Year 2377, Vildralir.
Sector 7: 01:52 am.
•Step• •Step• •step•
The sound of my footsteps echoes in the middle of sector 7. I can hear Screaming, groaning, begging, and even crying one after another.
"N-no!! S-stay away! Don't come any closer you demon!!!" scream a soldier, who vigorously attacked me seconds ago.
"geez, why are you running away?" I ask the soldier in front of me.
'I can't understand them. Didn't they say, if they fall humanity will fall too? Or is just that, their ideology it's far too fragile?'
Thrusting my blade, I pierce his chest, raise him, and hold him in the air.
"Aargghh-bleurgh! S-spare me... P-please.." I can hear his whimper under his breath.
"Why?" I ask him.
"W-what?" he looked at me like I'm his father. 'How laughable.' looking into his eyes. 'I can see a glimpse of his sin? Or is it past? so poetic.'
"Why should I spare you, when you didn't even spare your son?" his face starts to frown and I can hear teeth grinding.
'so that glimpse is indeed true.'
"Did I frighten you?" I ask him while tilting my blade.
"Blurgh-Argghh!! Die you demon!!" seeing he wants to foolishly blow himself up, I rotated my blade and swung it to the sky, making the grenades explode in the air.
"A pity-!" feeling danger from my back, I quickly rotate my body and swung my blade to guard against whatever it is, but It was too late as it already hit me.
"Argh!"
grunting, I tried to shield myself. Unfortunately, I was a second late.
As I prepare to endure the explosion, I can see a wing made out of light engulfing me. And in front of me, I can see a gorgeous figure smiling at me.
I know that smile, it's hers. I try to reach that gorgeous figure, but before I could, my body already hit the ground.
•BOOOM•
A deafening explosion is all I could hear before everything became white.
'Mother.....'
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12 Years Ago
Sector 0: Underground Residential area
"I am home~!" I yelled like always. As I Plopping down on the sofa, all tiredness began to hit me.
'fuuh... Today's mission almost crack me down'
"Sweetheart where are you~" I yelled. 'where is my bundle of joy? I need a recharge'
"I'm here Mom!" a shout reach my ear from the library.
'Ahh, I bet he still reading that comic from before'
I began to walk toward the library. There I see him in front of the window, under the sunlight, my beloved child no older than 5 years old sitting peacefully on the floor with his hand skimming through a comic page.
Comics were scattered everywhere, and a scent of paper hit me as I walk closer.
"What are you doing??" I asked as sit down and start hugging him from behind, resting his head on my chest.
"I'm reading this mom, don't you know that superman is weak against kryptonite?" answer him, moving his head and looking at me with that gorgeous golden eyes.
'Gosh, my son sure will become a lady killer'
"Umm...no~, tell me about it~" I said, acting dumb as I just want to hear him talking so passionately.
"Here, look, superman is supeer strong! He punches batman like; Bam! Bam! And then he goes wuusshh like a lightning! But when Batman uses his new weapon. Superman became weak! It says it's the kryptonite that makes superman weak" he talks with his hand everywhere trying to visualize it.
'soo cute~'
"Uuh huh, then what is your kryptonite?"
"Umm, my kryptonite??" answered him as he tilt his head a little
"Umm... I think it's you, mom..." he said with a nod.
"Ohh? How so?" I ask, interested.
"Because when I didn't see you for a long time my chest felt like it missing something... It hurt, I hate that feeling-"
"-Even though I don't know what is missing from me, as far as I remembered there's only a heart and lungs in my chest. If my heart or lungs went missing then I will be dead. So...I'm confused."
"Do you know what is it, mom?" he asks innocently making me sad for a moment.
"It's the heart dear. But not a heart that you know. It's invisible, you can only feel it. It's in your chest. The heart is responsible for making you feel sad, love, anger, joy, or any kind of emotion that you know-"
"-That's what makes us human beings," I answer him placing my palm on his chest.
"Umm, so can it get broken?"
"If it's broken, It will heal over time, or find a fairy, and she will heal your heart eventually," I answer him with a tighter hug.
"Then are you a fairy mom?" ask him innocently.
"Ummm... no~ I am your guardian angel~"
"My... Guardian Angel??" ask him tilting his head.
"Yuup! because wherever you are, whatever you do, I will always be here in your heart, protecting you." Answer me as I kiss him on his forehead
"But... I am not going anywhere, mom! I will always be with you!"
"No... Someday you will need to set on a journey and see the world. See what the world has to offer." I continue as I stroke his white-silver hair with care.
"By then you will learn many things. The good, the bad, even the evilest side of the world—"
"But don't discourage by what you will see, because not everything is born evil and not all of them are born good. There exists a grey line between them, you need to judge it by yourself—"
"That's why I want you to live your life to its fullest, without any restraint. It's the reason I named you Sora, Hikari no Sora. For the sky is your limit."
I kiss him again before I get up while carrying him on my back.
"Mom..." Sora call me as we reached the door.
"Yes, sweetheart?" I smile at him
"Thank you..." whisper Sora, snuggling closer to my shoulder
"Anything for you dear. C'mon, let's eat, I'm starving!" I answer him as I continue my steps.
"Let me help you!!"
"Noo! You will burn the kitchen again!"
"But mom!!"
Like that my day ended with happiness as both of us laughed without the need to remember the experiment and mission that we must do, him as Zero or me as Agent K.
If this last forever, I'll be the happiest mother in the world.
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Present Time
The year 2377
Sector 7: 01.55 am
•BOOM•
A roaring explosion devastated the earth, a deadly shockwave burn the soil within a one-kilometer radius, and only a crackle can be heard as the walls around sector 7 crumbled.
In the center of it, a shadowy figure can be seen as the smoke started to disperse.
Bleeding left hand; unmoving, like a puppet without its strings, a right hand gripping on katana that still pierces deeply into the ground.
A crack on his armor starts to regenerate here and there. His knees still stand strong—
unbend, unbowed, unbroken.
"Even now you are still protecting me." muttering zero.
A reflection of golden-white feathers floating everywhere can be seen from his eyes, as he opened them.
•Clap• •Clap• •Clap•
"I expected nothing less from you, brother." a voice reached his ears.
A figure clapping with black hair, golden eyes, and naginata on his right shoulder—squatted down not far from him.
"Seven..." zero responds with eyes narrowing sharply.
"Did you miss me? It's been a long time since we last met. ten years to be exact." said seven. getting up, rotating the Naginata in a relaxed manner.
"I adored you, you know—"
"—I admire you, who doesn't? The silver soldier, the sword of humanity. Everyone always talking about you. Zero this, zero that. But—"
With a swish, seven suddenly appear in front of him, the tip of the Naginata already on its way to decapitate his head.
"I'm sick of it!!"
•TING•
A large crack spread out below zero feet as he blocked it, his right hand positioned horizontally to the left holding katana with the tip of the blade facing downward.
With one move, Seven right hands rotate the naginata to his left side; his left hand grabs it by the edge, striking zero again to his right side.
"They always praised you!"
•TIING•
In one fluid motion, zero blocks it by swinging his katana vertically to the right.
Seeing this, seven thrust his Naginata to the earth, gripping it firmly; using his naginata as the center of gravity, he delivers a kick straight toward zero chests.
"They acknowledged you!"
•BAM• •BAM•
Without a left hand to defend himself, zero gritted his teeth; withstands it by piercing his blade down as he got pushed back fifty meters scraping the ground.
"They always compared you to me!!" yell seven as he jumps high to the sky cracking the earth. as he starts falling down, he begins to rotate his Naginata with such absurd speed— accumulating all velocity he could get.
•Swush Swush Swush•
The wind starts to howl, while the cloud in the sky starts to get darker, and electricity can be seen dancing between the tip of his naginata
"So be it." said zero
Taking a stance, his right leg move in front, and the other one moves back slightly; his right-hand grips the katana firmly beside his left cheeks, the tip of the blade facing straight forward.
•Tsssssttt•
White smoke can be seen from his mouth as the air escape his lung. looking up, seven holding the Naginata airborne.
with two hands, seven swing it down vertically with everything he had.
"Dainikeitai: Rengoku no Kiba!!!" yell seven from top of his lung.
"Daiichikeitai: Ten o chirasu." respond zero without hesitation.
With a swish; zero swings his katana elegantly toward the sky, blocking seven Naginata strikes.
•TIIIIIIING•
The soil below them immediately scattered, cloud-splitting. The storm started to go wild.
•BOOM•
Shockwaves explode outward from their collision. As a sword slashes tear the buildings around them.
"Even the Einherjar choose you! Why!" screamed seven.
"Because it's my responsibility to bear its burden." said zero, with a loud bam; sending seven flying backward with a kick, right after it.
A loud sound of steel colliding echoes; as seven blocks zero swords aimed at him from behind.
"You are still fast as I remembered, brother! Hah!!" seven pushes zero as he jumps a few meters away from him.
"I don't know what responsibility you are talking about. Nevertheless, today will be your end."
As seven finished talking. 500 figures start to appear one after another circling zero; ready to attack at any moment.
"Give it up brother, you can't win, you are trapped in here." said Seven.
Zero seeing this only smile a little.
Moving his katana straight forward pointing it to seven, gripping it firmly; he didn't Weaver in the slightest.
"it's not me who is trapped in here with you, it's you all that's trapped in here with me."
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