Artificial 3: The Valla Chronicles

Chapter 11: Reunion

I changed into my spare clothes in pocket dimension and put on a different colored trench coat,
it was purple with black trimmings,
I also put on a black T shirt and black pants to match,
I leave the inn and boy howdy it was bright and shiny with a bit of a breeze. I go for a walk to kick start everything, might as well cool my head sense I woke up grumpy,
I tap into what my familiar sees,
and he's still taking care of Imani,
so I walk outside the Tribe and down a rocky road,
thinking back on my adventures so far, I remember the ups,
downs, the friends I made,
enemies, too.

A familiar scent brings me out of my head as I look across the stone bridge held together by cement to see my siblings,
Chace, Sora, and Terra.
They were talking to two red heads,
one was a fully grown woman who looked about young twenties and wore an inticing outfit that would lour in any man,
the older woman had blood red hair that went slightly past her butt,
her front hair being held up by a hair accessory,
and her last notable quality was her red eyes and crimson red lipstick.

The younger lady in the middle of Chace and the older woman had the same blood red hair and eyes.
Only she had two giant twin tails that went down to her calf muscles,
she wore something more plane,
which isn't a bad thing,
I wonder what they're talking about? "Dad, this is my mom, your future wife." Future wife?
The hell is she saying?
Why do I get the feeling this is gonna play out like Fire Emblem Awakening?

Also a good game by the way for 2013, my love for Fire Emblem aside I listen some more but stayed behind a tree, Chace was skeptical at first until the twin tailed girl listed his date of birth, full name, the orphanage he went to, how him and Sora met Terra,
what they went through at their military orphanage,
how they were trained to survive like soldiers,
major events that happened yearly, the deaths of people,
etcetera.

They believe her because they never divulged this information to anyone other than their parents,
my mother and father,
unfortunately.
"Dad, I need you to listen to me, these weapons your brother is collecting, they will lead to Valla's awakening, Valla The Silent Dragon of Akonos, whatever happens you must not let Valla awaken." My siblings agree to helping me,
but Chace pries into who or what Valla is and also asks who his future daughter's name is.

"Selena, and in the future, Valla turns the world into a burning sea of flames, nowhere on Earth is safe and the last safe haven of humanity and Artificial Demons....... it was destroyed by the army of the dead, and by Valla himself leading the charge, I fought the best to my abilities, but unlike you, dad, I can't use fire......... I'm what the Artificial race calls a Bastard Child and it's the biggest insult you can call a Artificial Demon, silver lining. I can morph arms into a blade of any kind."

Hmm, so Valla is apparently a really strong dragon annnnnd that's about the gist I understand other than explanation of the future,
so this really is like Fire Emblem Awakening,
I'm not sure if I like the idea of fighting a giant ass dragon but I have fought a Demon Lord and a Demon King,
so what's a dragon compared to them? I decided to walk back to the Tribe and I immediately headed towards the Chief's palace.
It was suddenly like a ghost town,
not a single soul in sight.

"Don King has been expecting you, mister Lumier."
A henchman says as at least ten circle me then stop.
"So are you going to lead me, or am I gonna have to go to him by storm?"
I make Barack crackle electricity on my back,
and they tell me that their Chief wants to speak me,
so I stop the electricity popping and follow them into the palace.
These guys are no better than hoodlums.

We climb the stairs up multiple floors, and the Boss of mafia like hierarchy opens a double set of doors.
The room,
the palace it all screamed expensive taste,
which is up my ally,
Don King stands up and begrudgingly welcomes me sense not only did I knock out his best fighter but also knocked out his best gladiators,
which makes sense he'd be on edge around me.
"So......... Lumier, you've killed some good men, not once but twice, you've knocked out one of my sponsors and his trainer, knocked out my best metal boxer and incompacitated two of my strongest warriors, SO! What can I DO for YOU?!"

I stated I wanted to work for him,
but in exchange,
he leaves Imani alone,
and that is all,
of course,
it's a bluff,
but when you've lived with a over protective grandmother for 19 years, you learn to lie with a straight face. "That's it? That's all you want? Don't bullshit with me!"
I raise my aura,
and it violently shakes the palace like an earthquake,
shattering windows and glass.
"Do I look like I'm bullshiting you? Just give me what I want, and I won't cause unnecessary destruction. Besides, having me as your employee will set you up with a lot more money."

I do my best to appeal to his sense of greed,
and it works,
when it comes to pigs like him,
money does the talking,
he agrees to higher me as his associate, and at noon,
I can start my first day,
I say okay and I tour the palace,
there was a dining room with a big massive table the length of a football field,
a long hallway that connects into the VIP section of the colosseum,
a library,
a theater room, a gym,
a car garage that's obviously Don King's personal selection.

At the end of the tour,
I wait in the lobby.
I guess you can call it and watch their television,
it was entertaining enough,
just smack talk between fighters on tv,
a history channel of the Water Tribe of sorts,
the good stuff.
"Ready to go, new guy?"
A team of employees approach the coutch I'm sitting on,
I get up,
I listen to what they say,
I'm basically debt collecting,
and I go from door to door that needs collecting,
and I intimidate the living shit out of them to pay up,
to pay the Don his dues,
all while my familiar searches high and low secretly tracking down the Legendary Weapon,
sense I know what the wepon's energy feels like all it was is a matter of time before my familiar finds it.

I continued my debt collecting,
and the last place on the list was Imani's house,
so I asked if I could handel this alone,
to my surpise they do,
but they also know if I come back empy handed...... well,
I shouldn't have to spell it out.
I go inside,
I have a peaceful conversation for a little bit,
then I test out the creation rune on money,
I created life to fight,
Niel.
I might as well see if I can create money.

I imagine the money I want to create, then the rune itself,
creating a white circle,
then pushing my aura through it and generate Water Tribe currency,
after that I told Imari to take care and that I'll probably never see him again, we have one last hug and he tells me it's been a pleasure working with me if only for two days so I create more Water Tribe money and I set him up for life, I've never seen a grown man be moved to tears,
he gives me one last hug and tells me he'll never forget me,
and I said the same to him.

I leave his house and throw the sack of coins to my supervisor, and he asks me how did I do it,
I told him Imani trusted me,
so it was easy to fool him into thinking I was on his side,
and I created a familiar to secretly steal his stash of money,
after that explanation,
we returned to Don King,
who gave me the next assignment,
someone forgot to pay their dues and the Don King didn't want me to collect his money but rather they wanted to see if I was truly willing to fuck someone up.
I took the job,
and my supervisor led me to the place,
I closed my eyes and checked in with my familiar.
It was working on cracking a big ass safe while remaining undetected.
I open my eyes,
I play my part,
I fuck up the Artificial Demon by beating the healing factor out of him then broke his arm.

"Next time you fail to pay, I'll be breaking more than just a arm, I'll be taking what's in your wallet as a temporary payment."
I gave my supervisor the temporary payment and followed his orders word for word,
I check back in with my familiar,
and he has the Legendary Weapon,
hell the fuck yes,
now I don't have to put up with their bullshit.
Now then,
it's time to pluck out the root of this Tribe's corruption and kill all the bad Artificial Demons,
hahahahaha.