Chapter Three: Ignition

[Leo]

New York System
Planet Manhattan, Docks District
Old Black Company Hideout

"Swine." I spat at the wounded soldier, he only smiled with blood stained teeth, and it was the last smile he ever had on his face. I fired a blaster round into his forehead and he fell to the ground limp. My headached, Leo had truely done a number on me. Forcing me to almost tears. It was true, I loved him, but that b**** Autumn would have nothing of it, espically me being with Leo...what was her f***ing angle anyway? She was out to take his blood and then kill him for fear of him becoming too strong, yet she loved him and left him little clues here and there so he would recover bits and pieces of his memory.

"I don't think you should be shooting them Sarah." Takashi said coming up behind me.

"And why not?" I replied with a sneer.

Takashi Katacuchi, one of the fabled legendary bloodlines for Nomad compatability, but as far as the leadership felt, Leo was the only one who was the most dangerous. Takashi was always a hothead, beliving Leo to be a weakling that only appears strong. However, Takashi's mother was killed when a Nomad tried to infuse itself with her, so it was obvious that Takashi was almost not comptatable with the Nomad, it was the fathers blood that allowed the fusion to be possible...and even then, the Nomad tech in him and me could still over take us at any moment, causing us to become...one of them.

"Because," he continued, "we need them for info. Leo was here, and if he was we need to know why he came here and why they lured him here. Do you really think he came here on his own accord?"

"You think Doctor Jean clued him into the hideout?" I asked quizically pulling a body up from the rubble, discovering it to be a corpse and dropping it back into the rubble.

"I know she did. We went to collect her and she was gone. Like a ghost...her implants are still active apparently."

"Can we track her like we did Leo?"

"No. She's disabled the tracking device, as the Black Company has done to themselves, and now Leo it seems. I can't locate his Node anywhere."

S***. Looks like Leo is getting smarter, and he's remembering memories more clear, real memories, none of the one's we made up to keep him oblivious to his true nature. Things were getting dangerous for us. If Leo remembered everything and gained full control over his tech, we would have a serious problem.

"Commander Sarah! Commander Takashi! Come quick!" one of the soldiers yelled and we followed suit. We came to a room of monitors, all were shattered except one, and the words left on the screen sent a chill so terrible through my spine.

"Leo is unblocked. Your death comes quickly."

I picked up my communicator quickly and called Autumn.

"Ma'am? We have a problem...a serious problem."

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.

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