" Does it? I don't remember anything like that, though," Says Kyra bluntly without thinking what the other person even thinks. Aldred gives a side-eye glance with a disappointed look on his face, who wouldn't, if you have such an emo girlfriend? " Ok, my lady, I will stop". Kyra lifts her right hand to see electric sparkles appear out of nowhere.
A voice says calmly," Yo, Aldred." Aldred got scared for a second there, he looked to the left side to see Amanda. Finally, she was here; she took her time, but finally she arrived. These emotions were expressed on Aldred's eyes. Aldred immediately stood up with a smile and greeted her," Oh, damn, you scared me." Amanda was smiling as if she had been waiting to meet them after so many days. Well, that was the case, though she hadn't met Kyra and Aldred for around a year at this point due to business problems.
She then looked towards Kyra. As usual, she looked unfazed, like she didn't even notice Amanda. Amanda broke the silence to speak up," Ahh, hi Kyra." She waved her hand too, making it even more awkward. She looked back at Aldred to speak," Ok, so what's the reason for calling me?" Her outfit looked like she had just left work. She was carrying a backpack which looked heavy, her outfit was heavy too, she was wearing a brown, thick coat, and below, she was wearing classic jeans, nothing unique. Her hair was all out of place, like she was in a hurry before.
Aldred replied, or more like, he whispered," We can't talk it here."
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" So, how's Akuma? I think you met him, right?" Asked Hidoi to 47. Both of them were walking in a corridor. They almost reached the end, where they saw a sign for the science lab, which directed them to the right side. They turned right to see a science lab. To their right, there was a machine with a small device that had the text 'Mana' written on it. There were many machines, but 47 and Hidoi went to the machine whose device had the name of 'Indhra Mana'.
There was a scientist beside the machine wearing a white coat. Pretty typical scientist. Finally, 47 replied," He's fine, but those will be answered when you see him".
47 stops at the scientist and lifts his hand to notify the scientist that he has come. He kept his right hand on his shoulders. The scientist turned back to see 47. He got scared for a second there. He said after calming himself," Finally, you came." He turned back towards the machine's device. 47 and Hidoi listened carefully," So, his mana has awakened, and that's the only explanation left to give for his abnormal behaviour. I tried my best to find someone else with the same mana fluctuations, but I couldn't find anyone in our country, so Indhra must die if Akuma has to survive".
Hidoi didn't want that. Indhra was his childhood friend, and he could not betray him like that; he just could not. He bowed his head down so that no one could see his tears rolling down his face. Yeah, he was crying, who wouldn't? 47 looked at him to see his crying face. He kept his hand on Hidoi's shoulder to comfort him. 47 looked back at the scientist," Fine, I will take you to Akuma too, you explain everything to him, is it fine?" He turned back, moving his hand to hold Hidoi's other shoulder, and said," By the way, bring a bit of his mana so Akuma can live for some time." The scientist smirked and opened a suitcase that had a syringe-like tube. He took it.
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" So you want to find Albert?" Amanda asked, her face showing irritation. All three of them were in an alleyway between two houses, where no one was there to hear their conversation. But that is what they thought cause there was one person a few metres away from them hiding behind a house. He was wearing a cloak, a hat on top, trying to hide his face.
" Please, Amanda, please understand us." Amanda looks a bit side, trying to ignore Aldred. Kyra turned back, kept her hand on her right pocket to take a cigarette out. She started to smoke until Aldred and Amanda agreed. Kyra looks to her right side to see a black cloth waving due to the wind, she suspects something but decides to ignore it and looks back front.
The guy wearing a cloak sighs while keeping his hand on his chest, trying to calm himself. " Damn yourself, man, how can you do something so stupid?" he thought in his mind.
Here, Aldred was still trying to convince Amanda. " Ok, fine," She interrupts Aldred's pleading. " Just promise me you ain't gonna kill him.
" Huh! What does she mean by that? Damn you, Amanda." He keeps both his hands in his pockets to pick up a gun that rolls towards his left side, and turns back to aim towards Aldred. " Calm yourself, it ain't that hard to kill your ex-teammate, right?" He questioned himself in his mind.
He heard an electric bolt sound behind him. He got scared and shuffled the aim to shoot just beside Aldred's ears. From behind, someone's arm holds Albert around his neck to push him down. The pushing caused Albert's gun to fly up. The person who held Albert caught his gun in her hand and quickly aimed it towards Albert's head. The person was none other than Kyra.
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" Look, you have to let me do all the talking," Said 47 while all three of them were on a lift, a wrong, futuristic lift[1]. The scientist was on the right side, and Hidoi was on the left side, whereas 47 was exactly between them.
The lift gate opened, and there were a few stairs, the side of which had carvings of children and a father playing with each other. The scientist thought it looked creepy. Hidoi too thought it looked creepy as he too came here for the first time.
There was one more door to open, 47 proceeded to open it, and hence, there they all saw a person lying on a white bed. The whole room was painted white.
47 commanded both of them to kneel. 47 himself didn't. Both of them followed the orders and knelt. 47 said," Akuma, the treaty failed. Kingdom Menchent has cancelled the treaty, their Shadow State leader, Lynx said,' Keep the treaty in your communism. ' Should we do any retaliation towards them?"
Akuma had no answer. He then proceeded to say, We got a temporary cure which will cure you for some time until we can get Indhra's mana." He kept his hand in front of the scientist, signaling him to give the syringe.
The scientist quickly proceeds to give 47. 47 picked up the syringe and then kept it in front of his face by stretching his arm. A weird red liquid starts to come out of Akuma's skin and travels till 47, surrounds the syringe. The syringe starts to move and proceeds to inject itself into Akuma's arm.
Akuma felt it, and he opened his eyes completely red. A sudden red color gas starts to emit from Akuma, and the bed he was sleeping on breaks apart. His skin, which was weak and lacked the scenery of muscles, started to show signs of muscle.
Hidoi and the scientist tried to cover their faces so that dust couldn't enter their eyes.
If all this were less, Akuma starts to float and keeps his posture bipedal. He gives a side eye behind the scientist.
The scientist thought in his mind," Is he a Devil or a Human?"
THE END
[1] I'll leave that to your imagination