Legend of Mautau: Angelorum Lux

Ch 3: Connections

“Why the hell are you here?” Grey demanded.

Alexander seemed to ignore him, saying to Mr. Grant, “Thomas, I’d like a word in private.”

Greatly angered at being ignored, Grey shouted, “HEY!”

Alexander finally turned his attention on Grey, saying, “You ought to get some rest, you’ve had a busy day. We can talk later.”

The response did little to appease Grey’s irritation. Instead, it roused his suspicions, and Grey quickly said, “Busy?! Have you been following me?!”

With no hesitations, Alexander immediately said, “Yes.”

Grey muttered a curse under his breath and grabbed his sword from the ground as he said, “You…”

Grey flung himself toward Alexander and swung his sword overhead, shouting, “BASTARD!”

The sword came to a halt as Alexander caught it between two fingers. As Grey struggled to retrieve his blade, Alexander muttered, “Still too slow…”

Alexander fired a punch straight into Grey’s gut, and Grey let out an indiscernible sound as he collapsed to the floor, unconscious. His sword clattered to the ground and then evaporated into the air.

In a dark room filled with electronic equipment, someone sat at a computer terminal viewing various images. It was a man, his features draped in shadow.

From an intercom system built into the terminal, a woman’s voice said, “This is the video feed from the Celestis storage district you requested sir.”

In an empty voice, devoid of anger, fear, amusement, any hint of feeling at all, the man replied, “I see. Thank you. I assume we’ve made sure our… hired help recieved their due reward before the authorities could become aware of them?”

The woman’s voice on the intercom responded, “Yes sir. They’re taken care of.”

As the man switched to a brighter image his short white hair shone in the light of the computer screen, and he replied, “Good… I have no use for those who cannot do such a simple job.”

His red eyes were fixed on the image of a young man in the video he was watching, and after a moment he said, “Please prepare transportation to Celestis for me at once.”

The woman’s voice replied, “Yes sir.”

Before pressing a button on the intercom, the man said, “That will be all for now.”

There was a soft click as the intercom shut off. As he continued to stare at the image of the young man, the man quietly said, “Hello again… Mr. Greyson…”

Tuesday May 15, 520NA. Grey awoke to find himself lying in the bed of his new apartment room, and he sat up quickly as he could sense someone with him in the room. In a wooden chair by the entrance to the bedroom sat Alexander, staring back at him.

In a non-chalant voice Alexander said, “Good morning.”

Grey’s eyes narrowed in irritation as he muttered, “’Good morning my ass! What are you still doing here?!”

Alexander ignored the question and said, “I’ve told Thomas everything…”

Grey’s expression changed from irritation to seriousness.

After a moment Grey said, “Everything?”

Alexander nodded, saying, “Everything, even what I’ve kept from you.”