Jamais Vu

Chapter 34: Assassin of the Hills (Part 1)

The Commander was walking back and forth across the room. No one said a word. They knew The Commander was not in a happy state. Everyone sat in the living room, watching her pace back and forth. The sound of her heels was like the sound of a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any second. Glorisa couldn't take it anymore, she was going to say something, even if it meant getting on The Commander's bad side.

Glorisa: I-

Commander: How! How did this happen? He was right there! Right in the middle, how could we have lost Vell? How is it that no one noticed him missing? When and where is what I would like to know.

Jessachi: It's almost like the earth swallowed him whole.

Ycka: Not a single trace nor clue.

Commander: This is unacceptable. We were doing so well in the tournament and now this happens? It just makes no sense. Where could Vell had gone?

Why was The Commander so upset? It was just one person. Well from a technical point of view "a third of a person". The Sirotama puts a lot of strain on the user's mind, the same applies to the Reverse Sirotama. The longer the Triplets go without merging back the more unstable they become. This only puts the team at a huge disadvantage in the tournament and risks the safety of the rest of the team members.

Briotami: If we do not find Vell soon not only we will be down a member, we will eventually lose Het and Atlat. Loose all 3 of them and we lose-

Glorisa: Onreifni. We lose Onreifni. No! That can't happen. There must be something we can do. Anything!

Jessachi: So what exactly would you have us do Glorisa? Abandon the tournament and look for Vell with zero leads. You know better than anyone else that he basically disappeared into thin air. You were right next to him when he disappeared.

The atmosphere was getting sour in the room. Jessachi couldn't take this anymore. She was getting sick and tired of always having to go after Onreifni. "Always Onreifni. Always him. Gotta stop whatever it is that we are doing to go and rescue Onreifni." Said Jessachi as she stormed out of the room. Everyone was shocked, they knew that Jessachi and Onreifni did not always meet eye to eye but not to this level. It seemed like Jessachi saw Onreifni only as a burden, as a disturbance in the Team's path to success. A detour in her goals. The Commander followed Jessachi into the other room. It seemed helpless, it was already midnight and everyone was tired. They had to rest for tomorrow until the next NAT event awaited them. Glorisa did not care, she was determined to find Onreifni.

Glorisa: Het! There must be something we can do. Isn't there a technique or something you guys can use to help us find Vell?

Het: *shakes head* No. Not this time.

Glorisa: Atlat? Surely you have something up your sleeve. You always come up with crazy ideas. Come on! Isn't there a way for you to sense where Vell is or other Vonekus?

Atlat: That- that is not how it works.

Glorisa: So what are we supposed to do now? Just give up? Give up Onreifni just like that.

Silence followed. There was nothing that could be done. There was no possible way of knowing what happened to Vell. "I made a promise to never give up Onreifni. There is still a way," stated Briotami. At this point, Glorisa was willing to do anything, no matter how ugly it was.

Commander: Jessachi stop! Jessachi! Jessachi I order you to stop. What is your problem?

Jessachi: Onreifni! He is my problem! Everything is always about him! Him! Him! Him!