CHAPTER 5: PHASE 3 (2)
There are times when you make friends, and there are times when you lose then.
I never had experienced the feeling of losing a friend but on that day all I could say was that I was shocked.
A few days later,
"Where am I? Oh, what's with this nostalgic feeling, like am floating"
Then I heard a voice
"Shhh... Memory reconfiguration",
I instantly woke up,
As I turned to view who it was, I couldn't find anyone.
"Who was that?"
After regaining consciousness,
I numbness from my legs,
"How long was I out",
Moments later, my legs felt better,
Though, I found it strange that my legs healed a lot more than normal,
—Maybe it was due to the experiment.
I then looked out to check out what they did to my body,
But to my surprise, there wasn't any wound on,
*Slide*
The [men in white] came to my room saying,
"Number 102, you are requested"
As the [men in white] spoke, I could feel a shiver in awe, as I didn't know what was to happen,
Later on, after following the [men in white], I detected the direction in which they were going, which was,
{The play hall}
On the sight of the hall, I saw my friends who were all missing,
As I stepped forth in view of them, tear fell from my eyes,
— "Huh, why am I crying?"
Before I could move again,
Aria, who was the clingy type, ran forth to me as she hid behind his back,
Emotions came out as I cried, for the first time in my new life,
After a moment of heartfelt reunion, I started to notice 2 people were missing,
Phil and Lepus were missing
As I asked.
"Huh, where is Phil and Lepus?"
When I glanced at their eyes I noticed there wasn't a shed of emotion, their eyes was rather empty.
"Phil? Lepus?"
As I couldn't read any emotions from their eyes as we talked, I kept asking.
"I meant, did you guys see Phil and Lepus?"
"Who is Phil and Lepus?"
"Huh... I meant number 104 and 110".
"We don't have anyone like that".
And as I asked for the last time, I understood fully, they don't have any information about the two.
But, it was still weird that they would have suddenly lost memories of the two, did they wiped their memory, if so why wasn't mine wiped also?
I then ignored all those thoughts as finding what happened to Phil and Lepus was more important that something trivial.
As I searched all over the place, I couldn't find them on sight. Then I thought.
Maybe if I asked one of the men in white... Wait why would I ask them? They would surely ignore me straight up. But I have to try.
With those positive thoughts, I marched on to one of them standing at the door step and asked.
"Ehmm... I can't seem to find number 104 and 110, do you know where they are?"
The men in white glanced at me and paused.
'Why is he doing that?' I thought as his gaze was beginning to get intense.
After a short while, he responded.
"Number 104 and 110, were all disposed of, and memories of that was not supposed to remain in any of the test subjects after the memory wipe".
"So why do you remember?"
I instantly felt a huge shock of fear, as I heard they were disposed of.
Of course I knew that in such a facility things like that would be common but the pain of losing someone was unbearable.
*Sob*
Tears came running down my eyes, as I cried out loud. I knew crying over it would get me to nowhere, but I was in a pinch as the [men in white] was suspecting me.
My last resort was to cry over their death, even though it wasn't to mourn them, I knew I still had to mourn over them.
The [men in white] then noticed by tears and saying.
"Ahh... Why are you suddenly crying?"
*Sob*
I then increased the my voice crying out loud. Then came another [men in white] as he noticed my tears he glanced at the other guy.
"It wasn't me".
He said sighting that the other men in white was suspicious of him causing harm to me.
*Sob*
*Sigh*
"Well, stop him from crying".
"Ok".
He then picked me up placing me in the middle of hall.
"Good boy".
As my tears reduced, the [men in white] went back to his post.
I then gazed in to the distance. Recalling all the moments I spent with Phil and Lepus
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I see they were all disposed off.
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I was saddened by the sudden dead of them
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At night, after going to bed I recalled a time at my past life.
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"Dear, you need to go to bed".
"No, I want mommy to read me the story".
*Sigh*
"Hah, it seems that I can't convince you to sleep.
Okay, I would read you the princess story, so listen carefully".
"OK".
"Once upon a time, in a kingdom faraway,
There lived a prin... Shhh...",
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*Thrud*
Upon waking, Blu noticed he had bumped in to the wall in his sleep.
"Oww... That hurts".
After a short pause, he tried to recalled his dream but couldn't,
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When was the last time I dreamt about my past life?
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10 years later, after being brought into this world with no information about it.
*Sigh* where did the normal reincarnation sequence go to,
Well, now's not the time to give up hope.
— Let's go back a bit,
After phase 3, happened, and Phil and Lepus went missing,
I asked everyone about the missing two, but to their knowledge they don't know who they were, it was like their memories of them were wiped out.
But the strangest of it all was that,
— Why wasn't my memory wiped too?
Three years from that point onward, I was able to find some information about the facility.
At first it wasn't easy seeing we were watched all day, but being a former gamer in my past life proved helpful, as I used my experiences on sneaking up on enemy bases to get some entails.
There are 5 buildings in total.
First building is where we test subjects mostly stay,
It's security is mostly low
— Maybe they are not afraid of us getting away or thereabouts.
It's in two floors, the top floor is restricted, the doors to the top floor are locked,
'If only I could find the keys'.
The second building is where the play hall and medical room was, it's mostly where we are being kept during the day.
'Nothing much to expect from there'.
The third is where [men in white] are.
Security there is tight.
Fourth - unknown.
Fifth looks like a storage facility.
'Nothing much there'.
— Seems like escaping is a long way,
Well, I would just have to wait for a moment where I can slip into the [men in white] building,
On a miraculous night,
There was a snow storm coming,
Everyone that day had to prepare counter measures for the storm.
Being a former gamer, I instantly knew this was an opportunity of a lifetime to find out what this facility is about.
CHAPTER 6: ATTACK ON AREA 02 (1) *Thud* "Coast is clear". There I was outside of the building. I had waited for the coast to clear as my plans were. To find the place where all information is being kept, which was the third building of the shelter. "Thud... Opsie...". Heading to the building, the men in white were standing guard on the building entrance, so I had to wait for a bit before I head inside. As they all left the guard post, I headed into the building *Thud, Thud* *Slide* I then opened the building door. It was much easier to open seen that it doesn't have any security lock on it Arriving into the building, There were a wide range of entries, 'opening all of them is going to be exhausting'. — Seems like I would have to open the doors at random, no, that too would take time. Hmm... Why don't I just search for any door that amuses
CHAPTER 7: ATTACK ON AREA 02 (2) After the emergency warning, as I wondered who's footsteps that was. *Thud, Thud* Immediately the footsteps went running back the hallway. *Sigh* I then sighed in relief, but the much pressing issue was to come. The [men in white] were still behind the doors on guard. 'It seems like they don't plan to move anytime now'. I cowered as I was on my limit as normally I would have found a way out but my body wasn't feeling too good, after looking at those files. "Blu". Aria whispered as she noticed me cowering. 'Wait... Isn't this the first time Aria said something'. I thought as I was surprised over the sudden development. Aria talked. In attempt to confirm, Aria can talk. I then whispered. "What do you think about the situation?" "...". Instantly she when silent, pe
CHAPTER 8: HIDDEN (1) Next day after the attack on the west front. Our mornings are the same as always first bath, cafeteria, daily examinations and lastly sleep. That's our normal routine for the day. I know you might call it just laziness around, but. Blu then opens a door, as what could be seen were neatly cleaned, white floating chairs arranged in an orderly manner with a large table in their middle. Here we are, the only place we test subjects can have a free time without being watched. I call it {The cafeteria}. Well, it's been months since we were allowed here, at first I thought we would be served weird foods, but the foods here was unexpectedly good. And to top it all the foods here comes with a smart pick. That is we are allowed to pick any food of our choice with just a press of a button in the smart tab or what you might call a Holographic screen. "Ahhh
CHAPTER 9: HIDDEN (2) Aria then smiled beaming with a cute radiance while saying. "Uhmm, I was looking for you". "Cute" I thought as her cute expression diverted my thoughts over how she hid her presence to. 'What am I thinking? How could I doubt such a cute girl? Anyways I have to protect the cuteness'. Blu then said. "Okay. Let's head back first". "Uhmm". *Thud* As we headed back to our rooms, the thought of what number 90 said about the hidden room kept pondering my mind, 'But where is the hidden room? I have checked out every building... wait building?' Instantly I recalled the last building I hadn't checked out yet. 'If I remember correctly, there is still one more building that I hadn't checked out'. *Thud* I then glanced outside the windows and noticed there wasn't any [men in white] guarding the bu
CHAPTER 10: TRAINING (1) *Chatter* The cafeteria was filled with sounds of the test subjects chattering as they who sat down on floating chairs eating. "Hey, Blu, pass me the tab". Noire said as he glances at the sight of Blu who was lost in thought. *Jolt* Instantly he responded. "Ok". As passes over a small holographic tab. "Leo you want some". Blu said as he glances at Leo who was also lost in thought. "Nah am full". He responded, knowing fully well he hadn't touched him food for over the past few minutes. "That rare you always ask for more, but now it like your not feeling too well". Noire said as he noticed Leo wasn't looking too good. "Hmm... Am fine". Noire then stared at Leo for a few seconds before saying. "OK, That means more for me". Its been a day after we snuck into the hidden room as I can see it seems what we saw that day is s
CHAPTER 11: TRAINING (2) From that day our daily routines changed from normal lazing around to days of running round the facility, push-ups, and other activities. After some months there was no particular changes in our bodies, just some minor improvements on our vitality, endurance, overall strength and so on. Maybe the results of the training are long-term effects on our body. Also we're not humans in the first place, knowing some reincarnated characters that ain't humans their strength mostly doesn't show up till they are in pinch. At first that was what I thought since I didn't see any reason why we needed to train, knowing we were created differently, but on a certain day I understood fully well what we were all training for. 3 months later, which is actually 11 years after reincarnating. {In Blu's room} On sight of the morning light which shone brightly in Blu's room, passing th
CHAPTER 12: TRAINING (3) It was morning, the sun rose, shining its rays upon the glorious sight of the everlasting snow landscape. *Twitch* Standing in the snow, Blu instantly felt a pain great enough to that it affected his heart till it nearly stopped. *Thump* Instantly he dropped to a kneeling position with both hands pressed on the white snow. *Bleugh* Eventually, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. While he watched over, his blood painted the snow. Slowly, everything started to get blurry. *Pant* As he breathed heavily, from the rising amount of cold air entering his lungs. Blu then instinctively raised his head forth, as everything started to appear in slow motion. *Clang* The sound of two metal striking filled the space as Blu could sight Aria wielding a dual short blade, attacking Dust, who also wielded an amethyst glove with a horizontal
CHAPTER 13: TRAINING (4) Of course Blu knew things weren't going to work, but to ease out their worries, he then responded to Drok's words saying. "Don't worry about that, all we need is him to stay still for a few seconds in the midst of the smoke screen. The smoke screen is just a decoy". "Knowing him, he wouldn't care less about us after rendering us useless after beating us down. That's when we would attack using the Mythril guns". Blu then paused for a while pondering. 'Normally, I would have hesitated when attacking a human with the intent of rendering him injured, but now I don't feel anything fighting someone death. Maybe it's because I am no longer human, I had killed someone before'. "Anyways, the only thing I can see holding off a monster like that is another fellow monster like him". "But now we don't have such a person". "That's why we have Aria. She's the only person to
BASE (3)The strange girl responded bluntly."You know this, my base, so why don't you have to start by telling me about yourself first and the Blu you've been saying in your sleep".Aria was perplexed as she could understand what was going on after suddenly appearing in a strange room on a bed with a stranger beside her, so she asked."Base? Wait, where's Kyrie?"She then stared intensely at Aria saying."Ho... It seems like you have the nerves of mentioning such name without horrific"."It's big sis Kyrie, and that name is not some name an average person can..."."Ar-I-A!!"A loud voice filled the room, as Aria shocked to wonder who it was.Appearing from the front door was Kyrie, it could seem she was happy to hear Aria's voice.Kyrie then rushed through the door, leaped into the air, and landed on Aria, who was laying on the bed."Ehh.... Kuek".Aria felt her body weight increasing on impa
BASE (2)*Whirl*The wind blew, sending a silent white noise into the air.There Aria stood in the green scenery, filled with grasses as far as the eyes can see."Huh! Where am I?"Aria glances as she noticed the beautiful green scenery.She was shocked with awe as the scenery looked like it was made out of a painting.*shee*A sound was heard from behind, with the sensation of the green grass being moved.Aria turns, she then noticed—it was Blu.There in the grasses stood Blu, observing him, she noticed his face smiling and dressed in the white cloths they wore back in Area 02."Why are you here?"She asked, astonished by the fact—he was well and alive."Why? It's because you are dreaming".He said gazing at Aria who was in shock after listening to his words. Aria was dumbfounded. From being dumbfounded, her expression remained phlegmatic as she smiled saying."That's right... I
BASE (1)Back in the klaur's nest, after Aria lost consciousness.*Thud, Thud*The klaur prowled observing the clouded wall, where Aria laid after getting slammed into the wall.It was on high alert, waiting for the next move she would make.After the clouded dust formed dissipated, observing no movement from Aria using its senses, the klaur concluded—She's dead.Satisfied by his observations, the klaur then strode closely to her body, expecting to feast on her remains.*Fwoo...*A black clouded mist emerged from the ground below where Aria laid.It was a black menacing aura, crawling from the ground, as it latched on to the body of Aria.The klaur was baffled as the aura emanating from her was overwhelming.Sighting the aura, the klaur rushed forth picking its pace as it noticed the aura was increasingly overwhelming.I have to stop her, before her aura gets too much to handle, it reflected as it da
UNDERWORLD (2)"Underworld?"Aria was bewildered by the strange undead skeleton statement.Trying to explain the situation, the undead adjusted his throat and said."Ehhmm... Well, this is the Underworld, we're, the dead are taken to their final judgment".With a puzzled look, she said."Huh!"The undead answered."Well, just think of this place as the land of the dead, and I am General overseer of this humble abode"."What's your name miss?"She then replied."Aria"."Aria, what a wonderful name".He said gallantly.Aria was still in confusion over the undead's statement."Ehhmm... Am a little confused here. How did I get over here?"Also confused, he said."How? You say, isn't it normal, you died".Shocked by the fact of his words, as she didn't predict she would die."Huh... I died".The undeadYes, only the dead can come here by getti
UNDERWORLD (1){Area 02}Meanwhile, at Area 02.A day after the Commander of the 1st division knight—Leader of the white wolves, Lena Melathia, arrival.*Whirl*The wind blew, gushing snow into the air, creating a silent noise that filled the area.There she stood under the chilly weather, with a white long furry coat that covered her entire body down to her knees, and a white geared boot that sunk into a snow pile.Behind her were the rubles from the fallen buildings covered in thick snow.She gazed upon the white scenery, filled with snow, could also be seen with [men in white] watching her as she stood there for hours without making a single all movement.A few [men in white] could be heard whispering words to each other, as they talked about the captain's unusual mood and menacing aura."Hey, how long as the captain has been here"."Hmm... I don't know maybe a few hours"."And what's with the aur
KLAUR'S NEST (3)*Rumble*The sound of the cave's spikes falling down filled the area, as what manifested were huge piles of broken down rocks on the floor, leaving fine, dry particles of weathered rocks mixed with the floor soil lingering in the air.*Thud**Thud*While the cave collapsed, the klaur then strode over to Aria to confirm if its attack hit.On reaching there, it instantly sighted a bright blue light in mist of the lingering particles that covered Aria from sight.*Woosh*The klaur heard a sound coming from the beside the dust, but there was nothing.*Thud*Then came a sound, as it then surveyed the area, but couldn't find anything.As the sounds became louder, the klaur couldn't find her, as she had used her psyche to enter spirit mode.Then came Aria with her blade imbued with mana, giving it a blue flame-like structure emanating from the blade.*Swoosh*A blue slash appe
KLAUR'S NEST (2){Cave}*Roar*The loud trembled the entire cave, causing the spikes to fall off to the ground and unstable tremors to the floor.While, Aria couldn't move due to the tremor, as she knew moving would be fatal.After a short while, the tremors stopped. Aria let out a sigh of relief as she pondered while strolling out of the cave.— What was that sound?Did the sound cause the tremors?A few steps later, Aria stopped as she felt a bad feeling from within the cave walls.*Thud*— What is that sound?She asked herself as she wondered where it came from.*Thud*Aria then turned as she noticed it was coming from behind the walls. She then leaned on the wall, placing her ears to listen carefully at the sound.*Thud*The sound became louder as her ears were on the walls."Ah-r-i-a, R-run!"The sound of Kyrie's voice blared through the comms as the walls behi
KLAUR'S NEST (1)After wandering through the breezy snow, Aria had finally arrived at her destination—A cave*Whee*The sound of the wind reverberated from the cave, giving it a wailing sound of a dead man.Standing in front of the cave, Aria sighted the exterior, covered in white rocks as it gave a hollow feeling that emanated its surroundings.— I have a bad feeling about this.She reckoned, as the aura emanating from the cave goin through her bones, giving off an eerie feeling."Why did I agree to this?"She said as she remembered what led to this.Of course, she knew it was for training, but the feeling she got in was not that of training, but of danger.Knowing Kyrie's personality, she chose not to brood over what happened as she went with the tides.... Are you there yet?Kyrie asked through the comms she placed on her suit a little while back.While she seated on the wood log, with a ho
TO THE BASE (4)... Urgh..Aria awakes as usual, but."Moorrnning!"The unpleasant sound of a morning bell, caused by an embodied person, staring daggers into Aria's face as she awakens.And the name of that creature is 'Kyrie'.Surname unknown, all that Aria could say is—she is embodiment of an airhead.*Sigh*Aria, let's out a sigh as she said."Why do you always have to stare at my face every morning?"She then glanced at Kyrie with a serious face."That's because you look cute every time".Kyrie said with a triumphant look on her face.Aria gazed away in disappointment.— Hahhh! Why do I have to keep up with this?Aria then shifted the topic as she asked."What do you want from me?""Well, since you are now fully awake, let's eat, cause today is training".Aria was lackluster as she knew, Kyrie wouldn't train her, but work her, until she drops.But