Chapter Four: Brothers

[Leo]

I came to...I was standing exactly where I was before, the guards rushing me...it all just shut off? Like that? But I remembered...I remembered. I brought the blades up to my sides and stared at the guards rushing me. All I knew is I had to get to Autumn at no matter the cost, no matter what. I had no time for fighting these guards. I focused on the memory I had regained...

"Remember the melody from your childhood. Remember your mother soothing you quietly with the melody...remember this word Leo...this is the word that will lock you out of your abilities until you remember everything we planned together...remember my love...IGNITION."

Every block that had existed in my mind vanished and the abilities and implants came on in full force, full power and strength, my body was a power amongst all power, I was stronger than any creature, I was stronger than any man...I was the strongest creature that walked the cosmos...as the guards came up to me, I stood panting as they reached me. They stopped in their tracks.

"Drop your weapons Leo!" one yelled.

"Come and get them if you want them so bad." I spat.

The first one rushed me and I quickly deflected all his atacks. His mind looked like it switched to Nomad mode, but quickly shut off after it came on and he began to scream.

"Can't do it can you? Why not hmm?"

"Arrrgh..." he screamed holding his head. I launched and drove the blade through the back of his head. He fell limp to the ground. I rose slowly as the others were obviously angry at their lost comrade...I was losting valuable time, I had to make it to Autumn, and fast, who knows what that bastard was doing to her, I ran full sprint at the guards, spinning attacks as I went, cutting a hole through them, but as I ran, they parted ways, allowing me passage...I guess they didn't want to deal with me, or else they knew what was ahead.

As I charged into the adjoning hallway, I stood face to face with a man I had once been a friend with, long ago. Takashi stood facing me, his face calm, but his body language showing another story, he was angry, he was violent and he wanted vengance for something, I could see it in his eyes.

"Leo...do you...remember?" he asked, struggling.

"I do old friend...I do." I replied.

"Kill him Leo...kill that bastard...I'm going to stay here...save her...before it's too late."

I knew what he meant...even though I had my memory back, everything returned, some things still didn't make sense. Like I was jumbled and lost, they were mixed up and as I ran I tried to make sense of the memories, but they refused to right themselves. I came up to the top of the stairs and stopped as I saw the girl that was with Takashi, she was crying, she looked straight at me and gasped.

"No no no...you can't be here Leo. Takashi is on her side Leo!"

I shoved past her and heard her scream something at me.

"You know who I am daddy!"

I froze in my tracks. Autumn had been pregnant before I under went this entire plan. Gwen was truely my daughter...she was older than I thought she would be...could it be that I had spent more time than I thought in stasis? More time being in Tainted than I thought? She had to be at least nine years old, but at the time of Autumn's initial plan, she was just two months.

"You know who I am..." she said collapsing to the floor crying tears. Her eyes were breath taking blue...almost un-natural.

"Come with me...stay close." I said running down the hallway towards the door at the end and blew it open, spinning my blades out by my side as I did so, killing the two guards on either side, I looked up slowly and saw him standing behind the desk, both hands on the oak finish, he smiled at me. His bright white teeth shining even in the low light. Gwen hid behind me, shaking violently. The man opened his mouth and said the words that I hate to this day.

"Welcome home...son."

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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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