" Infiltrate Virmirem? Are you out of your mind?" Aiden snapped at Aldric, who was still inspecting the crumbled wall, then walked right inside one of the rooms.
" Why do we have to infiltrate Vormirem?" Sera asked silently as she followed him into the room.
"Someone from Vormirem or probably that has a connection to Vormirem is feeding the Order information about the High Ends" Aldric responded as he stopped for a moment and looked back at Aiden, who seemed to be confused.
He continues " Back in Zone 15, some Amezors, as you've said… they are being dispatched to ransack the area all in the name of looking for The Sojourner, we need to rescue the inhabitants of the Zone and take them to the Save Zone that the Order built underground"
"Why can't the Order do this?" Aiden asked.
" The Order are already looking for the Sojourner, Sera must do everything possible to make sure they don't see her as a threat but an ally, while she still works without their aid" Aldric responded.
****
Somewhere in Vormirem, Lucien is seen standing before a large window glass giving the full view of the entire province, with his hand entwined behind his back, his hair falling on his shoulder, the black color of the hair matched with his suit, neatly ironed.
Then a lady in black suit and trousers walked in. " Amezors has been dispatched to Zone 15… should we go on according to schedule?" She asked silently.
" Yes, keep High Ends within the vicinity and make sure you keep an eye on everything that goes on. That should be enough to distract him"
" We were able to track down a signature of an High End, but the reading is too high to be considered as a lackey" She said, while a screen manifested in the midair with a some diagram like a map on it, at the center on the map a red dot is seen blinking.
" Could that be Jason?" Lucien asked with a little bit of concern as he finally moved from his spot and closed the space between him and the lady, Josephine.
" Where is this place?" Lucien as silently as he pointed at the red dot.
" Zone 8" she responded. Looking at Lucien's face, who seems to have a faint smile on his face.
She continues " Please don't tell me you are…" before she finished her sentence, Lucien sped out of the room, silently, almost like he blended with the air, the breeze making Josephine's hair flutter back.
****
Sera and Aiden are seen in the middle of ruin, as they move through dilapidated buildings and cover themselves with their respective disguise cloak with the hood covering their face, while Sera is already in her Sojourner alter ego.
" So this is how you do your thing, you just transformed into this and make everyone think you're a man" Aiden asked while still staring at Sera who is already ahead of him. But she gave no response.
But he continued what he was saying anyways " Remind me exactly why Aldric is not here with us?"
Sera looked back at Aiden, her face is not revealed, only the darkness that lies beyond the abyss of the hood, making her look terrifying.
"You talk too much, the main purpose of this mission is to rescue without being noticed" She responded with a silent manly voice that echoed from within the hood. Precise and sharp.
Aiden didn't need to be told twice, he kept quite as they moved through the buildings, the whole area was deserted, silent, the dust and smoke of the atmosphere could be seen, almost creating a fog.
Only the sound of their footsteps crunching on rocks could be heard, until they slowly made out a few figures ahead. "That's definitely not the structure of a human," Aiden whispered. The moment he said this, the Sojourner signaled for him to bend down, and they sneaked into a nearby dilapidated storey building—its war-torn frame seemed to groan under the weight of its own ruins, as it had been almost completely demolished.
" That's where we are going, the hostages are within the area, we need to take out the Amezors, I'll do that, but you handle the rescuing while I take out the threat. Lead them back here, rescue as many as you can" Sera whispered.
She continues solemnly " Remember Aiden, if we mess up, our identity is at stake, Zephyron, the Order and the High Ends will come for us… your life depends on this"
Aiden was silent for a moment, while the pressure sank in, then he covered half of his face with the cloak veil. "I don't need a reminder for that"
The moment it seems they've both understood the plan, Sera opened a purple cloudy portal, both She and Aiden hurled right inside.
Aiden found himself inside a building whose window faced away from the Amezors — yet through it, he could see them clearly. Fifteen of them, looking like orcs, each holding a burning club. Only one had a human structure: six feet tall, face hidden behind a mask that revealed a single eye — an eye that glowed with green light, watching like a hungry star.
He found five hostages in their midst, shivering in fear.
He bent down to avoid being spotted, he peeped through the window, and then he felt something on his shoulder… a soft touch, it's actually a human flesh, but it feels so tiny and tender, Aiden froze for a moment and then he slowly turned back to see who it was.
It was a little girl, looking disheveled, roughed hair, her face looked dirty, due to the dust in the area. She has been crying, she is still crying.
"My… Mommy " She said solemnly, her mouth and face squinted as she sobs silently, Aiden felt a heavy touch in his heart, seeing the little girl in such a sad state.
" Hey Little pumpkin, Where is she?" Aiden asks with a tender tone, as he caresses the little girl's face in order to comfort her.
Then she pointed outside the window, then he saw a woman outside being held by the throat by one of the Amezors.
"I didn't… know… anything about the Sojourner, please don't kill" the woman struggles to speak as she tries to free herself from the grasp of the Amazor's crushing grip.
"Is that so? Well you're of no use then" The 6'ft Amazon said as a dagger materialised from thin air.
The moment he tried to strike the woman with it, the dagger struck another dagger that turned out to be much stronger, making his own break into two.
His eyes widened as he saw the Sojourner, but a smile mounded on his face as a sign of relief.
"Just the man I wanted to see," he says, his voice echoing in a strange, hollow whisper — as if the walls themselves were holding their breath. With his left hand, he conjures a long metallic sword, the blade hissing into existence like a serpent uncoiling. He charges straight at the Sojourner.
But she doesn't flinch. She simply tilts her body — a slow, almost lazy movement, like smoke shifting away from a struck match. The sword passes through empty air, missing her by a finger's width.
Then she strikes.
Her left leg whips up and slams into the Amezor's chest with the force of a falling oak. The impact sends him rocketing backward — not just feet, but kilometers — tearing through the battlefield like a comet in reverse. He crashes into a pile of crumbled rock, and the rubble doesn't just break — it screams. A shockwave rips outward in all directions, shaking the ground beneath Aiden's feet and throwing dust into the sky like a pale ghost unfurling its wings.
On seeing this, one could tell that Aiden felt relieved, then he faced the little girl "Your mom will be saved ok?" He stood up and held the girl tightly in his hand, but then he felt a heavy weight in his shoulder, invisible, but he could feel the presence of other beings behind him.
He turned his head and looked back, then he saw some refugees as they came out of the dark one after the other, a total number of twenty refugees.
A young blonde man with a ponytail came out, wearing a dirty long sleeve and tattered black trousers came out of the cloud slowly and approached him " Are you with him?" He said, pointing at Sera, who just slayed one Amezor and then charged at another one who created fire from his hand.
Aiden was silent for a while as he stared at Sera, then looked at the little girl that he was holding, who was looking at him like she was waiting for an answer.
" I'm personally here to help you all escape" He responded silently and tried to deviate from the real question.
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