Abdicate

[Leo]

14 Years Ago
Tainted Destroyer

The room was surrounded by equipment and the sound of devices humming in the quiet of the ships hull. A man seated, head hung low, and strapped to a chair. Where was he, why was this happening to him. All he wanted to do was protect Kyoto...from the Naval forces...why was he here. Strange clamps were attached at his ankles and wrists, these devices were hooked up to a computer across the room. Leo knew if he pulled hard enough with his ankles, he could knock a device over...he heard the door open across the room and quickly closed his eyes.

"Wake up little Leo." said a deep voice. The man looked up slowly to his captors. A tall balding man wearing an unknown uniform. "How are you feeling...well I guess that doesn't really matter now does it?"

"Where...who are you?"

"That's an ironic question, where am I..."

"I asked you a bloody question!"

Leo's head slammed into the wall behind him against his will.

"We're asking the questions here, LEO. You will do as WE ask."

"Sure." Leo said through gritted teeth. "How can I be of service?"

"First, you can go to sleep."

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I opened my eyes gasping. What was that scene? Was that when they first had captured Leo? I blinked my eyes, trying to hold on to the dream and remember everything from it. I reached for the notebook next to my bed and began writing everything down. After I was finished I re-read it...it was when Leo was first captured. I could hear his thoughts, see through his eyes...and see that bastard father of his questioning his own son. I laid the notebook down on the nightstand beside me and laid back. Was this the work of Allecto?

It was possible. Allecto had simply been an AI. She was responsible for the abilities of the other people of Tainted. She regulated their abilities and kept the Nomads from taking over the human mind completely, creating a strange cooperative union between Man and Alien. It was crazy, but many humans wanted the abilities of the Nomads and still have freewill. I simply had Nomad enhancements implanted into my body...possibly with other human ones as well.

The Nomads were by far the most destructive force to be discovered by mankind. Their technology was lightyears ahead of us, and their destructive ability had de-stabalized the relations between Liberty and Rhienland to the point of war. They would have destroyed us if not for the Order...wait, the Order. Of course. If I could contact them about Leo, maybe they would be able to discover his location.

The room shifted...similar to how it did in memories. I blinked and shook my head. I felt something running down my nose and looked down. Red drops were appearing on my blanket, I wiped the blood from under my nose. The room shifted again and my head felt like it was being split open. Nurses ran into the room quickly and laid be down, started patting me gently as the bed started to roll. I opened my eyes in pain and saw straight ahead of me, written on the celing as we moved quickly...

"I am coming..."

And just before I blacked out...

...I screamed...

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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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