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Ali got startled from his sleep when a loud bang echoed in his jail. His blood boiled when he see a beat-up Rudy surrounded by the young agents, all weapons are directly on him.

Alicia: You traitor! You stole IRIS, didn't you?!

Rudy: *cough* Uhuk-! Argh...*slowly sit up lean against the glass* I did......what we all should...*wipe his bloody nose*

Moon: What you did is traitorous! It's goes behind what we did!

Khai: We have come this far bro!

Roza: Heh, let's just hold him in jail until core leaders comes back!

Rudy slowly raise himself up,using the glass behind him as support as he faced all the angry agents.

Rudy: What I did...is to give a chance for all of us....to live another day..

BANG!

Another explosive warning shot arrow explode near him. It was Alicia.

Alicia: What you did is betraying this agency. And for what?!

Rudy sigh. This Neuro girl is literally obsessed with 'saving' the IRIS boy.

Rudy: You told us before. When he knew about his mother's death,you were there. You saw how broken he was.

Everyone around listen as the Inviso leader in training speak his mind after too long of silence.

Alicia: That's what friends do. I don't want him to feel like he didn't belong!

Rudy: But he is. He felt like he wasn't belong. Well,I might be one of the factors. Did we ever apologize to him properly after treating him like trash few years ago?

He stares at everyone who is literally looking away from him,guilty.

Moon: But...B-But that's all in the past!Plus,he wasn't even need to go to jail at the first place!

Mika: It's his fault he ran away.

Rudy sigh again,rubbing his forehead,feeling the headache is coming.

Rudy: Well,do he know about it? He was literally got chased down before the whole ordeal happened. Of course if I was him,I would run away too. This was his choice. He felt it was right,for him.

Ali is still listening to everything. They don't seems to notice he's already awake. Plus, Rudy is kind of covering him.

Iman: Rudy,please think again. Being a traitor-

Rudy:*got enough of the bs* I had nothing to lose but my life. I'm sorry I am not as fearless as you were but I valued my life. And yes,I feel guilty after what happened and this is my way to seek forgiveness from Ali.

Bulat: D-Does this mean-

Rudy: Yes, I am siding with him.

Silence fell in the jail as Rudy declare his reason of betrayal. He is serious this time. He is siding with the traitor.

Alicia's expression hardened.

Alicia: So be it.

Alicia pull her bow,aiming straight at Rudy who has no fear against her. Ali in the other hand is nervous wreck.

What did Rudy plan to do outing himself out like this?!

Ali(in mind): Come on Rudy....Move!

A few minutes in silence, Rudy finally let out a chuckle,confusing everyone in the room.

Jet: What's so funny?

Rudy; Heh, nothing much. I just finally figured out why are you so obsessed to put him in jail,Alicia.

The Neuro girl stunned by it. Slightly,she lowered her bow.

Alicia: What the hell are you talking about? *glare*

Rudy: You know what? I think I finally knew why are you so dead set to search for Ali. It is because both of you are the same. We are the same,Alicia. The three of us are orphans.

His dead spot answer make Alicia stunned. The bow in her hands is shaking.

Alicia: Shut up.

Rudy: You wanted to save him like General did to you. Like Djin did to me. You felt like you need to help him. Why? That is one thing I can't decipher. But, can't you see?

Rudy finally step away from the glass,exposing Ali who is now standing behind Rudy, clearly heard everything.

He hold something in his hands.

Rudy: What you did is imprisoning him. He needs help,but not from us. Not even from you. He needs nothing from us but freedom.

Alicia start to shake slightly as Ali is staring at them with blank expression. Roza went by her and put her hand on her shoulder.

Roza: It is a must. You heard it from the leaders.

Rudy: I could care less about the people who doesn't even care about someone's life. You use hypnosis method to erase his memories.

Jet: It's for his own good!

Rudy: No,none of this is for his own good. This is selfish. He doesn't need saving from us.

Rudy then pull put a hologram pad and throw it between them,exposing a live hologram of Reverse who is destroying all MATA's droids.

Khai: H-How did you-

Rudy: You see him? The Ruthless Conqueror known to be as a killing machine now obey commands just to make sure Ali is safe. This is the person who saved Ali. To think that the Conqueror himself bow down for an order just to make sure someone is safe,it is a big deal.

Alicia shot the hologram pad in anger.

Alicia: What's the point of showing this to us?!

Rudy: My point is, you need to let him go, Alicia. He need to get to his savior and it's his time to help him. Yes, I knew The Conqueror is evil but he is willing to change just for Ali. That is a big deal and to think that none of us is dead right now is the whole proof that he can change.

All fell in silence.

Rudy: He already move on with his life. You should let him go too.

Everyone in the room could see how Alicia is trembling, not knowing it is from anger or defeat.

A sound of unlocking startled them all as the glass of Ali's jail began to disappear and he walk out from it, IRIS is on and he stood beside Rudy.

Khai: Ali,how did you-?

Ali: He helped me. *pointed at Rudy* And yes,thanks to him, I didn't lose my mind over this hypnosis thingy.

All of them except Alicia gasped.

Mika: So you are just.... pretending all this time?!

Ali: *sigh* Yeah. I had too. I'm sorry,but you already heard it from Rudy. I need my freedom.

He then look at Alicia who has angry tears in her eyes.

Out of frustration maybe? Knowing that everything Rudy said was true. Knowing that she lost her friend and she had no other way than let him go?

Ali sigh slightly,eyes on Alicia. He need to say this for both of their sake.

Ali: Alicia, I want to thank you for your concern about me,really. But Rudy is right, I don't need saving from you.

As he talk,Ali walk closer to Alicia.

Ali: Before, I really appreciate what have you done to me. You defended me from them, be on my side and always make me come on my sense. Really,I appreciate our friendship. But right now, I need you to let me go. You have a bright future as the Neuro next leader and MATA depends on you. Your father, depend on you.

He continues again, ignoring the stare he got.

Ali: I am happy,okay? I'm not alone, I have Reverse. And trust me, meeting him is the best thing that ever happened to me. Whenever I am,I will always safe with him, you don't have to worry about me anymore... All I need now is you to understand me and now please, just for this one, I beg you....

They are finally face to face with Ali is slightly taller than Alicia, he hold Alicia's bow and lowered it down.

Ali: I beg you for this one last time Alicia, please let me go.
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At training island, Reverse froze as dozen of agents are surrounding him suddenly. All of them are ready to attack him.

Reverse look over at the leaders and mayor,confused.

Reverse: What's the meaning of this? You never said anything about fighting real agents!

M.Othman: Well,change of plan. I want you use your powers on them.

Reverse stunned and quickly look around. Some of the agents look so scared, knowing this might be the last of their lives, some of them look determine,feeling confident and some of them look like they are ready to die.

For this forsaken test-

Reverse: No,no. I refused. I promised Ali I won't kill anymore.

M.Othman: Heh,you are getting weak, aren't you Conqueror?

Reverse pursed his lips hard when several hologram began surrounding him.

All of it were him during his time annihilating aliens, destroying planets and having wars everywhere.

The specific one picture of him bloody from head to toe, his white hair smeared with dried blood and loop side crown hanging from his head. His hands was red with blood and its everywhere. He was standing on pile of bodies and was smiling widely, maniacally.

He remembered this one. This planet is trying to deceive and kill him. He knew about it and immediately, went on rampage. The crown hanging from his head was the crown of the king who he slowly tortured him to death after killing all of his subjects in front of his very own eyes. After none of them were living anymore,he took the Elemental energy from the planet and leave it to die.

That was one of his worst rampage ever.

Reverse:*close his ears**look away* Put that out....please.

As if to die,Othman kept going on.

M.Othman: You can't change who you really were. You are born a killer. You can't escape it. Do it, DO IT NOW!

Reverse throw some pieces of the destroyed droids to Othman with wind power and it bounced back due to the protective glass.

Reverse: Shut up! I promised him! I can't-! *close his ears even harder to prevent Othman voice*

He tried.

Dear goodness,he is trying so hard now.

All his hard work would go in vain.

He will broke the promise.

He will disappoint Ali.

He will never trust him anymore.

Please please please please-

He wanted to change.

He wanted to grab the second chance.

He wanted to be in a family.

He wanted to be normal.

What did he do wrong?

He did everything he must to change.

For his own good and for Ali too.

Please please he wanted too.

Please let me be a human.

I wanted too.

I wanted to know what's a family is.

I wanted to have a home.

I wanted to have friends.

I wanted to have real parents.

I wanted to know what love is.

I wanted to be with Ali for so much longer.

Please....

All of the things hazing his head disappear as Othman said one last thing.

Othman: I will kill that kid if you didn't start now.

And with that, he broke.

Reverse slowly stand up, taking off his hands from his ears as he take the knifes from the sheath.

None of them could see his eyes due to his bangs covering his forehead.

Othman smirk as the Conqueror obey him. Reverse raise one of the knife high....

-and struck the power restricting lock from his ankle, shocking everyone there.

Without power restricting lock,nothing can stop Reverse from using his powers....

A.Dayang: Everyone,go back to bunker!

The panic starts as some of the agents began to run back to where they come from.

Reverse:Where do you think you were going,buddy?

An Earth Wall began to raise from the ground and around the island, preventing them from escaping.

Agent: To the helicopter! Come on keep moving!!

They ran to opposite direction where the helicopters were parked but a dark red lightning appears and struck the helicopters,exploding it.

A harsh wind began to push them backwards to face Reverse. Luckily for Othman the protective barrier of his are working well.

Now, they all can see his eyes. It is bright red,almost glowing. He twirled the knifes in his hands.

Reverse: I will show you guys what would happen....if you messed with The Elemental Conqueror.

And with that,the bloodshed started.
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Ali: I beg you for this one last time Alicia, please let me go.

Everyone is silence,still watching everything wrapped out. Ali is still holding Alicia's bow, as he look at the girl who is now letting her tears rolled down her cheeks.

Alicia: Why.....Why do you always love to take a hard path by yourself...? I hate that part of you. I hate how you are still smiling despite everything that happened to you. I treated you like liability yet you still save my life back then. I hate this voice telling me that you are better than me. I hate that you pushed us aside. I hate that you didn't need my help. I am offended.

Ali gulped in nervousness as Alicia began to speak her mind out.

He often think of Alicia like a sister he never had before.

He knew he said bad things about her. But seeing her crying like this hurt him.

Alicia: To think that a small fly like you is better than me..... it's frustrating. It's like I will never reach your level. You are naturally good with being an agent while I had to train my whole life for it. I hate that you saved me even though I was a freaking jerk. I hate you generally.

Ali: *sudden chuckle* Don't worry,I sometimes hate myself too.

Alicia chuckles back, wiping her tear-stricken face.

She steps back,making Ali let go of the bow. She put it away,making no move to harm him anymore.

Alicia: Fine,you win. I will let you go. If only you promised me that you will take care of yourself.

Ali smiles wide while the other agents except Rudy are panicking.

Their next Neuro leader is letting the fugitive go.

Ali: I will Alicia. *put out fist bump* If you are good,we still can be secret pals.

Seeing Ali with his fist bump makes Alicia giggles slightly while wiping her remaining tears. Slowly she raise her fist and they fist bump,like always, like before.

Alicia: Yeah,sure.

As Ali step back, finally feel light after everything,a loud siren wailed and it startled all of them.

Ali: W-What happened?!

The static from Alicia's com making her pick it up and open the hologram. It is a random Neuro agents.

And he look like he was in a war or something.

Alicia: Azzen, what's wrong? What is happening?!

BACK UP! SEND BACK UP PLEASE WE ALL GONNA DIE!!

A loud screaming startled all of them.

Alicia: Azzen,focus! What's wrong?! Back up from what?

THE CONQUEROR IS GOING CRAZY! HE STARTED KILLING US OFF- AHHHHH-! STAY AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK-!!!

They all could hear a laugh before Azzen screams and the connection is off.

Ali is stunned.

The laugh.

It is the same laugh Reverse had when he killed the people at the warehouse.

He startled from his thought when Mika shoved him back.

Mika: You lied! You said he didn't kill anymore!

Ali: He was! There must be something that set him of-

Jet: If anyone dies on that island, it's on you Ali!

Ali back away a few steps back before Rudy hold him.

Rudy; It wasn't his fault. There must be something that set Reverse off. You saw how he hold back from killing us back there at the beach.

Roza: But-!

Rudy; We don't have much time damn it! We need to go there now! I'm sure he would be okay when Ali is there!

He then look at Ali.

Rudy: Think you could calm him down?

Ali: I....can try.

Rudy: That is good enough. Come on,we have to go now!

And with that, without anymore questions all of them get out from there,taking one of the jet from the landing area and some other agents are loading weapons for back up.

Alicia and Rudy are in charge of being the pilot while Ali is in between them.

He feared what is happening now.

Why would Reverse....?

He never broke his promise.

Something must gone wrong.

He need to stop this,right now.
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~TBC~

Okay,okay, last one because I wanted to make you guys feel agitated-

HAHAHAHAHAHA-

Author Kim_Ezra