The Jesters Of Cards

Kidnapped....again

A weeks after the concert.

In the middle of the night.
Gemini woke up after heraing a loud shattering sound from the main room. She grabbed her sword and went to the door.

Gemini: 《 Wait, I should ask someone to go with me. I don't want to get kidnapped again.》

She walked to one of the guest rooms and knocked on the door. Sun opened the door shortly after.

Sun: Gemini, its 2 am, what do you want?

Gemini: I heard something shatter.

Sun: I have a really bad feeling about this.

He summoned a scythe and followed Gemini to the main room, where they found three masked intruders.

Sun: That darn Zodiac. They returned.

???: Why of course I did.

Sun: Wha-

He got knocked out by a baseball bat... again.

A few hours later.

Sun was woken up by a sharp pain in his left arm. He slowly opened an eye to see his arm being covered in cuts and bruises.

???: Ah, you're awake. Ya know, you could've said that monsters can't bleed.

Sun looked them dead in the eyes and tried to summon his scythe. However it didn't work.

???: Oh, are you trying to get this back?

The masked Zodiac held Sun's scythe close to the cell.

???: I figured out that you need this for your devil trigger to work. You know, we can't let you escape. You caused us more than enough problems by taking Gemini. How are we supposed to become stronger when you take our test subjects away from us?

Sun: This... is all about power?

???: It is. Power controls everything. Without it you can't protect anyone. Not even yourself. But I'm sure you know that. Wasn't it yourself who slaughtered these poor shadow wolves in a pursuit of power?
We can offer you more power than you've ever dreamed of. Power to protect everyone you care about.
What do you say?

Sun: Why are you trying to convince me to join you?

???: Zodiacs and jesters fight against chaos. It's unnecessary to fight against each other too. We should join forces and defeat the chaos together.

Sun: Tch, as if you were capable of that.

???: We are capable of more than you think. Your friend, what was his name... Libra?

Sun: Leave him out of your selfish plans!

???: He's blind, right? If you join us, we can heal his eyes and he can see again.

Sun: All promises but no proof. It's always the same big promises but all talk.

???: Alright, the truth then. These worlds are diseased, rotten to the core. There is no saving them, we need to pull them out by the roots so new worlds can thrive. Worlds where everyone can control their own destiny. Worlds of the truly free, dammit. Worlds of action, not words. Ruled by strenght, not committee. Were the rules change to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are where they belong: in the hands of the people. Where everyone is free to think, to act for themself. So... what do you think? Isn't that your plan too?

Sun: How the hell did you become the leader of a cult?

???: Well, I don't write my own speeches.

Sun thaught about what the Zodiac said for a while.