Chapter 12. Project Eve.

  Two days have passed since the call that Xavier made to Mark, what he found out was somewhat strange. The "thing" they were transporting was a humanoid figure, it had an armour like accretion. It was pitch black and crystalic, but supposedly so though their best weapons and equipment couldn't break through it. The humanoid was on the other hand in the state of what seemed to be a sleep-like one, however the magical power readings near it were off the charts. Kael thought that this probably was the power source that mag-tech was currently running on, it disgusted him severely. Knowing it was once a living being, maybe even a human, disgusted him to such a level that he wanted to puke every time he thought about it. It was like history was repeating itself from thousands of years ago, Kael couldn't stand it and wanted to prepare immediately to rescue or mercy-kill whatever it was. But they didn't know where it was headed or how tightly protected it was, all they knew besides what the transport was, was just the name of the project, "Eve". Kael remembered that they probably took it from the Bible, Eve, the second human that betrayed God and made herself and her husband fall from Eden. He tried to connect the dots between the source of the name for the project and the humanoid, but nothing matched. It was either a completely random name or based on nothing. But Kael didn't decide to give up so quickly and he thought pretty much every single second about it after finding out about it, he couldn't think about anything else but the connection between the humanoid and the project's name being "Eve". As he was thinking about it he suddenly felt a poke at his shoulder, it was Mediae. He still was getting used to her new outfit, since she was his royal guard, she also decided to be... His maid... Tenebrae unfortunately helped her with picking an outfit so she wore a slightly skimpy french maid outfit, it infuriated Kael, but surprisingly it infuriated Katrine even more. When she first saw Mediae's new outfit she started screaming something in Ukrainian, Kael remembered it was around the lines of, "ЧОМУ ТИ НАМАГА?ШСЯ ВКРАСТИ МОЮ ЧОЛОВ?КУ!?", "В?Н М?Й, НЕ СМ?Й ЙОГО СПОКУШАТИ!", and similar. Kael didn't understand a word of her yelling but Tenebrae was laughing about it and Mediae was slightly embarrassed, he could imagine what she said. As he was lost in thought Mediae suddenly poked his shoulder harder, startling Kael.

  -"Master... I've heard you plan on breaking into whatever facility 'Eve' was taken to, I'm here to ask for your permission. I can go scout the terrain for you if you wish me to, however I cannot promise I won’t be captured."

  Kael's first thought was that this was stupid and dangerous, but he brushed those thoughts aside. He could always question her later, for now he nodded approvingly, Mediae seeing this bowed down and retreated from his room leaving him alone once again. He looked over onto his desk, there rested "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness", he felt something strange inside him igniting when he looked over onto them. Like something was calling him, he picked up the sheathed swords and attached them by his hip. He made his way out to the main door and decided to train in the forest where he previously trained with Mediae, Katrine seeing this stepped in front of him, her voice both angry and full of worry.

  -"Where are you going? And why are you bringing these swords alongside you...? Hello Kael? Earth to Kael is someone in the house? HELLO!?"

  Kael seemed to ignore her, suddenly he grabbed her shoulder and threw her away with inhumane strength, as Katrine was about to crash into the wall Mediae caught her at the last second. She gently put Katrine on the ground and summoned her shadow spear, getting into a fighting stance. She didn't know what got into Kael as well, but whatever it was, he wasn't himself. Suddenly Tenebrae approached the girls and spoke in a low serious tone.

  -''

  She knew what she was talking about, Mediae with a quick nod lunged forward. As she was about to strike Kael in a long arc with the blunt end of her spear, she heard a sudden metal clang sound and sparks flying everywhere. "Kael" blocked her strike with one of the swords, she knew that he learnt very quickly and had exceptional talent for fighting skills, but she didn't expect him to block this so easily. Without wasting a second he pushed onto offense swinging one of the swords with clear intent to kill, Mediae despite her immense fighting skill, was pushed onto defence. She didn't stand a chance, it infuriated her that this boy was pressuring her so much despite his obvious experience in fighting. Mediae was constantly pushed back, and whatever was controlling Kael, used only one sword. It was playing with her like a child with a new toy. Suddenly "Kael" stopped attacking, Mediae thought he was getting back control, but suddenly he grabbed a chair and threw it at her. Mediae reacting last second made her spear disappear and grabbed the chair placing it down on the ground, but it was too late. Before she could even react she felt a strong punch sending her into a wall, she knew Kael was never this strong physically. As he pulled out his second sword and started walking towards her to finish her, Katrine suddenly stood in his way. She spread her arms wide, clearly not wanting him to go through. "Kael" brought his swords high, and as he was about to strike her down... His muscles suddenly froze, Katrine looking closer saw that the muscles trembled. Kael was fighting himself to not hurt her, but it was clear he wouldn't hold on for long. She saw that the swords were slowly coming down meaning Kael was losing control again, in the last ditch effort... She suddenly lunged forward wrapping her arms around his neck and kissed him. It made Kael's eye go wide and made him drop the swords. He also suddenly pried her off.

  -"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!? YOU COULD'VE JUST SLAPPED ME OR SOMETHING! IT'D WORK JUST AS WELL KAT!"

  His face was flushed well with embarrassment, he didn't expect that from her. Katrine realising what she had done had her face go scarlet as well, she quickly regretted the decision she made as a last ditch effort. He thought to himself, "Although it was fucking dumb from her, it wasn't that bad...", as he was thinking about what just happened Tenebrae approached them. She was slightly swishing her tail in her wolf form, either from irritation or happiness, knowing it could be either. She approached Kael and Katrine and sat down on the ground next to them.

  -'’

  Her voice was serious and sad, it was clear she expected Kael to control the curse himself as she has done before, but he was too weak for now. Sealing part of her soul within the swords was the only way of helping him, even if it meant sacrificing her temporary freedom. Kael understood what she meant and grabbed the swords approaching Tenebrae. As he was in front of her, Tenebrae looked around one last time in this wolf form. Suddenly Kael stabbed the swords into her body, but instead of blood spraying everywhere, a black mist appeared enveloping both Tenebrae and the swords. The mist was extremely thick and dense, nobody could see what was happening behind it, as it settled down Tenebrae was gone. She sealed part of her soul within "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness" to help Kael with their curse. But suddenly the swords trembled and black mist appeared again, everyone thought the sealing had gone south and Tenebrae was getting expelled. She appeared once again in her wolf form next to the swords.

  -''

  The last sentence sent chills down everyone's spines in the room, Kael understood it was a temporary solution and that he'd either control the curse himself, or Tenebrae would be slowly corrupted by it. But for now, the worst out of these two was far far away from happening, suddenly Mediae dropped to her knees and seemed to shed tears. At first Kael thought they were tears of sadness, after all Tenebrae saved Mediae from being "fuel" for Mag-Tech and made her, her right hand and a skilled warrior. But what Mediae said contradicted his thinking.

  -"Mistress Tenebrae is so generous for Master Kael... I'm quite envious of what she is doing for you and what she will do for you, I wish I could be as much of help as she is."

  As she finished speaking, she bowed down in front of Kael and closed her eyes, she was expecting him to scold her or similar for seemingly talking nonsense.

  -"You don't have to apologise for anything, you're doing your part while Tenebrae does her's... Raise your head up Mediae, you're not worthless or useless, you're very important to me... As a companion, Royal Guard, a friend... And a... And a maid..."

  Mediae seeing this immediately looked up, she had tears in her eyes and genuine gratitude on her face. Suddenly she lunged forward and cried into Kael's chest saying stuff like, "Best Master...", "You're too kind for me..." And, "I'll never let you down...". Katrine seeing this pouted like a small kid and stared daggers at Mediae embracing Kael, when he noticed this he chuckled nervously. He knew Katrine was overly protective of him and jealous of Mediae's attempts at "seduction", so seeing her embracing Kael made her annoyed even more. Kael gently pried Mediae off of him and patted her head, a small gentle gesture you'd show to a child... Not a woman that was thousands of years old and looked petite, not even mentioning the skimpy french maid outfit... But Kael brushed those thoughts aside for now, as the dust settled down, he finally collected his mind again. Project Eve was their top priority now, but where would it be kept? Going by the biblical naming of it, and it being called Eve, a second human who betrayed God and got kicked out of... Eden... EDEN! Kael immediately pulled out his phone and searched every bit of news that recently popped out regarding his school. What he found was exactly what he was looking for, his school was closed down for an undisclosed reason. But he knew the truth, for some reason they needed the Eden Academy for the project "Eve". But the informator that Mark had contact with couldn't dig deeper, he wanted to go in immediately, but it'd be a suicide. For now he decided to plan it out a bit, since this was the high school he attended, he knew every nook and cranny. So going around wouldn't be a problem, but the real issue was where "Eve" was held down. It would be deep in the school's basement if not even deeper, maybe there's a hidden mag-tech structure beneath the school? He decided to talk it out with the girls now.

  -"Mediae, Tenebrae and you Katrine... We'll be breaking into the 'Eden Academy ', there's a high possibility the 'Eve' project is being conducted there. I'll say it now, I take the lead of our little 'operation', since I know everything about the Eden Academy... Please, I ask for your help in this..."

  He tried to sound as calm and collected as he could, but his voice betrayed his rage and anger. After all they were probably using a living being as means of generating energy in mag-tech, even though it barely resembled something close to being alive, he felt it was. He couldn't let it go so easily, Mediae was the first one to speak up.

  -"Wherever you go, Master, I'll follow you. Even if it is through hell's fire, I'll be next to you and fight whoever opposes you, allow me to Master..."

  As she finished speaking she bowed down, Kael subconsciously glanced at the slit in her skimpy french maid outfit chosen by Tenebrae, as he did so he had his face go scarlet. He quickly looked away pretending to ignore her, he quickly brushed them off and looked onto Tenebrae, she'd be forced to come either way since she sealed part of her soul in "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness". And the answer he got was just as he expected.

  -''

  Her voice was lively and cheerful, as typical. The last one that Kael looked on was Katrine, she had no magical power like them or good abilities nor skills. She was just an average teenage girl, but when she heard the resolve of both Mediae and Tenebrae, she made her choice. And since she kissed Kael to help him, she felt obliged.

  -"I'll come along too, but don't get yourself killed like last time Kael... Geez you're hopeless and too careless... ? надто милий..."

  Her voice sounded gruff and slightly annoyed, but as the last sentence left her mouth it was different, sweet and caring instead. Kael quickly understood what she meant by the last sentence even if he didn't speak the language, when he looked over onto Tenebrae, even though she was in her wolf form he could clearly see her smirk. He sighed deeply and decided to finally get to planning, so he decided to text Adam and Yuuto how the situation at school is looking. He received an answer almost immediately, "". Seeing that he was partially happy, this meant the mag-tech staff were either inside, or in the basement continuing the project "Eve". He decided to explain his idea for the plan, it was way more stupid than the mag-tech break-in one.

  -"We'll strike in the middle of the day, nobody will expect this. I know it's stupid and all, but who expects a bunch of idiots attacking them in the middle of the day? Exactly nobody, it's stupid, but genius... Fuck if this is gonna work, I'll do one thing that each of you want me to... One thing... Fuck..."

  Everyone hearing this put on thoughtful expressions, it indeed was a stupid plan that may work. Striking in the middle of the day is unexpected since most break-in's are done in the middle of the night when "nobody's" around, but in the middle of the day? It was unheard of because of how stupid the sheer idea would be, but Kael felt it might work this time. It would probably be a hard fight if it came down to it so he thought of an idea, they'd create a distraction. And he had the exact way of creating it in his mind, he still had his firecrackers. But they were too small, so he had another idea, it was way more stupid and dangerous.

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  -"We need a distraction, like making a makeshift explosive for example. Any form or shape of it, we need it to be loud or flashy enough for the guards to get rowdy and come investigate whatever has happened. Also how we're gonna get materials to make such makeshift explosive..."

  It was the stupidest part of the plan so far, creating such makeshift explosives that had a chance of not working was dangerous. Nobody would sell them the materials for one, no matter how much they offered. Kael thought about scrapping this part of the plan and thinking of another distraction, but it was the only one he could come up with. Normal firecrackers would be too weak to attract attention since they might think some kids are playing around, so he hit his head on the table to make himself think harder. He had to think of other plans that wouldn't be as stupid or impossible as this one, as he was lost in thought, his father came back. When Xavier walked into the living room he saw everyone gathered around and Kael in the middle lost in thought, it was clear to him that his son was planning something so he decided to ask him.

  -"Hey Kael, what y'all thinking about? You're planning on doing something with the project 'Eve', I mean Mark's informator gave us some interesting info... You figured something out?"

  When Kael heard his father he turned around to face him, his father knew him a bit too well. He decided to not beat around the bush and tell him straight up, he thought his father could help him with planning.

  -"I figured out where the project 'Eve' is being conducted and held, it's beneath Eden Academy... I plan on breaking in there with everyone, but there's a problem, I want to do it in the middle of the day when nobody suspects anything... But we'd need a distraction and my current plan isn't that good or it couldn't work as well..."

  His father hearing this had a shocked expression on his face, he didn't know his son would figure something like this out this quickly. But he then started thinking about a distraction as well, planning to break-in in the middle of the day isn't that bad of an idea, but the distraction part is. After all he knew that two 16 year olds along with a literal wolf and a thousand year old woman who looks around 16 would achieve nothing even if they tried their best, so he either would help them with planning or step in himself.

  -"Kael, i don't have any idea for a plan... Besides I won't be participating in it, sorry kiddo. You're alone on this one, hope you'll figure something out... I'm going to go make dinner, Mediae can you help me?"

  Mediae hearing this nodded and followed him into the kitchen, Kael was slightly annoyed at his predicament. He knew he was practically alone when it came to planning, he didn't trust Mediae or Tenebrae enough to come up with a plan, and he didn't want Katrine to carry that burden. He decided to think about the plan tomorrow, for now he decided to focus on the present. As he sat down on the couch he picked up "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness", part of Tenebrae's soul was now in them and both in him. When he thought about it, he came to the conclusion that he'd need the swords by him constantly. It would be weird to constantly carry them around, even when they are sheathed, so he had to come up with an idea to carry them constantly. He thought about carrying them in his old sports bag, it wouldn't be too suspicious and he could use the bag as an excuse for anything. Suddenly he saw that Katrine approached him with a curious expression, he remembered when the swords briefly possessed him. It still hurts him remembering it, Katrine blocked him with her own body risking her life to stop him, she also played a major part in making him snap out of it which he was thankful for.

  -"Hey Kael, don't you feel weird? I mean Tenebrae sealed part of her soul to temporarily ease the sword's effect, besides other parts of her soul are within you... I mean how do you feel about it, having someone like her be basically you..."

  Kael, hearing this put the swords down and looked at his hands, he remembered how much Tenebrae sacrificed so he could live and do literally anything. He couldn't do anything to pay her back for what she had done for him, no words or actions could make him pay her back. He clenched his hands in frustration, he wanted to pay her back for everything she has done to him, but nothing would do. It was so frustrating to him, he couldn't do anything to pay her back for everything she has done to him. Suddenly he felt Tenebrae's voice.

  -''

  Her voice was slightly frustrated, Kael hearing this at first was shocked slightly, but after a while he chuckled. She didn't want anything from him, yet she wanted him to do what seemingly was impossible. It was funny to him how ironic the situation he found himself in, Katrine on the other hand looked at Kael with slightly irritated expressions, she didn't hear what Tenebrae said. Katrine thought it was probably some usual teasing or anything like that, and she got slightly annoyed at it, she heard how Tenebrae teased her before about being Kael's supposed bride which got her both annoyed and conflicted. So she decided to ask him about what Tenebrae has said.

  -"What did that old pervert say this time huh? Is it me being your bride again or what? C'mon Kael... Tell me... I'm curious..."

  Kael, hearing this, wanted to immediately explain what was happening, but Tenebrae was the first to answer, it was full of its usual mischief and teasing.

  -''

  As she finished speaking, Katrine immediately had her face go scarlet and started stuttering. Kael, hearing this facepalmed and wanted to retaliate immediately, he was so frustrated that this old pervert constantly teased both of them this way. As he was about to say something Katrine muttered under her nose.

  -"Гарний банкет з великою к?льк?стю гостей був би непоганим... Але ?жа повинна бути смачною..."

  Kael, hearing this scratched his head, started taking Ukrainian lessons in secret from everyone since he wanted to know what Katrine occasionally said, but he didn't understand a single word. He decided to ignore it, after a while Mediae and his father came with food ready. As they were eating dinner Kael was thinking of the possible plans for the break-in, he had to scrap most of the ideas due to how ridiculous the preparations would be or their tight budget. He thought about giving up, making a distraction and just barge straight, but then another problem arose. The guards were armed, while he and Mediae would somehow deal with them, Katrine didn't have any special abilities and was just a human. So this one had to be scrapped too, he was basically left without options, there was no way they could just break-in and stop the project "Eve". But then it hit him, three possible plans, they were easy and quite simple. And there was no way they could fuck up with any of them, but he decided to tell them tomorrow as to not break the relaxing atmosphere of the dinner. It was getting rarer and rarer when they could have peaceful dinners like this, Kael remembering how peaceful and ordinary his life was started wondering about it. He thought that he was happy with his previous life, but this was also good. He couldn't decide which was better, ordinary and peaceful life of a normal person, or the one he currently got entangled in. Previously he had just his father and his close friends, no one else, but now he had Mediae, Tenebrae, Katrine, his friends and his father. He had more people to care about him, and for him to care about, it was truly nice. But the only issue with it was the danger everyone was in everyday, it was possibly the biggest downside of this new life, but he didn't care. As long as everyone was happy and alive, that was what mattered to him, he didn't care about anything else at the moment. He was just happy to have such a peaceful dinner just before something major, it was truly pleasant. Having his "family" all have a peaceful dinner, suddenly he felt like something was off. He got the same feeling back when the scarred warrior appeared for the first time, the same cold sweat running down his spine and goosebumps along with other stuff. He tried to brush it off the hardest he could, but the feeling just didn't go away, he suddenly started trembling... He was... Scared? Scared of what? Of who? He didn't understand why he felt like he was scared, it didn't make any sense to him. Maybe it was his instincts, or maybe his body just going haywire for whatever reason. Mediae seeing his distress, decided to ask him.

  -"What's wrong Master? Are you feeling alright? You look pale, besides you're trembling and sweating... Something happened or what? If there's an intruder I can take care of them swiftly, just say the word."

  Kael looked at her, he didn't understand why but when he looked at her the fear spiked to impossible levels. Like his body and instincts were screaming "danger", but he didn't know why. Mediae wouldn't hurt him in any way. He wanted to say something to calm her down, but then he looked over onto his father. The fear also spiked, it was like his body and instincts were telling him that all the people around him were dangerous. It didn't make sense, it was impossible for it to be true. It was his family, and he was sure they could do nothing. When he wanted to get up, his muscles refused to cooperate. He couldn't get up, his legs didn't respond. That's when his body started trembling even harder and the fear struck him ever more. Suddenly Tenebrae spoke from the swords.

  -''

  Killing intent!? Why the hell was he feeling one!? He didn't get it, he wanted to run, but he heard a voice in his head... "Kill... Slaughter... Do not let a single soul leave your sight alive..." The voice was disgusting to hear, it made Kael think about doing this just so it'll shut it up. As he was about to reach for "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness", he remembered that he would kill his family. He immediately pulled his hand back and leaned back on the couch, it was definitely not a killing made by him, but by something or someone else. Like it tried to pressure Kael into killing his family for some reason, he didn't know why or for what. He decided to quickly tell the truth, they needed to know it.

  -"Tenebrae... Nghhhhhh fuck my head hurts so much... I hear a voice telling me to kill people... More like order me to do so hah... For fucks sake... I need to go to my room.."

  He quickly jumped over the couch and sprinted to his room leaving everyone stunned, they heard from Tenebrae who spoke through the sword that Kael was feeling a killing intent. But they didn't know it was towards them for some reason, the only relief they got from this situation, was that Kael was still sane enough to not attack them. When he got into his room he quickly locked the door and sat down on the ground, he suddenly felt his eyelids grow heavy. For some reason he was losing conciseness, he tried to stand up and supported himself on his desk. But it was futile, seconds later he dropped onto the floor with a loud thud, he couldn't move even a finger. When his vision started to go black he felt a pleasant breeze on his face... He woke up in his Limbo, the same one where he trained with Tenebrae and where he fought the scarred warrior for the first time. But it didn't make sense, for someone to get into Limbo they need to be on the verge of life and death. But he was completely fine before, he didn't even slow his heartbeat to get in there. He touched his face, the eye patch over his left eye was still there, when he checked the rest of his body all the scars he got from the Mag-Tech structure break-in were there. There was no reason for him to appear in Limbo, but he felt like he didn't enter it through the traditional means... Even when he "forced" his way into here to train with Tenebrae, he purposefully slowed down his heartbeat to be on the verge of death. Meaning that something or someone pulled him in here for whatever reason, suddenly he felt something cold on his abdomen and back. When he looked down it was... A sword... It pierced him through his abdomen, but there was nobody behind him. Before Kael could register the pain he dropped onto his knee and threw up large amounts of blood, the pool of blood at his feet was getting larger by second. He remembered that dying in his dreams could possibly kill him in real life, but did that rule apply to Limbo as well? He couldn't figure it out, he suddenly slumped onto his side, the pain was spreading through his body like a wild fire and the blood was still pouring out. When he tried to look around he saw a figure, they appeared to be human... Suddenly the figure started walking towards him, Kael seeing this dragged his nearly lifeless body towards the figure, every move shot pain through him. He couldn't bear it, when he finally was by the figure, he grabbed their leg with bloody hand.

  -"Help... Me... Please... It hurts... It fucking hurts..."

  The figure however didn't respond, instead they kicked Kael's hand away as if he was nothing more than a nuisance to them. When Kael rolled over onto his side from the kick he looked up, what he saw... It himself, but before all the injuries, this version of himself had no scars or wasn't missing their left eye. When Kael reached his hand out to him, he kicked his hand away. And then said to Kael in a voice full of disgust.

  -"You're supposed to be me...? You're fucking disgusting... You make me wanna puke seeing who i become, what the hell are you? Those scars, your missing left eye, your 'magical power'... You're a monster... A disgusting monster... And you know what to do with monsters? You need to exterminate them…”

  As he finished speaking, he knelt down and pulled the sword out of Kael's abdomen. That's when Kael thought to himself... "He's correct, I'm no longer a human... Neither by looks or functionality, I am truly a monster... Fuck... At least..."

  -"At least this fucking monster has enough determination to keep going, something you’d never understand... You'll never be me, you're disgusting... I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!"

  As Kael finished speaking he quickly got up and lunged at the "impostor". He started barraging him with punches, he punched and punched... After a couple of minutes of brutal fight, his face was unrecognisable, barely resembling a human. It was all bloody and disfigured, nobody would survive such a beating, especially a human. When Kael brought his fist one last time he rolled off of him and stood up, the wound in his stomach was still there, it still caused him pain and bled. Kael thought this was the end, this would pull him out of the Limbo. But suddenly he heard someone running towards him, it was the imposter, his sword was raised high. He brought the sword down at Kael expecting him to be severed, instead there was a loud metallic clang, his attack was blocked. When the imposter looked up he saw Kael standing there, "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness" in his hands. The sun cast a warm glow behind him, the rays of it went through his wound in his stomach. This scene was both beautiful and mortifying. The imposter was scared, he was there to kill Kael, not fear him.

  -"WHO THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU ARE!? YOU'RE A MONSTER, A FUCKING MONSTER! THAT'S THE ORDINARY LIFE YOU STRIVED FOR!? ANSWER ME KAEL RIGGS, ANSWER MEEEEE!"

  Kael didn't respond to his screams and instead quickly brought his other sword down, cutting the hand of the imposter, he screamed in pain as he dropped to the ground. Even the beating he received before from Kael wasn't painful, it was impossible for him to feel pain, yet he did for some reason. As he tried to drag himself away, Kael approached him and stabbed his swords into the imposter's legs, pinning him down to the ground, the imposter howled in pain, blood was pooling beneath him. That's when he realised, Kael was living his best life.

  -"YOU DISGUSTING DOG! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WEAKER THAN ME!? YOU SICK MONSTER, YOU DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING, YOU'RE A SICK MONSTER THAT SOLD HIS SOUL!"

  Kael once again stayed silent in response to his screams. Kael once again stayed silent in response to his screams. The impostor stared at Kael, his face was ruined, his hand cut off and his legs pinned to the ground by Kael's swords. He tried to pull them out, but when he touched them it burnt his hands, he wasn't worthy of them. Even though he was Kael Riggs, he wasn't Him, he wasn't that Kael Riggs.

  -"WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY REJECTING ME!? YOU'RE A FUCKING MONSTER, A DISGUSTING PIECE OF WHAT WAS HUMAN! YOU SHOULDN'T BE THE WORTHY ONE, THEY SHOULD REJECT YOU! YOU FUUUUCKING MONSTEEEEER!"

  Kael, seeing this smiled, he indeed was a monster, a disgusting pathetic useless person... But he had something not many like him had, friends and family, something to fight for... Kael pulled out the swords from the impostor's legs and smiled as he put them to the impostor's neck.

  -"You're right... I'm a monster, but I have something that makes me human... Not like you... Now perish and be swallowed by my darkness, bitch..."

  As he finished speaking the imposter grabbed the swords and tried to pry them off, it was useless. He was powerless against Kael, someone that had something to fight for.

  -"YOU DISGUSTING PATHETIC PIECE OF SHIT, I HOPE YOU DIE, YOU FUCKING MONSTER-"

  Before he could finish, Kael cut off his head. Kael seeing this started laughing to himself, everything the imposter said was correct, he was a pathetic monster. But he didn't care, he had someone to be human for. As he looked down onto the imposter's body, it had a black mist starting to cover it, and the body itself slowly fell apart. With the last ounce of his strength the imposter said to Kael.

  -"You... Disgusting... Piece of shit... I hope you die... Soon... AGHHHHHHHHH"

  His scream of agony was cut short as his head started falling apart in the black mist as well, Kael stood there wondering why the imposter appeared in his Limbo. He looked onto the sun, in his Limbo it never rose and never set. Constantly casting a warm orange glow... He made his way to a tree slumping down on it, the wound in his stomach didn't disappear, it still hurt him heavily. At least now he knew that he defended himself from whatever it was, but then he looked down onto his hand, it was covered in crimson blood from his wound in his stomach. He started laughing, it was a similar death the scarred warrior had suffered. But instead the warrior walked amongst a snowy forest that was dyed crimson in his and his enemies blood, and Kael was sitting here all alone, on a stretching grass plain. It was funny to him, because the warrior was himself from the future that made his own choice that led him down the path to his untimely passing, Kael however decided to take a different choice… One nobody before him did…