SEASON 3
THE DOUBT OF PURPOSE
Zeyto sat comfortably in his desk, hitting the semi-circle shaped table with his index fingernail and gazing eagerly at the door as if he expected an arrival. Immediately after some seconds, Jraidson bumped into the office with a worried expression written across his face.
"How bad is it?" Zeyto quickly asked, immediately Jraidson walked in.
"It's bad." Jraidson squeezed his face "Really bad. Like, catastrophically bad. They destroyed the whole city!"
"I just hope Ariella, Snyder and Trevor are okay. It's been 9 hours since I sent the A rated Terminators after them." Zeyto said, flouncing about "Whenever Reborn is involved, things seem to get out of hand. I just hope the A rated Terminators arrive at Kingston sooner."
"You sent A rated Terminators?!" Jraidson yelled "Must I remind you that even Justin was defeated by this same Reborn?"
"Defeated - ish."
"That's not the point!" Jraidson groaned out of frustration "We need to call up Sable or Justin!"
"Relax, Jraidson." Zeyto sighed "It's . . ."
The whole room suddenly went dark, and a holographic image shot from the ground and formed itself into a middle-aged man. The man wore a black suit, with black shades covering his eyes. His brownish-black hair was well kept and his chinstrap was expertly trimmed.
"General Stones." Zeyto seemed to be startled "To what to we owe this honour?"
"Cut the formal bullshit." Mr. Stones sighed "I hope you know of the disaster at Kingston."
"Yeah I do." Zeyto answered.
"We're gonna need both of you assholes at our next meeting." Mr. Stones told them "We have a lot of shit to talk about. This Reborn guy is proving to be a real problem for us. We need to restrategise."
"Yeah. We do." Jraidson agreed "I heard a D rated Agent of yours was greatly involved. So I'm guessing it was a joint mission."
"Catch up, armour boy." Mr. Stones sighed, deeply "My Agent has already arrived. He's fine."
"Our Terminators have also arrived. They are currently being treated by our healing nurse." Jraidson informed him.
"About the Reborn issue. We're gonna have to contact the other Terminating Schools." Zeyto suggested "They are also involved."
"Already done." He told Zeyto "What? Did you . . ."
The door was suddenly banged open, and to their surprise, Trevor stormed through it.
"Trevor, stop!" Ariella screamed, as Trevor kept ignoring her with a furious look on his face "Trevor!"
"Trevor." Zeyto gasped "Has your strength fully been restored?"
"I have questions!" Trevor suddenly bellowed.
"Hey, relax. What's wrong with you?" Jraidson asked him "You can't come in here and raise your voice on us! The General commander of the Agents of Lyrax Excorsism is here! Don't you d . . ."
"I don't care!!!" Trevor shouted, clenching his fist "I said I have questions! Tell me; what is our purpose?!"
"What . . . d'you mean?" Jraidson asked him.
"He already started with the questions. Silly old Trevor." Snyder muttered, walking into the office with his arms in his pockets.
"So these are the descendants of Shida of this generation." Mr. Stones smirked.
"I'm asking something!" Trevor yelled "Answer me!"
"What happened?" Zeyto asked him.
"What happened was I had to fight alongside a Lyrax in this psycho mission you guys came up with!" Trevor told them "But that's not what you teach us here! You teach us that Lyraxes are completely evil! Yesterday, I met a good, loving Lyrax! What's that supposed to mean?!"
"Trevor!" Ariella scolded.
"No. Not this time, Ariella." Trevor said, turning to face Zeyto "You know what I learnt from all this? Most Lyraxes of this particular generation never started out as Lyraxes. Reborn has the power to create Lyraxes out of Humans. So wh . . . what are we doing?! Have we been killing Humans all this time?!"
"They might've started out as Humans, but they are Lyraxes now, Trevor. Lyraxes that need to be terminated. Or else, good people will die." Zeyto said, with complete resolve.
"You're only able to say that because you haven't seen what I have." Trevor told him "I met a Lyrax that had a whole life before she transformed into a Lyrax. She was a good person."
Zeyto and Jraidson looked from Ariella to Snyder. They both realised that Ariella and Snyder had both bowed their heads. They had sad expressions on their faces, and Ariella's was the most readable.
"What? You've got nothing to say?" Trevor sighed "What we are doing is wrong?! We are not supposed to kill Lyraxes! We are supposed to save them, somehow! I . . ." Trevor looked away and sighed again "I'm not sure what my purpose is, anymore. After what I experienced during our mission, I don't think I can terminate another Lyrax without feeling any guilt."
"Wait. What do you mean by that, Trevor?" Snyder asked him, tilting his head sideways out of confusion.
"I'm . . . I'm done, Zeyto Sensei." Trevor said, confidently "Until I get a satisfying answer to my questions, I'm done."
"Trevor do you understand what you're saying?" Jraidson asked him.
"I can't kill another Lyrax." Trevor sighed "I'm sorry." He walked back towards the door, and exited the office.
After he left, there was complete silence for some minutes. But Zeyto finally broke the silence.
"That was . . . something." He sighed "What did you guys go through?"
"I'm also not sure about our purpose as Terminators anymore, but for my late father, I'm not going to stop." Ariella assured them "I did promise him that I'll become the greatest female Terminator ever."
"And I don't care." Snyder shrugged, walking out of the room.
"I'm not in the mood for reports, Uncle Zeyto." Ariella sighed, turning to leave "I'll be taking my leave." She finally walked through the door and closed it shut behind her.
"Well, this looks . . . not good." Mr. Stones said, scratching his chin "You think Reborn brainwashed the shit outta him?"
"No." Zeyto sighed, returning to his seat "It's called doubt."
"I'm going to keep an eye on him. Anything could've happened during that mission." Mr. Stones frowned at the thought of it "You know me. After what I've seen today, I can't trust that kid anymore. He may be working for Reborn as we speak."
"You're going too far. You know that's impossible." Jraidson disagreed.
"In this line of work, nothing is impossible?" Mr. Stones sighed, deeply "In my life, the people I distrust the most are the poeple I'm expected to trust the most. I will keep my eye on him."
With that, his holographic image faded away.
