(Inspired by Solo Leveling.)
At world's end and all that is left is the shadow swallowing it whole - but in my mind, I know... that it isn't my end. It is yours.
I push through the door to see Fury. Though I see something behind her, something that looks similar to Memory but I can't quite place it. Like a nightmare hovering over her like a phantom haunting someone.
The face hovering over her looks at me and a glint of red flashes in my eyes. My surroundings is swallowed whole by loud screams, demonic laughter, and the sound of a building collapsing in on itself.
Chaos.... I can feel it... I can feel Fury.
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It flashes in my eyes, the sight of what I assume to be what she is... or rather what she is capable of. A jolt passes through my head and the vision fades revealing the room as it is. Nothing changed, time barely passed.
You've tapped into another part of my power. You wield Memory, you wield theirs. You can learn to use it to learn more about others, nothing will be hidden from you.
"I have a job that needs sorting. I have also opened up two spots on your team and already it filled it for you."
I scoff at him. "What happened to control over my own expeditions?"
"This one is different. A two-parter. You are to escort a group of people through the Rift to take readings, then destroy the Rift, then escort them back to their agency. They will hand you something and you protect Fury with your life while she brings it back to me."
I glance at Fury whose gaze is locked onto the floor.
"She doesn't need me to protect her," I state. "What's the point of having me there when she is capable enough to kill me?"
He turns around in his chair to get out of it, he walks to the front of his table and rests against it as he gestures at her. "Then the two of you would be unstoppable, oh... and do remember our deal, I wouldn't want to make it hard on you."
I narrow my eyes at him. "You know what happens when you dangle temptation in front of someone?"
"Isn't it fortunate for me that I do hope you bite into it?" He arches his brow at me. "I have more to gain from you fucking your situation up royally and then to capitalize on your death. But I have just as much to gain with you alive, you and Fury alone will be enough for my plans."
Fury is still dead quiet.
"Enlighten me then."
He smirks at him. "There are people that want you dead out of principle, if I let that happen by also proving them right I can use that as leverage to gain favour. With you alive I can use you both to gather everything I need to prepare something grand."
He kept it to himself.
My sudden need to know creates something over him, the same thing. The moment I try to peer into his memories it is instantly obscured with a bright light which breaks me away from my attempt and trying to read into his past.
