Mirae Walkers

❗Epilogue❗

All her generals were laying out reports, and quite nicely.

Almost everything went perfectly well with the conquering of Everton, the sad town that hadn't quite felt the sweet taste of fresh technology. The people there liked staying with old fashion, and some of their homes lacked even the most simple of necessities. Of course, that was all fixed now, thanks to her.

Not only that, all the government revolts in Kramery, the big city, had been ended with a little help from her. She now ruled Kramery, and facilities of her own with new research were being installed. Everton would soon be converted.

The door opened, and one of her best generals, General Alvarez, walked through. "Mistress." He said, dipping his head. "We've captured someone I think you would personally like to interrogate."

"Bring them here." She kicked up her legs onto the desk and lit her cigarette.

He walked out, and she soon picked up on someone kicking and fighting. They were muttering things and giving all her soldiers a hard time. But she ignored it and waited patiently for them to bring him over.

Eventually, he was dragged through the doorway by five different guards, one for each of his limbs.

"Aww. Were you struggling the whole way here? Must've been tiring." She mocked, batting an eye at him.

"Thana, we all know it's you behind this blasphemy!" The Cognate spat, lunging forward.

Thana snorted, spinning her cigarette in her hand. "Took you that long to figure out?" She glanced over at him, identifying his name. "Now, tell me Ijiy, what are you doing here? I thought you had an important Enipok meeting to go to."

He returned her comment with a glare that could knock down a skyscraper. Good thing Thana used fortified bunkers. "I'll kill you, you bloody fool. I'll tear off each and every-"

"Look who's making threats. The poor little governor, who found himself in a battle he couldn't win." She pouted her lips, aggravating him. The more angry a Cognate was, the harder it was for them to use magic. "You're powerless now. You're only a figurehead, thinking you're representing the people for the High Council, and helping with their decisions. They're better off with their powerful Defender serving what is right."

Ijiy whipped around and kneed the first guard, stabbed the second with a knife he conformed, punched the third into the concrete wall, and threw the fourth onto the ground. He then proceeded to throw a sharp dagger at the first guard, and split open the guts of the other two. The final guard tried to stop him, but he grabbed her by the scruff and broke her neck, tossing her corpse onto the ground. "Now who's making threats?"

Logically, he immediately went for Thana's neck too. She grabbed her gun off her desk and pointed it at him, still not taking her feet down. "Keep trying, son; see where it gets you." Her biggest secret was the fact that the gun wasn't loaded. It didn't even have a magazine in it. But the sight would discontinue his attempt too, like everyone else's.

Ijiy grumbled as this time, six soldiers came into the dark room and seized him. He didn't struggle like before, instead stared Thana down. She stared right back.

They pulled him out, and General Alveraz returned from before. "He's a member of the Council, otherwise known as the Lower Council, which means we now have a good bargaining chip for Finx." He was perfectly right. Thana had never managed to waver Finx from the inside, because of how developed the city and its entire country was.

"Or they'll give up on him. Like the rest of these Cognates I have." She blew a puff of smoke.

"That too," He laughed. Before he left, Thana got his attention one more time.