Chapter Four: Brothers

[Leo]

It was the man from the Order ship, but what was he doing onboard a Tainted battleship? Tainted were the bi-product of Nomad tech, so why was this man standing before me on their flagship?

"16 years I've been waiting for my plants to finally become reality." he said laughing. "And now, finally, they stand before me, as perfect as I imagined..." he came forward and reached for Gwen who tried getting away, but instinct took over, or rather parenthood. The Nomad implants automatically kicked on and I shoved him back. A look of shock emerged on his face. "So you remember your past then? Kyoto?"

"Yes."

"Autumn?"

"Yes." I snarled. I remembered the dinner table where he sat at, I remember her saying he was a good man while so clearly he wasn't. I remembered her telling me he was drugging her, but he said he was my father.

"So naive." said a woman who came around to hug the man. Autumn stood before me, as real as ever.

"So are you real? Or are you a fraud like you have been before, simple halo messages meant to lead me off on a path of false objectives, leading me into wild goose chases? I thought I was here to turn Tainted back into TANED?"

"TANED? Are you joking? Look at us Leo, we're more than we could have imagined. We're stronger than any mortal creature. The Nomads have given us what we've always dreamed of...power. And you will become one of us again, as soon as we wipe your memories again...and that little brat will be ours, to be used for us, just as your father intended..."

Gwen...wait a minute. I remembered the research. It clearly stated that a normal Human creature with normal DNA mixed with someone of a Hybrid, would create a even stronger child...Gwen...she was that hybrid...then after Autumn was pregnant I was taken into Tainted...my bloodline was legendary, but if she obtained a child from me before I became what I am now...her deluded Tainted would become even stronger...I understood their game.

"And now that we have you both where we want you, you don't stand a chance. Activate Allecto." said another man behind me, Takashi was smiling behind me, but I saw a flicker of something on my HUD...a program opened and code scrolled by until I read a clear message.

"Allecto is one with you now, they cannot access it, prepare for battle my dear Leo...

"We are one."

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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.
The Banished Legion | Astral