Orazio (Vol. 2) Orazio vs. the Cult of Isis.

The new Orazio

"I... I don't know..." He said in a low voice. 

 Orazia bit her lip. She didn't want to say anything that might influence his decision. She had come back for him in the end; but she hadn't forgotten that she had left him stranded. She wouldn't blame him if he left her, a fugitive,  for that cute, rich girl.

Carlos gazed at him with contempt. It was obvious that he didn't want Orazio to abandon the fight for equal rights. 

Emma had begun by feeling a strong physical attraction for that beautiful young man; but after everything they had been through together... she wanted to embrace him and never be separated from him again. 

 Orazio had no gift for reading other people's thoughts; but even though no one thought he was particularly brilliant, he knew exactly what others expected of him.

In just a few seconds, everything that had happened in the last few months flashed through his mind.

The terrifying experience with Carlos in "The Factory". The discovery that Narmer was an android and that Mrs. Johnson had come back to life as J4N3. When they decided to join forces and create the Nocturnal Assassins. Cyborg, the MLF, Mrs. Carrillo...

He had had a very hard time. And yet. Now he realized that it had been the happiest time of his life.

Orazio might have seemed a little crazy, naive and irritatingly narcissistic. But he had a huge heart. He had received so little affection in his life that he couldn't bear to let down the people he thought loved him.

The Nocturnal Assassins had been the closest thing he had ever known to a family.

He couldn't bear the thought of losing that.

So he made a decision. When he started talking he was laughing and crying at the same time.

- I... - he began to stammer. - I... I want to propose something to you.

*** 

The Nocturnal Assassins' bunker was just as they had left it.

It was a place full of memories, good and bad.

Orazio looked around the meeting room and could still see Narmer and J4N3 sitting at the big table. Namer, quiet and mysterious and J4N3.... giving orders.

- I don't know if we can do this without them - suddenly said Orazia pulling him out of his thoughts - We are just two kids!

- But we can! We need to be close for this. I think we were meant to be.

They both took a deep breath and embraced.

- Let's go do this.

- And you have my support and that of "The Company" - said Emma joining the embrace - We will clear your name, Orazia. And we will bring justice to my mother's death.

Orazio, embraced by both women, could not help but feel an erection. He tried to fight it off, tried to laugh, but the deep feelings of... sadness and longing that he felt towards them took hold of him.

He knew that he loved them. That they were his true loves. And that he would not be able to live without them.

He was in love with both of them.

And he knew that they felt the same way about him.

He knew that it was impossible to keep away from them. Even though he did not want it, he would always be drawn to them. He felt as if they were his lifeblood. 

If one of them dies, he dies. If one of them is hurt, he hurts. If one...

- Really? - said Orazia realizing how hard he was.