looks up and weakly speaks. “Again…”“That’s enough, Alana. There’s no point in killing yourself over this.” Mary said angrily.Alana just focuses her attention on her aunt who sighs with a folded arm. “I agree with your comrades, Raven. You may have some extent of illusion resistance because of your heritage but even you can’t keep yourself sane with this much mental attack. You’ll break if you do it again.”Camie grabs Alana’s arm with some worried tears in her eyes as she speaks. “Please, Miss Alana. You’ve already been doing this for more than half an hour. We can
It’s been 2 months since Levi left his hometown and also 2 months since his Alana, Mary and Camie left in search of Agent Sphinx of the Erased for training.Luckily, since he left, his hometown was spared from any more attacks and the Index found out that Magus knew about Levi from one of the few agents he captured from Amanda’s rescue team. But since Magnus went to avenge his master who was found to be his former cell mate, Gabriel Norman who was attacked by Levi and a way of seeking respect from Gabriel, Magnus acted alone.If not for his selfish act, he would have most likely brought the whole Inflictor force including Rebirth which would have been terribly devastating to the simple refugee camp.So to avoid something like this again, Levi had been rotating between different hideouts and camps throughout these two months. But today, something changed……Levi, now dressed in the standard white Index suit, stares at the long wall mirror as he tests the flexibility of his gloved hands
As the doors to her parent’s room slide shut behind her, Eva’s eyes first meet the messy bed but Levi wasn’t on it. She turns and finds him standing by the cabinet some distance away from the bed. She wanted to speak but stops as an amused idea comes to her mind. She proceeds to sneak up to him and just when she was about to scare him, she finally notices that he was staring at a picture in his hand.Curious, she moves to get a closer look and sees that he was staring at the picture of him and Felix when they were younger. Unknown to Eva, Levi catches the sight of her eyes reflected against the frame and disappears… instantly appearing behind her and attacks with a tickle attack.“Da-Dad! S-Stop!” Eva shouted between laughs before using her own static shell to get away from him.“You let your guard down.” Levi said with a smile as he deactivates his static shell.“Sure but you don’t get to tickle me. I’m not 10 anymore.” Eva grumbled and Levi laughs as he places the picture in the ca
It’s been 2 whole weeks since the defeat of the Parasites but the whole world was still buzzing about it.Not only did it help resolve the still lingering resentment of normal humans against the Index and trons in general, it also boosted the images of the Guardians to the point that they got a title upgrade… ‘The Guardian Deities’ which was ironic because the guardians were fighting beings trying to become gods in the first place.This goes especially for Levi. From the rumours about him to his revelation and his fight, his fame blew up more than the other guardians. This caused people to give him new nicknames and titles but the most notable name was the one the Spider of the Web predicted almost 2 decades ago… ‘The King of Humans’When all this new fame, respect and in some extreme cases, worship emerged, most of those so called superheroes resigned. Which was mostly due to the new bound resentment to people like them using Visor and Shade as references.Those that remained were t
While the world continues to rave about the fight of the Guardians against the Parasites, the Index’s top command was confronted by the revelation of an old enemy coming back for another sick game before being shocked more once they learnt that someone on their side already figured it out.“You’re saying Levi West knew about Blanca all this time?” Carolina asked and Alana nods.“Why didn’t he say anything?” Amanda asked and Alana shrugs.“I think he was worried about Blanca getting whiff of it. Even I didn’t know anything about it until 30 minutes ago.” Alana said.“He told you?” Vivian asked but Alana shakes her head.“He’s still out cold. The person who told me is the only other person who knew which also happens to be the person that’s going to kill that bastard.” Alana said with a gesture to the blank screen.“Who?” The Northern Rep asked and Alana smirks.“I believe you know an agent that goes by the nickname… the ‘Devil’s Kiss’.” Alana said and the Rep’s eyes widen in fear. “I
About 2 hours after the fight, in the Index’s HQ within the city… “So you have no idea who destroyed the bases?” Callum asked with narrowed eyes at Amanda’s hologram who nods.“We were running around for days trying to find it until we got a call of an attack and decided to check it out. By the time we got there, the base was already in flames and every one in that building died either from the explosion… or were killed with hollow canons.” Amanda said with concerned expression her face.“The same thing happened in Greece.” Vivian grumbled in her hologram form beside Amanda.“And South Korea.” Hunt, Vivian and Veronica’s father said with low growl in his voice as he sits across Vivian in a holographic form as well.“What about New York?” Callum asked and Amanda responds.“It was the biggest out of the four bases so the attack left the squad there a little overwhelmed with the damage. The Erased is helping with the clean-up but Diana’s replacement confirmed that the same thing happen
Barely 2 minutes ago…… “I thought you said that place was safe.” Gwen said as she runs with Nina and Peter leading them through the tunnels underground. “Emphasis on the ‘was’. Plans change.” Maeve said with a nonchalant expression that makes the children even more worried. “I hope they’re all okay.” Alex said with hopeful voice and Alice squeezes his shoulder. “They will be.” Alice said and Alex smiles… just as Eli stops with his eyes narrowed and a hand on his mask. A second later, Maeve, Nina and Peter stop too… just as an explosion occurs several metres behind them. “Whoa.” Cyrus grumbled as he stumbles and turns with widened eyes as the flames from the explosion suddenly barrels through the passage towards them. “Get behind-” Peter grunted as he tries to use her steel form but stumbles just as Eli steps up with his mask down. “Eli!” Alex said as the flames and debris continue to approach him with terrifying speed but Eli remains calm as he takes a deep breath. Seeing this
In one of the four battlegrounds…Cain was now on the ground; eyes widen as their body crumbles away with a reflector seen activated on their chest.They look up and flinch as Hana, Rana and Camie despite being all injured in different places with varying severity, stand around him with the familiar amprade glowing under their skin and their eyes.“How is this possible?” Cain grumbled.“Boosted or not, you were still only capable of using two gears simultaneously. With three seeming to be your limit if you push yourself hard enough." Rana said."But there’s only so many combinations that could work and I’ve fought a monster that could use dozens of different gears simultaneously. Compared to Zero, you’re nothing.” Hana added with a cold tone in her voice.“No.” Cain mumbled with tears in their eyes as they raise an arm to them. “Help… Gil… Mum…” Cain arm finally crumbles away into nothing… followed by the rest of their body.The same event occurs in another place… where Zack was now o
Hidden beneath the chaos caused by the fights above… Nina grunts from the burns on her arm which Maeve tends to. “Are you okay?” Cyrus asked and Nina grunts as Maeve ties her wounds. “Yeah. I just feel stupid for trying to stop her.” Nina grumbled and a pained laugh draws her attention to Peter who was even more injured with Gwen tending to him. “That’s what we get for forgetting she’s Einstein’s little girl. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Peter said before wincing as Gwen washes his wounds. “Still… I thought she was trained assassin. Going this far was too much especially since Mr Levi’s still alive.” Maeve grumbled with a glance at the screen where Levi was seen arguing with Eva before being caught up in a smoke bomb attack, blocking them from sight. “I can understand her emotions. Even I’m fighting the urge to go especially since I can’t even see my father.” Barry said with a frown at one of the screens which only shows the ice fortress with the faint sight of flam
“Dad!!!!!!” Eva shouted as she jumps to her feet with her widened purple eyes fixed at the now hollow ground where Levi was standing without a single trace of him left. “I don’t believe it.” Peter mumbled with shocked eyes while Nina tightly clenches her fists with a pained but still hopeful look in her eye.“Eva.” Alice said as she turns to Eva who was beginning to hyperventilate.“No. No. No. No.” She continues to mumble with tear streaming down her cheeks. Alice and some others move to comfort her but Nina and Peter quickly stop them as black markings begin to crawl onto Eva’s body.“Please. No.”Meanwhile…Blanca just stares with completely shocked eyes at the hollow ground where Levi was standing while Gilgamesh smiles evilly.He then turns back to Blanca who quickly stops time again… before gasping as Gilgamesh’s hand tears another rift that allows him to enter the time stopped world again. “No. Stay away.” Blanca said as he turns to run before gasping as Gilgamesh was now in
12:54 pm…Under the hot afternoon sun, the Sanctuary continues to be bombarded with the chaos created by the parasites.But due to the efforts of the Index, virtually all civilians were safely evacuated to safe points where they, along with the rest of the world watch, via news drones, the battles between these new enemies and the only humans capable of fighting them……In one part of the city, Valentina stands with heavy breaths escaping her mouth while the several cuts on her body continue to heal quickly.She laughs as she looks up to Veronica with some bruises who growls with blood stained claws. “I’d say I underestimated you, Wolf. Your claws are even sharper than the Reaper’s scythe.”Veronica suddenly scoffs. “Wrong again.” Valentina furrows her brows in confusion which makes Veronica smile with beastly sharp teeth.“If you think my claws are sharper than Hana’s blades then she must have really held back when she fought you.”“Is that right?” Valentina chuckled as the last of he