The Random Strangers

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Khalia then suddenly stood up as she opened up her eyes and with a shocking tone said, "WE WERE ASLEEP??"

"Wh-what just happened..?" said Catie drowsily.

"W-WHAT HAPPENED?? WHERE'S PATRICK?? IS THE VILLAGE OKAY??" shouted Orwan as he was shocked too.

Everyone then woke up to see Gael standing next to Patrick Willmond as he was bleeding and unconscious.

"W-Woah! Woah! Did that kid just kill him??" puzzled Catie.

Khalia went up to Gael who was standing there and was staring at Patrick very curiously.

"H-hey kid! Are you all alright? And mind filling us in on what the heck was going on when we apparently uh.. fell asleep?" asked Perria as she was confused too.

"Oh, you don't have to worry! And I dealt with him and no I didn't kill him! I would never go to that extent. He just couldn't handle a lot of pain my 'Spookers' gave him after that I put him to sleep. I-I wanted to help you guys. So I couldn't help but come back here. And the moment I saw something fishy going on between you people, I activated 'Noches Head' from my Achilles and dropped it on you guys. I did the exact thing to Patrick too." responded Gael shyly.

"So you are the one who dealt with this guy huh? Great job little fella!" cheered Orwan as he was healing his and everybody else's wounds.

"So... How did you knock him off exactly? And on top of that, he is also bleeding a lot. Is this the work of your thing called 'Achilles' and your various gadgets you keep talking about?" questioned Khalia.

Gael started searching for something in his controller and responded, "Yes indeed. This is Achilles. None of you can see it now because I activated 'The Disguise' mode on it right now."

They were all looking here and there for his 'Achilles'. And then they were suddenly shocked as the moment Gael deactivated 'The Disguise' mode from his controller, they could see a medium-small sized drone which was about 70 m long.

Perria shockingly said, "You can camouflage a drone that big with this gadget of yours!? W-wait is it..."

"Yeah he probably has one too," said Orwan.

Gael then suddenly thought of a query he wanted to know about and asked them," Ah yes! I have a doubt... Do you people mind?"

"Nah go ahead!" replied Catie.

"So Mr. Willmond can control people by giving them specific orders. And the moment he does that, I have noticed that the targeted person then comes under his control and obeys whatever Mr. Willmond asks them to do. But once he was beat, he again with his last full strength before falling unconscious, called out for help with the help of his this ability and ordered my entire village and that was including me. For once there I was scared. But then his ability did not affect the villagers nor did I get affected. They were just normal. Was it one of you guys who did that? Or do you know what happened?" asked Gael curiously.

"Oh, that was Eunara. He is one of us too! Or to say a comrade." responded Andel.

Gael was pretty confused as he didn't know who Eunara was, but was impressed to see that he could protect the entire village from Patrick's Engine Form.

Suddenly Patrick started coughing. And he became conscious again.

Everyone then suddenly started arming themselves. And Catie with a swift turn reached up to her hand next to his wound, not in the intention to kill but to put him in more pain if he made a move.

"You will answer whatever we ask you. And if you refuse to answer, you'll die in vain," warned Catie.

Patrick then started grinning and said, "And why the hell would I do that? Trixannia is mine. DO YOU GET IT!? I will with no matter what cost will go achieve that beautiful stone with my own hands. AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME AND-"