Lobotomy Corporation: Second Wave

Day 8: Onward, Towards The Library

The five of us were prepared, Me, Oliver, Shina, Ao, and Taylor were going to the Urban myth ranked Library, It was going to be dangerous but at the very least one of us had to succeed

"So" Shina broke the silence "Anyone wanna talk about why they're going to the Library?" Everyone besides me and Shina looked to the floor. I pulled Shina aside out of earshot of the others "Leo?"

"Shina...be honest, what's with you, before you didn't care what happened, now you're focusing on everyone" Shina's pessimistic stance returned

"Glad someone has been paying attention, listen Leo, I don't know if you noticed but Oliver has been acting off lately, I know you haven't known him long, but take it from me, he's a different person" Maybe Shina knew that Oliver wasn't human and he was just hiding it, or maybe, maybe he didn't know the truth. "I tried acting different so maybe he'd notice and question me like the caring person he was, but, he didn't, he's more or less watching out for himself and whatever book he's trying to grab" Shina, even when acting like himself, still was looking out for Oliver, guess that's how deep their friendship goes

"Well, let's just hope things turn out alright, you know? Maybe it's something we don't understand, we...you weren't with him that day right" Shina stopped after my words

"What do you mean, "I wasn't with him", you weren't either" I looked down at the floor, me telling him could go either way, and yet, I opened my mouth anyways

"Shina...I feel as though, I was there, a-and before you say anything, just know, I didn't remember, it feels as though my memories were cut off, yet when I looked at that Invitation, I got these sudden memories and...it just...I was there, okay?" Shina slowly looked away, either by surprise or because he didn't believe me, thinking about it now, it said we were all, members of the old LC, maybe, just maybe, Shina was there also

"So. did...did you also get that thought?" Shina had his hands over his mouth "The thought that Oliver isn't human" I forced a nod and I saw the light in his eyes fade away "That..explains so much, he can't...be human, no matter what, there's no way, that even someone like him could survive an attack from an Aleph alone, all of us...did...all of us know each other, and yet...Oliver, was he the one who erased our memories, or was it that reset" Hearing Shina go off on his suspicions of countless things told me, that he also was an old member of LC. I grabbed him and got in whispering range

"Shina, if Oliver truly is a threat we can't let him know, I..want to trust him but, so many things go against him now"

"I...Understand" Seeing Shina look depressed was something I couldn't imagine, maybe, by his memories being erased he lost his ability to care, it didn't matter anymore, he had his feelings back now, all that's left is to go to the Library and figure it out ourselves...if we win.

"Everyone ready to go?" Oliver asked as we all finally walked back to the table we left the invitation at "We don't know what's waiting for us, so retreat if it's necessary, understand?" Everyone except Taylor nodded, he was looking around, probably questioning what happened to the place, or maybe, he didn't know an old LC existed. Regardless, we all gathered

"Well, hopefully I see you all on the other side."Ao taunted, we all took out pens and began writing our names

"Oh, boy, what am I getting myself into"Taylor once more playfully stated. After we all signed it seemed as though we just teleported

"Oh....that's...a bit odd" I questioned on how it worked, if the placed warped us or the paper

"Is it really? It's an urban myth, hell probably more by now, I wouldn't doubt if it was magic after all, we literally deal with mythic beings, like a goddamn skull on bones" Ao with his "Expertees" continued talking until Taylor glared at him causing him to shut it. We continued talking until we noticed someone standing at an entryway. Taylor, Oliver, and Ao both had some form of disgust on their faces