Nyx's Phantasma Act 2

Side Story: Shrouded in Darkness

Side Story: Shrouded in Darkness (Damon Leatherman)

Orders to return?! The government wants me to retreat, even after trying so hard to get these damn children to agree with us... I guess it can't be helped. You've won August, enjoy meeting Nyx. I opened my Omicron and started a call,

"This is Damon, are you there?"

"What the hell do you want Damon!"

"Jung-Hwa, were you also called back in? And you know where Blytz and Aeril are?"

"Listen," she sounded as if she was in a windy area, "I've left, so has Aeril."

"As expected..."

"The Nox Government isn't worth my time."

Her and Aeril were the first to think of, honestly I would have thought the two of them left much earlier.

"Well, good luck on your endeavor–"

"Damon, why are you still with them?"

... I don't know... August won the race to Nyx, I don't really have a goal... No, I do have one...

"I don't plan on leaving just yet."

"Is it because of your sister?"

My hands shook, "How did you find out..."

"Damon, I've peeked through your intelligence files. No hard feelings but it was for me to be on guard around you. That's where I found out about your sister, and her [Project Licht]."

"You don't need to remind me... Anyways I'm hanging up..."

Jung-Hwa mentioned one thing before I hung up, "Remember, it wasn't your fault..."

I aggressively held my Omicron... it wasn't my fault she says... She has no idea how bad it is... No... She could never understand... Whew, I need to compose myself. Once August and his gang come back from meeting Nyx... they will most likely start their final phase for Operation Liberation. Going back to Diamond City should suffice for now...

"Peeking through my files eh..."

Jung-Hwa keeps her information a secret, for her to tell me that... She must have a lot of trust in me... Project Licht... It's all coming back to me.

[10 years ago - Diamond City]

Back when I just turned seventeen, I was already regarded as one of the top students of my field. The army within the nox government was fierce, and a cruel battlefield. Only a selected few would remain at the top, while everyone else was treated as trash at the bottom.

The position of Dux, and the position of Nexus, was every soldier's goal or dream to achieve. Sure they had divisions of battalions... But it was only a backup army created in case the world became upside down. Which is why only why mostly the battalions up to the twentieth were actually a contestant to becoming a Nexus or Dux. While the rest were just filler soldiers to make a larger army.

I, while a genius and a top soldier in my own right... Was not chosen for any of the positions... Not even a position at the top of the battalions. The reason? It was because of my older sister. My older sister was an agent, someone who worked in the shadows of the Nox Government. So she would frequently move out of Diamond City and make contact with the current Dux and Nexus. Of course she didn't know... But every higher ups hated her.

Once the academy was over I walked home, two friends, Remus Langdon and Icarius Oakes walked alongside me.

Remus asks, "Damon, you didn't even make it to the twentieth battalion? Did you not perform well?"