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She stares at both of them for a few seconds processing what they just said and smirks a little. "So that's why I'm here" She says to herself but Kael hears her and nods In response. "But it's hard to believe that you can't beat your master of the first ever timeline you shifted to. You've been shifting unvierses and timelines for over 500 years, I'm sure you could easily take him out. So what's the issue?" She asks Kael and both Luke and Kael went still for a few seconds. Luke looks out the window towards the tallest building of the city with sad eyes. "Because we are bound by a vow to protect him with our lives" Luke says clearing Nora's doubts. "You can't break a vow you took 500 years ago?" She looks at Kael in disbelief. "It's not just a normal vow. Here in
this world when we make a vow we bet our soul on it. If we break it, our souls would be compromised as a result" Nora processes what Luke said and she looks at Kael again. "Okay so why did you choose me for this mission? I'm pretty sure Irene and others would've been much more helpful and more than willing to do this for you" She asked and his only response was "too many questions" She made a 'huh' face. "You ask too many questions, we're here, let's get out first" She turned towards the window and saw that they have infact landed on a building but it's not the tallest one where the ruler of this place lives but a smaller one next to it.
They all got out of the car and she started following both of them inside. The system of this place was completely automatic just like anyone would expect an advanced place to be like. a blue ray from the door scanned Luke from head to toe and the door was opened a few moments later. Both of them followed Luke inside. There was a long hallway with a lot of doors on both sides. Nora was just looking around taking in everything although there wasn't much to take in. It was a plain hallway with walls and a lot of doors. after walking for a while Luke finally stopped at a door and all three of them went inside.
The room was pretty spacious but the white walls gave a weird vibe to the room like it was some sort of mental asylum or a scientist's lab except this room had a bed in middle of it and a person was lying down on that bed, they weren't asleep. The person seemed to be reading a book and had taken notice of the presence of other three people in the room. They got up and sat on the side of the bed. As Nora got closer she realised it was a woman with long White hair and paper white skin with hazel blue eyes and white eyebrows. She looked beautiful except for the fact that she seemed like she hasn't slept in days and looked a little malnutritioned. She was gazing towards Luke and as soon as her eyes landed on the other two people she instantly became vary of them. "Who are these people?" She asked while looking towards Luke. "Don't worry they're my friends. We can trust them or I wouldn't have brought them here" Luke said trying to reassure her.
Luke turned towards Kael and Nora "This is Cecelia, she's been hiding from our Master for months now" He says and Nora takes another look at Cecelia "I'm not sure if living right next to your Master's residence could be considered hiding" Nora added sarcastically but Luke took it seriously and started explaining. "Well, This building belongs to me and I'm Master's right hand man so he trusts me a lot" Luke says casually and Nora nodded but something still felt off about this whole thing to her. "Why is she hiding?" It was Kael who asked the question this time "I made a serum" Cecilia herself started talking this time making all three of them look at her.
All three of them just looked at her as if telling her to continue "A serum that could kill him" She said shocking Kael and Nora. "Doesn't that just make everything easier for you guys?" Nora asked and Cecilia made a frustrated expression and continued. "If only it was that simple, I was developing the Serum without his knowledge. I studied him and his abilities for months and started working on the serum in secret but when it was almost done someone informed him about it and he destroyed it. Needless to say he was extremely mad at me and wanted me dead. I tried escaping and was sure I'll be caught and killed but Luke found me and hid me here" Kael and Nora listened to her intently taking in every detail. "you don't have the serum anymore so in that case you need to make it again right?" Nora asked and Cecelia nodded in response.
"I have collected the resources to make the serum except only one thing is missing and if we get it the serum would be complete" Luke said grabbing their attention again. "What are you missing?" Kael asked "A memory of someone whom our master considers dearest to him" Luke said while looking at Kael and Kael made a frustrated expression as if he wanted get out of there. "If that's why you've brought me here then I'm afraid you've got the wrong person" Kael said with furrowed brows "you were his favorite" Luke added which seemed to make Kael even more mad "I have no time for this, let's get back Nora" He said while grabbing Nora's hand "you can't leave this building without my permission and come on he treated you like his own son" That seemed to have earned Luke a punch from Kael which resulted in Luke landing on the floor "No one treats their own son like that" Kael said in a low dangerous tone. Nora and Cecelia were too stunned to say anything. Kael started walking towards the exit of room and no one said anything for a while.
"He's destroying this planet" Cecelia said making Kael stop in his tracks and making Nora's eyes go wide. "He's WHAT?" Nora said not hiding her shock. "This place may seem like it's eco-friendly or in sync with nature but the truth is he's using this planet's core to power everything. All the eco-friendly technology and harmless robots and buildings and everything else, it's all powered by this planet's core. He somehow found a way to use it and at first it seemed like a good idea but slowly we started realising that it was actually killing the Planet bit by bit. We told him to stop and that we could find another way but he refused saying this is the fastet way to achieve everything humans can possibly achieve on this planet. If we don't stop him everyone here will die soon. We only have a few years till the planet gives up on us" Kael and Nora listened to her and processed everything she said. Kael didn't say anything for a while but turned around and started walking towards them again. "What do you need me to do?" Kael said while looking at Cecelia and she smiled in relief. "Just a few drops of your memories with him would do" She said while wiping some of the tears that fell from her eyes while explaining everything.
"That's fine but I'm not sure if it would work" Kael said implying the issue about someone being dearest to the Master. "Thanks Brother and it'll work, I know it will" Luke said while rubbing his cheek which was punched by Kael a few moments ago. "I'm not your brother, we're friends" Kael said correcting Luke. "Oh so now you admit we're friends?" Luke said playfully teasing Kael and Kael raised his fist again in response "let me make it even for the other side of your face too" Kael said moving towards Luke who was now hiding behind Nora "hey don't get me involved in this, I've already been stabbed enough by this guy, I don't need a punch too" Nora said trying get Luke away from her "stabbed? What kind of things are you guys into? I didn't know Kael had such kinks" Luke said now making both Kael and Nora mad. "Hey what the actual fuck are you thinking?" Nora said landing a punch on Luke's other side of face. "Maybe it was infact a mistake calling Kael here" Luke said rubbing his other side of face.
During this commotion Cecelia got up from the bed and opened a drawer which was built in the bed. She took out a syringe but it didn't seem like an ordinary syringe, it looked like it was specifically desinged for something . Cecelia went up to Kael and asked him to sit on the bed and since Nora had already punched Luke, Kael was satisfied enough so he did what Cecelia asked. "Now close your eyes and think of your fondest memory you have with Master" Cecelia said and Kael furrowed his brows "oh boy this is going to be hard" Luke said making Nora look at him. Nora walked towards Luke helping him get up "how exactly was their relationship? You say Kael was dearest to him whereas Kael seems to hate his guts" Nora asks Luke hoping for some backstory. "It's a long story, let's just say the father and son did not get along at all" Luke said not giving any helpful information. Nora turned towards Kael and noticed Cecelia put the syringe near Kael's head while it was sucking out some glowing yellow fuild out of his brain. "That's his memories" Luke said making Nora look at him again "that syringe is for taking out people's memories, it doesn't wipe the memories from the person's brain though, it just creates a copy of the memory" Luke said explaining further "so basically that just copies the memories" Nora said in a more simple term making Luke chuckle "yeah exactly that"
Cecelia carefully stored the memory back into her drawer again. "So let me get this straight, our plan is that Cecelia makes the serum and I somehow inject it to your master and end him?" Nora asked making everyone look at her "yeah exactly that" Luke said casually like it was the easiest thing in the world. "What's to stop me from getting killed by your psycho master?" She asked while putting her hands on her chin "Nothing. That's why you'll summon more of your powers from other universes that you have been in and this time more useful ones" Kael said "oh please not the stabbing again" Nora said groaning in annoyance. "You don't have to get stabbed here. We have a drug that can get you between life and death condition extremely easily" Luke said which made Nora let out a sigh of relief. "Wait so you did know what I meant by stabbing and yet you made that stupid remark about kinks?" Nora said in a pissed off tone which made Luke step away from her a little "I was just making a joke. No need to be so serious about a joke right?" Luke said moving further away from Nora. "And besides-" Before he could finish what he was saying Nora kicked one of his legs 'lightly' "make sure not to make such jokes again" Nora said smiling at Luke. "Now get me the drug so I can get this over with"
"About that..... " Luke said hesitatingly.
"Gosh what now" Nora said in annoyance again
"It's in the main building where our Master lives" Luke said looking at Kael.
"So? You're his right hand man, I'm sure you can get in easily. What's the issue now? " Nora said with a confused expression.
"He's actually banned him from the building for a few days" Cecelia said saving Luke from further explanation.
"What did you do?" It was Kael who asked Luke this time
Luke's ears were turning a little red and he seemed to be embarrassed about something.
"He got caught making out with a girl and master was mad at him for disgracing his teachings" Cecelia said casually which made Luke even more embarrassed "that's so stupid. What are you? a high school teenager getting caught while making out and being expelled" Nora said in a mocking tone. "In my defense, I rejected that girl but she herself went in and kissed me regardless of my rejection and I was trying to get her off of me when Master came in and saw me"
Kael just seemed annoyed by the stupid reason and got straight to the point "so how do we get in now?"
"I have an idea" Nora said making all three of them look at her again
"We walk in through the door"