Thirty minutes earlier....Jack was deep in thought, pondering on everything that Rose had said. He couldn't believe that his daughter would have the affront to stand up against him.For twenty years jr had been working on perfecting that SFX-chip so as to carry out the launch of his dragonic creatures effortlessly, and he wasn't just going to stand back and watch Rose destroy all that. He had gone too far to want to quit now.Knowing fully well that Rose would do as she had said, he picked up his phone and dialed Flynn's number."Are you ready?" He immediately asked Flynn to answer the call."Almost ready sir," Flynn replied."I want you to help me keep an eye on Rose." Jack went straight to the reason why he had called."By why sir? Did something happen?" Flynn went ahead to inquire, his curiosity piqued."I wish I could explain, but I can't. However, I want you to do something for me.""And what's that sir?" He asked, trying to understand what it was that Jack wanted him to do.Fro
Serpens phone buzzed in his pocket and glancing at the caller, it was Rose. He exchanged glances with Tiara who nodded for him to go ahead and answer the call, hoping to hear some good news from Rose."Hello, Rose," Serpens began. "Serpens, we have a problem," Rose revealed, just before Serpens could ask how the situation of things were going with her.Serpens brow furrowed, "What problem are you talking about Rose?" He asked, turning to look at Tiara who looked surprised at Serpens' question."I'm currently trapped in an elevator and my dad is behind it. I've not been able to get to Xin and I don't know how much time she has left. I'm currently running out of air here and I'm not sure if I'll be able to hold much longer too." Rose replied, her breath heavy, indicating how distressed she was inside the elevator."Hold on, Rose," Serpens urged her. "We're coming to help you." He added, before dropping the call."What's the matter?" Tiara asked, seeing the panic look on Serpens' face.
The Serpens from the past who had left Tiara to go ahead to the Brynner's Agency, arrived at the old cabin where Lan was. They'd both talked on the phone and he had agreed to meet with her in the cabin.Lan couldn't imagine the possibility of seeing another version of the same person he had been with all day. It sounded unbelievable, but she kept looking forward to it.Serpens arrived, just as Tiara had described for him, as the cab pulled off in front of the cabin. Getting to the door, he have it a gentle knock, and in no time Lan came forward and opened the door for him."Serpens," she said, her eyes looking up at him. "This is really unbelievable," she sighed.As they settled in, Serpens decided to narrate everything that had happened, all the way from the time he and Xin went to visit the clam girl in the Bohai sea, down to every of their time travel adventure, and then finally about the SFX-chip and the dragonic launch."SFX- chip was created for the first time by my father," Ser
Flynn stood at the entrance of the mercury cell ready to hit the bottom which Jack had instructions him to hit. But while standing oin front of the cell, his conscience just wouldn't let him do it.He knew he had pledged his allegiance to Jack and had sworn to help him with his plans, but as he stood before the mercury cell that night, it was like an inner conflict was going on within him. Two voices speaking in his head."Go ahead, Flynn. Do it!" One of the voices barked within him."No, Flynn. Don't," the other voice came gentle and soothing.Flynn shook his head pondering over what next step to take when his phone buzzed with a call from Jeremy.He paused for a moment, wondering why Jeremy had called. Swiping to the left, he answered the call."Jeremy, Why'd you call?" Flynn asked."I was worried about you," Jeremy replied from his end. "Grandma has been asking when you're coming back home. It's been days since you left the house and she really misses you." "I'm fine where I am. A
Immediately after Flynn terminated the launch process, he went back to the control room and turned on the elevator, releasing Rose.For the first time in a long time, Flynn could see what he hadn't been blind to all these while - the fragility of life. He couldn't believe he had been so blinded by anger and the desire for revenge that he forgot to see that there were indeed innocent people in the world.Those who can't fight for themselves and who only live on hope and faith, that someday things will get better.He proceeded to shut down the charge uo system which Winter was connected to, disrupting the entire dragonic launch plan."What's going on?" Winter asked, realizing that the charge system had been interrupted."I'm doing what's right," he replied defiantly. Fearing that winter would attack him, he quickly pushed a button which brought an impregnable wall that immediately separated him from Winter."I'm sorry, Winter, but I can't be part of this madness any longer." He said as
Fifteen minutes earlier...The assailants who chased after Serpens and Tiara were indeed ruthless and relentless in their pursuit. They increased their speed, closing in on them and ramming unto them violently from behind.Serpens tried his best to make sure he outrun them, but it appeared fate had other plans for them, as he looked into the car's dashboard and realized that they were already running out of petrol. He couldn't believe that of all times, the petrol decided to get finished when their lives were in danger. He glanced at the rearview mirror and saw one of the assailants pulling out a rifle through his own window aiming for his tires. He knew this would be the decisive moment of his life.He had stayed in a coma for years and just when he thought everything would be back to normal, he had to deal with the harsh reality that death was calling on him once again.As Tiara's panicked cries filled his ears, coupled with the fact that the car was about giving them up to their a
Jack stood in solemn silence as the realisation dawned upon him that his plans had failed and that the dragonic project didn't go as he had planned. He couldn't believe that Flynn could betray him like that after trusting him so much.He had invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the project and nothing had come out of it. Flynn had not only terminated the process, he had also destroyed the SFX- chip, which was the reason he sent those men to kill him.He had been working on that SFX-chip for over twenty years trying to perfect it to suit his plans and just when he was about to celebrate being phenomenal, Flynn had to beyray him, leading to a total failure of his ground breaking project.He was still in deep thoughts when one of his walked in. "What's the latest development with Tiara and the gentleman that was with her on the car when the accident happened?" Jack inquired, his tone firm and serious."They're currently in the ICU sir. They had miraculously survived the acciden
Serpens immediately left the accident and hurried all the way to Jeremy's place. The way the call had ended, had raised suspicion within him and he couldn't help but feel that something bad had happened to Jeremy.He hailed the first cab that stopped in front of him, concealing his identity so that no one wouldn't identify him as the same Serpens Ryu who had been involved in an accident.On getting to Jeremy's place, he noticed that the place was eerily quiet. He stepped in to find the whole place in disarray, confirming his suspension that indeed, something had happened there.Going from one room to the other, he realized that there was actually no one in the house, not even Jeremy's grandmother.He was still trying to make sense of everything that had happened, when his eyes fell upon a note that was on the table, a bloody dagger attached to it.Serpens could almost feel his heart rip apart as he saw the note and the bloody dagger making him wonder what could happen and at the same