The Pursuit Of Genesis

9 : The Meeting in Eva

Three days ago the 'Lower fifth' rank was defeated by William and Charlotte. This was humanity's first achievement against the war with devils- the dark entities of unknown origin. That was truly a shivering fight and they both did a remarkable job.

But, thinking about the fight at trisection scares me. Who could have thought we were up against something so sinister, the ranked devils. According to his devil mark, he was a low rank, yet he was really strong, fast and accurate. Looking at someone like William and Charlotte struggling against him felt terrible. I was helpless, worthless back then.

And that other devil? He opened the massive portal and appeared out of nowhere. His QI was unmatchable. Almost impossible for a human to match. We are fighting against creatures like him? Do we even have a chance to win? He just came and killed every possessed human present there in no time. And took Charlotte with him.

William felt the most miserable back then. He vowed to protect everyone, and the same day, he wasn't able to save even a single possessed person, and Charlotte was taken away in front of his eyes. He was left with no strength. He blacked out after Naberius left. We were brought back to HQ by EVA supporting staff. William was quickly taken to the EVA operation room for his terribly injured body and broken leg. His leg can't be cured. William lost his one leg. They temporarily fix things up with an artificial leg. And surprisingly, his body was successfully able to resonate with the artificial body part. Doctor himself was surprised to see that.

'It's the first time when an artificial body part was able to resonate with the human body so perfectly.' The doctor said, 'He can use it like his normal leg, but it wont be strong enough. It won't be as perfect as a natural human body part.'

But now William can at least walk instead of being on others' support.

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"Wi..lliam, he should pay for this... he should-" William heard Charlotte's painful voice. The breaking voice in pain and suffering, reaching out to him. But he wasn't able to reach her. William walked towards the voice in the endless white plain. As he increased his speed, the voice intensity decreased. William raised his hand forward to reach her. As he approached close to the voice. The voice decreased and slowly faded away. He found himself lost in that endless plain.

Soon, the white endless plain faded away and he found himself inside the water. He was falling, sinking deep inside the ocean. The water was calm, warm and felt like every particle of water inside the ocean was kissing his wounded body. His eyes were open but nothing was clear. He was drowning, his hands were tied. He tries to move, but he can't, he sees water bubbles ascending to the surface of water, realizing he's losing his breath. He struggled to move, until a soft hand touched his skin. A second hand touched his face. The hands pulled him up, he ascended to the surface and was brought out of the water.

He felt dizzy, his eyes couldn't see clearly. There was a familiar face, a woman with silver white hair flowing all over her body.

"Ri.vi..a?" He says, with his breaking voice.

"William, remember....The genesis is beginning." The woman said, "We don't have time to cry, there's no time to regret and fall into misery.....wake up. If we don't stand, no one will."

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He woke up, full of sweat and heavily breathing, he looked around. He found himself at EVA. It was a big room with walls painted in light gray.

A dream he thought.

William tried to move but his body wasn't recovered. He felt intense pain shivering his whole body. He looked around and found some of his old photos framed on walls. His battlesuit was hung properly at the corner and his favorite plant placed near his bed.