Amaranthine

Chapter 13

"Okay, everyone alright?" Zeal asked to the team, especially to Cassidy and Quest to make sure they didn't kill each other until the mission was over and received a small nod from Quest and a few 'yes' from the rest of the team.

"Okay then, have you brought the weapons and headbands Ms. Nulla?" Emery asked to the female that stood there with a tablet on her hands and she confirmed before motioning others to bring the packages that had names of their owners which had the weapons and headbands in it.

"Since you told us about what weapons you were good with we brought them to you. And these headbands are to keep you safe from his mind-control for at least four or six hours till we need to reset them in order to get rid of Mauvais' effects. Got it?" Emery explained with a serious manner after taking out a headband from the package and holds it in front so that everyone could see.

Cassidy looked at the headband which was in Emery's hands with disbelief and pinched the bridge of her nose before taking a deep breath and went to take her weapon from her box, taking out a golden yellow and night blue headband and put it on her head just like others. After that she took out a crossbow which had a mediaval-ages looks.

As Cassidy was examining the crossbow and putting the headband on her head, Emery came closer to Quest and spoke sternly while he was watching her take guns from her box. "You have a secret. Things have been going so smoothly, like in a really easy way, since the news of a car accident of a group of young adults."

Quest put the gun on her belt pocket which was hidden under her clothes and spoke calmly while looking at Emery with a neutral look while she was thinking of everything that had happened. "So you also realized?"

"What do you mean?" Emery asked Quest with a stern tone as his glare hardened and came closer to her while getting ready to defend if Quest were to attack.

Quest calmly smiled at Emery as she took everything she needed from the box and spoke again with a calm tone. "Everything has been going so damn easily. When something happened, it was easily solved. And I feel like something really bad will happen, considering everything that has happened."

Quest then pointed to Shawn, Cassidy and Allison who were almost done with taking their weapons and headbands in a hidden way and continued softly while looking at Emery happily. "This group is made to be heroes of this story. But anyone other than them can be possibly lying, perhaps even me."

"Even if you're perhaps right, what do you think we can do?" Emery asked Quest with a quiet and neutral tone while he slowly started to get calmer around her even through he didn't let his guard down completely.

"That's the thing."Quest started talking with a close eyed smile and then continues calmly while looking at Emery with a chilling smile. "We can't change it for now. You and Zeal are heroes. Allison, Shawn and Cassidy will be heroes whether they're gonna be known for it or not. I'm quite unsided, which means I'm not on either sides. But except for Allison, Cassidy and Shawn; we all can change sides. Life is perfect for them, not for any of us."

Emery kept on looking at Quest with the same stern look and speaks neutrally after taking a deep breath as everyone else got ready to fight Mauvais and everyone else that might get in the way. "And how are you so sure of that?"

"Because my dear, while this group of three didn't have much of a trouble in their lives, especially you and me have seen the darker side of the life. You became a hero and clinged onto hope when you saw the darkness and I became both sides, neither sides being able to define me completely." Quest explained with a calm tone and then giggled while getting close to Emery and pointed to his rather dull eyes. "Eyes give out emotions, no matter how good you hide it, so my dear, like it or not I'll read you or anyone else like a book and will know what you feel."

Emery looked at Quest with a slightly surprised look under his stern face and speaks sternly as others got ready to go to the place where they believe Mauvais and his puppets were. "You can? Whatever. I'm sure we can continue this conversation later. But don't even dare to think about running this time."

Quest giggled and smiled at Emery before talking again as she comes closer to him. "Now, I won't run anymore. Cause I'm sure you know something only I know. Something everyone else forgot. So Emery or in the past known as Alan Oscar Gonzalez, let us meet again after the fight.*

Emery nodded at Quest and then motioned for her to follow him while Zeal came closer to them along with Allison and Cassidy and started explaining to them. "Okay, while back-up teams will come with us, we're gonna go ahead and find them in the abandoned yet owned by an unknown person whom we believe to be one of the hidden puppets of Mauvais building and will end this once and for all. Back-up teams will follow in their hidden cars and we'll go with the black van."

Allison then started talking while watching both Emery and Quest carefully after she heard Zeal finish." The building isn't far, but will take approximately 15 minutes. We believe that there will be traps so don't ever let your guard down when there."

Quest looked at Emery with a funny smile and speaks jokingly in an approving way. "You see? That girl is finally using her intelligence and abilities to their fullest."

Zeal and Allison started chuckling after hearing Quest's joking sentence and then Cassidy started talking in a çn uncaring way. "The sooner we go, the sooner this is over. So come on."

After that Cassidy turned to Quest and spoke sternly while Quest watched and listened to her with a calm smile. "I won't lose again just because you are in the way. I won't do the same mistake."

After watching this unfold in front of him, Emery started pulling Quest with him while he was walking to the can and spoke seriously, making his distrust obvious. "I'm never letting you out of my sight. Just because you haven't done something bad doesn't mean you won't."

Quest laughed while allowing Emery to pull her as others were following them and spoke calmly in an unserious way and a smile while following him. "If I were you, I wouldn't trust me either. I'm way too unstable to be trusted, hero."

Emery rolled his eyes through his glance softened a slight bit and started talking again in a stern way while opening the van's front door for Quest to get in as others got in the van's backseat, slowly starting to enjoy Quest's presence even through he still didn't trust her. "You're one hell of a trouble. But we'll talk about this later. Now let's go."