<Episode 22>
Those Who Shall Conquer
Nero walks a few paces ahead of Emily and Sid, he's barely said a word to them since. Emily, gazing at his back as he walks, she can't help but feel that there's a difference, this doesn't feel like the same Nero from a year and a half ago. He's filled with rage and resentment, he looks like he could snap at any minute.
Sid: are you all right?
Emily: hmm?
Sid: you haven't said a word
Emily: I'm just… worried
Sid: about him?
Emily: yeah… he's different
Sid: It’s like I told you, he's not the same person we knew from that time. He's consumed by his guilt for what happened to Leo, he blames himself
Emily: why? It’s not his fault
Sid: tell that to him
Emily: from what you told me, he arrived there a little late, there was nothing he could do, right?
Sid: I don't know, Emily. But I can tell you this, I've tried getting through to him and some words get there but in the end, the result stays the same, nothing barely changes
Emily: ...
Sid: I've done all I could for him. Maybe you can try, he listens to you… a lot may have happened but I'm sure he still feels something for you
Emily: I don't know, a year and a half is an awfully long time
Sid: it can't hurt to try… then again..
Emily: ...
They both gaze upon his back, barely sparing a second to turn back to them. Emily decides to go up ahead and walk beside him.
Emily: hey
Nero: ...
Emily: I'm sure you have a lot of questions about where I've been all this time
Nero: not really
Emily: oh..
Sid makes a face behind them, this is not going well.
Emily: well, Nero...
Nero: Emily
Emily: yes?
Nero: ..I'm not in a talking mood right now
Emily stands in place and watches as he continues walking.
Sid stands by her side.
Sid: you're gonna have to do better than that
Emily: I don't know what to do
Sid: reconnect with him
Emily: how?
Sid: that's something you should figure out
Air space.
Several army helicopters fly into Seraph city, every person walking outside can see them as they fly in, they didn't bother wasting their time in entering the city unnoticed.
Amber: Lieutenant, are you sure entering this way is wise? They could’ve noticed us by now
Asami: that's exactly why I wanted to enter this way, I want them to see us, I want them to know that we're coming
Amber: all right then
Below.
Nero notices the choppers fly in, he barely sheds a sweat and continues walking straight ahead.
Sid and Emily notice the army as well.
Sid: shit, they're here
Emily: they came for you guys?
Sid: yeah, I made it to number one on their most wanted list… well, number two, following Nero
Emily: that reminds me, back there you hinted something about what Nero did
Sid: when?
Emily: when you had your gun faced towards Lee's face
Sid: oh… that was in the heat of the moment, nothing you should worry about
Emily: now I'm getting really worried, what happened?
Sid: ...
Emily: spit it out, Sid
Nero: might as well tell her, it won't change anything
Sid: (that's what you think)
Emily: ...
Sid: the reason why there are so many soldiers flying in from Sapphire City is because Nero...
Emily: what did he do?
Sid: ..he attacked the whole army base and almost completely destroyed it, killed I don't know how many soldiers there
Emily: what!?
Sid: so, now if you're seen with us, you'll probably be marked as a target too, so stay out of sight. I got a feeling they have the shoot-to-kill order out on us
Emily: well then we have to get out of this open space. I have a place where we can go and hideout
Nero: ...
Sid: Nero? This sounds like a good idea
Nero: ..sure, fine
Emily leads them to her hideout, out in the other side of the city. A secluded area full of weird and dangerous people.
Sid: you hid out here?
Emily: yeah
Sid: and none of these guys had the thought of attacking you?
Emily: you think I came here all by myself, no. I only came to this hideout when I was with Lee, they didn't dare to do anything to me when he was around
Sid: oh. I gotta ask
Emily: what?
Sid: Lee… why him?
Emily: I'll answer your question once we've settled in
Creepy guy: welcome back, baby
Emily: eew, back off asshole
Creepy guy: oh come on baby
Sid draws his gun and aims it at the guys face.
Sid: you heard the lady, back off
The man slid off back into the shadows from whence he came.
Emily reaches the door to her hideout, she unlocks and removes the padlock then opens the door.
Emily: here we are
Sid: home sweet home?
Emily: you can say that… for now
Sid: not bad
Nero enters and Emily closes the door behind him. On the wall, a wanted poster hangs, it’s of a huge bald man presumably seven foot and five inches, wanted for killing two scientists and stealing ice cream from a street vendor, he was last seen with another man wearing a lab coat, presumably a scientist. Ranked extremely dangerous, approach with caution, both might be regarded as Reborn.
Sid: whoa, who's this weird bald guy on this poster?
Emily: I don't know, some wanted Reborn
Sid: hahaa, for stealing ice cream?
Nero heads over to the couch, lays on his back with his hands behind his head.
*
Seraph City.
Army Base.
Asami heads over to the Commander in charge, Colonel Aizen Sazaki.
Asami: Colonel
Col. Aizen: Lieutenant Asami, General Cross told me to be expecting you
He looks over her shoulder and sees behind her, over twelve men lined up.
Col. Aizen: you spared no soldier
Asami: I sent out a few of them elsewhere to look out, and contact me if they find our targets. But they came on their own volition. We all want vengeance for what was done to us. We shall conquer
Col. Aizen: yes, I heard of what happened. Bad news indeed, anything you want, I'm here to help
Asami: thank you, Colonel
To Be Continued...
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ActionThe story takes place after the events of the past. It's been a year and a half year ago since Nero has been captured by the army, and Leo went missing, leaving Sid to come up with an idea of how he's going to get him free from the army's hold. Sid...
