GAME OVER

Chapter 30 [Resentment]

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Tyler floated for a moment, long enough people noticed something was different, "Ty!"

Tyler flew down as Ty's body slammed into yet another bridge. Everything was going to shit for poor Adam.

"You're coming with me," Seto grabbed Adam's arm and pulled him down into the ravine. Adam didn't scream as they flew down to the bottom of the ravine into Seto's area where Ty's body lay with fast pooling purple blood appeared. Tyler arrived at the ground the same time.

"You aren't supposed to use Permissions so openly Tyler--"

"What the fuck Seto!" Tyler kneeled by Ty's body, he checked for breathing, checked for a pulse, did everything to determine if Ty was still alive.

"Don't yell, I only did what I had to," Seto let go of Adam who stood in silence and in horror.

"Explain what the hell ha--"

Tyler was interrupted by Ty's voice, "The prince, wh...where is he?"

Seto growled, "Still alive, let me fix th--"

"Don't you dare, he's going straight to the infirmary and then I want an explanation about what happened. Leave nothing out, and until my say so you are not to act out line and don't even think about using magic to hurt or harm Ty," Tyler stood and stared down Seto, "Do I make myself clear?"

Adam had never seen such a stern side to Tyler before, it almost frightened him, but he noticed the tremble in Tyler's hands.

"Are you trying to order me around?"

"As acting leader here, yes I am. We both know that I hold a higher rank here in the AHD."

"I'm a Council Member--"

"For the king, not here you aren't," Tyler turned away Ty was mumbling but his movements were growing weaker, "help me take him to the surface."

Tyler looked to see Seto walking away into the darkness. Adam didn't know what to do, "Damn that jerk."

Tyler looked to Adam, "Adam grab Ty's legs, be gentle, we don't want to injure him further."

"But Tyler...Ty is a...he uh...he--"

"That was an order," Tyler said sternly.

Adam nodded, he was wary of Ty as he picked up his feet while Tyler supported his back and head. Adam heard Tyler say "Command Fly Adam Azure and Ty Lox and Tyler Brotato."

Adam felt himself seemingly grow lighter, "Follow me," Tyler flew up and Adam felt himself being dragged along. Adam was stunned for words as they arrived at the surface. The crowd still remained.

"I need a doctor here immediately," Tyler shouted but when no one moved he said, "Did you not hear? I said immediately! Also make room in the infirmary, or get back to work!"

The crowd dispersed hurriedly. Adam helped carry Ty to the infirmary with Tyler.

"Adam, tell me what the hell happened, why is Ty like this?"

Adam gulped, "H-he's an Ender, sir."

"An Ender?" Tyler looked back at Adam like he was crazy.

"And...he killed Jason. I saw it and I couldn't stop him..." Adam looked away in guilt. Tyler remained silent as they carried Ty. Within the infirmary Tyler guided them to cot prepared for Ty. They set him down and some nurses came to take over the situation. Tyler watched from the side.

Tyler grimaced. Adam glanced at him as he stood awkwardly beside him, he heard Tyler mutter a few words, "I don't understand what is going on. An Ender? Impossible."

"Adam," Adam stiffened as Tyler spoke, "How did Jason die?"

"I...I don't want to think about it..."

Tyler turned to Adam and placed a comforting hand on Adam, "I'm sorry, I should've been clearer. I don't you need me to tell me how he was killed, more of when he vanished was there anything odd about it?"

"Odd?"

"Yes, any bright lights?"

Adam pondered for a moment and winced when he thought back to that horrid scene, "I don't think so."

"Are you positive?"

"Y-yes, why?" Adam asked.

Tyler smiled politely at Adam, "I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier, this just means there is a good chance Jason isn't truly dead. However his whereabouts are unknown and it seems he did not spawn back here."

Adam's eyes lit up, "Then where?"

Tyler sighed, "I'm not sure. It's possible Jason pulled an all nighter since the trip back and he never set his spawn point back here and instead appeared in the capital. But we won't know for sure. Adam, do you mind doing something for me, only if you are comfortable?"

"What is it?"

"I need you to watch over Ty...make sure he stays put. You don't need to get close to him, I understand you may be a bit wary of him. I need to do a few things outside."

"Y-yes sir, I can do this don't worry."

"Thank you," Tyler patted Adam's shoulder and left in a hurry. Adam gulped as he watched Ty lay unconscious. The nurses worked on him to slow the bleed and apply large health patches to Ty's wounds.

Adam heard Ty groan and growl but remain still. The nurses around him flinched.

"Kid," Adam perked up as a nurse came over to him.

"Y-yes?"

"Give us a hand, will you? He's losing blood fast, or whatever that is."

"O-ok," what the nether could he do? Why were they asking him? Adam wanted nothing to do with this, was that selfish? He was just scared...that's all.

"We need to remove this cloak and any excess accesories, help lift Ty up so we can do that."

"Yes sir," Adam approached Ty's feet again and grabbed hold. Another nurse moved to Ty's head and on their signal he and Adam lifted Ty up. Another nurse, this one female, undid Ty's cloak and tossed it aside. The headphones that rested on his neck were then removed and tossed on the cloak. Adam received the signal to place Ty down and he did so gently.

"Thanks."

Adam just nodded and moved away as Ty was swarmed again. Adam tuned out what they were saying about Ty's condition.

Adam wanted to believe there was a logical explanation behind why Ty did what he did. He also wanted to believe this was all some bad dream and Ty wasn't a traitor.

Adam idolized Ty since he was a kid, he admired Ty and his contributions to Rekrium and how hard he fought to protect people, he wanted to be just like Ty. He wanted to protect people.

But to discover it was just an act, a lie, Adam didn't know what to think anymore. Ever since coming to the AHD, he's come to realize that the people he looked up to aren't at all like he imagined and that the AHD isn't as righteous as he thought.

The smartest mind in all of Rekrium turned out to be a self-centered asshole who was probably a bit insane.

The greatest OP in all of Rekrium was a emotionless jerk who had no trouble throwing people against walls and possibly kidnapping children.

The strongest warrior in all of Rekrium was a traitor and a human hating Ender who murdered a Rekrian citizen and attempted to murder him.

"ADAM!" Adam jumped, he whirled around to see Jin rush into the infirmary with a panicked look.

"J-Jin?"

Jin rushed over and embraced Adam into a big hug, "I heard what happened, are you ok?"

"I-I'm fine, don't worry--"

"The two of you get out, this is no place for chit-chatting," Adam was silenced as a nurse shooed Adam and Jin away.

"W-wait, Tyler told me--"

"Yeah, yeah, we can handle it, get out."

And that was that. Jin and Adam were kicked out as Ty remained injured and well imprisoned. Adam sighed and Jin frowned, "So Ty tried to kill you...why? Why did he do any of this?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but I think it has to do with that baby from the End..."

Jin's eyes widened and he stayed silent to think for a few moments.

"Adam, head to our dorm, I'll find Ross and Barney. Don't say a word about anything until then."

"Ok."

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Tyler was furious, confused, and worried all at once. One minute the day was fine, the next...all hell broke loose.

Tyler was without answers. His best and longest friend was a traitor? Since when? Forever? The moment he joined the AHD? After that? And why, who was this prince he spoke of...

Tyler left Adam to watch Ty, he needed to take care of a few things.

As Tyler walked through the AHD, he noticed the anxious glances people had and the jumpy nature of their movements. Nothing like this had ever happened before.

Tyler approached the bridge and crossed it, over to one of the offices. Inside the office he walked to the first available desk.

"Tyler, sir, welcome," the woman said.

"Hello, I need an urgent message sent out to the DROP Captain immediately."

"Yes sir," the woman nodded, "Please begin the message."

"Captain Mau, I bring urgent news of events that have transpired here in the AHD. Jason Stars has gone missing and I ask all efforts focused on finding his whereabouts. It is believed he may be within the borders of the capital.

"I also call you to the AHD for full disclosure on the events of today. Please arrive as soon as possible. Signed, Tyler Brotato."

"Will that be all sir?" the woman asked.

"Yes, thank you."

Tyler exited the building and he noticed the young apprentice to Jason speaking with Jin, a trainee with great talent.

"Ross, I need a word with you."

Ross and Jin looked over to Tyler as he approached them, "Y-yes sir?" The young man's brow was furrowed and he held his bushy tail in his hands as he nervously combed his fingers through the fur.

"I'm sure you already heard what has...recently happened."

"Wh-where's Jason?"

Tyler glanced away for a moment, "I believe he may have forgotten to set his spawn and is currently in the capital...I've sent word to the captain of the DROP to begin a search, for now all we can do it wait..."

"I see..." Ross looked to the ground, "And if Jason isn't found?"

Tyler didn't want to say it, he could see as plain as day that the young trainee was nervous and fearful. Perhaps it was his experience here that allowed him to see it. He's been here as long as Ty--right, Ty...

"If Jason isn't found...then you'll be promoted to take over his job--"

"But Ross is just an apprentice, and he hasn't even been here a year--" the trainee Jin interrupted.

"But Ross is the only man to apply and get accepted by Jason to be his apprentice. He's the only one who has worked with Jason and can possibly carry his position."

Tyler knew this was awful for this young man to do, he just prayed it wouldn't have to end this way. He hoped that Jason had forgotten to set his spawn and he was just lost in the capital.

Tyler wished he could offer up some words of encouragement to the man but he had nothing to give... Tyler still questioned everything that had happened, he need to speak with Ty as soon as he woke. He needed to hear from him what had happened.

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"Yous sures it's about the babys?" Barney said. Barney, Jin and Adam were sitting in a small circle on the floor of the dorm. Ross said he couldn't come, which was understandable, Jason had just died and was nowhere to be found. No one even knew if Jason had respawned or not.

"I'm sure about it, it is the only thing that makes sense. So soon after what happened in the End did Ty snap, but how did Ty know?" Adam added.

"What I want to know is what can we do to help? We hardly know what is going on, we have no information to go back on, and we know no one will tell us. We're just a couple of dumb trainees..." Jin grumbled.

He was right and Adam knew it. They could do nothing, especially not him. They knew nothing, Jason who seemed to know something was dead. Seto would never answer his questions, Tyler looked to hopeless, Ty wanted to kill him.

If only he knew more about the prince, or Ty and why he did what he did. Like how he learned more about Seto that one time-- "That's it!"

Barney and Jin jumped at Adam's outburst, "Wh-whats it?" Barney asked.

"I know how we can learn more information without asking anyone!"

"How?"

"It's simple, I just...I just--uh," how could Adam tell them. He himself didn't even know how this worked or what even happens.

"Adams?"

"Well...you see...um...it's a little weird to explain--I don't even understand how it happens. It just does. Like one minute everything is fine and then BOOM I see things and you know..." Adam chuckled nervously.

Jin gave Adam a weird look, almost like he was trying to say, 'Dafuq?'

"Umm..." Adam looked at the ground, "Sometimes I tend to see weird memories or something of other people. I can't really explain it. You'll just have to trust me."

"Memories? Hows?"

Adam shrugged, "When I touch some thing sI get these weird visions, and when I die I see things or hear things. In fact, something I recently saw was very similar to what happened with Ty...."

Jin perked up, "What was it?"

"I saw two people fighting, one asking about a prince the other denying knowing anything. Then he was killed...like Jason, and the next vision was someone angry over that man's death and killing the first man."

"Maybe you can tell the future?" Jin proposed.

"Ooo! The futures! Tell mes mine!"

"Barney," Jin warned.

"Whats? I was jokings."

Adam thought the future was possible but it didn't make sense, "I don't think so. The people, thought not very clear, didn't look like Ty, Jason, or even Seto. They also held very different weapons, it couldn't possibly be them."

Jin shrugged, "The past?" he joked. Adam shrugged.

"Sos, whats? How does this helps us?"

"Well...maybe if we can get something that belonged to Ty, I can learn something from it."

Jin gave Adam a skeptic look, "Can you activate the power at will...that and I don't mean to doubt you. But it sounds like magic...and only OP's have magic."

Adam opened his mouth to counter, but he could think of nothing. That was true, OP's were the only ranks known in history to possess magic, maybe everything he saw were just fantasies.

Adam stayed silent, "Maybes Adam's can tells yous a memory that yous has. Somethings you've never tolds him," Barney proposed.

Adam looked at Jin, he nodded reluctantly which filled Adam with dread. He didn't really know how any of this worked, and he couldn't seem to do it whenever he wanted.

"Oks! Do yous has somethings he cans touch?"

Jin took a moment to think before he nodded, "I do have something."

Jin got up and went over to the bunk bed. Underneath it, he pulled out a suitcase and opened it up. From inside Jin pulled out a small object wrapped in cloth and came back to the group.

At this moment the door to the dorm opened and in walked Ross. It was apparent by his face he was unnerved and panicked.

"Oh goods, Ross comes here. Adam is goings to reads the past."

"Wh-what?"

Adam gulped as Jin handed him the object," "What is it?"

Jin gestured to the object, signalling for him to unwrap it.

Ross sat down and watched carefully as Adam unwrapped the object. He removed the cloth carefully and underneath the layer of cloth was a sword.

Well, only part of one. Underneath was what remained of a sword, only a hilt.

The sword hilt was iron with a leather grip bound around it. With scratches covering the area where a sword should have been and two letter engraved into the metal.

Y.B.

The hilt was dull and hardly ever polished and a thin layer of rust could be seen inside the gap the blade of the sword was in.

Adam looked up at Jin for some sort of answer, but there was only a sad frown on his lips as he gazed at the hilt. He looked away a moment later.

Adam hesitated as he raised his hand to the object, Barney and Ross watched with curiosity, and a moment later Adam placed a careful hand on the hilt.

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Ehhhhh, here is a chapter. Sorry this is late. I'm in college for the summer, I've been busy settling in and adjusting to my classes.

Theories?

I'll try to get a Sweet Desire chapter out tomorrow, but I have a lot of homework ;-;