TARI pulled the helmet off and I was the last to pull it off.“Hans, are you okay?." Teddy asked me.I turned to look at him, he had a smile on his face “It seems like you have a certain kind of hatred for Hex." I mumbled still trying to gather enough information to tell my brain that it was all a virtual exercise and none of it was really real. The room was large and it was completely white but a moment ago, it looked exactly like King Cypher's throne room.“Are you saying that we can project any thing into this room, walk in it as if we are truly in the actual place but we are not?." I asked him." Basically yeah, Elio is a genius. But the downside is they can not touch or and we cannot touch them, we can sit on their laps or their couches because they are part of the projection in the system but there can be no physical contact. " He said." So we are like ghosts." I mumbled He dropped the helmet back on the big table that layed on the side. I was still standing
“Mind your business Nu." Teddy said to her. She raised her hands in the air defensively.“It does not take a genius to know that it is impossible Teddy. I am a scientist too you know and I worked in the virtual-verse, unless you have the blueprint you can't get to their house." She said.“How do you know we do not have the blue print." Teddy asked her." Do you?." She asked him.“Enough." Elio said coming between the both of them, acting like a wall. “Teddy Nu is right, you would have to put the scanner on them physically and let it scan their house so I can project you and Hans there." Elio said calmly." Sure." Teddy said and he turns way, he was quick to leave." When are we supposed to come and get it?." I asked Elio. I hear the elevator door close. " On the day of our next battle." Elio said. “Thanks." I tell him and I turn away to leave.“Hans, wait." He said to me. I stopped and I turned to look at him.“I have something important to discuss with you." He says.“
The day of the next war.Our next war was one week later and it took seven days before I or Teddy saw a glimpse of Core. He was standing beside me now in his very white armour. His hair looked longer than it was the last time I had seen it. He had a hair cut that made him look handsome and cold at the same time.“Here is the scanning machine." Elio said handing me a small black box.“Be careful with that, it could fall and get lost." He warned. I opened the box and all I see is a grain of crystal sand. “Salt?." I ask him." Salt?. " He asks me in return.“It looks like sand or salt." I tell him taking a closer look at the tiny crystal grain.“It is a machine, a scanner. It is that tiny so when they walk through the security system, their system would not detect it as a tracking device. " Elio explained.“Let me have a look." Teddy said taking the box from me.“So who is going to have to touch one of them?." I asked him laughing. They live together and it would be
Her blade digs into the soil beside me instead of me itself. I was not dead. Just then, I stood up, she looked shocked.“I could not do it." She said to herself audibly as if she was trying to tell someone why she could not kill me. I open the box and very quickly, I take the scanner out and place it in her Hair, she thinks it is just a gesture and she closes her eyes when my hand touched her head.“Why did you turn against your family?." She asked me.“Allow me to explain later." I walk away and then I leave. When I look around, only few of the Vonean soldiers are alive. I run further towards our battle line." Hans, it was a bad idea!." Teddy shouted." What?. " I asked him. He was breathing heavily.“It was a bad idea to put the scanner in their clothing, they would take it off and it might not be in their house, could be in the transit centre." He said “Have you tapped them yet?." He asked me.“Yes. " I tell him.“Which one." I ask him.“Kana." I reply. “
I look up at the sky, silently praying to a god to help me not die today. I go over the plans in my head.“Remember, make it short, talk to Kana first and then Estelle. Kana is the hardest to get word across to because she is stubborn. They will be looking out for you and if I or Core gets to one of them first, we will talk them into joining us." Teddy shouted, I could hear the screams and shouts and roar of the Vonean soldiers ready to slay whatever flesh and blood their blades land on. I look forward and I braced myself, tens of thousands of men are standing behind me and they too are roaring. The ground is shaking, my legs are vibrating and I feel unsteady for some ready.“Don't ruin this, before the portal opens, get them on our side " I said to myself and I ran forward.***The sudden blow send me down to the ground and before I could stand, I look and I see the drawn sword coming down at me, the sun kissed the blade and it reflected on my face.One, two... My reflexes were
I walked into the white room and Teddy stood watching me in the private waiting room.“We call it the white room because we don't know what to call it, let's give it a name." Teddy said.. His voice was sounding very loud in the white room, I looked at him through the big glass wall that was separating both the rooms.“Elio did not name it?." I asked him wearing the shoes.“He did not, he is not so good at making things though." Teddy tells me.“Let's call it the white room. It's a cool name, and it's a room that is white." I say and he laughs.“You have a great point." He tells me. I walked to the end of the room and I tapped the screen. The shelf appeared, I picked up one helmet.“Why we do we have to wear this?." I asked Teddy.“You need to see and hear everything don't you the helmet helps with that." He replies.“I know that. I mean it does not look coolz not in the least." I told him and he laughs.“Well the people do not see you with the helmet, so I'm sure they think you
“What?." I ask him hysterically.“The ground is red, it is armed, motion sensors, if you move look over to the wall..." He says. I look at the wall.“What do you seem." He asks me like a professor would ask a student.“I see holes." He tells me.“Exactly, one step and the guns in those walls will activate and they will shoot you even before you blink." He tells me. I start to process the situation." Why?. " I ask myself.“It must have been someone that doesn't want us to leave." He explains. “General Hans, commander Theodore, if you don't mind..." An unfamiliar voice called." Hahaha, so funny Leno." Teddy said sarcastically." Look at you, paused like a—" I felt an itch in my neck. I took a step and immediately, I heard the bullets before I felt it.“Disarm!." The guy said. He was too late, blood was spilling from my arm." Keep the wound open!. " Teddy shouted holding my arm. He tears the fabric of my sleeves." With what?." I ask him, he doesn't reply." Isn
I wake up to a hum, like white noise.I open my eyes and I see clear whiteness, no smell, no taste. Just the hum.I wonder if I'm dead.“You're awake." The very familiar voice said.I looked to where the voice was coming from it was Teddy standing in the door." How long have I been asleep?." I ask him." Five days. I was scared, I thought you wouldn't wake up ." he says.“Not long, a few hours what about—" I said." I know... I thought about them constantly. I have not spoken about them and Elio wants to sweep it under the carpet like he always does. So he has not even brought up the matter." Teddy explains to me. I stand up from the bed and I sit up.“My arms don't hurt so much." I tell him.“I'm glad." He says. His eyes are bloodshot and he had a stubble in his jaw.He looked years older than he looked the last time I saw him.“Jesus man, you do not look good." I say to him and he laughs a merry laugh.“Wait till you see yourself." He tells me. I join him in la